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maggie

courage easily finds its own eloquence

About Me

"every year more than six million children under the age of five starve to death"

My Interests

eating, music, small venue shows, movies, reading, cooking, poker, board games, writing, school, long showers, sleep.

I'd like to meet:

local bands.

Music:

punk, rockabilly, psychobilly, hardcore, metal, underground/old school hip hop.

Movies:

american history x, lords of dogtown, basketball diaries, hotel rwanda, american pie, sucker free city, the outsiders, saw I, blood and wine, crash, deuces wild, fight club, blow, prime, thin, hostel, proof, blade, dirty pretty things, a home at the end of the world, finding neverland, girl fight, house of flying daggers, sin city, human stain, thirteen, the craft, the cure, supercross, world trade center, silence of the lambs, godfather, belly, 21 grams, butterfly effect, gangs of new york, schindler's list, kingdom of heaven, edward scissorhands, 25th hour, human stain, cinderella man, the insider, vanity fair, jarhead, day after tomrorow, man in the iron mask, good will hunting, saving private ryan, nightmare before christmas, what's eating gilbert grape, head in the clouds, monster, atronaut's wife, romeo and juliet, this boy's life, city of god, underworld, lie with me, fahrenheit 911, the jacket, imaginary heroes, donnie darko, memoirs of a geisha, independent films and documentaries, jackass, the godfather, pulp fiction, house of flying daggers, shawshank redemption, schindler's list, good will hunting, what's eating gilbert grape, romeo and juliet, the pianist, usual suspects, one flew over the cuckoo's nest, goodfellas, requiem for a dream, reservoir dogs, sin city, finding neverland, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, full metal jacket, this boy's life, animal factory, boogie nights, y&d, i could go on and on.

Television:

ufc, csi, global news with ken shaw, anderson cooper 360, boxing, miami ink, family guy, oprah, viva la bam, friends, the L word, one tree hill, will and grace, punk'd, entourage, iron chef, 70s show.

Books:

the complete works of william shakespeare, stop the ride i want to get off - dave courtney, shadows of war - carolyn nordstrom, team of rivals - doris kearns goodwin, 1776 - david mccullough, chasing daylight - gene o'kelly, the end of faith - sam harris, sidewalk - mitchell duneier.

My Blog

CBGB is closing its doors

New York City landmark CBGB is closing its doors! The legendary music venue is shutting down for good after a protracted rent dispute with the building's landlord. The rent dispute began last year, ...
Posted by maggie on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 08:58:00 PST

free all night art show tomorrow in toronto.

http://nuitblanche.livewithculture.ca
Posted by maggie on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 05:20:00 PST

darfur.

at the end of this month, the mandate of african union peacekeepers in darfur expires and the sudanese government has rejected their replacement by a u.n. force. if u.n. forces are not sent to re...
Posted by maggie on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 10:34:00 PST

human trafficking in canada

taken from http://www.catwinternational.org/factbook/Canada.php The impact of migrant trafficking on Canada is estimated at between $120 million to $400 million per year and accounts for approximately...
Posted by maggie on Fri, 24 Feb 2006 01:31:00 PST

sex tourism and how YOU can help stop it.

It is estimated that two million children are enslaved in the global commercial sex trade. Many of these children are either sold into prostitution to pay off family debts or forcibly recruited on the...
Posted by maggie on Wed, 08 Feb 2006 10:33:00 PST

slavery is too high a price for cheap goods!! sign the petition.

http://www.freetheslaves.net/action/ click the link above to sign the petition kids.
Posted by maggie on Sun, 04 Dec 2005 10:11:00 PST

click everyday to donate no $$ needed

http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/CTDSit es click the link above to give hope to breast cancer patients. it's free and only takes 2 seconds of your time. ...
Posted by maggie on Sat, 03 Dec 2005 11:53:00 PST