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Elly Zee

The plague of the fast zombies is upon us. Beware!

About Me


Read my blog at www.ellyzee.com
"Right now you're tied with Mr. T, but you knocked the shit out of MLK and Jesus." - JD
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"You know what? You're like the coolest exgirlfriend ever." - Jim
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"I was thinking about people who are the cornerstones of my life. You're one." - Manda
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"If you want me to continue telling you what a bitch you are, you can call me back." - Jason
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"I am always frustrated by how fascinated I am by you and how little tyme I've had to slide around on your squishy brain with you." - John
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"You are a unique individual with soooo many great qualities, a huge heart, and more compassion than anyone I know. I love you and am proud to have you as a daughter and a friend." - my mom
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"Don't ever stop writing, your stories are the only stories I'll ever read and I'm sure there are millions of others like myself who would do the same." - Justin

My Interests

reading, writing, learning, art, music, Baltimore, the Earth, cooking/food, football, comedy, philosophy, religion, politics, business, time travel, dancing, grammar and etymology, crafting, anthropomorphizing public art, the word "anthropomorphize"

Visit http://ellyzee.etsy.com for my online store of art and crafts.

I'd like to meet:

I already met him.But I wouldn't mind having coffee with these guys:

Music:

Tune in tokyo
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Movies:

I like movies a lot.

Television:

I finally cancelled cable.

Books:

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Heroes:

Jesus, Martin Amis, Toni Morrison, Chuck Palahniuk, Stephen King, Charlie Kaufman, William Faulkner, Kyle Zupko

My Blog

Oh, For Crying Out Loud

Why my move this weekend was absolutely unnecessarily frustrating and sucky: 1) Not nearly as many people showed up to help as I thought would. (Thanks AGAIN to the people who did show up; I owe you b...
Posted by Elly Zee on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:34:00 PST

Brief Commentary on my Previous Tax Post

I know I posted all that without supporting my negative opinion of the taxes. So here's a very, very brief commentary. 1) They are not all bad. I will support any increase in tobacco taxes simply bec...
Posted by Elly Zee on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:39:00 PST

The MD State Legislature is Fucking Up

Taxes, Taxes, and More Taxes (2008 Edition) From The Maryland Republican Party Research Department Visit the MDGOP Web site (www.mdgop.org) During the 2007 Special Session, Democrats pushed through t...
Posted by Elly Zee on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:37:00 PST

To My 26-Year-Old Friends (and those a wee bit older and younger)

You need to read this article. It's about how you can have a million dollars socked away by retirement by saving for only one year. Pretty impressive, if you can make the lifestyle adjustment. E...
Posted by Elly Zee on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:47:00 PST

Death to Stuffed Animals??

Read the article first: "Death to Stuffed Animals" by Emily Bazelon Wow. I don’t know if I was especially affected by this article because I make stuffed animals, but something about this makes...
Posted by Elly Zee on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:36:00 PST

Oh and, btw, that rad dress I got at Goodwill?

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Posted by Elly Zee on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:27:00 PST

On Fashion (with amusing pictures!)

(I wish I had more pictures to sprinkle into this blog, but for most of it, you’ll have to just use your imagination.) Let’s go back to the beginning first. This is not a fashion picture...
Posted by Elly Zee on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:19:00 PST

$100.46

Oh MAN, I got some good stuff. I can’t wait to get everything cleaned so I can start wearing it (and post some pics). I got the best vintage 60s mod dress for $15!! Anyway, here’s the...
Posted by Elly Zee on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:46:00 PST

Fashionista

I’ve been spending FAR too much time looking at Wardrobe Remix. All I want to do is go spend my whole paycheck at Goodwill. No, no, no! Bad Elly! ...but I can get 5 dresses and 3 skirts and&nbs...
Posted by Elly Zee on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:29:00 PST

Wild Goose--er, Swan Chase

Yesterday, I got this very strange email from my boyfriend: Can you do me a huge favor after work? I need a stuffed swan. I thought maybe like the card store at the mall or something, or even Toys R U...
Posted by Elly Zee on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:01:00 PST