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kristen

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About Me

I'm left-handed and imaginative to a fault. Also nostalgic. And a strong believer in food as fuel. No, that's not a band. Found me on Livejournal yet?

My Interests

Exploring, craft, music.

I'd like to meet:

Everyone.

Music:

Louis Armstrong, Django Reinhardt, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Stevie Wonder, Louis Prima, The Beatles, Duke Ellington, Bix Beiderbecke, Cab Calloway, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, The Andrews Sisters, Ultra-Lounge series, Eartha Kitt, Rasputina, Garmonbozia, Blitzen Trapper, Poler Bear, whoever put together the Ocean's Twelve soundtrack, Ravel, Debussy

Movies:

Return To Oz, Amelie, The Dark Crystal, The Royal Tenenbaums, Frida, The Thin Man, Star Wars, Back To The Future, Groundhog Day, The Fifth Element, Bugsy Malone, Practical Magic, Steel Magnolias, A Song Is Born, Rear Window, It's A Wonderful Life, The Wizard of Oz, The Sound of Music

Television:

The Adventures of Jeremy, The Herbs, The Muppet Show, vintage Sesame Street, Mr. Rogers, Electric Company, Cheburashka, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, MST3K, Unwrapped!

Books:

The Children of Green Knowe, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, The Private World of Tasha Tudor, The Margaret Rudkin Pepperidge Farm Cookbook, The White Trash Cookbook, I Spy, Another Roadside Attraction, Jitterbug Perfume, The Secret Staircase, Gayelord Hauser's Treasury of Secrets!!

My Blog

The Building Arc

...as it pertains to live performance.  Blitzen Trapper recently gave this a mention, and I thought it was something worth discussing.  If anyone has any sources for where to find further me...
Posted by kristen on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:46:00 PST

OK, I'll do it...

I've been tagged for the "6 quirks about you" meme.  Let's see how much I can narrow it down.   1.       I love using Q-Tips, but I've had ear infections before...
Posted by kristen on Sun, 02 Jul 2006 06:18:00 PST

Are you synaesthetic?

I am, but not super-strongly.  In my mind, certain colors are assigned to letters and numbers (aka grapheme-color synaesthesia) and I associate certain sounds or music with colors or smells (aura...
Posted by kristen on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 10:33:00 PST