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About Me

I waste a lot of time puttering about the house or applying cosmetics. I sing to my dogs, I cook, and sometimes I do both at the same time. I'd rather get take out and watch a good dvd at home than doing most other things. Sometimes I blog: clusterflock.org .

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My Interests

dogs, fake plastic birds, mid-century architecture, Lagavulin Whisky, vintage fabrics, cooking, making lists, puttering about and tidying up the place, cooking, daydreaming, wrapping gifts, Staffordshire bull terriers, people watching, cupcakes, the work of Charles and Ray Eames, Andy Warhol, Rothko, Paul Rand, Balenciaga, Elsa Schaparelli, Pucci, Prada, Chanel, men wearing kilts.

I'd like to meet:

Adrien Brody in a dark alley.

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Music:

Movies:

Not in any particular order: Secretary, 2001:A Space Odyssey, Royal Tanenbaums, 24 Hour Party People, Big Lebowski, Clockwork Orange, Blade Runner, Rushmore, Gates of Heaven, anything by Stanley Kubrick, Wes Anderson, the Coen Brothers, Errol Morris, Fellini, Pedro Almodovar

Television:

Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Office, Extras, Tim Gunn's Guide to Style, The Daily Show, Kitchen Nightmares, Iron Chef, Project Runway

Books:

Books on modern architecture, photography, art, surface design, vintage fabrics, vintage handbags. I do like W and Dwell Magazine

Heroes:

whoever invented the brownie

My Blog

Kitty Wigs

Have you seen these Kitty Wigs!?These are delightfully silly and sick! It pleases me to no end that someone decided to start a business selling wigs for cats. I love them! i must have one of every co...
Posted by Amy on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:11:00 PST

Grammatical Pet Peeves

There's a phrase I hear a lot that may be grammatically correct, but that is irrelevant since it should not be used. It sounds incorrect and awful. OK, so I heard someone describing something that hap...
Posted by Amy on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:13:00 PST

The Headmaster Ritual - Radiohead

I love this. This songs reminds me so much of my youth and how music was a welcomed relief from the reality of my crappy teenage years. ...
Posted by Amy on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:11:00 PST

Up Close and Personal Photographs

Photographer Martin Schoeller's large-scale headshots are really nice to me. linkI especially like the Adrien Brody photo but I think it's because I want to do dirty, dirty things to him. ;-)...
Posted by Amy on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:33:00 PST

Motocross Jacket

I so need/want/desire this jacket. I'd like it better if it were leatherette, not leather. And green normally doesn't do well on a light olive skin-toned gal like me, but fuck it, this thing is awesom...
Posted by Amy on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 10:21:00 PST

Welcome to the Neighborhood and Sorry My Dog Tried to Eat Your Dog

A very nice young couple are in the process of moving in next door with their two babies and three dogs. This morning one of our dogs ripped off a plank in our wooden fence so he could get through and...
Posted by Amy on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 02:22:00 PST

I Want An Obituary Like This

Count Gottfried von Bismarck, who was found dead on Monday aged 44, was a louche German aristocrat with a multi-faceted history as a pleasure-seeking heroin addict, hell-raising alcoholic, flamboyant ...
Posted by Amy on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 10:04:00 PST

One Pose Per Second

Blond Redhead(via Clusterflock)...
Posted by Amy on Mon, 14 May 2007 03:48:00 PST

Mariachis Woke Me This Morning

This morning at 5:00 AM I awoke to the sound of live Mariachi music. They played two songs. Years ago my husband awoke to the same and went outside to see where the music was coming from. He walked th...
Posted by Amy on Fri, 11 May 2007 10:06:00 PST

Runway 2 Party

The Dallas Fashion Incubator had their Runway 2 party this week to showcase some of the new work by a few of the designers. There wasn't the traditional fashion show, but a couple of photo shoots in d...
Posted by Amy on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 02:22:00 PST