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miss a

i love going to clubs with names like chaos & platinum

About Me

i've been told i'm a wild dancer. but not stripping dancing--just friday night dancing.

My Interests

pedalling my bike around town, going to french class, seeing noncrappy bands, sipping wine that cost under $5 a bottle

I'd like to meet:

i'm really not too fond of people

Music:

junior senior, sleeper, blur, pulp, elefant, kenickie, kent, old u2, the cure, kate bush, interpol, sleater-kinney, sophie ellis-bexter, bjork, pj harvey, le tigre, ladytron, phoenix, the busy signals, sing-sing, mum, wolf parade, of montreal, architecture in helsinki, rocket science, the unicorns, turin brakes, weird war, jens lekman, metric, david candy, saint etienne, hot chip, the walkmen, morrissey, colette, stereo total, !!!, bis, flin flon, french toast, the fatales, nous non plus, a band of bees, japanther, ladybug transistor

Movies:

lilya 4-ever, bad company, beyond the valley of the dolls, the wicker man, ken park, the honeymoon killers, mysterious skin, henry & june, most documentaries

Television:

i've recently become obsessed with lingo--go chuck & shandy! i also dig top chef, project runway, reno 911!, forensic files

Books:

the last thing i read was "mortified", ada or ardor is my all-time fave

My Blog

my neighborhood sex offender

While at work, I decided to check out the DC sex offender registry to see who might be lurking in my neighborhood. This dude sounds by far the scariest--and those tattoos! What was he thinking??? http...
Posted by miss a on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:40:00 PST

am i on drugs?

no, but a photographer took this photo of me & the gals at Blow Off (a monthly gay party in DC). I look pretty wasted despite the fact I had had 2 beers & 1 mixed drink. Some people took their...
Posted by miss a on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 02:23:00 PST

the crappy facts

so i kept hearing how Bush is all "i'm creating jobs! it's awesome! i rock out cause i'm getting peeps jobs!"   at work i'm doing some research on the dept. of labor site. and buried, literally, ...
Posted by miss a on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 11:01:00 PST

i'm pretty sure crime pays

i hereby move to have the phrase "crime doesn't pay" to be removed from the English lexicon.   Sure there is possible jail, fines, shame, etc. But if crime didn't pay why would people k...
Posted by miss a on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:14:00 PST

there's a penis on the roof of the school

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006570530,00.html
Posted by miss a on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:46:00 PST

a new low in stupidity

bike lanes are few and far between in DC, but forunately on my route to work and to the gym there are bike lanes. however, hazards abound in the bike lanes: double-parked cars, waiting taxis, construc...
Posted by miss a on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 06:22:00 PST

i can't believe this is a nonprofit

there are a billion causes out there--hungry children, mistreated animals, burning rainforests, etc. but one nonprofit is a museum focusing its energy in all the right places   http://w...
Posted by miss a on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 12:18:00 PST

douchery

there's a person i now come into contact with fairly regularly that's such a douche a girl could stand next to him once and never need massengil again. douche indicators: -male ponytail -loafers with...
Posted by miss a on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 01:58:00 PST

i feel a roadtrip to alaska coming on

 since i was 8 i have been trying to get to all 50 states before i turn 50. i take available opportunities to get in new states. for example, over labor day mark & i rented a car and headed t...
Posted by miss a on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 11:25:00 PST

scabs, bruises, and blood!

   last saturday, whilst wearing a mini-skirt, i fell off my bike onto the sidewalk. the miniskirt afforded no protection to my knees and legs. the former are scabby and the latter are bruis...
Posted by miss a on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:39:00 PST