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Michele

I'm not easy...I'm horizontally accessible.

About Me

Basically...I'm an annoying, geeky, sarcastic, goofy-ass girl. Really, I'm not lying...hell, you can even read my blogs and see for your self.

My Interests

If you really want to know some more about me, you can also check out some of the links below:

My photography
My Yahoo photo albums
My Puppy
My OTHER blog
My StumbleUpon links

I'd like to meet:

"...the most exciting aphrodisiac to a Virgo is engaging in an intellectual conversation, especially if they're learning something new. Motto: Stimulate the mind and the body will follow."

(You can also look here for some more "mushier" stuff.)

Keeping the above in mind: All reasonably intelligent e-mails should be answered within 24 hours. If you do not get a reply within 24 hours, it is safe to assume your e-mail was not reasonably intelligent in nature.

Music:

Here is a SMALL sampling of my eclectic/eccentric musical tastes: Francis Cabrel, Guy Forsyth, The Mavericks, Blue Rodeo, Joan Armatrading, Robbie Williams, Rufus Wainwright, Two Tons of Steel, Stereophonics, Van Morrison, Ryan Adams, Rachael Yamagata, Old 97s, Katie Melua, The Killers, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Kevin Fowler, Lyle Lovett, Al Green, Etta James, The Flaming Lips, BR5-49, The Jayhawks, Elvis Presley, Delbert McClinton, The Cure, The Cult, Violent Femmes, Big Blue Hearts, Lil Bit and the Customatics, Bruce Springsteen, The Thorns, Social Distortion, Raul Malo...

My weekly top artists:

(click on chart above to see more of my music spasticness and to see what I'm listening to right now!)

Movies:

Cinema Paradiso, Fall, Like Water for Chocolate, Willy Wonka, Amelie, It Happened One Night, Bus Stop, Secretary, Monty Python, Office Space, Airplane, The Jerk, Dogma (and all Kevin Smith movies), Lovers of the Artic Circle, Pulp Fiction, Crash, A Beautiful Mind, The Rescuers, Still Breathing, Weird Science, The Goonies, Caddyshack, Gross Pointe Blank, Mary Poppins, Groundhog Day, Officer and a Gentleman, Out of Sight, Music from Another Room...Damn! This is hard. Let's put it this way....I like movies...a lot.

And of course, who doesn't love home movies of Penny the Puppy!

Television:

Some of the shows that have magically appeared on my DVR: Drawn Together, Ed, The Amazing Race, Rescue Me, Daria, Family Guy, The Office, Top Chef, Pysch, Huff, and I recently got sucked into Dexter (*sigh*). Other than that, I'm usually a master of the remote, flipping between Comedy Central, BBC, VH1, E!, Discovery Channel, Food Network, etc.

Books:

Love in the Time of Cholera; Hitchhiker’s Guide; Where the Wild Things Are; The Little Prince; Confederacy of Dunces; Lamb: the Gospel According to Biff; The Lovely Bones; She's Come Undone; Eats, Shoots and Leaves; The Liar's Club; The Devil in the White City; and authors such as Stephen King; Dan Savage; David Sedaris; John Irving, Chuck Palahniuk, Jane Green, Jennifer Weiner (chick lit rocks!)...actually this is another list that could go on and on. ~Recent reads: V for Vendetta; Freakonomics (very interesting...ask me about it)~
Photos My Photography on Flickr

Heroes:

I consider anyone who takes a risk...those who follow their dreams, listen to their hearts, and believe in magic...to be the true heroes of this world.
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage." ~Lao Tzu
"Et quoi que tu fasses
L'amour est partout o tu regardes
Dans les moindres recoins de l'espace
Dans le moindre rve o tu t'attardes"
~Francis Cabrel
"...Te amo sin saber cómo, ni cuándo, ni de dónde, te amo directamente sin problemas ni orgullo: así te amo porque no sé amar de otra manera..."
~Pablo Neruda
"...if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavours to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours." ~ Henry David Thoreau
"The only life worth living is the magical one..." ~Richard Bach
"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." ~Albert Einstein
"...it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye." ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." ~Theodor Geisel
"When I am right, let me be humbled by the virtue of the insignificance of my actions. When I am wrong, let it be for a doomed conviction worth fighting for." ~ Nobody

My Blog

Halloween 2006

So...I'm still basking in the glow (and soaking my feet!) of my NYC adventures, but I thought I'd at least get up some of the photos from Halloween before it got too late.  NYC tales will also be...
Posted by Michele on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 03:28:00 PST

Quick Change Artist

Before you go any further, I must warn you that this particular blog will be very self-absorbed.  But that's ok...it is *my* fucking blog after all, damn it!!! Now that all warnings have bee...
Posted by Michele on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 05:12:00 PST

Better someone else's parents...

A while back I posted a photo documentary blog about my parents house and their somewhat questionable taste in home décor. It was amusing (especially to me) and a pretty darn accurate representation...
Posted by Michele on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 03:05:00 PST

A Dull Day Documented

So, every once and a while I try to get motivated to do something (somewhat) creative.  Usually that creativity is spurred by some outside entity...but whatever it takes, right? Well, yesterday w...
Posted by Michele on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 04:34:00 PST

Me...me...me

So...a while back it was my birthday.  I like birthdays...great excuse for a party and  presents!  But, I was wondering...when does that point in time come that you look at yourself and...
Posted by Michele on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:45:00 PST

Boob Tube

I came across this fun little medley of TV theme show songs (which I also posted as a bulletin) and I'll have to say...it made me feel old. Not just because I was a kiddo when I watched most of those...
Posted by Michele on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:50:00 PST

Just hand me the TV clicker thingy

It's been one of *those* weekends for me. You know, the weekend after you've had a hard week of work, travel, car repairs, and various other sundries.  So after a week like that, I plan to spend ...
Posted by Michele on Mon, 07 Aug 2006 07:50:00 PST

We have clearance, Clarence.

[This was actually written this past Thursday, but since I live such the exciting, busy life (HA!), I'm just now getting around to posting it.]Lately I've spent a lot of time traveling...the exciting ...
Posted by Michele on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:43:00 PST

7th Heaven

Here's the deal: List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying now. Post t...
Posted by Michele on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:19:00 PST

A Day in the Life of a Yearbook Cover Artist

So...today was Flickr's Day in a Life thingy.  Of course I forgot until about midday...not to worry you only missed me getting a manicure and packing (very exciting, I know!) But you get photos f...
Posted by Michele on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:34:00 PST