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LEAFY

SoMa to SoHo... no no no... SoHo to SoMa... Heavy rev Revelations...

About Me

Sail to the sky on the crest of a wave.... I bet you all the money in my pocket that I've got a dollar and a dream (Murphism). For there is only one great adventure and that is inward, toward the self, and for that, time nor space nor deeds even matter (Henry Miller). I don't know what I like more; comedy or tragedy, audio or video, poetry or prose, argue or agree, mono or stereo, silence or screams, verse or vocals, urban or suburban, giving or taking, background or foreground, dichotomy or hybrid, but... That line Shakespeare wrote about being or not being....... what a stupid question.... I'm a philosopher at mind, a psychologist in spirit, and a lover at heart... Been there, done that - in all facets of entertainment from music, comedy, theatre, and performance art... Writing is my favorite - I consider it cultural ammunition on papyrus...Even the narrowest of minds thru which peace is harbored are more welcome to the Arts than the Art Lover who is also a Lover of the Art of War (Brecht).

My Interests

the world of words, poetry and prose. I love to recite poetry - write - and fight the fates for more inspiration... I travel a great deal - Istanbul and Paris ... Canada- all the time - gotta see the fam... I coach soccer in Berkeley in the fall - my little pink panthers and golden dolphins... Running and maxing out squats... Me and Lou Villo are taking over the world without you... Using bad grammar just cuz we can... And Rockclimbing, running, music, music, music, hiking, skiing, travelling, travelling, travelling, operas, plays, acting, comedy, comedy, comedy, carebear stares...
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Alyssa Annette Murphy
Birthday: 05-27-79
Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec Canada
Current Location: Berkeley, CA
Eye Color: hazel
Hair Color: ash blonde
Height: 4 10
Right Handed or Left Handed: left
Your Heritage: French-Canadian/Irish
The Shoes You Wore Today: leather boots
Your Weakness: louvillo
Your Fears: spiders
Your Perfect Pizza: pesto, tomato, and basil with a li'l garlic
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: make it out of the country again...
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: never really use it - but oh shnap!
Thoughts First Waking Up: grab my nytimes before somebody else does..
Your Best Physical Feature: you decide...
Your Bedtime: it's never consistent...
Your Most Missed Memory:
Pepsi or Coke: an even tie - I prefer oj...
McDonalds or Burger King: neither
Single or Group Dates: single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: chai tea with some honey...
Chocolate or Vanilla: chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee: cappuccino - only after dinner...
Do you Smoke: No I'm a gardener..
Do you Swear: Crikey!
Do you Sing: yes - an ongoing soliloquy
Do you Shower Daily: no - I always get compliments on the hair the 2nd day..
Have you Been in Love: Thought I was - but never really knew it til NOW...
Do you want to go to College: already did - now I'll probably never leave..
Do you want to get Married: yes
Do you belive in yourself: not really.. better things to believe in..
Do you get Motion Sickness: only when I'm hung over riding muni..
Do you think you are Attractive: so they say...
Are you a Health Freak: a little - more of an energy freak - I run everywhere..
Do you get along with your Parents: very much so - two of my bestest friends.
Do you like Thunderstorms: yes - curl up with a blankie and some cocoa
Do you play an Instrument: a few
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: the last name's Murphy...
In the past month have you Smoked: my vegetables
In the past month have you been on Drugs: flying d rugs...
In the past month have you gone on a Date: yes only with my ONE.
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: no - no malls where I am... thank GOD..
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: no - chocolate pudding is more stoneresque
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: not this month -I'm recovering from a six month binge..
In the past month have you been on Stage: yes - sf world film fest/mc for slims/sal's comedy hole
In the past month have you been Dumped: no
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: no - not since June...
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: gummy bears hold me hostage
Ever been Drunk: define drunk
Ever been called a Tease: I taunt, I don't tease
Ever been Beaten up: blocked that memory out
Ever Shoplifted: too weak to lift a store
How do you want to Die: desire doesn't belong with death
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: I think this is it - whatever it is...
What country would you most like to Visit: Istanbul, Turkey is my favorite and Paris..
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Lulu's eyes
Favourite Hair Color: LULU's hair
Short or Long Hair: lustrous LuLu-hair
Height: I like 'em on the short side since I'm a pixie..
Weight: you better... WAY more than me...
Best Clothing Style: FTN - LULu's clothes
Number of Drugs I have taken: um what
Number of CDs I own: I prefer my wall of wax...
Number of Piercings: four - two holes in each ear - ooohhh...
Number of Tattoos: none - I like to draw on papyrus.
Number of things in my Past I Regret: God can't even erase the past so why should I try

