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lizzie

slightly demented.

About Me



Too legit to quit.

My Interests

work avoidance
reading
eating
visiting the zoo
couch sitting
photography
road trips
crafting
baseball
knitting
physiology
daydreaming
smothering bouts of love
exotic fishes
world peace

I'd like to meet:

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I have a strong aversion to hippies, so I'm okay with pretty much anything but.
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Music:

My tastes range from really bad music to music that only pretentious pale nerds discuss. Depending on one's perspective they can be one in the same.

Movies:

Brick, Little Miss Sunshine, Eternal Sunshine, The Squid and the Whale, Royal Tennenbaums, The Warriors, 28 days later, Charade, Roman Holiday, Gilda, March of the Peguins, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Pretty in Pink

Television:

The Office.
30 Rock.

Books:

David Sedaris
Sarah Vowell
Bill Bryson
Jared Diamond
Sean Wilsey
Jonathan Safran-Foer
Zadie Smith

Heroes:

Audrey, for dedicating her life to teaching miserable children.

My Blog

Oh Osama.

Effectively I know I should be working, but while perusing the NPR website there was an article regarding Osama Bin Laden's plan to send the United States another "love letter" for the sixth anni...
Posted by lizzie on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:20:00 PST

CNN Study Confirms Shiz We Already Know.

I'm not trying to claim that I know everything, but....   Shit. I do know this! I like the highlights in the corner too:   Dating study: Men base their decisions mostly on physical attracti...
Posted by lizzie on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 03:09:00 PST

look!

I just finished making this silly online photo album.Pho-tos
Posted by lizzie on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:06:00 PST

death cat.

 This is the cat that I'm going to get Audrey so she knows when her time with the rolling pin is near:Oscar the Cat Predicts Patients' Deathsfrom The Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. July 26, 2007, 1...
Posted by lizzie on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 02:30:00 PST

Fox Mulder would have loved this lamp.

Wouldn't you agree?
Posted by lizzie on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 02:59:00 PST

diamond encrusted skull = 99 million dollar art

Damien Hirst released his 99 million dollar skull o' diamonds. I imagine this is what Liberace's head looks like decomposed...  ...
Posted by lizzie on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:04:00 PST

WWIDICOZO

While riding the subway last weekend I was thinking to myself, "What would I do in case of a zombie outbreak?" Naturally the first idea that popped into my head was to make sure Audrey and I don't get...
Posted by lizzie on Thu, 10 May 2007 08:18:00 PST

Squirrel on a hot tin roof.

Early morning when the sun barely starts to peak through my window, I heard a noise that is comparable to the Red Army circa 1918 on top of my roof. In the early morning I tend to be a bit disoriented...
Posted by lizzie on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 08:36:00 PST

I'm getting old(er).

My impending Birthday marks the quarter of the century mark in my life.Once, when I was stronger willed and a bit stupid I actually fought my Birthday, but it kicked my ass and left me with a wicked b...
Posted by lizzie on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:32:00 PST

Random Work Musings No. 593

The music issue.   I'm not sure how many of you have had the solitary joys of working in offices, but I'm sure that most of you have at least visited an office once in your small insignificant li...
Posted by lizzie on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 03:31:00 PST