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Stephanie

if it's Tuesday, this must be Belgium.

About Me

I'm good at going to bed early and at staying out late.
I got my layout at Cleanupmyspace.com

My Interests

the cultivation of culture. singing. Photography and English. Semantical nuances of word meanings - (dictionaries and thesauruses). Strong coffee. Books that smell like bookstores, old and new. Darkrooms. Developing pictures. Family. New Orleans. Collecting music as a lifestyle. taking baths. Open windows. Across-the-chest bags. being "NeNe" to my nephew and niece. Record stores, antique stores, thrift stores, and any combination thereof. Carousels. Sidewalks. Magnolias. I'm extremely good at loving 80's music. I also currently have a fetish for popsicles. And as far as I'm concerned, summertime is the only time.

Music:

anything 80's, Ace of Base, the Beach Boys, the Beatles, some Beck, some Billy Idol, Billy Joel, Björk, the Black Eyed Peas, Bobby Darin, Bob Dylan, Bright Eyes, Cake, Chicane, Cole Porter, the Cranberries, Dave Matthews Band, Death Cab for Cutie, Deee-Lite, the Dresden Dolls, Elliott Smith, the Equinox Jazz Orchestra, Fiona Apple, Five for Fighting, Frank Sinatra, Hôtel Costes, Imogen Heap, Journey, Kermit Ruffins, Katherine Whalen, the Killers, the Long Blondes, Louis Armstrong, Louis Prima, Mel Torme, Michael Bublé, Nat King and Natalie Cole, No Doubt, some Oasis, the Postal Service, the Proclaimers, the Rat Pack, Regina Spektor, Santana, Sarah Brightman, the Slackers, Stars, Sting, Teitur, Tony Bennett, Tracy Chapman, Weaklazyliar, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Movies:

Pretty In Pink. Empire Records. The Godfather(s). Breakfast At Tiffany's. CLUE. High Society. The Shining. Benny & Joon. Uptown Girls. What's Up Doc?. A Letter to 3 Wives. The Village. Encino Man. When Harry Met Sally. The Breakfast Club. Roooooockyyyyy! the Dirty Dancing duo. I Am Sam. Elizabethtown. Into the Woods.

Television:

Turner Classic Movies, TVLand and vh1 // Three's Company, Gilmore Girls, What Not To Wear, Boy Meets World, 3 I Love the 80's.

Books:

the Phantom of the Opera. Les Miserables. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. A Severe Mercy. Mere Christianity. Jane Eyre. I Capture the Castle. The Bell Jar. // Dickens, C.S.Lewis, Tennessee Williams, Kaufman&Hart, Roald Dahl . . .

My Blog

lullaby

Well my dad was sick;my mom, she cared for him. Her love, it nursed him back to life. And me, I ran. I couldn't even look at him for fear I'd have to say goodbye.     ( 'on yo...
Posted by Stephanie on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:05:00 PST

sunday in the park with george

I ate a salad this past week. In 15 minutes, I ate more lettuce than I've ever consumed in my entire life all put together. The general consensus is that it was very strange of me. I think that's...
Posted by Stephanie on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:19:00 PST

don't cross the river / if you can't swim the tide

I have to be at work at 7:30 in the morning, and I'm so delighted my internet is currently working I'm reading myspace surveys instead of going to bed. W-o-w! I seriously wish I had filled out this s...
Posted by Stephanie on Fri, 25 May 2007 09:15:00 PST

summertime, when the living is easy...

halle-freaking-lujah. Finals are done (damn them, mea culpa, may they rest in peace), school is out and over! We celebrated Friday night with champagne and cheesesticks, daiquiris and dancing: all in&...
Posted by Stephanie on Mon, 21 May 2007 04:38:00 PST

not now, not ever, no, it's never a good time.

It's about that time again. There's a tick, tick, tick, in my brain like the clock on the wall as it counts down and around until it's pointing straight up, straight up at slow down, back up, back off...
Posted by Stephanie on Tue, 08 May 2007 08:54:00 PST

baby I'll, tell you something that'll never be true.

  oh, gasp. A blogging urge. I'm very aggravated that it is cold again. This means that I'm not only alone and working this Easter -- I'm alone, working, and cold. It is, of course, also co...
Posted by Stephanie on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 08:55:00 PST

I'm Europe, Baby.

"I'm Europe, Baby. I sent you Dutch Elm Disease, German Measles, and Russian Roulette. You sent me World Wind Vacation Tour #225. Now we're even." The phrase that's been my headline ever since I ...
Posted by Stephanie on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 05:38:00 PST