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Mira

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About Me

feisty, goofy, full of qualifiers, up early!!
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"Simply to have someone with whom to eat honey, and with whom to speak fondly of the honey we have eaten"“As I see it, there are two kinds of people in this world; people who love delis, and people you shouldn’t associate with.” - Damon Runyon (RIP Rascal House, 3/31/08)

My Interests

animals, art, dancing alone (in the company of others), eyes, food, fun, language, languages, laughing, thought, travel, and a good challenge

I'd like to meet:

friends.

Music:



Outkast, Jay-Z, Jurassic 5, Jackson 5, Prince, Peter & the Wolf, Die Zauberfloete, No Doubt, Reel Big Fish, Smashmouth, Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Pixies, Frank Black, GIPSY KINGS, macy gray, the darkness, political musicals, the magnetic fields, the 6ths, the Traveling Wilburys, David Bowie, The Pulp Fiction soundtrack (still), (some of) The Juno soundtrack, Booka Shade, Moby, George Gershwin, Beethoven, Mozart, Air, Aretha Franklin, Morcheeba ...

Movies:

Amadeus, Trading Places, Coming to America, Beverly Hills Cop, It's a Wonderful Life, Dunston Checks In, Wayne's World, Bill & Ted, She's Gotta Have It, Brazil, Woyzeck, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, My Fair Lady, Marx Bros.. Thank You for Smoking, Old School, Anchorman, This is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, The Godfather I, My Fair Lady, Jesus Christ Superstar, West Side Story, Dr. Doolittle, Clueless

Television:

Perfect Strangers, Get Smart, I Love Lucy, Kids in the Hall, Upright Citizens Brigade, Strangers with Candy, The Simpsons (o'brien era), UFC

Books:

A Confederacy of Dunces, Pigs in Hiding, the Zabajaba Jungle, the Butter Battle, James & the Giant Peach, the BFG, Tender is the Night, The Book of Practical Cats, Goodnight Moon, Runaway Bunny, The Stranger, Dandelion Wine, A Clockwork Orange, the Illustrated Man, Woman in the Dunes, The World According to Garp, Giovanni's Room, 100 Years of Solitude, Everything is Illuminated, Suzan-Lori Parks playz and essayz

Heroes:

j. Nathan Weisenthal, R.E.L. Merkel, Rhys Southan, RuPaul, Jocelyn Giannini, my mas, my dad, DUDAMEL!!

My Blog

Some words from JFK, and others from Owen Meany

People get so used to talking about billions of dollars and millions of soldiers that thousands of dead sounds like drops in the bucket. But if those thousands want to live as much as the ten I saw - ...
Posted by Mira on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 05:41:00 PST

Another thing...

From my mom: If someone out there makes your day unpleasant, don't invite that person to your wedding.
Posted by Mira on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:16:00 PST

One thing I learned a while ago that I never want to forget

If you ever come to a point where you realize that your own smell just reminds you of someone else, the sooner you get out the better. UPDATE (4/3/08): No. "Getting out" isn’t necessarily the t...
Posted by Mira on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 06:48:00 PST

Jai Guru Deva Om

Happy Thanksgiving yalls. Mom, cooking, pie, ice skating, guitar, walking,warmth, sun, Haynes, sailing, lovelovelove. If you can learn to want what you get, you can learn to get what you want. T...
Posted by Mira on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 09:08:00 PST

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yeah we're approved...yayyay.
Posted by Mira on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 06:11:00 PST

Work-Sick and Coco Loco

There's something wrong with you (me) when you go to work at 7:30, leave at 7:30, and then want to hang out and drink with your coworkers afterward, til 2 am. I think it's time I sat myself down for a...
Posted by Mira on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 09:38:00 PST

Hunting the Wild Apartment

Here we go adventuring. Where the train is less convenient. Where the bars are slightly seedy. Where the dogs are not as kempt. Where the nearest Jamba Juice is over 10 blocks away. We go in search......
Posted by Mira on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 04:56:00 PST

Conversation Conservation

I am typing blind. No contacts at all (not even a little) Saw Blake, saw Nina, saw Chris, Lee, Jocelyn, and the whole GTN gang. Tomorrow's agenda: Work, Book Publishing Event, IHS Alumni Event: Do...
Posted by Mira on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 10:11:00 PST

Weekend of Atonement

No no HONESTLY. What the hell am I talking about in any of these posts. Made it down to dc via TodayBus. sleepin on the boat tonight. sigh... nope, it's certainly not summer anymore....
Posted by Mira on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 10:02:00 PST

capitalism - you may think you hate it, but you love it!

If anyone ever reads this and wants to see a rather moving PowerPoint presentation I created for a cad/friend of mine, feel free to make a request, and I will send it promptly forth - I mean, now...
Posted by Mira on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 04:42:00 PST