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Penny Dreadful

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About Me

i rarely drink coffee. i hate buttery crust & think pepper is a farce of a spice- a chicken pot pie is just about the nastiest thing in the world to me. i like how warm weather energizes and motivates me. i like a good convo and a good ear. I like learning to do shit, not paying to do shit. i perform well under pressure, in fact it's what i do for a living.

My Interests

dancin', kissin', makin' out, makin' trouble, craftin' up some goods, cookin' up some foods, learning portuguese, capoeira,

travelling all over, biking and learning to fix my bike, sewing and learning to sew, printmaking, painting, drawing...i'm the friend who will go out to do that thing you think no one will do with you.

I'd like to meet:

grown-ups that aren't too grown-up and people who don't come 'round me actin' all too cool for school- some of us have already graduated.
and the One who can re-invent the fine art of catfight...

sigh. they just don't make 'em like they used to.

Music:

hip hop body rock beat drop guitar slop bleep bleep music... i like anything you throw at me until i hate it. delta blues, afro-cuban, afro-funk, french hip-hop, soul nouvelle, dirty south, filthy midwest, disco funk, funk carioca, soca, samba batucada, dar, grime, garage, dancehall- if you can dance to it or cry to it, give me alla it...

Movies:

the Secret of NIMH. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf...i like independents and movies about the mafia and zombies... there's more to me, but this pretty much says it all.

Television:

not in bars.

Books:

currently in the hatch: Zombie Survival Guide, Children Standing Before A Statue of Hercules. otherwise, kurt vonnegut, david saderis, Umberto Eco, brett easton ellis, Kafka...sometimes, chuck palahniuk, and the books moth smoke, white teeth & god of small things...)

Heroes:

especially? these ladies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wangari_Mathai and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandana_Shiva but on a less noble note: www.wwtdd.com ("What Would Tyler Durden Do" is a blog focused on bringing you the latest gossip and news about rich and famous celebrities. And then making fun of them. Why? Because fuck them, that's why.)

My Blog

homeschooled children are the BEST!!!

Sherri Shepard is so smart. We should give her a Classics course to teach at some prestigious Ivy League school and publish everything she ever writes. Not really. Really, we should put her in charge ...
Posted by Penny Dreadful on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:32:00 PST

for the ladies, revised: Mayda Del Valle

turns out, those other bitches were just annoying.......
Posted by Penny Dreadful on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 02:10:00 PST

Summer of Rock

This is the f'in' Summer of Rock. i got no job. i got no money. What makes this the Summer of Rock you ask? Take a dictation, bitches:Swimming at Holstein, tennis at HumboldtPride Parade. rooftop part...
Posted by Penny Dreadful on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:22:00 PST

Cops give good rides

Apparently, if you're sauntering down North Ave and California at 4 am half drunk with your shoes crushed down in the back like a crackhead, a cop will stop an offer you a ride home. And apparently, i...
Posted by Penny Dreadful on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:05:00 PST

i really just like playing in the dirt

All the greats (writers, painters, sculptors, politicians, industrialists) had gardens and i always thought it was such a hokey, old-person sad, spinsterish, boring thing to do. i try my best not to b...
Posted by Penny Dreadful on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 04:07:00 PST

When did Atlantic City become the new Milan?

This month Bust Magazine decided modern women were getting too modern to keep up with, so they put us further back into the 80s office hell that was shoulder pads, synthetic fiber neck bows, knee leng...
Posted by Penny Dreadful on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 06:32:00 PST

costa rica rundown. 20 tips worth the trip.

here's the hi-lites. don't ask me details unless you wanna buy me a beer...1- you can't flush toilet paper. there ain't enough water pressure, so don't even ask. you stupid american.2- you can't get a...
Posted by Penny Dreadful on Sat, 08 Jul 2006 11:25:00 PST