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About Me

shy, shy, shy, shy ,shy. and awkward. existential dread and awe. daydreamer and book reader. also, cat owner. and i have salt and pepper shakers that are shaped like footballs. I write stories, glue things together, and take things apart to see how they work only to end up breaking them instead. i love words to the extent that i'd eat them if it was possible. perhaps i'll try it one of these days. most importantly, i like it when the drums kick in.

My Interests

words. waiting for sunshine. writing and other acts of creation. football. sports radio. solitude. dance parties. dancing in my bathroom as i do my makeup. homemade soup. hiedegger's theories of language. sticks and stones. quantum mechanics. tetris. living on coffee. not being able to eat or sleep. being confused. being happy. bicycles. bellies. bath time. phenomenology. non-dairy creamer. non-euclidean geometry. scarves. semiotics. asking questions. saying the wrong thing. sewing machines. method products. painting my walls red. hand written letters. pork tacos. hot and sour soup. the express bus. drum tuning. acting the fool.

I'd like to meet:

chocolate. midwesterners.

Music:

mingus. monk. arthur doyle. daktaris. the klf. simon and garfunkle. public enemy. elo. beach boys.'me and julio down by the schoolyard.' galaxie 500. hypnotic brass ensemble. pittsburgh oldies radio stations (best bathroom dance parties ever).

Movies:

the graduate, when we were kings, breakfast at tiffany's, ghost dog, big fish, wings of desire, donnie darko, george washington. the big lebowski. hoop dreams. rushmore. withnail and i. pale rider. harry potter, jesus is magic.

Television:

football, pbs, america's next top model, and the crack cocaine that is Lost.

Books:

O. E. D.,infinite jest, ulysses, our lady of the flowers, contagion, the mezzanine, the name of the rose, the giving tree, burn collector, crime and punishment, the street of crocodiles, indiana indiana, duino elegies, the castle.

Heroes:

people who spin in the streets. people who make things out of trash.douglas j. 625/626.

My Blog

i have a cat named vince lombardi

he likes to play fetch. he doesn't meow, rather he makes a sound similar to when you step on a squeak toy. he's fascinated by the cat box and puts his face so close to the other kitties' privates when...
Posted by heather on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 06:53:00 PST

playoffs = love

playoffs are my only reason to get out of bed in january. although i have a hard time believing that any game this year will top usc v. texas. okay, i am officially a jock now. do i get i free cup ...
Posted by heather on Sun, 08 Jan 2006 09:23:00 PST

sadness on the bus

so this lady on the bus said to the driver, "only two more weeks of this and the days start getting longer." the days are still getting shorter? they only last twenty minutes as it is. it's probab...
Posted by heather on Tue, 13 Dec 2005 11:26:00 PST

i need you to give me your words

i need words. a lot of them. a hundred of them to be exact. and i need you all to send them to me. if i choose your word, i will then write a flash fiction piece of a hundred words or less based aro...
Posted by heather on Mon, 05 Dec 2005 07:49:00 PST

my shitty thanksgiving totally beats your shitty one.

unless of course you also flew a thousand miles to see people who didn't talk to you, or if your grandfather's girlfriend told you that you got your dead grandmother's 'jew hair', or if you were force...
Posted by heather on Mon, 28 Nov 2005 01:39:00 PST

five foot seven

is how tall i am at the moment. doctors be dammned! i used to be 5'5'' and 1/2. ask me how i did it and i'll share with you my secret. it's pretty cool except it involves getting scoliosis first. oh...
Posted by heather on Fri, 04 Nov 2005 11:38:00 PST

my new favorite words

Lexicon Malfeasance Aquiline Ephemera Husky Pillory Fecund Meander Ember
Posted by heather on Fri, 04 Nov 2005 05:31:00 PST

things that make me happy

that my computer and vcr automatically adjust to daylight savings. riding my bike through downtown on sundays when it is desolate except for the leaves that tumble across intersections. when my cat wi...
Posted by heather on Mon, 31 Oct 2005 07:08:00 PST