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About Me

if you want to know about me, i have an online journal that is not here, if you want to see it, just ask.
i hate the idea of creating a hierarchy of my friends so i decided to only list bands in my top 8 or 12 or 16 or whatever number i end up using.
i absolutely love to travel, so here are some pictures of that
I have a rare neoplastic disease called Indolent Systemic Mastocytosis with Urticaria Pigmentosa. Lots of big words meaning that my bone marrow produces too many mast cells that don't die, meaning lots of stupid arbitrary stuff can cause me to go into anaphylactic shock or have weird bone and organ issues. It also means I have osteoporosis at 29. That's kind of stupid really. I don't identify as a sick person, and I don't want it to become the main thing in my life, but in the same vein, it has absolutely turned every day into a battle I was never expecting. You can learn more about this disease, or donate to the main charity supporting people like me right here .
i'm kind of a music snob, or maybe just addict. here is a handy dandy chart showing what i've been listening to as of late.

My Interests

i have 1 husband, 2 cats, 1 gecko, and a lot of plants. travel, music, movies, adventure, videogames, i generally like people though i'm shy. it's pretty basic.

I'd like to meet:

anarchists (though how many anarchists use a product owned by rupert murdoch has yet to be seen), old friends, old flames, and people to seek out adventure with.oh, and seth green.

Music:

sigur ros, neutral milk hotel, kraftwerk, mogwai, bola, styrofoam, hood, a silver mount zion, mouse on mars, godspeedyoublackemperor, inside, mum, bjork, four tet, boards of canada, pop will eat itself, coil, autechre, matmos, public enemy, the beatles, tom petty, magnetic fields, guns n roses, swans, mogwai, autechre, aphex twin, joy division, arovane, silent majority, lush, slowdive, my bloody valentine, snoop dog, bob dylan, cex, johnny cash, the cure, portishead, pj harvey, radiohead, a northern chorus, interpol, nick cave, einsturzende neubauten, shinjuku theif, magnetic fields, four tet, leonard cohen, counting crows, james, eminem, broken social scene, mew, sufjan stevens...

there is a ton more, and it constantly evolves...

Movies:

movies that have zombies are generally quite good, and often entertaining. aside from baraka, showgirls is my favorite movie ever. i also like spellbound, requiem for a dream, little otik, brazil, pi, city of lost children, the kingdom, hellhouse, wings of desire, run lola run, rushmore, royal tennenbaums, koyaanisqatsi, powaqqatsi, naqoyqatsi, dark crystal, conspirators of pleasure, clerks, shallow grave, trainspotting, the pillow book, zentropa, serenity, wag the dog...

Television:

the news, the red sox, joss whedon stuff, house, lost, south park, daily show, nip/tuck. i'm addicted to grey's anatomy because whenever it is on it makes me want to throw the heaviest object near me at the tv.

Books:

psychology,gender,politics,globalization, marketing, sociology, books that mean something, essays, and sometimes maybe even poetry. i used to devour fiction, but not so much these days.

Heroes:

people who are working get stuff done as opposed to talking about all the great things they plan on accomplishing

My Blog

mastocytosis walk for a cure - please help, donate, repost, whatever

This year there is a fundraising walk for The Mastocyctosis Societyhttp://tmsforacure.orgAs you may know, earlier this year I was diagnosed with I...
Posted by bridget on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 07:55:00 PST

Breast Cancer Patient Protection Bill - PLEASE READ

When my mom was in the hospital eons ago, before she was discharged she was required to spend 24 hours on a regular floor (before that she had spent a month in neuro icu). Her roommate for 8 of those ...
Posted by bridget on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 04:42:00 PST

omg iceland

i am going to iceland for christmas!!!!!!!
Posted by bridget on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 07:49:00 PST

when things are not right.

You try so hard sometimes to find the best words, the most appropriate words, or lyrics or poems, something that is beautiful and permanent that will stand in defiance of loss, which will create some...
Posted by bridget on Sat, 02 Sep 2006 10:14:00 PST

not about me!

http://myspace.com/defeatcancer
Posted by bridget on Mon, 19 Sep 2005 04:21:00 PST

omg

i am engaged! hooray!
Posted by bridget on Fri, 19 Aug 2005 07:08:00 PST

unforgiving nature of water

my friend michael and i went walking around walden pond this afternoon, a spur of the moment adventure for the unemployed. in all my years i'd never walked on a frozen body of water before. it's prett...
Posted by bridget on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

music non stop. techno pop.

we saw Hood last night, and they were sooooo super awesome (see, i need to namedrop cool bands, since while my posts are infrequent, i wrote so much about baseball i'm afraid to come off as all jockis...
Posted by bridget on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

updated and unread

so now we're back in america and i have to figure out what's next. we've actually been back for a little while now. the we means me and the boy, no delusions of royalty here. do we stay in ma? do we m...
Posted by bridget on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

what the hell is a "prop"?

i'm so tired. last night we stayed up to watch the redsox kick ass. it was weird watching american television (i bought the mlb tv international pack so i can watch games on the computer) and seeing a...
Posted by bridget on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST