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ingrid

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About Me

baseball head cum unpolished (yet crafty) gourmand. gimme a few years and maybe i'll have it down by then.

My Interests

eats .
NPR.
pretty tees .
panda cam .
patton oswalt .
*family (and friends like family):

*cookin':
*piles of blue crab:

I'd like to meet:

people who make me go hahahaha.

Music:

on repeat:
"bump" spank rock
"umi says" mos def
"if she wants me" belle & sebastian
"fix up look sharp" dizzee rascal
"hunter" bjork
"3rd planet" modest mouse
"the dress looks nice on you" sufjan stevens
"punk as fuck" american analog set
"last night" the long ranger
"l.i.p.s.t.i.c.k." ralph myerz
"i've been thinking" handsome boy modeling school
"re: city alley" jimmy edgar
"pink bullets" the shins
"close to me" the cure
"pusherman" curtis mayfield
"oh timbaland" timbaland
"sunshine" lupe fiasco
"i'm the kinda" peaches
"blista sista" velella velella
"body rock" mos def
...and so on...

Movies:

left impressions recently: ratatouille (hands down summer favorite), half nelson (ryan gosling, wtf??), superbad, united 93, hot fuzz, babel, block party (over and over)

Television:

anything with ricky gervais. arrested development. this american life. wait wait don't tell me. ok those last two aren't TV.

Books:

currently enjoying: the stranger
recently enjoyed: harry potter and the deathly hallows + entire series again, the audacity of hope, the alchemist, fear and trembling (amelie nothomb - highly recommended!), the tao of pooh, the world of karl pilkington, dance, dance, dance, the intuitionist, the big sleep, the postman always rings twice, everything is illuminated, wind up bird chronicle
regular favorites: cookbooks all the time, cook's illustrated, maps, national geographic, in the night kitchen , political non-fiction, haruki murakami, david sedaris, dave eggers/ mcsweeneys , ender's game series, though orson scott card is kinda 'tarded in real life.
future endeavors: LoTR and the lion, the witch and the wardrobe
can't live without: gourmet cookbook, LA thomas guide and joy of cooking (1975 edition).

Heroes:

the fam, yo.

My Blog

la, this american life & pumpkins

This American Life recently aired a piece called "Act V. The entire hour focuses on the journey of a group of high-security prison inmates staging a production of Act V of Shakespeare's "Hamlet". As T...
Posted by ingrid on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:48:00 PST

question of the day

How do immortal fictional characters stop physically growing? I mean, when an immortal father figure turns 60 years old, it's like from then on he always looks 60, even when he reaches age 491. But wh...
Posted by ingrid on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:57:00 PST

ch-ch-changes

In short: I'm moving to Portland.If all goes well, I'll be spending Thanksgiving with the fam in Seattle, and then move to P-town by late November. I'm really freaking excited.That also means I am due...
Posted by ingrid on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 01:42:00 PST

ingrid is...

thinking about moving back to Portland. There. I said it.
Posted by ingrid on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:43:00 PST

something new

I've been...-playing in Portland-catching up with dear friends-eatin' good-partying it up, bachelorette-style-contracting a cold due to said partying and subsequently attempting to shake it for a over...
Posted by ingrid on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:04:00 PST

roach parties and fred astaire (not at the same time)

Trust the EPA to make their "How to Get Rid of Roaches" web page fun for kids! Learn how to prevent "roach parties"! Count the roaches! Identify types! Word search! Huh?? Whuh??Since when did parents ...
Posted by ingrid on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:26:00 PST

fooling hulk hogan

Last night I dreamed that I was hired to book a hotel in Asheville for Hulk Hogan. I picked a bed and breakfast with a shared bathroom and a sweet view of the Blue Ridge Mountains. When I woke up, I i...
Posted by ingrid on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:57:00 PST

a lovely day

-book partying, harry potter style-reading "deathly hallows" and getting the shit scared outta me... 200 more pages to go-hiking in the blue ridge with the momma-sneaking into movies-watching ratatoui...
Posted by ingrid on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:13:00 PST

the cute, the dumb and the fugly

1. This may just be the cutest 26 seconds of your day: 2. In the case of Moron Judge Fancypants vs. Innocent Dry Cleaners, Mr. Fancypants lost! Now not only has he been officially shamed in p...
Posted by ingrid on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:22:00 PST

mr. fancy pants and why it's not ok to be gay

Did you hear the one about the judge who's suing a dry cleaner for $54 million for misplacing his pants? No, seriously. Like for reals. Well the trial started last Tuesday... and he's already cried in...
Posted by ingrid on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:14:00 PST