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Laura

...everybody act hard, like they got no regard...

About Me

"Well you're becoming an alcoholic Laura and you're less reliable when you're an alcoholic." - Misty

For starters, it turns out I am less reliable as an alcoholic.
I have a ton of stuff going on all the time, you know how I do, but I still love meeting new people.
From the Anti-DSM-IV: * RADICAL CURIOSITY. Characterized by the following traits: an enthusiasm for the mystery embedded in the mundane; a preference for questions over answers; an aversion to stereotyping, generalizations, and jumping to conclusions; an inclination to be unafraid of both change and absence of change; a strong drive to avoid boredom; a lack of interest in possessing or dominating what you are curious about.

Big into kindness, investigating interesting problems, speaking and acting on intuition, acknowledging synchronicity and synergy in spades, hiking up hillsides for no good reason, cooking, gardening, eating out, drinking, silliness, long conversations, late night weekend adventures, and doing whatever I want whenever I feel like it.

My Interests

116289523 189451802 83617562 Anthropology, nutritional ecology and biology, sub-Saharan Africa, economics, world politics and history, photography, cartoonery and drawing, cooking, gardening, world literature and art, independent films, and music. Watching freaking American sports--I was raised by a football fanatic. Travel that has as little to do with American narcissism or unfettered bourgeois consumption as possible. Ridiculous do-it-yourself adventures. Staying alive with or without the cooperation of assorted essential organs. And so on. And so forth. Indeed.

I'd like to meet:


I like all kinds. I am the opposite of a misanthrope.

Music:

All of it. Or as much of it as I can manage, which is a freaking lot.

Movies:

Elephant, Atanarjuat, Trade Off, Denti, Little Senegal, Touching the Void, Lost in Translation, The Usual Suspects, Full Metal Jacket, Dead Man Walking, Fog of War, Dead Man, The Last Emperor, On The Waterfront, Maria Full of Grace

Television:

Laura only watches TV with her third eye.

Books:

The Places in Between, Catch 22, Les Miserables, Meditations in an Emergency, In My Hands, The Fateful Adventures of the Good Soldier Svejk, Invisible Man, Blue Highways, Five Chimneys, You Can't Be Neutral On A Moving Train, and The Oresteia. Yes, the Oresteia. I always was an Aeschylus fan. You got a problem with it?

Heroes:

A dynamic assortment of people. Emile Habibi, Randy Shilts and Irene Gut Opdyke--RIP. Helen Thomas. My father.

My Blog

Angry Football Blog (Unsuitable for Children or Strahan Fans)

This blog is my response to the question posed by the TV announcer after the Cleveland Browns kicked a field goal to win against the Seahawks today in overtime. Now I will give the Browns their due: t...
Posted by Laura on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 05:16:00 PST

Blanket Update For You All, Delerious Laura Style

Sooo here's the situation up in my zone.Electricity: out 2 days.Cat: pissed off. House: cold as a mofo.Red Cross: Not very friendly.My car: Stolen and somewhat stripped, at the impound place.My insura...
Posted by Laura on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 06:54:00 PST

Ten Things

Hey. First up... my car got jacked AGAIN last night. So. No huge deal, it's all good, I got a rental car, but just be aware. Hopefully I won't be navigating the entire holiday while dealing with this ...
Posted by Laura on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 06:56:00 PST

I want two things for Christmas.

You all know me, I'm profoundly freaking predictable. First and foremost I want to spend as much time as possible with friends and fam. Some of you I haven't seen in too long, and you know who you are...
Posted by Laura on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 09:18:00 PST

...don't overdose on reality...

...cause the way it seem aint always how it be.This is just a note with two parts, and no it's not because I'm that invested in dualism. F'in dualism.So I recognize I have some very old, deep friendsh...
Posted by Laura on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 01:29:00 PST

It's my co's fiscal year end.

and I am an accountant. sorry for slow email responses, etc. my life hectic. too hectic for complete sentences-- i work work work all work and no play make me bad pen pal. sorry. i make amends with ho...
Posted by Laura on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 05:15:00 PST

We can't stop it cause we love this life.

I read a brief article about the murder of Olga Carter today, and wept afterwards. Now I have never been one to turn away from the ugliness of real life and death (hell I whip out my magnifying glass,...
Posted by Laura on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 11:42:00 PST

Shameful

Picture of Israeli airstrikes in Beirut. Tragically true to form, Israel resumed bombing in Lebanon today after being warned that Hezbollah would aim its missiles at Tel Aviv if they did so. Dead so...
Posted by Laura on Sat, 05 Aug 2006 10:03:00 PST

Dinner Party's Postponed

Allright guys, prepare to comesup & whatnot. Upcoming dinner party, once I'm moved into the new place (upper Queen Anne, good jesus!): Sunday September 17th (NOT THE 10th--I need more time guys), Indi...
Posted by Laura on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 11:23:00 PST

bringitback

So I was strolling through Pike Place this afternoon and I kept hearing this rather bizarre humming mantra in my head. Every Atom In Your Body Is Borrowed, And Must Ultimately Be Returned To The Cosmo...
Posted by Laura on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 11:17:00 PST