CREATE YOUR OWN! - or - GET PAID TO TAKE SURVEYS!
Your Birthdate: May 27
You are a spiritual soul - a person who tries to find meaning in everything.
You spend a good amount of time meditating, trying to figure out life.
Helping others is also important to you. You enjoy social activities with that goal.
You are very generous and giving. Yet you expect very little in return.

Your strength: Getting along with anyone and everyone

Your weakness: Needing a good amount of downtime to recharge

Your power color: Cobalt blue

Your power symbol: Dove

Your power month: September What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

I'd like to meet:

Gentle birds... People who are adventurous... Cool heads that like to get down on Friday night and take over the world Monday morning... However, I'm sick of heads hitting me up that don't know me and just want to send little messages like 'hi, there...' I will not lay victim to this type of abuse and torture. Please leave me alone unless there is a true reason why we should be connected. I only let stars dictate so much....
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Music:

Always a BJORK fan so glad to have grown up with her and the Sugarcubes.. She's the reason, besides Beethoven I love music with such a fierce intensity.... Love trip-hop - MASSIVE ATTACK and TRICKY!! Also hip-hop - underground - SACRED HOOP - InspectorDoubleNegative, DEF JUX, any new WU... RUDY AND THE RHETORIC.... KOSHA DILLZ... Also love THE PIXIES - saw their last tour here in Berkeley and NY... Also love the DANDY WARHOLS -OZZY and ZOMBIE - and I definitely hit every BLACK CROWES tour - last time with TOM PETTY... Don't forget about DEPECHE MODE - TOOL - THE MARS VOLTA - AESOP ROCK - MODEST MOUSE - JOY DIVISION - FUGAZI - THE KINKS - YEAH YEAH YEAHS - THE OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL - TIPSY - JELLO BIAFRA - BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB - LOVEMAKERS - KOOL KYLE - INSPECTOR DOUBLE NEGATIVE & THE EQUAL POSITIVES - GURU - GANGSTARR - BOOK OF LOVE - THE ROOTS - NIN - IRON MAIDEN - DEFTONES - SABBATH - BLOWFLY - ANI DI FRANCO - BECK - PIGFACE - TORI AMOS - LAMB - SPIRITUALIZED - ESTHERO - MICHAEL DAMIAN - AIR - LES NUBIANS - SPEARHEAD -- MICHAEL FRANTI - RADIOACTIVE - RADIOINACTIVE - LIVING LEGENDS - MURS - BUSDRIVER - HYBRID - MOBY - GORILLAZ.. uh I mean BLUR... ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - HONEY BROTHERS - THREE MILE PILOT - FUGAZI - MODEST MOUSE - NEW YORK DOLLS - LOVE AND ROCKETS - LEONARD COHEN - THE BAND - A PERFECT CIRCLE - REDMAN - GZA - GENIUS - WU-TANG CLAN - CAGE - THE WEATHERMEN - THE PERCEPTIONISTS - BIZ - RUN DMC - NIN - ANTHONY B - EVERTON BLENDER - YELLOWMAN - TOOTS & THE MAYTALS - CULTURE - EDDIE K - AFRIKA BAMBATTAA - SISTER NANCY - THIEVERY CORPORATION - KMFDM - APOPTYGMA BERZERK - NOCTURNAL SEVEN - ORISHA - SWOLLEN MEMBERS - GIANT PANDA - CHARLIE SEXTON - SHANNON MCNALLY - WILLIE NELSON - DOLLY PARTON - SPACEMAN 3 - BELLE AND SEBASTIAN - THE TIGERLILLIES - BETH ORTON - VELVET UNDERGROUND - NICO - MAGNETIC FIELDS - DRESDEN DOLLS - TALKING HEADS - RICK JAMES - JAMES BROWN - BURNING SPEAR - GEORGE CLINTON - MARTINA TOPLEY-BIRD - EMILIANA TORRINI - SIGUR ROS - SUBLIME - LB DUB - SLIGHTLY STOOPID - VELVET REVOLVER - VAN MORRISON - CAMU TAO - SLOW SUICIDE STIMULUS - ELEMNOP - J-ROC - RED ELVISES - MF DOOM - STEVE KIMOCK - MILES DAVIS - JEFF BUCKLEY - FLEETWOOD MAC - DWARVES - DJ RAP - BPST - INTERNATIONAL NOISE CONSPIRACY - NEGATIVLAND - MELVINS - ZOLAR X - THE DICKS - JACQUES BREL - BELLINI - BEETHOVEN - MOZART - RYAN ADAMS - DJ SHADOW - SOLESIDES - MOTHER LOVEBONE - PEARL JAM - KIDNEY THIEVES - CURE - TRACIE MINKOFF - TESLA - ROGUE WAVE - FOREIGN BORN - CURSIVE - BRIGHT EYES - DEAD KENNEDYS - ANTIFLAG - BLACKFLAG - HENRY ROLLINS - MR LIF - TAME - JGB - THE EXECUTIONERS - JOEY SINISTER -HAYDEN - OHMEGA WATTS - THE MOTHERHIPS - VICTORIAN - STARR SAUNDERS PROJECT - BROADCAST - DIOS MALOS - MATISYAHU - BASTARD SONS OF JOHNNY CASH - ZOEYS - BLOCKHEAD - LTJ BUKEM - DJ KRUSH - DJ SPOOKY - MAE - SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM - SUBHUMANS - PLANET ASIA - CASUAL - HIEROGLYPHICS - ATMOSPHERE - LIVE HUMAN - HOOVERPHONIC - SUPERSUCKERS - BUCKETHEAD - NELLY - DRE - OF MONTREAL - DECEMBERISTS - IMOGEN HEAP - SUN KIL MOON - BOBBY DARIN - OTIS REDDING - REED MATHIS - MURDER CITY DEVILS - I could spend my life doing this...

