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Shannon

Men are the new women.

About Me

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My Interests

dance parties at home, my peeps, my fams, the 463, learning & teaching, running around, avoiding nervous breakdowns, wholesome sundays, brunches & bbq's, good tunes,language acquisition, traveling, misanthropic thoughts towards the general population and subcultures, sharks, busting moves, talking trash, making a fool out of myself, independence, patience, creating, hope, alter egos, zombies, capers, limes, business time, the ankle express,

Music:

Johnny Cash, RZA, Nas, Tribe, Mary J, Willie Nelson, Go!Team, !!!, The Roots, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Django Reinhardt, Neutral Milk Hotel, Mos Def, Dead Prez, Nina Simone, Fela Kuti, The Black Keys, Old MJ,Ghost, Neil Young, Girl Talk, Tom Petty, Geto Boys, The White Stripes, John Lee Hooker, Three 6 Mafia, Outkast, Ibrahim Ferrer, Low, Marvin Gaye, Bob Dylan, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Bjork, Wu, Kanyae beats, Arcade Fire, , Capleton, Elliott Smith, Otis Redding, Etta James, PJ Harvey, L7, Bikini Kill, Magnolia Electric, Joy Division, Cesaria Evora, Buju, I agree with a friend of mine who says old punk music and sunshine go well together, Jay-Z, Biggie, LeTigre, Jr. Gong, Nick Drake, M.I.A, Missy Elliott, Mobb Deep (pre G-Unit), Cape Verdian-Afro Beats (seriously the best radio show), Pixies, Cat Power, Amy Winehouse (I really don't care if she's a crackhead), Neko Case, The Kinks, Alicia Keys, KRS-One, Sonic Youth, TV on the Radio, Richard Hell, The Velvet Underground, Iggy Pop, Radiohead, Peaches, The Cramps, Led Zepplin, Goodie Mob, Tom Waits, Dr. Dre, Sly & the Family, Ray Charles, Tina Turner, Hot Chip, Brazillian Girls, Rilo Kiley, Emmylou Harris, Loretta Lynn, Beethoven, Paco DeLucia, Andres Sagovia, The Supremes, Leadbelly, Mission of Burma, James Brown(RIP), probably more but that's a good sample, music is life

Movies:

I've seen so many, but here's a taste, Marty Scorcesse films, Rosemary's Baby, Most of Kubrick's work, The Godfather, Unforgiven, Fist Full of Dollars, Das Boot, Black Robe, Cinima Paradiso, The Jerk, Planes,Trians and Automobiles, Blue, White, Red, La Haine, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Mean Girls, Old School, Kill Bills, Le Femme Nikita, Venus Beauty Institute, Lock Stock, To Kill A Mockingbird, Blue Crush (I will defend this), Carandiru, Cidade de Deus, Harold & Maude, Office Space, The Big Lebowski, Uncle Buck, Fear of a Black Hat, The Freshest Kids, Coming to America, Down By Law, Kontroll, Lie with Me, Life is Beautiful, The Pianist, The Field, Immortal Beloved, Buena Vista Social Club Documentary, Diarios de Motocicleta, The New World, A Thin Red Line, Oh Man I love Terrence Malick, David Fincher (but, Zodiac was a little shakey), The Science of Sleep, Little Miss Sunshine, Run Lola Run, those Bourne series were pretty good, Little Children, La Vie en Rose, Stranger Than Fiction, The Royal Tennenbaums, Superbad, Into the Wild, Juno, (I have a huge nerd crush on Michael Cera and I'm not afraid to scream it from the rooftops) I've been known to get insulted when someone doesn't share the same sense of humor in movies as me, Netflix=Awesomeness

Books:

Right now I'm in the midst of reading Galileo's Daughter, I was Told There'd be Cake, Charlote Perkins Gilman, and looking forward to Sarah Vowell's new book about the Massachusetts Puritans.

Heroes:

You can't step to Aiden.

My Blog

only from the top

Witches. Pirate ships. Crisp warm weather. Verticle book shelves. Thai Restaurants. High School Teacher Jazz Bands. The elderly. New England is the only place imaginable this time of year.
Posted by Shannon on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:49:00 PST

thirsty?

In the word's of my Gram "Who's that tall drink of water ?"Things this guy and me have in common:1. We both have Glenn Campbell in our record collection.2. We love using tote bags.3. We look good in b...
Posted by Shannon on Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:55:00 PST

Banana Republic

Christopher Hitchins, whom I don't always agree with but do love reading and listening to has a piece in VF. His ideas on Athiesim are quite good. He's a little too Imperialist Democracy for my t...
Posted by Shannon on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:36:00 PST

Just me?!

Is it just me or is the influx of myspace advertising of diet and weight loss getting gross. I don't want to see another muffin top, love handle, or bedonk. It's worse than a magazine. Ugh!
Posted by Shannon on Sun, 05 Oct 2008 06:05:00 PST

monastary

Field walks with downpoors, magenta colored plants,  thomas the tank engine meat loaf, fork stabbed eyes, stitches, and cookies. I love weekends.
Posted by Shannon on Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:37:00 PST

Hateraid and Hatertots

I felt a bit nauseous watching the Republican convention last night. I'm very much a give-the-benefit-of-the-doubt kind of guy, so I try to listen to the arguments people make even when they're made i...
Posted by Shannon on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:06:00 PST

holy macanoli

I just watched the RNC and the debut of Mrs. Palin. All I can say is if they win then the Mayan calendar is right and the world will not go on past 2012. Then all of them can be engulfed in the raptur...
Posted by Shannon on Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:25:00 PST

praia

Is tomorrow going to be a good day?Depends if I don't have to use my ak and if momma cooks a breakfast with no hog.Do you still talk to the person you were dating 8 months ago?I wasn't dating anyone.W...
Posted by Shannon on Sat, 02 Aug 2008 04:18:00 PST

nemesis

"Hello Carl" In swarmy tone."Hello Neil" In sarcastic tone.Today I decided Neil Diamond and Carl Sagan shared the same barber throughout the 70's. They secretly despised each other, but because they s...
Posted by Shannon on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:41:00 PST

gnomes in the salon

Hello my name is:ShannonOkay, who was the last person you held hands with?This old lady today who asked me to help her get down stairs at waterplace park as I was having lunch.If you could change your...
Posted by Shannon on Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:38:00 PST