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Marnie

Putting the ass in classy since 1973

About Me

I have too much free time during the summer and too little the rest of the year.

My Interests

Savvy friends. Storytelling. Karaoke. Colour. Crossword puzzles. Bad puns. Sewing. Polka dots. Learning. Jello wrestling.

I'd like to meet:

People that are beyond fart jokes, but not comedic pratfalls.

Music:

Pela, Ms. John Soda, Sufjan Stevens, Andrew Bird, Band of Horses, Solvent, Stars, Regina Spektor, The Shins, TV on the Radio, Magnetic Fields, Midlake, Dietzche V. and the Abominable Snowman, Shout Out Out Out Out, A Girl Named Sue, Bolide.

Movies:

Annie. Secretary.

Television:

Freaks and Geeks. My So-Called Life. Project Runway, Catwalk, and Jay.

Books:

A Heart Breaking Work of Staggering Genius (David Eggers). Don't Forget Me (Kazuo Ishiguro). The Time Traveller's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger). The Sandman Series (Neil Gaiman). Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis).

Heroes:

think progressively and beyond money. Inspire hope.

My Blog

Reunited

When I was over at my parent's place last Sunday when my dad became insistant that the time had come to clear my book collection out of their house. I was secretly happy at this prospect.I'd forgotte...
Posted by Marnie on Thu, 24 May 2007 09:32:00 PST

Amelia

I make it a point to buy books on a regular basis. Mostly I buy them for my classroom. I used to absolutely love reading, but following studying literature at university I stopped reading pretty muc...
Posted by Marnie on Wed, 16 May 2007 10:49:00 PST

Random Incident:

So, last week I arrived home to the following e-mail message:Hey is this Marnie D***?? This is Stan.... I don't know if this is the Marnie I'm thinking of, but I went to University with you at the Uni...
Posted by Marnie on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 04:22:00 PST

Why is my alter ego so much cooler than me?

It's true. Felt Up is the person I want to be. And Felt Up is technically over eighty percent Karen so maybe I'm secretly longing to be Karen. I certainly envy her sewing skills and, according to o...
Posted by Marnie on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:05:00 PST