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Elyn

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About Me


Here's something "about me": My blood type is A+, my pressure is 92/54, my pulse is 72, and my cholesterol is 173... i'm selling by the pint to the highest bidder - who wants some?
Sometimes i wonder whether i'm running away from the real world, or towards it.
FIND ME:
(2007-2008) Palmetto – 8/26
Lakeland – 9/10 (i believe these are all show dates, which means i hit town about a day or two earlier)
Augusta, GA – 9/27
Chattanooga – 10/3
Cincy – 10/10
Charlottesville, VA – 10/17
N. Charleston, SC – 10/25
Florence, SC – 11/1
Savannah – 11/8
Macon – 11/13
Albany, GA – 11/16
Asheville – 11/21
Tupelo – 11/28
Biloxi – 12/5-12/9
Youngstown, OH – 12/19
Providence – 12/26
Binghamton – 1/2
Erie, PA – 1/9
Wilkes-Barre – 1/16
Worcester – 1/23
Springfield – 1/30
Portland, ME – 2/6
Salisbury, MD – 2/13
Columbus – 2/20
Hershey – 2/27
Montreal – 3/5
Kingston, ON – 3/12
Toronto – 3/19
Subject to random and unexplainable change :)

My Interests

"The world's got me dizzy again / you'd think after 22 years i'd get used to the spin / but it only gets worse when i stay in one place so i'm always pacing around and walking away" - Bright Eyes

I'd like to meet:

"Grown tired of holding this pose... feel more like a stranger each time i come home..."

As seen on Break.com

Music:

Sufjan Stevens, Elliott Smith, The Shins, Flogging Molly, Bright Eyes, Tom Waits, NOFX, Jeff Buckley, Velvet Underground, Modest Mouse, Dufus, Ween, Andrew Bird, Boom Bip & Doseone, Joe Driscoll, Paul Westerberg, Mindless Self Indulgence...

Movies:

The Big Lebowski, 12 Monkeys, Donnie Darko, Garden State, Spirited Away, Amelie, anything Wes Anderson

Television:

Discovery Channel... adult swim... Music videos if they're ever on...

Books:

Everything Is Illuminated, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Invisible Monsters, Choke, Kavalier & Clay, Confederacy of Dunces, The House of Leaves, Jitterbug Perfume, the Imajica...

Heroes:

"All my heroes are gone and their figures cast in lead - from the fountains at their feet to the birdshit on their heads"

My Blog

Loon Poop

Went to visit White Shoes in Providence... good times. Learned how to play Dodge-Beer which might be my new favorite game. We took the ferry to Block Island, and despite it being pretty cold and rain...
Posted by Elyn on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:44:00 PST

EGYPT

k... i'm leaving now for Cairo. I'll be there for a month or so, then backpacking Europe (no solid plans yet if anyone is gonna be around - i'm down for meeting up) Anyway, it's been a serious summer ...
Posted by Elyn on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:35:00 PST

hello

hello (said like salad fingers) i've been sick and sleeping too much, so now i need to be asleep but can't. Plus i don't even know what time it is cuz i'm in California and my brain won't reset to Pac...
Posted by Elyn on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 04:35:00 PST

gaining momentum

ok... so i only "blog" when i'm bored... and when i'm bored, sometimes i'm also kinda depressed... so i noticed that my blogs are all super sad or irritated sounding.... that's not how i really am!s...
Posted by Elyn on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:26:00 PST

Who really needs a forklift anyway?

So there's this scene in Rushmore, where Bill Murray's smoking a cigarette in an elevator. The main character asks him how he's been, and he says "Oh, I'm alright, been kinda lonely lately", and light...
Posted by Elyn on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 09:31:00 PST

There is a fish in the Amazon that will swim up your urethra

Hoody-hoo Home is boring, but nice. Not that i need an excuse to be a lazy piece of crap, but since i'm technically "recovering" from what was apparently just a combination of bronchitus, larryngitis,...
Posted by Elyn on Sat, 27 May 2006 11:51:00 PST

So long and thanks for the respiratory infection!

Well, i'd write about Venezuela... except i didn't really see Venezuela, so i guess i'll just write about what i saw. I saw alot of security guards. It seemed like wherever i looked, there was one vis...
Posted by Elyn on Fri, 26 May 2006 10:22:00 PST

For those who are interested...

So, i spent a day quarantined in the Show Office, cuz i apparently have SARS or something...  (i feel alot better by the way)...  anyway, i managed to procure a copy of our Tentative 20...
Posted by Elyn on Wed, 24 May 2006 03:23:00 PST

Adios Pendejos!

Well, i'm packing my stuff. Leaving Puerto Rico. Thank God.   Things i've lost in Puerto Rico: My leatherman (stolen) About 20 pounds that i really didn't have to spare A fingernail A purple car...
Posted by Elyn on Sun, 30 Apr 2006 08:55:00 PST

Zen and the Art of Puerto Rican Bathroom Maintenance

What the fuck is the deal with Puerto Rican bathrooms??? I mean seriously. You have to use them too - don't you want to have an even remotely adequate experience? It's not that they're filthy. Well, y...
Posted by Elyn on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 03:40:00 PST