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stina

yes we can and yes we did

About Me

the resident grammar queen, im a terrible driver which i continuously prove (accidently), i am no longer abstaining from much of anything (c'est la vie), i am steven colbert's pretend girlfriend, i have subtle intensities and intense subtleties, i'd rather dance with you than talk with you and anytime i can do runway, i will (you best believe)

My Interests

autumn in chicago, butterbeans, the metaphysical, all things country western, ink, my very rad bicycle, reading stuff, writing stuff, the history of...just about everything, vino, louisiana, trivia, coffee all day long, hula hoops, voodoo economics, i think i want a monkey, fancy restaurants, metaphors, hyperboles, palindromes, oysters and champagne

I'd like to meet:

"the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, who burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the sky" (jack kerouac, on the road). POSERS, BORING FOLK, PEOPLE PRACTICING DISHONESTY AND STUPID BOYS need not apply

Music:

KINGS OF CONVENIENCE bittersweet cut copy depeche mode the strokes cat power the arcade fire neko case peter bjorn and john wolf parade portishead dolly parton the decembrists andrew bird my bloody valentine the mars volta tv on the radio

Movies:

last movies watched- wrist cutters, all about my mother, the queen, a history of violence, forgetting sarah marshall, ferris bueller's day off, 21, the darjeeling limited (finally), i am legend, the devil's own, dan in real life, no country for old men, michael clayton, unfaithful, SUPERBAD, beautiful creatures, juno, eastern promises, the outsiders, knocked up, best in show, high fidelity, omen II, omen I, notes on a scandal, the bourne ultimatum, disturbia, perfect strangers, benny and joon, children of men, silence of the lambs, the way we were, high heels and low lifes, the last king of scotland, the painted veil, meet your meat (courtesy of my favorite vegan), blue velvet, spiderman 3, pan's labrynth, happy feet, running with scissors, babel, the magdalene sisters, factory girl, the squid and the whale, inland empire (the new david lynch...still trying to figure it out...), quinceanera, it's all gone pete tong, we are marshall, annie at ruby skye (here for your viewing pleasure as well) ... .. .. .. pride and prejudice, lord of war, junebug, somersault, l'enfant, blood diamond (phenomenal), wassup rockers ((this kickass docuflick by larry clark (kids/bully) about these latino skater kids and the racial distinctions they face in south central l.a.) (rent it, and don't let anyone tell you it sucks (like the kid that works at the lame ass blockbuster down here) because if they do then they completely missed the scope and purpose of the film)), little miss sunshine, marie antoinette

Television:

i've seen enough......oh, who am i kidding.

Books:

infidel-ayaan hirsi ali

Heroes:

my dad, hands down.walt whitman still is, too. he writes cool stuff like, "this is what you shall do: love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, ARGUE NOT CONCERNING GOD, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons and with the young and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air of every season of every year of your life, re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem..." woah

My Blog

the new style

you know when i realized it might be real? when a coworker told me about going to school with obama's wife. you know when else i knew it might be really real? when i saw kids that were my sis' age ...
Posted by stina on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:45:00 PST

new orleans reunited

so i was recently contacted by a childhood friend that i have not seen in probably 15 years (ish).... we went to grade school together in new orleans, we were in the same girl scout troop, had sleepo...
Posted by stina on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:09:00 PST

my friend annie is the coolest...

everyone is so proud of this girl and with absolute reason. her experience hooping is getting her major recognition. i mean come on, mark farina??!! wtf!! this makes me want to quit my job and go ...
Posted by stina on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 05:35:00 PST

goals are for acheiving not crashing into...

everyone that knows me knows what a terrible driver i am...well, to add to the laundry list of ridiculous and unfortunate events that have befallen me while in a vehicle, last monday...seriously, this...
Posted by stina on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 08:09:00 PST

infernos are only good if a disco is involved

i hate cliches, but somehow, when i am trying to get some point across, i find myself reverting to them. i hate them because they are so overused and, even in their very rudimentary existence, SO MIS...
Posted by stina on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 10:56:00 PST

well, what can i say, i have a little extra time these days...

reminiscing can be fun sometimes, come along with me as i think about some of the my very first things...1. Who was your first homecoming date?erik jones2. Who was your first roommate?amy fischer (not...
Posted by stina on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 10:36:00 PST

who said you can't go home again, wait, i think that was me...

alright alright alright, so this is it, the rsvp, for the ctown crew, easter weekend, we haven't all been home at the same time in who knows how long. lets take this oppoprtunity to make it really ou...
Posted by stina on Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:12:00 PST

career change

is it weird that i want to give up everything and go on the world poker tour?
Posted by stina on Wed, 11 Jan 2006 05:24:00 PST

"home" for the holidays

one of the most interesting as well as sometimes unnerving aspects of my life is the connection i have to a little town in southern illinois (sometimes called so. ill. but not because its really cool ...
Posted by stina on Fri, 16 Dec 2005 11:54:00 PST