Cage & Tame One - Waterworld

Aesop Rock - Bazooka Tooth

Tricky - Nearly God

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...

Massive Attack - Blue Lines

Portishead - Portishead

Ani DiFranco - Living in Clip

Dwarves - Come Clean

The Dwarves - How To Win Friends and Influence People

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Lamb - Fear of Fours

Björk - Post

Portishead - Live: Roseland NYC

Tigerlillies - Ceci N'Est Pas Pop

Massive Attack - Mezzanine

Bjork - Telegram

Dead Kennedys - Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death

One Block Radius - Long Story Short

Massive Attack - 100th Window

Tool - 10,000 Days

Cage - Hell's Winter

Björk - Homogenic

Tricky - Maxinquaye

Johnny Cash - Unchained

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Movies:

Indie films are the best! ROYAL TENENBAUMS - Anything by Wes Anderson - RUSHMORE... Anything by David Lynch - stayed up til 4 last night cause WILD AT HEART came on... Martin Scorcese -back in the day with Blood Simple... THE COHEN BROS - THE FARRELLY BROS. SWINGERS and MADE by Jon Favreau - classics!! DANCER IN THE DARK - DAYTRIPPERS - LEGEND - LABYRINTH - DARK CRYSTAL - BOTTLEROCKET - STARSKY n HUTCH - OLD SCHOOL... anything with Vince Vaugn - Ben Stiller - and Owen Wilson... okay - and with mummy - I like Reese Witherspoon in the LEGALLY BLONDE realm... (This may be a little too personal).... ANYTHING - and I do mean ANYTHING - by QUENTIN TARANTINO and SPIKE LEE... Also PERMANENT MIDNIGHT... SLAM with SAUL WILLIAMS (see it!) - CLOCKWORK ORANGE - DR STRANGELOVE - BLOOD SIMPLE - FARGO - KILL BILL Also foreign films - TALK TO HER - CINEMA PARADISO - DAS BOOT - SOLDIER OF ORANGE - THE COMMITMENTS - LES ENFANTS DU PARADISE - LA VIE EN ROSE - You MUST see Jim Sheridan's new film IN AMERICA - it's like watching my life... He did MY LEFT FOOT which was also GREAT! oh yeah - I'm cultured....

