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Abbie (D-KS)

abbiehodgson

About Me

Brains, wit, and charm.

My Interests

Alphabetizing and color-coding. Correct capitalization, punctuation, and grammar.

I'd like to meet:

The three branches of government.

Music:

A modest selection: Afghan Whigs, Appleseed Cast, The Black Heart Procession, Built to Spill, The Clash, The Cure, Elliot Smith, The Flaming Lips, Guided by Voices, Journey, Pavement, The Smiths, Toms Waits, Townes Van Zandt, The Velvet Underground, Wilco, Will Oldham, Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs ... And plenty of things too embarassing to list (Beyonce).

Movies:

Anything that allows me to suspend reality for two hours give or take and does not include zombies. I am terrified of zombies. Do not talk to me about zombies.

Television:

I wish I could say I watch Lost or Project Runway, but I don't. Ok, I do watch Project Runway, but not Lost. Fuck. I have started watching Lost as well. Also, Little Britain and The West Wing.

Books:

The Awakening, Kate Chopin. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy. Ethan Fromme, Edith Wharton. Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austin. Middlemarch, George Elliot. Jude the Obscure, Thomas Hardy.

Heroes:

Toby Ziegler, Sam Seaborn, Josh Lyman, CJ Cregg

My Blog

Once

How often do you find the right person? See the movie. ...
Posted by Abbie (D-KS) on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:37:00 PST

Ideocracy, not a documentary about the Bush administration

People kept asking me if I had seen the movie Ideocracy, so I put it at the top of my netflix queue. Given the title, I had assumed in was a political documentary on the Bush administration. It was no...
Posted by Abbie (D-KS) on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:10:00 PST

Low Expectations

Going through life with very low expectations is a pathetic way to ensure disppointment rather than avoid it.
Posted by Abbie (D-KS) on Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:16:00 PST