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marlene

eat it or wear it! (-dad to fudge, tales of a 4th grade nothing)

About Me

i suppose i like to sit in windowless dark rooms staring at screens?.. i used to study art history and now i study film. and tv! i used to be an activities coordinator for a nursing home. before that i was a traveling marionette puppeteer. one day your kids will have me as their teacher and i will make them watch robocop. and for a fistful of dollars. and nightmare on elm st (part 2!). and probably some lifetime movies. (ok, and maybe some 'good' movies, too.) and they will love it.this was in the last book i read and i really liked it: "more nervouser than long-tailed cats at a rocking chair convention."i own chacos, the 'girl' teva. they're impossible to wear with socks though, unless i wear them w/socks the toes. which i do also own... in other news: endnote is so sweet! peter, lilly, and jacob are rad for helping me become slightly more technology abled. erin is rad for sending me fashion emails.

My Interests

babytour '06. sea glass and memories of collecting sea glass on sea glass beaches. domestic violence in film & television. HORROR MOVIES!!! cold cold carrot juice. nephew. dresses and skirts w/pockets. taz tatts. new balance and sas shoes (gramma styles).reading in bed or in the sun. this american life (the radio show-- geez louise!). walking around town. swimming in the ocean. texas swimming holes. board games. bike rides. camping. road trips. blood oranges. squirrels: the ones at berkeley are fat and brave; the ones at ut are thin and skittish. THE ROOSTER!!-- no, not that alice in chains song, nerd... david sedaris' little bro!

I'd like to meet:

dogs with beards and or expressive eyebrows. and harry dean stanton. just to give him a hug, how can someone look so sad for so long?!

Music:

CIRCLE (live)=best band ever!! those fins (finns?) blew my mind, man.emmylou harris is nice, too. beirut. smog. oh smog. joanna newsom (but why must those 2 cuties keep playing austin right in the middle of my paper writing frenzies?!--woe is me). cat stevens. witchcraft on halloween was awesomedude.

Movies:

yes:PEEPING TOM. pee-wee's big adventure. paris, texas. RED DAWN. per un pugno di dollari. per qualche dollaro in piu. ice storm. bonnie&clyde (young faye dunaway is some hott stuffs, lemme tell you). raising arizona. badlands. do the right thing. the celebration. dr. strangelove. HARLAN COUNTY. texas chainsaw massacre('74). i know you're in there i can smell your brains! (not really, but i love that line. it's in return of the living dead). rivers&tides. monster (what's not to love about first kisses to journey's, "don't stop believing" in a roller rink?). rope. the carousel crash at the end of strangers on a train is ruling. afterlife. what'seatinggilbertgrape. "straight down the line, baby." all ian mckellan-- he's the spittin image of my pops. JU-ON. kwaidon. firestarter. deliverance (forget rape, man-- burt reynolds w/out his stache is definitely the most disturbing thing in that film). breaking away (thanks to sweet dave). kaige chen: yellow earth and the emperor and the assassin-- i'd like to see more. nicole holofencer. land of the dead for all its class-conscious glory (and guts feasting). me and you and everyone we know. and three amigos!

Television:

i miss freaks and geeks & 6 feet under. jeopardy! i think the (american) office is the best thing on tv right now (although i don't have cable and i do love the british office, too). woohoo andy's back!

Books:

carson mccullers. jeffrey eugenides. tennessee williams. vonnegut. fangoria. j.t. leroy. at home in the world (by this lady who was salinger's lady when she was 18 and he was a million-- good stuff). this short by italo calvino about this dude who works the night shift and his wife gets up in the middle of the night every night to make him breakfast and then crawls back into their bed and sleeps on his side so... anyways. i don't know why i'm so sappy. that reminds me, perks of being a wallflower. HP numero sei. men, women, and chainsaws: gender in the modern horror film. mcsweeney's enchanted chamber of astonishing stories-- just like old twilight zone episodes. feminist film theory. and stuff on class.

Heroes:

LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR. for coming up with possibly the best freaking band name ever.

My Blog

summery.

today at 5 i got to see bill callahan play for free at waterloo records.  there was no missing out because i had articles to read or papers to write and it was wonderful.  his voice is SO ni...
Posted by marlene on Sat, 26 May 2007 09:17:00 PST

the final countdown.

tonight at 10:30 is when i can shower.  our shower has a small leak and jacob was good enough to fix it, but it has to dry for 36 hours.  not so long, but this hasn't stopped europe from tak...
Posted by marlene on Wed, 23 May 2007 11:49:00 PST

delirious goodness.

i turned in my last paper today--schoooool's out for summer!!!i did go to bed at 4:30am and woke up at 7:00am-- something i had planned on avoiding, but considering everything, not bad at all.  l...
Posted by marlene on Tue, 15 May 2007 01:58:00 PST

why bo, peter, and rtf are the best.

Dear Fun Club,   With two weeks to go, I know that everyone is entering "don't talk to me" mode. We are all worrying how we will produce x amount of pages of scholarship in y amount of days....
Posted by marlene on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 01:13:00 PST

ol' lady adventures.

um so... this was supposed to be a blog last night and i accidentally posted it as a bulletin.  pretty embarrassing and pretty good evidence of my ol'ladiness.  but i just finished this arch...
Posted by marlene on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:05:00 PST

americorps reunion!!!

i'm leaving work to go to the airport and pick up emily!  then wes is coming on friday and i haven't seen him since our a-corps graduation, almost 10 yrs ago!  oh man, i love these kids and ...
Posted by marlene on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:32:00 PST

spring breaaaaaak!

jacob and i keep yelling that at each other to try and make each other remember to be excited about vacation.  and i am, although i do have much work to get done.  yesterday, i curled my hai...
Posted by marlene on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:13:00 PST

life as a film student.

like erin says, you never see any films.  but you do get to go to pretty amazing oscar parties in fancy hotel rooms.  and get assigned to go to a strip club... i digress.  i FINALLY saw...
Posted by marlene on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 12:25:00 PST

protective strategies.

i am writing a domestic violence "safety plan" for a fictional character from black and blue (was an oprah book club book and then also a made-for-tv movie starring mary stewart masterson-- of some ki...
Posted by marlene on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 05:16:00 PST

starts tearing up her boobs.

i should be working on my paper, but thought you might need to know this update. in going over my notes from the burning bed, i saw that i wrote, "Mickey hits her when she gets home from school.&...
Posted by marlene on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:47:00 PST