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Pat

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About Me

My name's Pat. I'm an English major at Grand Valley State University. I like music, and all forms of it. I play saxophone and flute, and I'm in a band called Granola, Add Bacon . I read a lot. I'm really into Japanese culture, beyond the media constraints of anime, and I intend on going overseas to teach in the future. My AIM is coooorrrrrrnnnnn if you want to talk.

My Interests

music, art, film, literature, japan, gender, sexuality, politics, quality photography, linguistics, pop culture, philosophy, the invisible children, traveling, culture, environmental awareness & sustainability, honesty, passion, religion, basic p.c. games (solitaire, free cell, minesweeper), scrabble, swing dancing, writing, journalism, architecture, foreign ska , people, etc.

Music:

the get up kids
saves the day
ani difranco
bjork
the rocket summer
streetlight manifesto

Movies:

mean girls
moulin rouge
cruel intentions
the gingerdead man
garden state
dancer in the dark
hairspray
breakfast on pluto
across the universe
august rush
chicago
rent
imagine me and you
princess mononoke
spirited away
raggedy ann & andy's musical adventure
mona lisa smile
pleasantville
lost in translation
running with scissors
white oleander

Television:

dawson's creek
one tree hill
the o.c.
queer as folk
the mighty boosh
degrassi: the next generation
the undergrads
daria
my life on the d-list
invader zim
transfusion

Books:

the kite runner
the perks of being a wallflower
rainbow boys
empress of the world
the picture of dorian gray
the glass castle
me talk pretty one day
holidays on ice
my father's scar
boy meets boy
memoirs of a geisha
the turn of the screw
the awakening
the belljar
tartuffe
the inferno
oedipus the king
medea
on the road
junkie

Heroes:

britney kay mcsweeney, obviously.

My Blog

SP, the love of my life, tagged me.

The rules to this game of tag are simple--once you've been tagged, you must write a blog with ten weird, random things...little known facts or habits about yourself. At the end, choose ten people to b...
Posted by Pat on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:43:00 PST

this seemed like it would be fun to do.

1. I'll respond with something random about you.2. I'll challenge you to something.3. I'll pick a color that I associate with you.4. I'll tell you something I like about you.5. I'll tell you a memory ...
Posted by Pat on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 08:11:00 PST

I want

you to leave a comment telling me what you honestly think of me. And if you want, I'll do the same back to you.
Posted by Pat on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:51:00 PST

More anonymous statements..

More anonymous statements...1. The last time I did this I wrote that we were getting closer. We're not anymore. I feel like you only want to be my friend when it's convenient for you and I hate that. ...
Posted by Pat on Fri, 04 May 2007 07:12:00 PST

20 anonymous statements

1.) You're one of the few people I can tell anything to. We don't hang out as much as we used to, but we're still best friends, and going strong for 5 or 6 years.2.) I'm glad we're getting closer now,...
Posted by Pat on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 07:41:00 PST

winter break, part four

On Thursday, I went to Ann Arbor with Brian, Lauren, Alexa, and DD. I'd never been there before and wanted to go, and Lauren goes there a lot apparently, so we decided to go.After we got parking, we w...
Posted by Pat on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 12:45:00 PST

winter break, part three

On Tuesday, I hung out with Lauren and DD. We went and picked up Josh Bryant, and, because of our lack of ideas to do stuff, we went to the Grind.It was a good choice, since we saw:Sarah Mesler:Sarah'...
Posted by Pat on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 12:20:00 PST

winter break, part one

So, winter break was a lot of fun. College friends came back, saw them, loved it, now they're gone and I miss it. But here's my first installment of a spring break photo-journal.The first night, GAB h...
Posted by Pat on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 09:46:00 PST

winter break, part two

Saturday, December 30, was the "After Christmas Extravaganza." It was basically my favorite night all year. GAB played with Fifth Window High, Novellant View, and Don't Think Twice. The turn-out was a...
Posted by Pat on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 10:13:00 PST

07/16/06--the ice cream social, the event of the season!

and we looked damn good.deirdre dressed in her yukata:group picture!me; i wore a suit.molly!shannon!kate!steve and colleen!jenni and dave!then molly and shannon took some exclusive photos....
Posted by Pat on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:18:00 PST