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Shawna

Um, is it me or does it smell like updog in here?

About Me



I am:
23 years old
a girl, not yet a woman (hello, britney)
a graduate of Eastern Oregon University
an English major
very strange indeed
nerdy
confused about my life's direction

I love:
reading Roald Dahl
writing sarcastic advice columns
the autumn
chai
taking photographs of trees
the Counting Crows
a full mailbox
Love Actually
Limey, my ipod
super rad dorky kids
dreamy boys
hammock naps
treehouses

I want:
to fall in love
to be like Amelie
to live in England
more converse sneakers
to be brave

My Interests

Writing
Dreamy boys
Reading trashy girl magazines like Cosmo
Drinking with friends
Text messaging
Music
Travel (if only I went anywhere!)
Photography

I'd like to meet:

God
Jack Johnson
Counting Crows
People with accents.

Once again, I ♥ the Bens. Ben Kweller, Ben Lee, and Ben Folds.

Music:

Counting Crows
The Beatles
Ryan Adams
Jack Johnson
Johnny Cash
Frank Sinatra
Matt Costa
Nickel Creek

The Bens:
Ben Kweller
Ben Lee
Ben Folds

Glorious boys.

"All I can do is be me, whoever that is." - Bob Dylan

Movies:

The Princess Bride
Love Actually
Annie
Garden State
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Donnie Darko
Bend it Like Beckham
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Empire Records

Television:

Scrubs
The Office
Friends
Buffy
Arrested Development
Gilmore Girls

Books:

Nancy Drew
The BFG
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Me Talk Pretty One Day
Harry Potter
Harriet the Spy

Heroes:

My sister. ♥

Dorks.

My Blog

I am a total groupie.

Once again I had the privilege of meeting true rockstars in Portland, Oregon. This time they were Joshua Radin and Schuyler Fisk. You may remember Schuyler as Kristy Thomas in the Babysitters Club m...
Posted by Shawna on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:08:00 PST

Probably the coolest website EVER.

Internet ArchiveNo lies. You must check this out, or I am so sad for you. You can find archives of so many things. Past versions of websites, live concerts, old films, poetry readings. Use this! It's ...
Posted by Shawna on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 12:31:00 PST

My America...

...Is brought to life by the music of the Old Crow Medicine Show.  Why?  Listen for yourself.Don't they make you want to go on a roadtrip right now?...
Posted by Shawna on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:39:00 PST

And every one of them words rang true and glowed like burnin' coal...

Today (like often before) I realized that I have a lot of books. This is natural as I've had a fascination with books since childhood, and I've been collecting them since. I love the feeling of hold...
Posted by Shawna on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 02:53:00 PST

She's so crafty.

I made a John Ralston tee today!  I'm so in love with him.  I'll tell you what, I'm freaking SLOW at making stencils and using them, but I like how this turned out.  The back has lyrics...
Posted by Shawna on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 08:15:00 PST

Shawna Dailey, Spinster and Lunatic

Do you ever feel like you are the only single person in the entire universe?  Like everyone except for you is magically pairing up with another human being? My life feels like that dinner party i...
Posted by Shawna on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:18:00 PST

Portland rocks my socks off.

You all must be so jealous.  I just returned from a 2-day Portland adventure (yay yay!) in which I got to see THREE great artists perform.  Yes, my love Ben Lee was there, as was Rooney, and...
Posted by Shawna on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:43:00 PST

Oh boy!

My first story for The Source is up on their website! Check it out.Odd Kinda Groovey.
Posted by Shawna on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 11:07:00 PST

I applaud Cor-Cor and Sar-Sar.

To you girls: You have successfully taken over my whole front page of myspace! Congratulations! Why do you love me and care so much? Thanks for being my little hookers and basically making me your...
Posted by Shawna on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:42:00 PST

I'm a working girl!

...At least for the summer.  I got a job at the Paper Station in Sunriver!  Now I will be surrounded by luscious stationary all summer in the comfortable air-conditioned environment.  A...
Posted by Shawna on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 02:59:00 PST