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About Me

never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise

My Interests

the academy awards, context, daily bruin crossword puzzles, female jazz standards, grammar, happy hours, harry potter theories, hemingway, j. alfred prufrock, kkjz, knitting, looking at the stars, mitch hedberg, the moon, obscure references, pink and orange sunsets, princess movies, protected left turns, shakespeare, squirrels, subtleties, t.s. eliot, theatre, wine, words

I'd like to meet:

egon spengler

Music:

(straight ahead) jazz, swing, big band. always ella and count basie
most played on the ipod right now: arcade fire, the beatles, neko case, clap your hands say yeah, franz ferdinand, frou frou, ben kweller, the new pornographers, ozma, squirrel nut zippers, the white stripes

Movies:

almost famous, being julia, closer, gosford park, lost in translation, moulin rouge, newsies, the royal tenenbaums
then about a gazillion others

Books:

currently reading: bel canto

Heroes:

sylvia plath, ella fitzgerald, henri rousseau, john stanek

My Blog

won't my mommy be so proud

because todayi literally brought home a baby bumble bee(please, let's not get technical. i am not equipped to know the difference between adult bumble bees and baby bumble bees. it was pretty small. i...
Posted by rebecca on Mon, 21 May 2007 11:38:00 PST

sometimes i'm even persnicketier

so it just occurred to methat by moving in with my dadi am one step closer to becoming veronica marsi already have some decent PI skills (especially on the internet. go ahead, try me)i think all that'...
Posted by rebecca on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 05:30:00 PST

drive them high steppin' strutters

dear mister bill richardsonyou will not be receiving my vote come time for the democratic primary electionsthis is not to say anything about your views on the issues or anything terribly politically-m...
Posted by rebecca on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 03:01:00 PST

my bologna has a first name . . .

that is to say, OSCAR day is quickly approaching(yes. i know. my subject line was pretty obscure even by my own standards)if you would like to get your picks in, you have until the start of the broadc...
Posted by rebecca on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 02:21:00 PST

six letter word for 'thoroughly entranced'

H-O-O-K-E-Di saw 'wordplay' last weekthe documentary on the new york times crossword puzzlei now own a one-a-day calendarbased on said crosswordi. am. in. love.i mean, i was quite the master at the da...
Posted by rebecca on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 08:27:00 PST

i am bringing sexy

i can't very well bring it 'back' because, as new developments would have it seem, i never had the sexy to begin with(i'm sure it doesn't help that most every single blog i post involves a cheesy pop ...
Posted by rebecca on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:02:00 PST

stop phunking with my heart dammit

i made it through london bridgethat darn 'let's get it started' songthat other song that's really really loud and has a lot of bassso why-- WHY do i have to be so mesmerized every time i hear fergalic...
Posted by rebecca on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 07:15:00 PST

the royal tannenbaums

i have a christmas treeit wasn't my doing. my mom bought it for meit's nice, though. and i think i will decorate it with silver tinsel. and maybe some blinking lightsand a star...
Posted by rebecca on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:28:00 PST

wealth? fame? eternal youth?

i went out for chinese food for lunch the other dayat the end of the meal, i opened my fortune cookiethe paper inside read, 'you will be coming into a fortune'i think that's just cheating...
Posted by rebecca on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:43:00 PST

don't read-- this entry isn't witty at ALL

rules of happiness (that i just read in a catalogue, spelled with a 'u' to sound more distinguished)1. free your heart from hatred2. free your mind from worries3. live simply4. give more5. expect less...
Posted by rebecca on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:32:00 PST