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About Me

I write. I cook. I live in LA. I have invisible Scotch tape on my desk. And a gluestick. And an upside-down ceramic sumo wrestler pen holder. It rocks.

My Interests

Writing, music, eating, sleeping, family, friends, cooking, traveling, writing, Netflix, etc.

I'd like to meet:

Someone with a cooler ceramic pen holder than my sumo wrestler. I dare ya.

Music:

Too many to mention but here's a sampling: Radiohead, the Mars Volta, the Sundays, Rachel Yamagata, Wolfmother, yeah yeah yeahs, Daniel Spreewald, Bio Ritmo, Ray LaMontagne, Joshua Radin, Captain Black Heart, the Shins, Jesus & Mary Chain, Etta James, Kinks, Jet, Snow Patrol, Keane, Ramones, Matthew Sweet, Juliana Hatfield, Bettie Serveert, Sex Pistols, the Clash, Tuscadero, Ash, Big Sir, bad heavy metal from the '80s, Violent Femmes, Skunk Anasie, Pulp, BRMC, Beatles, Bowie, Roxy Music, the Pharcyde, Jay-Z, Sia, random Mexican opera music...

Movies:

City of God, Amelie, Amores Perros, Trainspotting, You Can Count on Me, 400 Blows, Secretary, 8 1/2, Y Tu Mama Tambien, the Usual Suspects, anything by Alexander Payne especially Sideways.

Television:

Discovery channel, Travel channel, anything on the Food Network except Rachel Ray who is the world's most annoying person, Dexter, LOST, No Reservations.

Books:

Carver, Jones, Sedaris, Mishima, various authors who are not famous...

Heroes:

David Haselhoff, because he says "Don't hassle the Hoff" and he is being serious. It's kind of rad.

My Blog

My dad

I bought a necklace today for my mom (her birthday is on Valentine's Day). It's delicate and pretty, much like she is. The chain, however, is a bit too long for my mother's tiny frame. But no wor...
Posted by Clare on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 03:37:00 PST

Ray LaMontagne

I think Ray LaMontagne is seriously one of the most talented and poetic singer/songwriters of my generation. It's rare that a song stops me dead in my tracks when I hear it, but every single one of hi...
Posted by Clare on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 04:56:00 PST

Attack!

I don't get why some people act like being defensive is a bad thing, especially when he/she is causing the reaction. Generally speaking, when a person or animal is being attacked, it's the natural, ra...
Posted by Clare on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:32:00 PST

In response to "Rain Clouds"

My stomach sank when I read the poem you wrote for me. After 8 years, you acknowledged the Truth Your reflections like the photographs you take Beautiful, complex, intensely thoughtful. With your...
Posted by Clare on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:47:00 PST

New Year's

I spent New Year's weekend in Santa Cruz, CA. I hadn't been back in nearly 7 years, so it was cool being back - even if it was only for a few days. I'd forgotten how absolutely beautiful SC is. Those...
Posted by Clare on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 05:45:00 PST

T-shirts I saw today

I was walking around in Pasadena today, and saw a young girl - probably 13 at the most - with a t-shirt that said, "Most Likely to Date Bad Boys." She was with her mom. A few minutes later, I saw anot...
Posted by Clare on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 06:31:00 PST

Being positive...

...is difficult sometimes. Today was one of those days. But instead of writing about that, I should probably shift my focus onto something more productive. Perhaps to some observations of late: *My ho...
Posted by Clare on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 06:05:00 PST

I guess I don't know everything

I'm going to come clean and admit that there are some words and phrases that I have been misusing for years. Some I learned about a few years ago, but others I've only VERY recently learned about. The...
Posted by Clare on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 12:53:00 PST

Rainbow

Went to the Rainbow Bar & Grill last night after the Drills show (which was kind of awesome...similar to a swift, rock 'n roll kick to the groin of your soul, if you know what I mean), and it was ...
Posted by Clare on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 01:58:00 PST

Funny ha ha

I think it's funny that some people consider themselves DJs because they load up an iPod with songs then press play at a party. But that's just me.
Posted by Clare on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:18:00 PST