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About Me

I am known to be quiet and shy- but that only lasts so long, and I'm also a very happy person- despite the sad headlines, and despite the off chance that I might be wearing all black when it's so beautiful out- it's really just to keep warm. I also like to listen to NPR- but mainly the non news related programs such as Car Talk, Fresh Air, A Prairie Home Companion and This American Life. My favorite color is blue, my favorite month is October and my favorite flowers are poppies (preferably red oriental poppies, but I'm not picky) and irises and the list could go on. Oh, I would like to learn how to play mahjong. It would be a dream of mine to design a store front window, and to travel through Europe before I am thirty. There's a lot more, but all will be revealed in time...Of course, if you can't wait that long, just ask...

My Interests

Art- photography, painting, drawing and making collages- graphic design stuff. Writing- poetry and stories, sewing, baking,reading-while listening to classical music,walking around antique stores, gardening, and making mix tapes/cds. Coffee and green tea. Also, going up to Bellingham when I have the time. Oh, and reading the I Saw U section of the Stranger- because you never know...

I'd like to meet:

Simply none of your concern...

Music:

David Bowie, The Cure, The Smiths/Morrissey, Depeche Mode, Luka Bloom, World Party, Van Morrison, Hot House Flowers, Death Cab for Cutie, Jeff Buckley, Steely Dan!, Nick Drake, Cousteau, The Waterboys, The Beatles, The Margarets, Morphine, Donovan, RantMusic, Mana, Al Stewart, Nick Lowe, Elton John, The Drop,Ryan Adams, Sunny Day Real Estate, Louis Armstrong, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Billie Holiday, James, Etta James, Miles Davis, James Taylor, Roxy Music, Common Heroes, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Journey!, Creeper Lagoon, Andy White, The Frames, Mundy, Beth Orton, David Kitt, Royk Sopp, C.S.N.& Y, U2, Fleetwood Mac, Simon & Garfunkel, Dire Straits, Moody Blues, Peter Gabriel, Dead Can Dance, Q65, Catherine Wheel, New Order, T Rex and many more. I also like listening to 103.7 The Mountains'Sunday Brunch- when I get the chance...

Movies:

Labyrinth, Basguiat, Resevior Dogs, Singles, Beautiful Girls, Blade Runner, Princess Bride, Cabaret, The Princess and the Warrior, Velvet Goldmine, Alice in Wonderland, The Match Maker, Neverending Story, Singing in the Rain, Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, Seven, Mermaids,The King and I, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Wishful Thinking, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Dr. StrangeLove, Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward ScissorHands, Dream for an Insomniac, Reality Bites, Bourne Identity and Supremacy, Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind, Boondock Saints, Hero, Garden State, Dark Crystal, Dark City, The Fisher King and Fight Club. Movies I need to see: all of the other movies David Bowie has been in, other Stanley Kubrik films, Sideways, Requiem for a Dream, and many more.

Television:

I don't have a tv. Oh how I miss HGTV and 60 Minutes!? (oh yes)

Books:

Peace of Mind by Joshua Loth Liebman, Zen Flesh Zen Bones by Paul Reps and Nyogen Senzaki, Wuthering Heights (my every three years book) by Emily Bronte, Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, Great Gadsby, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath and A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby. Acid House, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Anything by: David Sedaris, Sarah Vowell, Edgar Alan Poe and Jack Kerouac. Books I need to read: Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire (selected poems), A by Andy Warhol and East of Eden by John Steinbeck...and many more. Magazines: Domino,Real Simple, Nylon, Dwell, Wallpaper, House and Garden,Paste, W, BluePrint and the February and October issue of Martha Stewart Living :) *I did mention I didn't have a tv right?*

Heroes:

Eugene Atget, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and of course, David Bowie

My Blog

getting crafty....

So, more wonderful stuff to talk about, I am not sure where to start. Well, I am finally over my two week cold, have been taking more pictures- even broke out the fish-eye camera again- oh, that remin...
Posted by April on Wed, 28 May 2008 10:59:00 PST

what’s up?...

...oh, lets see here... well, as you can see, I have put some more pictures up, and I am on to another photo album- finally. I have been reading a lot more of A- finally on page 181- 270 to go!, still...
Posted by April on Tue, 13 May 2008 02:50:00 PST

update....

Lets see here, what has gone on since I last checked in.....Working, taking pictures, and general fun. But seriously now. I finally made it to page 101 in A- about time, that book is slightly ex...
Posted by April on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:54:00 PST

light as a feather...

just letting you know, that this blog could be a tad graphic...read on only if you are in to that kind of stuff.... So here it goes...Wednesday and Thursday I had off, and I went up to snoho- to ...
Posted by April on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:32:00 PST

Go ask Alice....

Back from San Fran, and just finished with Jefferson Airplane's Surrealistic Pillow...just think, tomorrow it will be time for Labyrinth! *mood ring is a blue green, you figure it out.......
Posted by April on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:34:00 PST

Depeche Mode and San Fran...

that stands for Depeche Mode. I am now on Songs of Faith and Devotion (the recorded version) finally. Of course, you would think that I would be further along, but I am busy for a good portion on the ...
Posted by April on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:47:00 PST

A to W...

....that is correct. I have decided to listen to all of my cds in alphabetical order- which makes sense because I already have them set up that way. Anyways, I am now on Jeff Buckley, and will be star...
Posted by April on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 02:41:00 PST

on second thought.....

Well, today is David Bowie's birthday, and yes, I am pretty sure I am the only one who knows that (besides him of course) was going to put this in a bulletin, but decided that would be dumb, bec...
Posted by April on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:20:00 PST

2007, the year that was.....

well, another year almost gone, and anoter about to start. Where did the time go? So, here is the year that was 2007 (because it is doubtful I will be around a computer before next week) Anyways, the ...
Posted by April on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:09:00 PST

blondes do have more fun...

well, obviously I don't have blonde hair, so I guess that means I am boring...Anyways, great way to start a blog huh? have to make you guys read these things somehow... Anyways, not really sure what a...
Posted by April on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:18:00 PST