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Lisa

If LiLi were in an Italian dish, she'd be a spicy a meataballa! -Joanna

About Me

about 7 personalities wrapped into one rather conservative demeanor... until you get to know me. then nothing's sacred. i value honesty above all else and am usually a busy bee with my own graphic design business... yet make time for cool folks.
You Are Best Described By...
Under the Wave Off Kanagawa
By Katsushika Hokusai What Famous Work of Art Are You?

My Interests

reading, yoga, pilates, volleyball, cycling, cooking, metalworking [if you can find a local electroplating tank i'll be forever grateful!], making odd teapots, college ball [iowa! ok, and maybe michigan state], design, south asian art & culture, baroque art [caravaggio]
i'm addicted to the first 2 minutes of law and order. i'll watch the rest, but when they find the body it's most interesting. yeah, i'm warped.Myspace For Girls Only - MyGirlySpace.com

I'd like to meet:

guy pearce
jeremy piven
steve carrell
[i've already met amy sedaris, paul dinello and steven colbert so the holy trinity is covered] myspace
layouts
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Music:

house music [think oakenfold or armand van helden], plumb, no doubt, the killers, beck, james hardway, the donnas, the reputation, glen phillips, shivaree, shakira, pink, erykah badu, common, dead prez [yes, i'm a little varied]

Movies:

brain candy, american psycho, mean girls, curse of the golden flower, memoirs of a geisha, muriel's wedding, love actually, most anything with parker posey

Television:

strangers with candy, simpsons, dave chappelle, nip/tuck, the office, project runway, entourage

Books:

anything by david sedaris or chris moore, pride and prejudice, the fountainhead, harry potter, sarah vowell, david rakoff, augusten burroughs, jen lancaster, wendy mcclure, elizabeth berg, shannon olson, nikolai gogol, murakami, rohinton mistry, ha jin, shantaram

My Blog

bff!!

so i'm kind of in a quandary, tho i've made my decision. i guess i just want to vent.there's a girl i've known for some years... i can't remember when we met but it was at least 6 years ago. we someho...
Posted by liiiisa on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 08:36:00 PST

music obsession for march 29, 2007

love this song... keshia chante/foxy brown - does he love me Music Video Codes by .....
Posted by liiiisa on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:50:00 PST

pussy wafflers

erin came up with a great phrase today, to describe men who can't make a move or are just passive aggressive: "pussy wafflers" :)of course i'm aware there are PW women, but i think it should describe ...
Posted by liiiisa on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:33:00 PST

wknd recap & bend it like armstrong... then beckham

sooo tired right now even tho i napped [despite some weird neighbor noises... maybe it's best i don't know]. it's been a busy weekend:-watched 'for your consideration' and pet a loveable dog who event...
Posted by liiiisa on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 07:16:00 PST

it's a different world

i need noise when i'm home working alone. i need something besides the instant messenger going off and my phone. kramer doesn't like it quiet either and uses it as an excuse to mouth off to me [not ne...
Posted by liiiisa on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:23:00 PST

crank

i seriously have to up the vitamins tomorrow or i will crash.today was a whirlwind of getting lost in countryside, hearing [for the first time in a long time] my client, a southsider, called joliet "j...
Posted by liiiisa on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 06:36:00 PST

catboy

my parents have two cats, catboy and scarycat [no, they're not good at naming things]. they were sort of thrust upon them since some neighbor had them, moved and left them to fend for themselves 6 or ...
Posted by liiiisa on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 08:32:00 PST

miscellaneous

i don't want to take away from my last post bc i AM sad over my cat, but i have a few new things to add...-the "big m" that is my new client is morton's the steakhouse. i love working with them so far...
Posted by liiiisa on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:48:00 PST

i got 5 on it

another song i remembered today is "i got 5 on it" by luniz. my best friend from college, dorian, and i used to get ready to go out to this song all the time [yes, in iowa - it can be diverse at times...
Posted by liiiisa on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:17:00 PST

celebrity stalkings

so, i keep this running list of famous or somewhat-famous-depending-on-what-circles-you-run-in people i've met and probably had conversations with. i figured i should write it down at some point since...
Posted by liiiisa on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:59:00 PST