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Halie

Meow.

About Me

I've mostly given up on Myspace. I recently reached 5'4", which means I am no longer classified as "short" in surveys and censuses.I live alone, except for a stuffed penguin named Penguin. We enjoy napping on the couch and watching squirrels and opossums play on the porch.

My Interests

Reading, martinis, Webcomics, meeting new people, language, road-tripping, live music, book stores

I'd like to meet:

the living dead.

Music:

Polyphonic Spree, Apples in Stereo, The Shins, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Ghostface Killah

Movies:

those that are zombie related

Television:

Grey's Anatomy, Postcards from Buster, Platinum Weddings, Nip/Tuck

Books:

Just finished reading "The Memory Keeper's Daughter." I highly recommend it.

My Blog

This Song Makes Me Cry

Head underwaterAnd they tell me To breathe easy for a whileBreathing gets harder, even I know thatMade room for me; but it’s too soon to seeIf I’m happy in your handsI’m unusually ha...
Posted by Halie on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:07:00 PST

Dreaming of Calendars

Last night I dream-debated the merits of a solar-lunar calendar. I also dreamed I received a very important ring from someone I hardly know, and it didn't come with a proposal. It was just the ring. I...
Posted by Halie on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:53:00 PST

Wuthering Heights

I By Kate Bush, covered masterfully by Petra Hayden of The Decemberists-----Out on the wiley, windy moors We'd roll and fall in green. You had a temper like my jealousy: Too hot, too greedy. How c...
Posted by Halie on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:51:00 PST

Jane Fonda

I'm a little ashamed to like this song so much.[I had a baby named Jane, she could shake that thing. Said her Daddy used to hang with Johnny Coltrane. she sang a soul train with her friend named Jen...
Posted by Halie on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:07:00 PST

Year in Review

What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before? Take a vacation with a significant other.Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? No, and I have. We'll see...
Posted by Halie on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 01:01:00 PST

fil Aarabiya!

I just had my first non-academic conversation in Arabic. I was flyering the strip across the street, and as I was walking out of the convenience store, I hear a man explaining "masaa l'kheer" to a gir...
Posted by Halie on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 08:56:00 PST

Wit

My score on The 3 Variable Funny Test:style="font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">the Wit/>style="font-size:12pt">((61% dark, 19% spontaneous, 0% vulgar))/>your humor style:CLEAN | COMPLEX | DARKYou like...
Posted by Halie on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 05:46:00 PST

Song of the Week

Manthem Lyrics, by Bouncing SoulsFarewell, Guilherme. I was aloneI decided to get upI decided to get outI picked up the phone and gave my boys a shoutTold em I'd be out around nine,no particular plan,...
Posted by Halie on Sat, 29 Jul 2006 09:14:00 PST

Friday Five: Names.

1. Are you named after anyone? If so, explain. Halley's Comet. And somewhat my great-uncle Haley. My mom didn't realize she was naming me after him at the time.2. Do you have your children's names pic...
Posted by Halie on Fri, 28 Jul 2006 12:15:00 PST

Clean and Sleep, Sleep and Clean.

What a week it's been. Fighting, crying, listening, the occasional "I told you so," hugging, wet shoulders, bruised jawbone, bruised forehead, broken glass in foot, violent illness. So, so tired. It's...
Posted by Halie on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 03:50:00 PST