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gratiæ

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About Me

I AM ...a simple girl ...a moody girl ...a girly girl ...a quirky girl ...a city girl who loves the sea ...an artist ...a student ...a shopper ...a romantic ...a music lover ...an avid reader ...a sleeper ...a would-be traveler ...a Congolese born American ...strong minded but indecisive ...older than I look ...easily bored ...easily amused ...easily inspired ...impulsive and lazy ...passive aggressive ...most active at night ...awed and terrified of the world

My Interests

odd things trendy things popular things childish things ART weird art great art bad art art that moves me or makes me look twice READING books by great authors books by romance writers stories written by friends mangas written by people whose names i can't pronounce fashionable fads fashionable oddities from Vogue to Elegant Gothic Lolita cooking and sewing tearing and destroying Creating living and loving boys kissing boys chocolate and ice cream oreos and thunderstorms watching movies watching tv vedging on the couch and killing brain cells shopping

I'd like to meet:

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Music:

Mika RENT Wicked Chicago Hairspray Moulin Rouge Gackt Green Day The Prodigy The Killers Panic! At The Disco Spice Girls Jack's Mannequin Reel Big Fish The Darkness The Rasmus Regina Spektor Jewel Sarah McLachlan Malice Mizer The Wallflowers Imogen Heap Cher Madonna Fall Out Boy Placebo Moi Dix Mois Damien Rice

Movies:

Moon Child Perfect Creature Matrix Trilogy Lord of the Rings Ever After Sense and Sensibility To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar Harry Potter Sleepy Hollow The Breakfast Club Pretty in Pink Hedwig and the Angry Inch Chicago Bridget Jones' Diary American Beauty The First Wive's Club Interview With the Vampire Schindler's List ...just to name a few

Television:

Queer as Folk
The Simpsons
Family Guy
House
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Angel
Friends
Grey's Anatomy
Ace of Cakes
La Femme Nikita
That 70s Show

Books:

"My Name Is Asher Lev" and "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
The Dark and Ghostwalker series by Christine Feehan
anything by Emma Holly
anything by Edgar Alan Poe
"The Power of Myth"
"Sophie's World" by Joseph Gaarder
anything by David Sedaris
"Sonnets from the Portuguese" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The Vampire Huntress Series by L.A. Banks

Heroes:

Da Vinci

My Blog

The Tens (gakked from andrew)

/ 10 Love /1. Drawing and painting2. Lindt chocolate wafer/hazelnut bars 3. Shoes 4. Strangers who inspire me5. Warm, sunny days 6. Violent thunderstorms 7. Babies8. My iPod9. Sleeping in10. Lying on ...
Posted by gratiæ on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:35:00 PST

art post

...squee!...
Posted by gratiæ on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 11:10:00 PST

art rant

Having someone critique me while they watch me work on a piece has got to be the most fucking annoying thing on the planet. Not a lot of things in this world bug me but seriously, if one more person p...
Posted by gratiæ on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 04:05:00 PST

recently

I had a full-scale meltdown a few days ago whilst talking on the phone with a friend. I don't remember much of the conversation, which is odd, but even odder than that is that it happened at all. I do...
Posted by gratiæ on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:50:00 PST

early morning musings

Some nights, the very idea of falling asleep is abhorrent to me. Some nights, I stay up until dawn because I've spent the hours at peace with myself. With my headphones firmly in my ear and nothing to...
Posted by gratiæ on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:17:00 PST

oy

It's almost 4am and I have to get up in 6.5 hours and babysit 4 year-old twins :headdesk:
Posted by gratiæ on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:42:00 PST

Regina Spektor

I SAW REGINA SPEKTOR IN CONCERT!! ...
Posted by gratiæ on Sat, 07 Oct 2006 11:24:00 PST

so effing tired

I have *so* much to do, ahhhhhhh! My head feels like it's gonna explode and I don't think I can pencil any more appointments into my daily planner; I've run out of room  I started at NHIA two wee...
Posted by gratiæ on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:06:00 PST

DeviantArt Update

I finally updated my dA account after an eon of inactivity. I've had a rather prolific month and a half (well, prolific for me anyway) so i figured it was time to scan and upload, scan and upload, rin...
Posted by gratiæ on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 07:44:00 PST

PMS is the devil's plaything

rhighteous anger is so empowering when it courses like fire through your veins but once it fizzles out, why does one (i.e. ME) feel like an impotent little monkey? i must now go cuddle something or in...
Posted by gratiæ on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 05:19:00 PST