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Amèlie Poulain

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About Me



I am champagne and cupcake frosting.

"She embraced everyone as an acquaintance, but very few people were admitted to her inner circle. She had the ability to keep people at a distance without being in the least bit rough or unkind. Her magnetism was so extraordinary, though, that everyone wanted to be close to her. It was as if she placed a glass barrier between herself and the world. You couldn't get behind it easily. It made her remarkably attractive."
-Stanley Donen on Audrey Hepburn

My Interests


Likes:
Chinatsu Ban,wine bars, new people, quantum physics, eloquence, the feeling I get in airports knowing I'm about to go somewhere else, being abroad, Britcoms, appreciation, Paris, Stockholm, aesthetics, provocative fashion photography, drawing with smudgy-soft charcoals, writing letters to strangers like confessionals on Japanese stationary, individualism, telling hilarious stories, creativity, films from the 60's, emaciation, beautiful flaws, Svenska (Swedish), French, sociology, and Jung.

I'd like to meet:


Marlene Dumas.

Music:


Lykke Li
Jens Lekman
Television
CocoRosie
The Pipettes
Stereo Total
Yann Tiersen
Metric
Blonde Redhead
Bikini Kill
The Knife
Justice
The Shangri-Las
Bat for Lashes
The Blow
Crystal Castles
Piana
Francoise Hardy
The Unicorns

Movies:


Film Noir
Kiss Me Deadly
Studio Ghibli
Citizen Dog
Fassbinder

Television:


Arrested Development
Shameless
Black Books

Books:


As many as I can get my hands on.
Italo Calvino.

Heroes:



an asparagus steamer, a fashion designer, & a sexy Librarian.

(you know who you are).

people that think for themselves, act for themselves, and defy society against great odds.
the kinds of people who go through miserable lives and come out hopeful, and unbitter.
most of my close friends.

Artists that make the ugly, beautiful.

My Blog

Obesity, Anorexia, and the Interview

I was obese once, then anorexic, and everything in between - I am writing about it, and I feel the best way to sum it up is this interview here.www.bleachonline.com-Amber Demure ...
Posted by Amèlie Poulain on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 08:40:00 PST

My near death in Paris (photos at bottom)

I am killing time at a late hour in an internet cafe; I will use this time to tell everyone of my journey at once... including how I almost wound up stabbed and raped or God only knows, in France. ...
Posted by Amèlie Poulain on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 03:54:00 PST