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susan

esse quam videri

About Me

black velvet crushed to the floor. my cat climbed upon it. i picked it up anyway. it was shiny and bold. a statement of itself. next i went to the pantry for a bone. there was a dog there already. i made chicken soup from a stone. i really do care.http://www.susanguralnik.com

My Interests

i don't hum. my cat's paw. black jack. einstein. pushing the envelope. opening the envelope. sending the envelope. not closing the envelope. orange on turquoise. chagall. dali. no black, no white. just prussian blue. dennis miller/kate hudson. chaim soutine. letting go. de kooning. orchids. pinot, my darling, pinot. black leather blue. my cradle. smashing pumpkins. don't want it to end. twirling endlessly. crashing upon the ground happily. pillow fights. sweet sugar kisses. tulip candles. looking for the bible and throwing it aside when it is found. never finding it. guinness. papaya. bootlegs. aerosmith. the cramps. sunshine on black. mick's lips. lord fauntleroy. richie rich. velvet posters. key west. cher's hair. demi's hair. bono's bone. just how cute jenny is. A, anyway. licorice. doggy style. love beads. peace. free yourself. women. white teeth. rock n roll stars. gold. a lover to share with. pink.

I'd like to meet:

i like feeling you. but it's better when i can still feel myself. but fuck it, i like feeling you more. if you could only feel me?

Music:

nine inch nails, nirvana, david byrne, parliament, elvis costello, nine inch nails, ella fitzgerald, smashing pumpkins, david bowie, iggy pop, gene loves jezebel, jimi hendrix, rolling stones, red hot chili peppers, dramarama, the clash, the cure, sex pistols, damned, ramones, ac/dc, zeppelin, aerosmith, velvet underground, gwen stephani, need i go on???? okay, radiohead.

Movies:

i loved loved loved being john malkovich. ask me about my john malkovich story. loved big fish. lost in translation. young frankenstein.

Television:

i listen to Dicky Barrett's program in the morning as my tv.

Books:

last year i read alot of Proust. this year, not so much. more W magazine going on.

Heroes:

my friends and anyone who so dares to be my friend.

My Blog

he came into my life like a whisper

even then, i knew i was lost.  there was no time to prepare my heart for this.
Posted by susan on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:20:00 PST

a father dead, a mother live

oh father who art in heaven oh dad, poor dad, mom hung you in the closet and i'm feeling so sad mother dear may i go out to swim - yes my darling daughter, hang your clothes on a hickory limb, bu...
Posted by susan on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 09:08:00 PST

Lufz' labour

silence.  there was nothing but.  The side of the house looked blue as her heart.  she felt the pit of apathy had finally left for good.  the string of the bean, the blue of the w...
Posted by susan on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 01:09:00 PST

Having not played a note

Black and white onyx/ivory fingers quaking over yellow cracks between two sisters who loved her very much and made her life hell when they closed the door on the stairs that she could not get up but c...
Posted by susan on Tue, 09 May 2006 02:29:00 PST

wild woman

The wild woman stepped out of her car.  She wore a red rose lipstick and Orchid flower perfume.  They did not know her next move, nor did she.  All that was certain was that her fingers...
Posted by susan on Fri, 31 Mar 2006 11:17:00 PST

SONOW

SO NOW I'VE GOT THIS COOL JOB AT A CLASSICAL/WORLD RECORD LABEL IN BURBANK OF ALL PLACES DOING PUBLICITY AND PROMOTION.   ITS GREAT CUZ I GET TO LISTEN TO MUSIC ALL DAY - ANY KIND I WANT.&nb...
Posted by susan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

what to post

could it be that it would please me to give the sushi chef a call because i love to eat them little fishies or that i have taught my nephews to become master fire dancers using only a string and...
Posted by susan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

my cat has died

and i am blue she would always sniff my unshined shoe she meowed all night and into the day and made me think i was not okay but now she's gone and i still shake perhaps the pill is mine to ...
Posted by susan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

they call me salome

the creature with the snake belly trance wildly waving her debauchery for the head of a fine saint some nights its just better to stay home
Posted by susan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

lummp

there's the lump in my gut again i'm sorry that i can' t share it with y'all its mine and wants only me tonight tonight we will make cherry wine instead of blood
Posted by susan on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST