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Miss Shannon

Hold back the edges of your gowns, Ladies, we are going through hell.

My Interests

Music:

Sam Cooke (no Sam, you send me), Radiohead, Ella Fitzgerald, Chet Baker, Belle and Sebastian, Modest Mouse, Glenn Miller, Cat Stevens, The Beatles, Joni Mitchell (call me a hippy and I'll kill you to show you how wrong you are), Snow Patrol, The Decemberists, The Dresden Dolls, Elliott Smith, Ben Folds (The five and otherwise), The Kings of Convenience, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Paul Williams, Gary Pucket and the Union Gap, Hulk Hogan and his Wrestlin' Boot Band, you know, the usual.

Movies:

Singin' in the Rain, Harold and Maude, Heavenly Creatures, Cannibal! the Musical, Edward Scissorhands, Center Stage (Shut-up. Who are you to judge me, anyway?) The list is too long. I'll finish it later.

Television:

CSI, Firefly, House (God damn that cane is hot!) Deadwood, Veronica Mars (Shut-up, it's really good.) Arrested Development, the Office (the BBC version).

Books:

The Hitchhiker's Guide books and anything else by Douglas Adams, may he rest wherever really fervent athiests rest. Everything by Oscar Wilde, everything by Tom Robbins, everything by Tony Kushner, everything by Ray Bradbury, The Harry Potter books (don't judge, I know you secretly like them too), Emily Post's Etiquette, The Power of Myth, everything by Allen Ginsberg, guilty pleasure ..82 all the books by Carol Higgins Clark, The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy, everything by Kurt Vonnegut, everything by George Orwell, everything by Shakespeare, Candide by Voltaire, and everything by Dorothy Parker.

Heroes:

Dorothy Parker, Hulk Hogan, Francis Armijos (How could I have forgotten. Hey Fra, This is what the Lord gave me), Oscar Wilde (Oh, to be a young man in the late 1800's), Gene Kelly, Gonzalo Duran (May he rest in peace), Joseph Campbell, My Mom!

My Blog

This is not a test...

It happens to me every once in a while.  I get struck by the realization that this is now, officially, real life.  This is no longer some sort of transitional phase.  My apartment is no...
Posted by Miss Shannon on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:31:00 PST

The Rules

The Rules.  The Rules is a dating how-to book.  I've been reading lots of these sorts of books lately, researching a project I'm working on (and no, that's not a euphemism for husband-huntin...
Posted by Miss Shannon on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:04:00 PST

Superpowers

So, I have discovered that I have a superpower.  It's kind of awesome.  And it is this - I can make things happen by making bitter and/or sarcastic remarks.  It all started on Thursday ...
Posted by Miss Shannon on Sat, 19 May 2007 10:19:00 PST

As time goes by...

So, as the 2nd anniversary of the death of my father comes to a close I figured I'd give a shout out to a few people/things that have helped me along.  I am currently drinking a beer, which I rar...
Posted by Miss Shannon on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:56:00 PST

Things I love ... part 2

To continue:cappuccinos and croissantsdrip coffee and donutspeople who can't help but dance when there's good music playingpeople who listen to music with their eyes closedthe view from the stop sign ...
Posted by Miss Shannon on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 02:10:00 PST

Things I love ...

I feel inclined to make this list.  So, here goes.The smell of the city after the rain.Girls in summer dresses.The smell of old books.Books in general.Boys who read.Girls who read.The way breasts...
Posted by Miss Shannon on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:15:00 PST

Something Blue

I came across this today and it reminded me of a beautiful time.  Enjoy.In the half lightthe smoke curls upmingles with the mournful hornand they slow dance above our headsYour hand slides down m...
Posted by Miss Shannon on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 02:36:00 PST

Ambitions

So, I've been thinking about life.  What exactly are we supposed to do with this thing called life?  What is the best way to live it and what is it's purpose?  As a result of all this t...
Posted by Miss Shannon on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 12:27:00 PST

Deep thoughts at the Whiskey Bend...

Well, maybe not deep exactly, but something close.  As I sat amidst the tattoos, chaps, and handlebar mustaches that are a staple of any good biker dive bar, sipping my tonic and lime, watching t...
Posted by Miss Shannon on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 09:59:00 PST

And now for something completely different...

Disneyland.  The Magic Kingdom.  The Happiest Place on Earth.  I don't know how anyone can be happy spending seventy percent of their day waiting in lines.  I'm not talking waiting...
Posted by Miss Shannon on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 03:03:00 PST