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chaterestre

wheat is murder

About Me

I need a cup of coffee and a red pen...
and someone to do my dishes.

I am an illyngophobist and a celiac.

I wish I liked raisins.

I could never be a ninja.

I love the smell of vinyl shower curtains.

I wanna new drug; one that won't make me sick.

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My Interests

reading, writing and arithmetic, design, photography & printmaking, pretending to knit, good music, coffee or tea with cream, avoiding the washing of dishes, thai food, china (the country, not the heirloom), protein, q-tips, clean sheets, rosemary-mint bodywash, legwarmers, attempting to be polite, learning how to shut up

I'd like to meet:

myself, 10 years ago, so I can slap her silly.
myself, 10 minutes ago, so I can slap her silly.
myself, 10 years from now, so she can slap me silly.

oh, and these ladies...

Music:

sub-pop, barsuk, k, touch and go, southern, drag city, thrill jockey, etc. etc.
spoon, band of horses, tegan and sara, death cab for cutie, arab strap, wilco, seam, yo la tengo, sondre lerche, elliot smith, bjork, stars of track and field, the postal service, arcade fire, the decemberists, the shins, the national, the yeah yeah yeahs, pedro the lion, jawbreaker, jets to brazil, interpol, feist, broken social scene, bright eyes, looper, (smog), blur, beth orton, sia, cat power, my morning jacket, decemberists, franz ferdinand, sparklehorse, snow patrol, the sundays, the cure, new order, the smiths, david bowie, velvet underground, r.e.m., depeche mode, peter gabriel, carla bruni, patsy cline, etc. etc.

Movies:

Amelie, Everything is Illuminated, The Royal Tenenbaums, Garden State, Lost in Translation, A Room with a View, Roman Holiday, American Beauty, Donnie Darko, Blue Velvet, Office Space, A Very Long Engagement, Purple Rain, The Lost Boys, Say Anything, Some Girl, The Usual Suspects, High Fidelity, The Anniversary Party, anything with Johnny Depp, anything by Fellini.

Television:

only movies on demand/netflix these days...I have forgotten what regular tv is like. but I do love The Office and Grey's Anatomy every once in a while. oh yeah, and How I Met Your Mother... penguin suit up.

Books:

anything by David Sedaris, Dave Eggers, Zadie Smith, Nikki Gemmell or Jonathan Safran Foer; classics like 1984, The Bell Jar, Frannie & Zooey, Brave New World, The Giving Tree (aka The Taking Boy), The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, The Republic (Plato) & Sophie's World -- or any books on Philosophy for that matter (stupid, useless college major)...really, I am addicted to magazines: Domino, Lucky, Dwell, Wallpaper, Cookie, Violet...etc.

Heroes:

everyone has skeletons in their closet. who CAN you really admire these days? the truth inevitably comes out. it is less about adoration and more about who doesn't make you want to throw up.

wanna be my hero? tell me the f'ing truth. I will respect that more than anything. even if I don't like what you have to say. I may be sensitive, but I am not stupid. save us both the trouble.MyGen Profile Generator

My Blog

viruses and vandalism

I'm back.  back from the almost dead.  back from evil mono, an unfortunate near-parent experience, a fall, a loss, and a couple of attacks on my personal possessions.  all energy suckag...
Posted by nikki on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 09:30:00 PST

solo, only, one

well kids, the verdict is in... I have mono. yes, the kissing disease.  and no, greg doesn't have it (we think).  and no, I wasn't kissing anyone else.  the doctor had already told me t...
Posted by nikki on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 10:05:00 PST

touch me I'm sick

the bad news is that I have been sick for the past week.  and by sick I mean the worst fatigue, nausea, dizziness, body ache, dehydration I have ever had.  sitting up was exhausting and...
Posted by nikki on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 09:14:00 PST

care and feeding of your platonic friend

http://www.joelogon.com/platonic/carefeed.html http://www.joelogon.com/platonic/dodont.html it's long, but it's pretty funny...I especially like this part...(here you go Rach...) If you do reveal your...
Posted by nikki on Sun, 30 Jul 2006 07:49:00 PST

putting the "elation" in relationship

much like today, it doesn't get much better than this...hmmm... ...
Posted by nikki on Sun, 30 Jul 2006 07:05:00 PST

contradictions and apologies

sick and content.  guilty and happy.  ignored and loved.  dizzy and stable.sorry and unregretful. there is something in the air..."you are so hot, I had to push you.""I d...
Posted by nikki on Fri, 28 Jul 2006 08:29:00 PST

swimming brain

I avoid drinking for many reasons:  potential embarrassment, nasty hangovers, bar tabs and, most of all, the migraines that I am ever prone to.  well, I think I am going to start drinking ag...
Posted by nikki on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:39:00 PST

no it's not botox, it's a little something I call vitamin g

ah, the dog days of summer.  the lazy days and nights that are too hot to do anything, but still one finds a way to do the things that matter.  even the dishes.  yes, nay...
Posted by nikki on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:19:00 PST

the cure for the seven year itch

in my previous life, I was married today.  7 years ago today, to be exact.  but I realize this morning that I am truly happy for the first time in years.  I had originally exp...
Posted by nikki on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 04:46:00 PST

someone get these f'ing ants out of my skin

if you know anything about me at all, it is that I am (a) sensitive and (b) I get ass kicking migraines.  so, I am on my 6th round of medications, guinea pig-style, trying to find something that ...
Posted by nikki on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 07:10:00 PST