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About Me

I'm a study in opposites. I like my routine and order but I sometimes end up in chaos. I think I have ADHD or at least ants in my pants. I multi-task too much and my friends tell me to calm down. I will. When I'm 99.

Cheetos are the current food of choice. I run and bike a lot. Mainly to burn off the cheetos. Mostly to keep my sanity. I'm a mountain biking addict, and if you like mountain biking as well, then I'll be your friend for life. Especially if you have a car, free time, and are better than me so that I can improve my rad skills.

I love summer, hate winter, love being outdoors, hate being cooped up. When I get inspired I love to write. And play guitar. And play drums. And make movies. But not all at once, although I could probably try.

My Interests

I like speed. Driving fast, biking fast, anything to get my adrenaline pumping. I'm also naturally curious, and enjoy talking to people and hearing their stories. I'm a documentary filmmaker, and love documenting the world and people around me. I like the unique, the unknown and sometimes even the mundane.

I'd like to meet:

You know who you are.

Music:

Magnolia Electric Company, The Cliks, Kimya Dawson, Damien Jurado, Linkin Park, PJ Harvey, Nirvana unplugged, tacky Middle Eastern pop music, some reggae dub and bhangra, undiscovered acoustic stuff, anything with heart and soul.

Movies:

All Over Me, Startup Dot Com, Control Room, Breaking Away, Jesus' Son, The Idiots, Thirteen, Floating, Diabolique (1954), It will End Up In Tears (Israeli Queer Doc) - there are so many.

Television:

I don't have cable, so I only get three fuzzy channels. I'm not a fan of fuzz, so mostly I don't watch much.

Books:

Two of my favorite authors are Annie Proulx and Charles Baxter.

Heroes:

My number one hero was and always will be my grandfather. I owe so much to him.

"The truly creative mind, in any field, is no more than this: a human born abnormally, inhumanely sensitive. To her, a touch is a blow, a sound is a noise, a misfortune is a tragedy, a joy is an ecstasy, a friend is a lover, a lover is a god and failure is death.

She/he must create, must pour out creation. By some strange, unknown, inward urgency, she is not really alive unless she is creating." -Pearl S. Buck

My Blog

Pre Ride Jitters

Shoot, I'm nervous. In exactly 11 hours, I'm riding 80 miles as part of the Boulevard Lakefront Tour. This city-sponsored ride winds through Chicago's neighborhoods. My friend Steve and I are actual...
Posted by diva on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 05:30:00 PST

Moody

Can we have a day outside that isn't stormy?Yesterday evening, I wanted to take a simple bike ride down the lakefront but kept being blown sideways by the overly aggressive wind. The sky was menacing...
Posted by diva on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:41:00 PST

Film shoot hangover

I wanna write, but my brain is mush. Trying to think is like swimming through a swamp. Things are not moving so fast here.I'm tired out from my film shoot yesterday. Film shoots seem to do that to me...
Posted by diva on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:05:00 PST

Film Shoot

It's 6:30am, and I look out my window...happy to see sun and not rain.Spence and I are going to Cabrini Green to film. For those who haven't read my other film blogs....Cabrini Green is a low-income ...
Posted by diva on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 04:43:00 PST

Road Biking

Two biking blogs in one day. Maybe they're getting kinda boring. I hope not.Just got back from a blistering road ride with my friend Meg and her friend Bill. We were flying along bumpy Sheridan road ...
Posted by diva on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:46:00 PST

Mountain Biking

Just got back from mountain biking. It's a gorgeous day out - we're really lucky to have such a nice labor day.Biking was great today. Sirly asked me if I like road biking. And I do, especially now t...
Posted by diva on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:18:00 PST

Is there a full moon or somethin

Yesterday was just too weird.First, there is a bank robbery down the street where I work. The robber escaped and was rumored to be in the neighborhood. Fun.Next, when I go home I'm startled by a man ...
Posted by diva on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:03:00 PST

Bank Robbery Happening Now

Breaking NewsThere's a bank robbery happening down the street from where I work. In Roger's Park, Chicago. We've heard that there are hostages taken, the businesses surrounding the bank have been loc...
Posted by diva on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:50:00 PST

Cargo shorts are out?

I may be good at some things, but fashion ain't one of them. Case in point...I was at a queer event tonight, and realized that I was the ONLY ONE wearing cargo shorts. Last year they were ubiquitous....
Posted by diva on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:56:00 PST

Melvin

There's a spry, African-American man with a red checkered hat on the middle of the softball field. He's swinging a golf club, practicing his putts.We're at Cabrini Green, the public housing developmen...
Posted by diva on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:08:00 PST