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Gemma

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About Me

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gemma.
[ cheh.mah ]
proper noun
many have referred to species 'g' as a curious specimen; strange and irreverant. she is native to the english countryside, but has been known to flourish in the fields of kansas.
she responds positively to heavy rains, the moon, and beautifully eclectic music. she has several flaws in her design that are currently being reprogrammed; she drives too fast and has been diagnosed as a 'workaholic.'
demographic profile.
01 . lifespan :: [ 24 gregorian years ]
02 . genus :: [ little white girl ]
03 . sensei :: [ simon the weiner dog ]
04 . prized material artifacts :: [ light saber / darth vader pez dispenser / grandmas necklace / computer / turntable / camera / c3po pez dispenser ]
05 . recreation function :: [ dancing ]
06 . phylactery :: [ owls ]
07 . dominant aural input :: [ radiohead ]
08 . customary medium :: [ wax ]
09 . preferred occular input :: [ star wars ]
10 . government violations :: [ 11 speeding tickets / 1 arrest ]
specimen 'g' manifests her thoughts as visual conglomerations of non-sensical ephemera.
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My Interests



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I'd like to meet:

you.

Music:

rrrrrradiohead.
(everything else is merely secondary and without order.)
// the radio dept.
// hood
// chromeo.
// hercules & love affair
// cut copy
// simian mobile disco.
// liars.
// she & him
// joanna newsom.
// Q and not u.
// the black keys.
// blood on the wall.
// m83.
// caribou.
// dj. shadow.
// the smiths.
// the rolling stones.
// the bled.
// out hud.
// junior boys.
// cat stevens.
// the sound of animals fighting
// august burns red.
// dungen.

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Movies:

[ The Science of Sleep ]
[ Harold & Maude ]
[ The Virgin Suicides ]
[ The Fountain ]
[ Waking Life ]
[ Pi ]
[ Clockwork Orange ]
[ Vanilla Sky ]
[ Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ]
[ The Anniversary Party ]
[ Trainspotting ]
[ Labyrinth ]
[ Alice in Wonderland ]
[ The Nightmare Before Christmas ]
[ Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ]
[ Sleepy Hollow ]
[ The City of Lost Children ]
[ The Big Lebowski ]
[ Meeting People is Easy ]
[ Lost in Translation]
[ Rushmore ]
[ The Royal Tenebaums ]
[ Sliding Doors ]
[ Spirited Away ]
[ Donnie Darko ]
[ Ali G In Da House ]
[ Star Wars ]

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Television:

is overwhelming.
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Books:

Tao Te Ching :: Lao Tzu
No Logo :: Naomi Klein
The Fountainhead :: Ayn Rand [ and every other book she wrote ]
Be Here Now :: Baba Ram Dass
Alice in Wonderland :: Lewis Carroll
The Mission of Art :: Alex Grey
The Stranger :: Albert Camus
The Night Torn Mad with Footsteps / Sifting Through the Madness for the Word the Line the Way :: Charles Bukowski
What I'm reading right now: The Dharma Bums // by Kerouac.
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Heroes:

You, thom, buddha, alex, ram dass, alice, ayn, and unicorns
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My Blog

happy birthday OK

beautiful covers of beautiful songs...[ feat. the twilight sad covering climbing up the walls. ]...
Posted by Gemma on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 02:31:00 PST

it's official...

I'm employed!!!!!!!!I took a job yesterday with 360 Architects, doing enviromental graphics. I had the interview yesterday, and they said that they had never done this before, but that they would like...
Posted by Gemma on Sat, 26 May 2007 10:09:00 PST

"Come see how good I look!"  Ron Burgandy

Things are on the up & up & up...My generous mom bought a portfolio book for my graduation present (as those little suckahs are tres expensive!). Although it took me three days to make a decision betw...
Posted by Gemma on Wed, 16 May 2007 11:36:00 PST

so yeah...

... i graduate next week. It hasn't actually sunk in yet  i am in complete denial. I know i'm a huge nerd, but i actually like school, and i'm really going to miss it. Mostly just the people in it, n...
Posted by Gemma on Wed, 09 May 2007 12:02:00 PST

Oh, to be in England...

Home-Thoughts, from Abroad Robert Browning Oh, to be in EnglandNow that April's there,And whoever wakes in EnglandSees, some morning, unaware,That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheafRound the ...
Posted by Gemma on Sat, 05 May 2007 12:22:00 PST

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just got back from turning in my senior thesis...and DAMN it feels good to be done. I've had two nights sleep in the last week, I almost lost my job and I cried a lot. BUT NOW I'M DOOOONNE!!!!!! W...
Posted by Gemma on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 08:10:00 PST

I really am alive!! I promise!!

Ok I know I've been a REALLY shitty friend this semester. But I promise there's a really good reason. In case you didn't already know, I'm working ( a whole lot ) on my senior thesis. It's my last ...
Posted by Gemma on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 12:38:00 PST

GO ME!

...I'd just like to say congratulations to myself (for once), for doing such a damn good job. This week in the Art & Design building at KU, the Visual Communications department scholarship show is go...
Posted by Gemma on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:24:00 PST

damn the man!

yeah, so i got arrested yesterday. first time in my life. i got pulled over for expired tags, which expired all of two weeks ago, and i had no idea about. and then come to find out that a payment on ...
Posted by Gemma on Sat, 22 Apr 2006 09:20:00 PST

the holes in my head make me crazy...

I've been kind of MIA the past coupla days, due to the fact that I had all four of my wisdom teeth ripped out of my head on wednesday.  Thankfully, I didn't actually feel them being ripped out, a...
Posted by Gemma on Sun, 15 Jan 2006 10:54:00 PST