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About Me

When I was four, my utmost desire was to become a stripper. Or, as I put it, in my four-year-old vocab, "a bare-naked dancer." So, I grew up and did the next best thing - I became a theatre major!Most of my days are spent toiling away in the opera mines. Or the amphibus mines. Most of my nights are spent spending the fruits of my labour.I love ice cream and brunch and curry pad thai and birthday cake for breakfast. I am an only child and I paint my fingernails green.My favourite Shakespeare is King Lear. My favourite book is All The King's Men. My favourite existential comic is Krazy Kat. My favourite literary passage is "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but thatâ€™s no matterâ€”tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And then one fine morningâ€” So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." My favourite play is Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe? My favourite musical is Cabaret. My favourite artistic movement from the 20th century is dadaism. My favourite form of governance is constitutional robocracy.

My Interests

Theatre; Words; Wordplay; Jazz; Blues; World Music; Dance; Dancing; Circus School; Aieral Arts; Fire Eating; Travel; Opera; Opera Houses; Architecture; Fashion; Photography; Music Festivals; Brunch; Food; Ice Cream; Funnel Cake; Amelioration; Luminosity; Countertexts

I'd like to meet:

People I already know. People who like autumn. People who give me cookies. People who can speak with some semblance of wit and who know the difference between your and you're, to and too, and there, they're and their.Theatre people. Artsy people. Music people. Awesome people.

Music:

BB King; Eva Cassidy; Koko Taylor; Eric Clapton; Johnny Cash; Colin Hay; The Killers; Neutral Milk Hotel; Stellastarr*; The Shins; The Stills; Etta James, Susan Tedeschi; The Weakerthans

Movies:

Everything is Illuminated; Shall We Dance; Life is Beautiful; Dead Poet's Society; Sense and Sensibility; Brick; In the Bedroom, Amadeus; The English Patient; "O"; Any horrible romantic comedy; The Insider; About a Boy; Sliding Doors

Television:

Dead Like Me; Scrubs; Arrested Development; Monk; Northern Exposure; The Daily Show; OZ; The Sopranos; Quantum Leap; Freakazoid; House; Firefly; The Colbert Report; Law and Order: CI; Made in Canada; The Newsroom

Books:

I used to read smart people books all the time. Then I decided to read what I want to read. So, all the Harry Potter books, Maeve Binchey, Jane Austen, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Phoenix Lottery; Krazy Kat; The Tenant of Wildfell Hall; Ragtime; The Great Gatsby; Mercy Amoung the Children; Funny Boy; The Drawer Boy; This Island's Mine; King Lear; About a Boy; A Year in the Merde; The Tipping Point; Blink; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; Les Miserables; Death of a Salesman

Heroes:

Emma Goldman. Louise Brooks. Marie Antoinette. Gypsy Rose Lee. Krazy Kat.

My Blog

I Choo-Choo-Choose You!

One of my three hometowns is place called St. Thomas. It's a little place in Southwestern Ontario with one real claim to fame - they killed Jumbo the circus Elephant.Yup. Back in the day, ...
Posted by Rebecca on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 03:19:00 PST

If It's Called Tourist Season, Why Can't We Shoot Them?

The tourist season is now coming to a close, and, at least for another 5 months, I will not be working with the loveable douchebags. Here are some classic moments from the past few weeks. Co-worker ...
Posted by Rebecca on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 07:29:00 PST

What's Done is Done and Cannot Be Undone

Over a year ago, while seeing The Wedding Crashers, my friend, Owen, jokingly said we should see every movie listed in the credits. I loved the idea, and thus Russian Movie Roulette was born. A year p...
Posted by Rebecca on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 08:27:00 PST

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes...

I have joined the noble rank of redheads. Pictures to follow at some point.
Posted by Rebecca on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:13:00 PST

A LiveJournal Post Written By Someone I Don't Know

As the title of this blog post suggests, this is an LJ post written by a girl I have never ever met. This is important.WELCOME BACK MY FINE FEATHERED FRIENDS!!!I am so excited, I didn't realize how m...
Posted by Rebecca on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 01:06:00 PST

Someday, He'll Come Along...

I want to marry a man who one day, in the far future, has a mane of white hair and smells like orange sherbet and pine needles.
Posted by Rebecca on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:58:00 PST

Why People Do Not Optimize

Why, exactly, would there be a needle in a haystack?And, even if there were, would would you look for it?And why would I keep my needles near a haystack?
Posted by Rebecca on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:34:00 PST

If It's Called Tourist Season, Why Can't We Shoot Them?

Ah, September - When tourists are few and far between. And yet, those who remain are still ignorant. Huzzah!Co-worker (on phone): Our tour is $38 for adults. $33 for seniors and students. We also h...
Posted by Rebecca on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 08:59:00 PST

Her Legs Were Built to Drive Men Mad. And She Did.

....and with a short, declarative "smell me," she thrust her somewhat ample bosom into my face, confirming, once and for all, my complete and utter heterosexuality and my hatred of Starbucks. Starban...
Posted by Rebecca on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 09:48:00 PST

I Am Not a Trendy Person, Though I Like Clothes as Much as the Average Woman.

It's moving time again. In addition to working every single day of September, I'm looking for a new home. Spectacular. I've had viewings in Trendy Queen West, Trendy Leslieville, Trendy Riverda...
Posted by Rebecca on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:59:00 PST