Labyrinth/The Dark Crystal
Hurlyburly (New Line Platinum Series)
The Royal Tenenbaums
In America
Cinema Paradiso
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Television:

TRAILER PARK BOYS when I'm in Canada and dvds religiously - CATCH LUCKY LOUIE EVERY SUNDAY NIGHT AT 10:30PM ON HBO TO SEE RICK SHAPIRO IN BELOVED ACTION!! - CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM - DEF POETRY JAM - FAMILY GUY - and SOUTH PARK junkie...

Books:

RED DRAGON - ANGELA'S ASHES - MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE - SUMMA THEOLOGICA - HENRY MILLER's TROPIC OF CANCER - BLACK SPRING - TROPIC OF CAPRICORN - TOM ROBBINS' VILLA INCOGNITO - DANTE's INFERNO - GARGANTUA AND PANTAGRUEL - BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL - THE REPUBLIC - THE BELL JAR by Sylvia Plath - THE IMP OF THE PERVERSE by Edgar Allen Poe... Milton's PARADISE LOST and PARADISE REGAINED. Rousseau - Marcus Aurelius - Goethe's FAUST... ALL the great books - Love them all... even Sappho - CATCHER IN THE RYE - MEMORIES OF ISTANBUL - THE RED TENT - TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE - HOW WE DIE by Sherwin Nuland - ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY - DAUGHTER OF TIME - MAUS by Art Speigelman (creator of GARBAGE PAIL KIDS - Anything by STUDS TERKEL - THE DUMB OX - TALES OF THE CITY by Armistead Maupin...

Heroes:

My family and WORD.

My Blog

Goldilocks sitting in a chair too big...

Extinguish fire of word now sound so absurd blending in with a heard deaf and daring If no end, why the sparing If no union, why the tearing of peace, broken bullets and all Risen above those th...
Posted by LEAFY on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:35:00 PST

Eyebrow raised, hair naturally curly...

My life, comprised of many things, adheres to the most wondrous part, the first and most vital to me, the ImAgination. The constant inherent obligation of never looking o...
Posted by LEAFY on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:24:00 PST

WISDOM AND FORM

My grandmother passed away a few days ago... Wasn't completely surprising... She was diagnosed with lung cancer a couple of months ago. I saw her just outside of Vancouver in the hospital last month, ...
Posted by LEAFY on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 03:51:00 PST

Tantrums come with tempests

My heart sits cavernously ominous in my body cavity sinking right now from loss of gravity.... The kitchen clock with hands swaying in darkness no place to land time is dead as a carcass... Events ...
Posted by LEAFY on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:15:00 PST

INVASION OF PRIVACY

I don't really know what to do... I've melted my heart down to the thinnest sphere and I can't find any semblance of self here... I put what I did last week next Tuesday and spy on the Trojans fr...
Posted by LEAFY on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:44:00 PST

Thoughts on a cold dark cloudy day even though the suns out now

Fragile Comme un bebe dans des vos bras Etre doux avec moi Je jamais volontairement Vous nuisez Excuses Sont tous que vous semblez obtenir de moi Mais juste comme un enfant Vous me fait le sourire Qu...
Posted by LEAFY on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 12:48:00 PST

play speak move make

falling apart lost in my heart heavyladen and bruised memories of being abused escaping the helm of darkness by jumping into water's abyss brandished by my own flame have to focus on being tame when a...
Posted by LEAFY on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 01:46:00 PST

frenzy and me

The S-tab-lish meant went boom hell-bent On hearing some heart  Attacking(more than a tack) Stuck to the floor my core fragile frame so sore  Entertain me like graffiti Definitely more f...
Posted by LEAFY on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 04:59:00 PST

what everyone knows

 A heart that has many grooves and bulges as a burrito bought in the mission might mistake the fake with pangs felt like an ache. One might bleed and uproot  all that is good at the feet of ...
Posted by LEAFY on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 11:18:00 PST

pressure and tension

pieces of me break off when I skip over my own heart and take off down the road where the stones are not set,  the  ground so uneven, hoisting me into darkness where thieves abound...
Posted by LEAFY on Wed, 09 May 2007 09:28:00 PST