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saramoira

switchblade in my pocket where my rosary should be

About Me

I have a rather mysterious seizure disorder. (They're all mysterious, aren't they?) One of my professors thinks that this means I should become some sort of shaman or voodoo priestess, and has recommended that I visit a hundred-year-old spiritual community in the next town for advice on the matter. I am not kidding.UPDATE 12/2006: I have yet to visit the community, but if someone in the Ithaca area wants to drive me out there, we can make a field trip of it. Seriously.

My Interests

little bits of paper, folded things, dead people, harmonicas, zen, desserts, ironic poetry, and the like. French graphic novels. Anima-nation.

I'd like to meet:

Okay, I should make one thing clear: I am here for FRIENDS, and I define a FRIEND as being someone I have met/spoken to/looked at, physically, in person, at least once in my life. I am extremely shy - this means I probably won't respond to you if you are just contacting me to tell me I am hot (um, excuse me, "HOTT") and that I should IM you sometime. I don't participate in the myspace meat market, and I've never used IM. And I'm not going to start, even for you. And besides, you'd probably find me rather boring.If, on the other hand, we have met/spoken with/looked at each other at some point in our lives, by all means drop me a line. This also goes for friends of friends (I'm not entirely against meeting new people, especially if they like my friends). Just be patient, because (I will say it again) I am shy. I am also a Cornell student, which means I am freaking out all the time. I don't tend to communicate with others when I'm freaking out.Oh, and if the only reason you want to contact me is to find out why I hate you so much, or why I looked at you funny in middle school/high school/summer camp/college/whatever the fuck, stop worrying. I don't hate you, and I didn't mean to look at you that way. It comes from the lack of social skills.UPDATE 12/2006: All of the above is still true.

Music:

jonathan richman, goran bregovic, greg brown, dresden dolls, yann tiersen, the crooners, david bowie, edith piaf, flowers of disgust, jeff skorik, howling wolf, ween, the kinks, magnetic fields, manu chao, nick cave, moloko, morphine, protein, red elvises, t rex, TMBG, violent femmes, tom waits, cake, duke ellington, chris merkley, the doors, louise attaque, nouvelle vague, johnny cash, le tigre, manu chao, ray charles, etc.

Movies:

six-string samurai, cry baby, clay pigeons, mulholland drive, dead man, ghost dog, the big lebowski, nightmare before christmas, lost in la mancha, bubba ho-tep, gothic, the triplets of belleville, tuvalu, the saddest music in the world, the new world, and just about anything by wong kar-wai (except for as tears go by- it's total crap.)

Television:

fishing with john was pretty good. most of the rest of TV is dreck. and yes, dreck is a word.

Books:

oahspe, female sex perversion, city of glass, the phantom tollbooth, the dot and the line, yellow books of a mathematical nature, the penguin dictionary of curious and interesting geometry, and I just read wicked. (EDIT: no I didn't. this was written ages ago. however, I'm leaving this up because there's no way I'm going to log in to update this list every time I read a book.)

Heroes:

ray johnson, aubrey beardsley, buddy holly. women. all people who endeavor to be non-reactionary in this incredibly reactionary world. people who ask questions.

My Blog

The Johnny Depp Is Ugly Club

My friend Robin got this note from a kid in the after school program where she works:Dear Robin,We have counted 11 members in the Johny Depp is ugly club! Sadly, you have reached 7 people on your side...
Posted by saramoira on Fri, 07 Apr 2006 02:05:00 PST

random storylet

Now, I tell you what, Bill  you won't b'lieve me but here it is  on the rounds I pulled over these two kids, couldn'a been more'n twenty years old  nothin' big, tail light was out  and this girl ...
Posted by saramoira on Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:31:00 PST

If you are not a percussionist:

And even if you are, check out the film Microcosmos. Highlights include a fight scene between rhinoceros beetles (complete with dramatic action-movie-esque music sequence) and a love scene between two...
Posted by saramoira on Thu, 23 Mar 2006 04:33:00 PST

If you are a percussionist:

If you are a percussionist (or an appreciator of percussion (or sound)), then you should try to find a copy of Touch the Sound. It's a documentary. About a deaf percussionist.Okay, so she's not comple...
Posted by saramoira on Thu, 23 Mar 2006 04:33:00 PST

Brokeback Mountain

I just saw it. Good movie. Go see it when it comes out. And um, take any gay-bashing friends you might have with you. See if they walk out of the theater. (just for kicks.) On a related note, I...
Posted by saramoira on Sun, 04 Dec 2005 09:45:00 PST

sorry guys

I have to drop out of the myspace universe for a while. For that matter, I will be MIA on all of these little social networking sites until I can fix my med situation or the end of the semester, whic...
Posted by saramoira on Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:08:00 PST

small update

Let's see... I'm no longer taking the Klonopin. There's just no fucking way, folks. I need my sleep as much as the next gal, but not for 14+ hours a day. No no no. I'm definitely reacting to this wors...
Posted by saramoira on Sun, 23 Oct 2005 11:42:00 PST

my cat is in heat

she is very vocal. she is also making out with the floor. hott. I'm going to call the vet and say a word that rhymes with pray. or lay. or stay. or fray. can you guess what it is? I bet you can.
Posted by saramoira on Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:05:00 PST

background on the shamanism business, part 1

So I started having seizures and pre-seizures again, after a three-year hiatus. My doctor has prescribed Klonopin, which means that I won't have seizures anymore, but I will spend most of my days in a...
Posted by saramoira on Fri, 07 Oct 2005 09:46:00 PST