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Tess

I am here for Friends

About Me

I'm warm and open but prone to playful kidding that occasionally injures. I love good art (Vik Muniz, Darren Waterston, Kerry James Marshall, Kozyndan et al), scientific oddities (including: indeopathic neurologic disorders with amusing --well, for me!-- symptoms, examples of biology with freakish personal relevance--see Bizarre Sexual Strategy Among Steadfast Birds-- and gross-out cases in parasitology) . Nothing makes me laugh more than cats in costumes, Steve Martin, and the lonely/elderly (not really). Fantasies: I'm one of Sally Mann's kids who dives and plays in the river like an otter; I make blueberry blintzes with Amy Sedaris and we eat them wearing false teeth; I'm doing exactly the right work and I'm good.

My Interests

Just about everything to my detriment and enjoyment.

I'd like to meet:

People who make me laugh and know sleight of hand tricks. Talented retinal specialists who cut deals. CB400F enthusiasts. Scientists who surf. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. Karl F-ing Pilkington.

Music:

Unbunny (Snow Tires is flawless), Neutral Milk Hotel, Love as Laughter, Black Mountain, GBV, Superwolf, Francoise Hardy, Sunset Rubdown, Caustic Resin, Nick Drake, Flaming Lips, Television, Gang of Four, T-Rex, Roxy Music, Mahalia Jackson, Willie Nelson, Roland Kirk, Donald Byrd, Bob Dylan, Incredible String Band, Wilco, Fruit Bats (F*ch you, Pitchfork!), Shins, Willie Mitchell, Ann Peebles, William Bell, Donny Hathaway, Unwound, Joanna Newsom, Shostakovitch.

Movies:

Team America (unapologetically), Together (Swedish version), Woman Under the Influence, Opening Night, Third Man, Hands on a Hardbody, Spellbound, The Jerk, Burnt by the Sun, Devil's Playground, Okie Noodling.

Television:

Ali G, Strangers with Candy, Frontline, MST3K, Freaks and Geeks, 30 Rock (who knew Alec Baldwin was so funny?), Mr. Show, Daily Show, Curb your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development, Colbert Report.

Books:

Birds of America, Brothers Karawhattahooty, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, Russian Thinkers, Naked, Flight of the Iguana, Tooth Imprints on a Corndog, Confederacy of Dunces, Found Magazine.

Heroes:

George Bush. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. But seriously folks: Barack Obama and my pop.