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Laura

more human than human

About Me

I've been living in Turkey and teaching English since 2005, but I still say "hella" and rock wooden clogs, so I'm pretty much still jenny from the block...

My Interests

When I was a little girl I thought I was Harriet the Spy and I kept a list of Things I Like/Things I Hate. I liked the bruise on my knee in the perfect shape of the Batman insignia but hated this fat girl who made fun of me for being a late-bloomer. These days I like listening to my ipod on the crosstown bus, shopping for Ottoman antiques in Ulus, chipping nail polish, wearing huge sunglasses all the time, my friends' artwork + music + filmmaking endeavors, sushi, making suprise mix CDs and airmailing them to friends, the Mediterranean, teaching and studying English grammar, being grateful, pinko-commie liberals, hot nerds (especially hot music nerds), art museums, vintage heels, dressing up in costumes, dance parties, San Francisco Chronicle crossword puzzles which my dad faithfully clips and mails to me, building forts from blankets & sofa cushions, languages, books on tape, weekend swap meets & garage sales, foreign travel, riding bikes, B&W photography...

Music:

Primal Scream - Country Girl

Add to My Profile | More VideosElectric Six, The Prima Donnas, The Faint, Peaches, Johnny Cash, Blood Brothers, Aesop Rock, The Black Heart Procession, Tom Waits, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Radiohead, Devo, Bowie, Johnny Cash, Ladytron, Adult, Eartha Kit, Belle & Sebastian, Ella Fitzgerald, Mike Patton, Edith Piaf, Joy Division, The Smiths, Elvis, Pulp, The Specials, Iron&Wine, The Beatles, still a big grunge fan, T-Rex, God Speed You Black Emperor, Cat Power, Nina Simone, old blues, neosoul, Prince, Patsy Cline, Blur, Roxy Music, Junior Boys, Deerhoof, Junior Senior, Velvet Underground, Pixies, Flaming Lips, Sigur Ros, Death in Vegas, Broken Social Scene, Interpol, Modest Mouse, Dirty Three, Blonde Redhead, The Notwist, Electric Umbilical Chord, Kissing Tigers, Cristina Monet, The Ramones, Fugazi, Thelonius Monk, B52s, Sinead O'Conner, tv on the radio, mix CDs & tapes...

Movies:

better in black and white

Television:

I heart Veronica Mars, Heroes, America's Next Top Model, and the British show Footballer's Wives.

Books:

Mostly English grammar books and Turkish language books these days, but I especially like reading love letters

Heroes:

father. for everything.