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Laura

I am here for Friends

About Me

i would fill my house with photos of jeff buckley smoking - i like to think about old stuff - sometimes after I watch the movie chocolat, i have to make a chocolate cake - i used to love her, but i had to kill her - i am thrilled by a good gel pen - anything with a blue/red combination makes me happy - sometimes i feel the need to document everything - neutral milk hotel lyrics make me cry - my dog knows more about me than anyone - i can't go to bed without finishing the chapter - copper scares me a bit - black cats have always brought me good luck - i love to write by hand - tree sap is ruining my car - i knock on wood a lot (just in case) - i have two very different sets of friends - i'm scared of frogs - chicken trucks freak me out - i have many, many binders filled with magazine and other clippings - often i will listen to the same song three times in a row - i appreciate those who write well on a daily basis - cheese is a gift from the gods - i am a very loyal friend - people who use tanning beds are a bit scary - i've usually got about five projects going on at once - owls seem magical to me - i wouldn't go back if even if i could - i know the names of the two slugs that live on my porch..

My Interests

Collage, my dog Brak, 1940s clothing, running through the hurt and coming out the other side, old leather bags, showing 'em how it's done at Krush Girls, my grandparent's records, trying to understand what the hell you're talking about, mourning jewelry, the art of seduction, pirates, Burt's Beeswax lipbalm, vintage photos, magazines and more magazines, being in the moment, Faygo Redpop, interior design, purses, music, spending time with my boy, skeleton keys, digital skillz, Corona, quoting The Breakfast Club, Victorian photo albums, black and white photos, burlesque, zines, further investigation, Rev. Howard Finster, boys who pay attention, necklaces, sleep, Homies, remembering, antique stores in Madison, the uniqueness of others, Sweet Action magazine, things that go bump in the night, historic preservation, thrift stores, scientific drawings, road trips, a boy who can handle the Jager, "booty roll right! booty roll left!", masterwaiting, Theda Bara, driving far away from here, Sharpies, never the first Flagpole on top, volunteering, yelling at bad drivers, making the world's best tuna pasta salad, sitting on my porch, Converse, costumes, black cats, being in a trance, Golden Grahams, wanting, seeing what can change in one year.

I'd like to meet:

Creatures that: have an idea about who they are, aren't into mindgames, like adventure, understand the importance of today, have some sort of healthy passion, want to live fully and completely: STARTING NOW! And people who want to go and get pancakes.

Music:

How to begin? Neutral Milk Hotel, Erykah Badu, Johnny Cash, India.Arie, old Metallica, Tori Amos, Pantera, Drive-By Truckers, Nina Simone, Mos Def, NIN, Type O Negative, Jeff Buckley, Tool, Anthony Hamilton, Nick Cave, Jucifer, Brad (when he doesn't know that I'm listening), Black Star, The Cult, Neal Pattman, Ramones, Don Chambers, Some Animal, Marvin Gaye, GNR, Five Eight, Hank Williams Sr., The Donnas, Billie Holiday, Kathleen Edwards, Lauryn Hill, D'Angelo, Violent Femmes, Bob Seger, and my girl Andrea singing karaoke!

Movies:

Any Tim Burton, Evil Dead, Amelie, Dream for an Insomniac, All About Eve, Napolean Dynamite, Casablanca, To Have and Have Not, Ghost World, Sabrina, Interview with the Vampire, Frida, Chocolat, Secretary, Before Sunset, Before Sunrise, The Shining, Nightmare Before Christmas, DIY or Die, Reality Bites, Grey Gardens, Harold and Maude, anything with Bruce Campbell!

Television:

Carnivale, The Office (British version), Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Gilmore Girls, Lost

Books:

Interior design, antiques, Sabrina Ward Harrison, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Anne Rice, Henry Rollins, David Sedaris, books with pin-ups, the Weetzie Bat series, books about weird places to travel, Wendy McClure, Get Fuzzy, Neil Gaimen, Anais Nin

Heroes:

those who dare to try

My Blog

going to the poe museum soon

In personal appearance, Poe was a quiet, shy-looking but handsome man; he was slightly built, and was five feet, eight inches in height. His mouth was considered beautiful. His eyes, with long dark la...
Posted by Laura on Sat, 12 May 2007 09:13:00 PST

Mahala A. Dickerson

I hope to read a book about this woman someday.Mahala A. DickersonPioneering Alaska lawyerAnchorage, Alaska --Mahala Ashley Dickerson, Alaska's first black lawyer, died Monday at her family homestead ...
Posted by Laura on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 02:41:00 PST

Read it twice.

There is a vitality, a life-force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique.  And if you b...
Posted by Laura on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 01:39:00 PST

Johnny on the Spot(light)

If you would have told me 10 years ago that I would be able to go to Target and buy a lamp with a picture of Johnny Depp dressed like a pirate on it, I wouldn't have believed you.I didn't buy it, of c...
Posted by Laura on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 10:51:00 PST

And speaking of slightly obscure...

While eating lunch at the Huddle House today, I heard "Buffalo Stance" by Neneh Cherry.  I almost got up and danced!  ...
Posted by Laura on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 01:25:00 PST

The worst earworm I've ever had.

The new version of "Black Betty" (BAM-BA-LAM!!!) by Spiderbait has burrowed so deeply into my soft brain that I fear for my well-being....
Posted by Laura on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 03:39:00 PST

A Total Eclipse

I turned back to the sun.  It was going.  The sun was going, and the world was wrong.  The grasses were wrong; they were platinum.  Their every detail of stem, head, and blade shon...
Posted by Laura on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 11:13:00 PST

Gene smells like lavendar!

So the b(r)and Kiss has a perfume out now.  I wonder what the official Kiss scent is...?  Latex, Bengay ointment, and ass sweat, I'm guessing.  In that order.I WANNA ROCK-N-ROLL ALL NIG...
Posted by Laura on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:40:00 PST

I've been thinking...

I should start doing more of what I NEED to do.And less of what I WANT to do.Depressing, I know....
Posted by Laura on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 01:11:00 PST

the dead speak still

I am a sucker for history and tradition - even ones that aren't strictly my own.  I usually celebrate the Day of the Dead in little ways, but this year I will have an alter on the table to rememb...
Posted by Laura on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 07:55:00 PST