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zephyr

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About Me

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My Interests

shapeshifting. gallavanting. glory and grace. about-face. the grotesque. burlesque/carnivalesque. tricksterisms and exorcisms. the ghosts in the machine. hyperbole. bowl me over. taking pleasure/bodies of text. ink. masquerading. the performance of everyday life. passing or not passing. just passing through. words, theories, practicing artist. lectures (but good ones). taking notes. flippin it. anthropological i's. dragging it out. desire, debauchery, decadence and occasional debasement. embarassment. push push push then pull back. look twice/think again. nostalgia, liminalism, the angel of history. grandiosity. the hunter and the hunted (mix it up). playing dress up. let's pretend. reading/talking/acting out. problematics. critical closeness. triangulations beyond binarisms. im/possibilities. documentation and archives. bookstore dates. further investigations. keeping on, coming up, getting down (in it). sweating it out. up all night editing. high heels and lacings. making it up and breaking it down. torrential potentials and ambiguous contiguity. wigs.

the wind and the sea. bones and wings.

I'd like to meet:

my angels. and angles.

Music:

antony and the johnsons, barrington levy, cowboy junkies, de la soul, eurythmics, faith no more, guns n roses, human league, iggy pop, june carter, kermit the frog, lady saw, misfits, neko case, outfield, patrick wolf, queen, ryan adams, sparks, tears for fears, utah phillips, velvet underground, wu-tang, xanopticon, yeah yeah yeahs, zap mama. krs-one, 2pac, devil makes three, 4 non blondes, jackson 5, six to go, seven year bitch, crazy eights, nine inch nails, 10000 maniacs.

Movies:



Books:

the count of monte cristo. sometimes a great notion. lord of the rings. howl. the once and future king. harry potter. leviathan by peter blegvad. odd bodkins. the illuminatus trilogy. angela carter. fairy tales/myths and legends. man and his symbols. the uncanny. colette. helene cixous. room with a view. vanity fair. middlesex. geek love. primo levi.

Heroes:

artists, rabble-rousers, musicians, thinkers, and Others...

...and Chris Himle, undercover superhero, gatekeeper and measure of men.

My Blog

i can’t go to yoga because i got a new tattoo

so i'll tell ya all about it.Have you ever cried during a tattoo?second session on the back with rob i was a total pussy and sniffled into my scarf until he told me to go drink some whiskey at cleo's ...
Posted by zephyr on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:59:00 PST

that time of now

Write down what you see, hear, and are thinking..1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4..."Plato, Hume and Camus have been handled with the same mixture of.."2. Stretch your...
Posted by zephyr on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:54:00 PST

blogging the danse macabre : http://portablemortal.blogspot.com

i will be blogging my MA thesis as it develops (rather like a polaroid) at:http://portablemortal.blogspot.com it's about death, and dancing it... decadence, desire, and masquerade... mourning, moaning...
Posted by zephyr on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:43:00 PST

thanks

to everyone who has been here there and everywhere in between these last 10 or so days (who's counting?).to chicago: i've never lived anywhere before that put out so many fuckin awesome good true folk...
Posted by zephyr on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:55:00 PST

SANTA CRUZing in TONIGHT

hey my people good peopleBerichellanda Sciumbatenhauer will be riding the Wilshusen rail into santa cruz tonight to gather and participate in as many hugs and good love as is possible and i KNOW what ...
Posted by zephyr on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:26:00 PST

BON CHRIS: santa cruz. SATURDAY.

hello dears.tonight was the chicago styled memorial gathering for chris himle. pretty awesome: we ate, drank, danced, drew and decorated his bike...on thursday i am coming to santa cruz with two miche...
Posted by zephyr on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:08:00 PST

Come celebrate / cry and laugh for Chris: tomorrow (chicago)

Please come join us all to celebrate the life and mourn the death of Chris Himle tomorrow : Monday : Labor day at 1237 N. California Ave, Chicago ... a neighborhood community center across from Humbol...
Posted by zephyr on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 02:22:00 PST

chris (must.trust.love.)

our fuckin fantastic beautiful gorgeous lovely charming and inimitablechris himlemy housematemy best friend for 13 yearsmy one-time (manytime!) boyfriendmy first (and then some)my partner in minor cri...
Posted by zephyr on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:31:00 PST

pop psychology

Psychoanalyze Yourself. Answer the following questions with the first thought that comes to mind. Then read which each answer means. (No cheating!)1. You are not alone. You are walking in the woods.re...
Posted by zephyr on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:41:00 PST

thanks flynn, i needed an excuse to talk about myself again.

1. Do you still talk to the person you last had a thing with?thing of the past, you mean? i'm working on breaking down this concept of history.2. Have you ever seen your best friend cry?what are we, s...
Posted by zephyr on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 05:36:00 PST