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About Me

like a book elegantly bound, but in a launguage that you can't read - just yet.

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My Interests

generally, i'm interested in: feminism, activism, vegetarianism, art, peace, tattoos, music, fashion, sex, gender, revolution. specifically, i'm interested in you.

I'd like to meet:

you.

Music:

JOY DIVISION. the beatles, death from above, MSTRKRFT, bruce springsteen, radiohead, fiona apple, tegan and sara, miles davis, andrew bird, the ramones, bob dylan, sheryl crow, john coltrane, erykah badu, led zeppelin, madonna, bright eyes, duran duran, new order, jill scott, the beach boys, garbage, nirvana, the foo fighters, ben kweller, james, the cranberries, the eagles, alanis morissette, notorious b.i.g, ac/dc, peaches, portishead, blackstar, cat power (and the dirty delta blues), dave brubeck, nina simone, the rolling stones, otis redding, coldplay, krs-one, the roots, pharcyde, atmosphere, pj harvey, etta james, cursive, nas, outkast, joe cocker, pink floyd, jimi hendrix, joni mitchell, janis joplin, cream, al green, marvin gaye, modest mouse, the yeah yeah yeahs, fischerspooner, goldfrapp, elton john, beastie boys, girl talk, the cure, the smiths, bloc party, the killers, placebo, billie holiday, bjork, new york dolls, the cliks, david bowie, slick rick, the who, snow patrol, amy winehouse, incubus, billy joel, the doors, juanes, something corporate, we are scientists, brandi carlisle, lily allen, mark ronson, the sounds, boyz noise, erol alkan, simian mobile disco, matthew dear, shiny toy guns, uh-huh her, thompson twins, talking heads, bob marley, fleetwood mac, jefferson airplane, santana, citizen cope, rilo kiley, death cab for cutie, dntel, genesis, massive attack, thievery corporation, suzanne vega, lil wayne, the band, gypsy kings, aerosmith, rod stewart, sleater kinney, peter bjorn and john, justice, daft punk, red hot chili peppers, the who, counting crows, dispatch, regina spektor, journey, rem, the police, le tigre, cut copy, phoenix, air, ani difranco, frou frou, stevie nicks, chicago, tori amos and brand new. my local babies: raffa and rainer, rachel goodrich, jesse jackson, the jeanmarie, and then there was you, jacob's ladder, awesome new republic, down home southernaires, nacho, possum?, afrobeta, skampida, the cornerstoners, quigley and the st. pete players, ricky jackson, shawn sutta, cassette, melt banana, anyone and anything incorporated with the culture room, studio a, churchill's, sweat records, common grounds, side bar, the atlantic, the uc, circa, buck 15 and the 305. i love it all, e-mail me if you want me to photograph your band for promos or at a venue. Get the code for this music player!

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Movies:

the 400 blows (les quatre cents coup), cinema paradisio, turtles can fly, a clockwork orange, le samurai, la dolce vita, the battleship potemkin, annie hall, the cabinet of dr. caligari, shortbus, ma vie en rose, germany year zero, puccini for beginners, saving face, boogie nights, magnolia, all about my mother (todo sobre mi mama), chloe in the afternoon, pan's labyrinth, city of god, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, amores perros, la vita e bella (life is beautiful), amelie, being john malkovich, but i'm a cheerleader, true romance, snatch, this is spinal tap, the usual suspects, pulp fiction, apocalypse now, dirty harry, l'auberge espagnole (the spanish apartment), breathless, masculin femenin, hiroshima mon amour, knocked up, jules and jim, shadow of a doubt, shogun assasin, taxi driver, lolita, mulhulland drive, before night falls, the hours, the sandlot, the apartment, the good, the bad and the ugly, breakfast at tiffany's, the royal tenenbaums, casablanca, anchorman, like water for chocolate, y tu mama tambien, high fidelity, say anything, valley girl, almost famous, fear and loathing in las vegas, trainspotting, death to smoochy, children of men, american history x, roman holiday, pink flamingoes, the boondock saints, the fountainhead, fight club, i could be here for a very long while.

Television:

arrested development, weeds, the office (british and us version), six feet under, queer as folk, californication, dexter, tell me you love me, sex and the city, the sopranos, the l word, carnivale, dead like me, noah's arc, girltrash, south of nowhere, exes and ohs, nip/tuck, 30 rock, GREY'S ANATOMY, i capitalized, so you know it's serious. in love with shows like how it's made, design on a dime, cash cab, jeapardy, wheel of fortune, america's next top model, photographer, project runway, top chef, top design, all the stuff that rots your brain.

Books:

The Little Prince, the giver, sense and sensibility, pride and prejudice, sentimental education, love in the time of cholera, one hundred years of solitude, memoria de mis putas tristes, house of spirits, eros the bittersweet, darkly dreaming dexter, my gender workbook, the anarchist cookbook, postsecret, autobiography of red, the brothers karamazov, anna karenina, howl (and other poems), before night falls, letters to a young poet, the prisoner and the fugitive, harry potter, hello cruel world, middlesex, me talk pretty one day, i like you: hospitality under the influence, naked, the lovely bones, a farewell to arms, the dreamers, the glass castle, on the road, wicked, the perks of being a wallflower, dry, running with scissors, choke, lullaby, as you like it, the scarlet letter, great expectations, diane arbus: revelations, the collected stories of amy hempel, the giant book of warhol, steal this book, days of war nights of love, blankets, goodbye chunky rice, black hole, ghost world, epileptic, fun home, nobody passes, before i die, blink, glass menagerie, the sun also rises, a streetcar named desire, the sound and the fury, as i lay dying, light in august, mrs. dalloway, orlando, to the lighthouse, sex drugs and cocoa puffs, a heartbreaking work of staggering genius, everything is illuminated, the unbearable lightness of being, the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime, the robber bride, foxfire: confessions of a girl gang, everything you need to know about the riot grrl movement: the feminism of a new generation, the art of war, thing of beauty, white oleander, the kite runner, a photographers life: 1990-2005, the tattoo artist, the lord of the rings, the catcher in the rye, slaughterhouse-five, the heart is a lonely hunter, tuck everlasting, a wrinkle in time, roll of thunder hear my cry, breakfast at tiffanys, bridge to terabithia, where the red fern grows, to kill a mockingbird, of mice and men, in cold blood, i eat books for breakfast.

Heroes:

annie leibovitz, herb ritts, andrea zittel, diane arbus, irving penn, david lachappelle, juergen teller, richard avedon, cindy sherman, miranda july, john lennon, frida kahlo, henri cartier-bresson, jean-luc godard, alain resnais, craig thompson, alison bechdel, yoshihiro tatsumi, david b, kate bornstein, my mother and you, whoever you are, whatever you're doing, you're at least learning something new.