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jamey shelaghley

find the art in every moment

About Me

Anything can be explained with a Metallica or a Madonna lyric. Usually it is "sad but true or "don't go for second best" but there are more.

My Interests

Photography, progressive politics, new orleans, animal rights, poor people's rights, gay rights, organic fruit (esp grapes!), old movies, lipstick, great lighting, candles, truth, beauty, freedom, loud music, karaoke, fabulocity

I'd like to meet:

People who give a shit about something other than their hair, yet have really amazing hair. People who are not selfish and do not brag. A braggart is just no fun.

Music:

Metallica, Madonna, Soundgarden, AIC, Misfits, Fear, Bad Brains, Slayer, Sabbath, Beethoven, Kate Bush, Johnny Cash

Movies:

Hitchcock, Coen brothers, David Lynch, Bertolucci

Television:

The Phyllis Diller Show

Books:

F Scott Fitzgerald, Neil Gaiman, Anne Tyler, Jennifer Egan, Flannery O'Conner, William Faulkner, Anne Rice

Heroes:

artists, musicians, animals, people who have the guts to be who they really are

My Blog

American Values

A brief rant on American Values:$422,551,063,633 tax money spent on the war, rising by the minute. Four Hundred Billion??If one half of the American tax money spent on war went to helping the poor, we...
Posted by Jamey shelaghley [ZZ] on Thu, 03 May 2007 01:21:00 PST

so it goes

Say it aint so! what an amazing man. from the nytimes.comApril 11, 2007Kurt Vonnegut, Writer of Classics of the American Counterculture, Dies at 84By DINITIA SMITHKurt Vonnegut, whose dark comic tale...
Posted by Jamey shelaghley [ZZ] on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:27:00 PST

cute animals!

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Posted by Jamey shelaghley [ZZ] on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:42:00 PST

Mos Def amazing Katrina song

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Posted by Jamey shelaghley [ZZ] on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:25:00 PST

Spring Awakening

Just saw an amazing play, Spring Awakening, about the tragic consequences of sexual repression, and denial of freedom of thought to children, both of which are still so prevalent in our society. It wa...
Posted by Jamey shelaghley [ZZ] on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:38:00 PST

march on dc fuck em up!

Sounds amazing, wish I had gone! Def going to the big one in March. Who was there? How was it? Actually covered by the media, maybe some more people will wake up. Vietnam was stopped by public outcry ...
Posted by Jamey shelaghley [ZZ] on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:07:00 PST

Solstice in Boston

We are off to Boston to celebrate the winter solstice with my people, and to see some really old true friends. We will also be planning our dresses for Juli's wedding for which I am maid of honor! I a...
Posted by Jamey shelaghley [ZZ] on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 02:49:00 PST

Brilliant 8 year old!

From: DinaDate: Dec 12 2006 7:58 PM...
Posted by Jamey shelaghley [ZZ] on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 05:23:00 PST

Harvard Sq reunion

Yay! This is gonna be a fucking trip!From: AngelfuckerDate: Dec 9 2006 1:04 AMI am trying to get a reunion going for Sept/Oct, of next year 2007. I'm starting to let people know about it now so we can...
Posted by Jamey shelaghley [ZZ] on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 02:31:00 PST

Jesus is fabulous

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Posted by Jamey shelaghley [ZZ] on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:48:00 PST