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Laura

All the world's a stage...

About Me

I prefer Friendster.

First, actor. Then: wife, worker, observer, traveler, celebrator, cynic, city dweller, artist, art lover, blogger, rarely a myspace user, audition goer, aunt, shakespearean, vegetarian, over educated, news junkie, loud, front-of-house usher, whimsical, determined, politically correct, extremely liberal, theorist, theatre goer, teacher, couch surfer, listener, writer, sister and daughter, temp, news junkie, poor, Macintosh user, reader. In no particular order.

Read my blog for more information: http://lostinarden.livejournal.com/

My Interests

24-hour diners, accents, acting, acting shakespeare, acting theory, activism, aesthetic theory, animal rights, animals, arguing, art, artists, bailey's irish cream, beer, big cities, bisexuality, black coffee, books, boys, brian froud, bright colors, cafes, candles, celtic, classical theatre, coaching actors, cold, corsets, creating, cuddling, dancing, dark chocolate, deep conversation, directing, doc martens, drug movies, elizabethan era, elves, england, environmentalism, existentialism, faeries, feminism, folktales, food, forests, futons, girls, glitter, greek theatre, guinness, harold clurman, hippies, indie bookstores, indie theatre, indymedia, interesting people, irish pubs, jazz, kissing, l'auberge espagnole, languages, learning, leftist politics, lipgloss, live music, lonely planet, making art, masks, massage, misanthropy, mix cds, multiculturalism, museums, musical instruments, musical theatre, mythology, nature, new york city, no tv, no war, organic, organization, pacifism, passion, people-watching, performance art, philosophy, political art, politics, post modernism, protests, quiet bars, rainbows, reading, rings, romance, school, sensuality, shakespeare, shakespeare's globe, silver, silver jewelery, singing, smoothies, soy, spanish, stage combat, stars, stella adler, sweaters, taking pictures, tea, the group theatre, theater, theatre, theatre history, theatre theory, tie dye, touching, traveling, vegetarianism, vintage clothes, walking, writing, yoga, you

I'd like to meet:

Good People (TM). Fellow expats.

Music:

tori amos, ani difranco, dar williams, sarah maclaughlin, alanis morisette, tracy chapman, janis joplin, loreena mckennitt, jewel, aimee mann, the cranberries, the beatles, other hippie and women musicians, celtic/irish music, showtunes, jazz, classical, good ol' rock, and pretty much everything else except country and pop

Movies:

there are a few i do actually like! chasing amy, clerks, dogma, requiem for a dream, trainspotting, traffic, ma vie en rose, forrest gump, l'auberge espagnole, dancer in the dark, the lord of the rings, pi, billy elliott

Television:

television is evil. so are ice cream trucks. i patronize neither.

Books:

plays, acting technique/theory, theatre history and theory, zen and the art of motorcycle maintenence, classic literature, english and russian literature, shakespeare's first folio, nonfiction, philosophy, and anything that's a good story and emphasizes language

Heroes:

the group theatre.