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mommacherry

i'm a bad girl and i'm too good for you!

About Me

i am a sheet metal worker and a single mom. i collect stuff, go to shows, drive an old station wagon, write poetry when nobody is looking, keep friends, volunteer, shop at thrift stores, wear overalls, go to school, roller skate a lot and coach pee wee derby - i live with a third grader and im lactose intolerant. i want to be a rock star when i grow up!

My Interests

parenting outside the box, big books, cooking dinner, cheap beer, overalls, singing in the car, the revolution, bad karaoke, live music, talk radio, circus freaks, thrift stores, crafts, community service, collections, spoken word, epiphanies, third wave feminism, dancing late, roller derby, sex, fulfilling conversations, old shoes, livejournal, sheet metal

I'd like to meet:

do you play roller derby? is you car older than you? are you a parent? do you have too many tattoos? do you write poetry on napkins? do you have a library card? do you recycle? do you vote? are you doing anything to change the world?

Music:

bif naked, loverboy, bb king, pink martini, johnny cash, the dolly ranchers, pantera, janis joplin, hole, danzig, liz phair, the pretenders, metallica, the knitters, outkast, horrorpops, smithereens, billie holiday, go like hell, wanda jackson, ac/dc, the mummies, tiger army, the detroit cobras

Movies:

tank girl, the fifth element, army of darkness, pi, e.t., heathers, casino, american splendor, harold and maude, raising arizona, flashdance, the big lebowski, the matrix, city of lost children, clerks, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, bad girls, the legend of billie jean, the muppet movie, big fish, teen witch, shaolin soccer, boogie nights, fight club, oh brother where art thou, fried green tomatoes, cannibal: the movie, the godfather, full metal jacket, wheres poppa?, happy gilmore, grease, the jerk, the best little whorehouse in texas, grease 2 ...

Television:

absolutely fabulous, family guy, the soprano's, i love lucy, sex and the city...

Books:

alexie, buckowski, gore, kingsolver, adams, sagan, wells, burroughs, sedaris, lorde, wolfe, angelou, karr, cain, danticat, coupland, hornby, kundera, cisneros, steinbeck, rand, heller, doyle, atwood, plath, robbins, fitzgerald, puzo, hemingway, vonnegut, flagg, eugenides, allison, orwell, morrison, eggers, selby, dunn, woolf, quinn, tan, rice

Heroes:

my mom, althea, laney, gurlee, mad madge, strippers, rollergirls, puppies, derby liberation front

My Blog

undefeated

lyrics by the horrorpops When i'm down, you get me up I always have you to count on When i'm alone, you call With a voice That makes me smile Taking away, the pain You remove my infection My ba...
Posted by mommacherry on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:28:00 PST

what a feeling.

First, when there's nothing but a slow glowing dreamThat your fear seems to hide deep inside your mindAll alone I have cried silent tears full of prideIn a world made of steel, made of stoneWell I hea...
Posted by mommacherry on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:51:00 PST

mother

mother - lyrics by danzig   MotherTell your children not to walk my wayTell your children not to hear my wordsWhat they meanWhat they sayMotherMotherCan you keep them in the dark for lifeCan you ...
Posted by mommacherry on Thu, 18 Aug 2005 09:14:00 PST

kiss me deadly

kiss me deadly - lyrics maybe by lita ford   "Had a few beers, gettin' highSittin', watchin' the time go by, Uh, huhIt ain't no big thingNothin' to eat and no TVLookin' in the mirror don't get it...
Posted by mommacherry on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST