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About Me

these things have been playing the positive, major roles in my life lately:
books, generosity--flattering yet sincere--, free flowers, sequins, productive typewriters, the color crimson, dreams, trees, inspiring-speechlessness, trips to the SE, dogs and cats, backyards with gardens and tents, jogs, magic hips, pictures, rooftops, soul music and coffee.

i like direct people and things and experiences and language.

i am affected by scents; i appreciate and enjoy distinct smells; i don't like deodorant or perfume/cologne (on myself or others).

My Interests

i like: waves, wine, adventure! visitors. traveling. hotels. water. baths. farmers markets. fall breezes. spicy things. being inverted. ellipses. oatmeal with flaxseed for breakfast. food. kitties! lizards. quotations. haikus. tea. coffee. good conversation. direct language. relaxing. push-ups. dancing. sore hips. reading. washing dishes. lemongrass. earrings. lower case letters. the word, 'remedy.' college football (go dawgs!). reminiscing, especially at the inspiration of a scent. exercising my brain via ever-frustrating postmodern theory. big sunglasses and shoes. chocolate. sunshine. toothpicks. minimalism.

I'd like to meet:

Arthur Cravan, "confidence man - sailor in the Pacific - muleteer - orange-picker in California - snake-charmer - hotel thief - nephew of Oscar Wilde - lumberjack - ex-boxing champion of France - grandson of the Queen's Chancellor [of England] - chauffeur in Berlin - etc."

and, this realization:
"We are sometimes told to 'look into our hearts and write.' But that is not looking deep enough...One must look into the cerebral cortex, the nervous system, and the digestive tracts." --T.S. Eliot

Music:

is therapy (almost as much as exercise and dancing are).

current mood faves: carla thomas, mary wells, ruby johnson, otis redding, aretha franklin, the blossoms, ann sexton, kim weston....yes

metric

del

the flaming lips

built to spill

Movies:

In the Mood for Love. 2046.

Television:

makes staying in a hotel feel even more indulgent.

Books:

mishima! (thanks, d)

"You great star, what would your happiness be had you not those for whom you shine?"
--Nietzsche

"Everything here is the path of a responding that examines as it listens. Any path always risks going astray, leading astray. To follow such paths takes practice in going. Practice needs craft. Stay on the path, in genuine need, and learn the craft of thinking, unswerving, yet erring."
--Heidegger

Heroes:

the people who wrote this:
"I have inherited from the dadaists and the surrealists a wariness concerning technological society â€“ its grayness, uniformity, and boredom. Like the horsemen of the apocalypse I know the yearning for a completely different world, a paradise which can â€“ and should â€“ be realized. I take my fantastic constructions from utopia but want to integrate them into realizable projects. I refuse to banish the dream and boil down the real to what is currently achievable. In moments of bombast and, perhaps, desperation I claim for myself that supreme disposition of children and saints: hopefulness that others will respond with concern to that which stands before them.
Long live the ephemeral!"
--g.w. & ??

"...those wild flies refuse to give up the idea that life is at its most beautiful in gloriously rancid, decomposing blood..."
--Bohumil Hrabal from Too Loud A Solitude

the 'soundtrack' along mission st.

My Blog

dada

"Meanwhile everyone wants to breathe and nobody can and many say, 'We will breathe later.' And most of them don't die because they are already dead."
Posted by elizabeth on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:02:00 PST

an example of why i love SF/big city livin

last night i was at a fourth of july party, drinking corona and eating 'classic american food' cooked by japanese sushi chefs who could barely speak english and were wearing self-made anarchy tshirts....
Posted by elizabeth on Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:25:00 PST

1 mark in the column for why not to go to a bar alone

ok...i just typed a lot of the hilarious things that this random drunk birthday boy said to me at a bar tonight, and then i realized that there was no way they could be appreciated in this medium, so ...
Posted by elizabeth on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:22:00 PST

’...i guess... i just wanted to see... if i could remember... what it felt like...."

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Posted by elizabeth on Mon, 26 May 2008 12:32:00 PST

we can learn a lot from cats

"As I was leaving, I felt a pair of eyes on me--it was a cat, and I called to her and she meowed, and I went to get some salami and bent down and tried to get her to come to me. I could tell she want...
Posted by elizabeth on Fri, 23 May 2008 02:25:00 PST

trouble

i'm expanding.it feels a bit uncomfortable, so i guess i'm announcing it for some support.i'm finally joining in the ranks of those people who don't get their fill by posting photos on myspace and hav...
Posted by elizabeth on Fri, 02 May 2008 12:15:00 PST

Borges musings

yo, check it:from Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges.the closing paragraph of the essay, "Avatars of the Tortoise.""'The greatest musician (Novalis has memorably written) would be the one who would cast ...
Posted by elizabeth on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:07:00 PST

the most romantic scene/paragraph i’ve read in a while

"Anyway, there i lay, half asleep, and, as usual when i drift off, i was joined by a tiny Gypsy girl in the form of the Milky Way, the quiet, innocent Gypsy girl who was the love of my youth and used ...
Posted by elizabeth on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:30:00 PST

i’m being very generous

ok, so ive been debating whether or not to share this with all of you (-all 6 or 7 people who might read this)...i have found my genius brain, sense of humor soulmate. here is a sampling of her writin...
Posted by elizabeth on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:59:00 PST

lost blog

so...i wrote a blog a few minutes ago, my myspace burped, and it seems to be gone forever.here’s the abbreviated version:’i like moments’crazy neighborhood manquiet coffee shopmeloud...
Posted by elizabeth on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:05:00 PST