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con tocino por favor!

crazy style!

About Me

First hobby for the summer has been attained - I just made a rhubarb key lime jam. Next hobby - river kayaking.

My Interests

loads of things, especially crosswords.

I'd like to meet:

Funny people.

Music:

DM, RJD2, Edith Piaf, Autechre, Bjork, Kraftwerk, R.Kelly, Stevie Wonder, Kanye West, Figurine, Skinny Puppy, NIN, The Police, Nitzer Ebb, various big bands and jazz musicians, Lamb, Royksopp, Notwist, Jeff Buckley, Modest Mouse, Prince, Common, Squarepusher, DJ Shadow, Flaming Lips, Mum, Merzbow, Archers of Loaf, Brazilian Girls, Goldfrapp, Air, Aphex Twin, Prefuse 73, Haujobb, Elliott Smith, Nick Drake, Wolf Parade, Arcade Fire, Devendra Banhart, Radiohead, Tori Amos, Orbital, Fridge, various lounge-type music, Jay-Z, Nellie McKay, Phoenix, The Fiery Furnaces, CocoRosie, Architecture in Helsinki, Hauschka, Azure Ray, Ultra Lounge music, Death in Vegas, Muse, etc.
Glenn Sings the Hits.

Movies:

Shaolin Soccer, Strictly Ballroom, the golden child, altered states, the rainmaker, welcome to the dollhouse, napoleon dynamite, city of the lost children, anatomy, he loves me he loves me not, american psycho, following, pecker, shawshank redemption, amelie, die hard 2, indiana jones and the _____________ (all of them), ghost world, spanglish, the saddest music in the world, anything with adam sandler in it, love me if you dare, the aristrocrats (esp. bob saget)
I have the following netflixed movies in my possession:
transamerica

Television:

24, lost, monk, csi, travel channel, food shows

Books:

right now i'm reading:
how i learned to cook
charcuterie

Heroes:

Howard Roark

My Blog

Total Fight Challenge

After seeing my boyfriend and friend get aggravatedly battered nearly three weeks ago, I decided to go see my brother willing put himself in a position to get aggravatedly battered (and batter aggrava...
Posted by con tocino por favor! on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 06:25:00 PST

It's been an interesting new year...

I'm hoping that they're just blessings in disguise - you know?I definitely know that leaving this restaurant is the best thing that's happened to me in a long time (not HB). I don't think I've ever me...
Posted by con tocino por favor! on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 06:24:00 PST

it's been so long since i've posted - here's a survey

the weather outside is frightful. 1. ONE OF YOUR SCARS, HOW DID YOU GET IT?i was basting family dinner meats with hot hot oil - doing that spoon thing - and i was already having a "weird" day...i gues...
Posted by con tocino por favor! on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 07:39:00 PST

an interesting conversation with mark summer (former host of double dare/what would you do)

so the other this past friday mr. summers came in to eat with one of the owners of the restaurant. why, you ask? well, they're both on the food network and i guess they were talking at the taste of ch...
Posted by con tocino por favor! on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 06:33:00 PST

ah david...

he works at the restaurant. he's gay. i lurve him so.
Posted by con tocino por favor! on Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:16:00 PST

COACHELLA 2006 (finalising plans)!!!!

Once K tells me where to buy tickets I will be a shoe in for the music festival. We're going to be camping in a teepee at the fest...so, friends, let me know if any of you are interested and we can do...
Posted by con tocino por favor! on Wed, 08 Feb 2006 10:46:00 PST

Another meme taken from her...

Four jobs you have had in your life: also, assistant teacher. also, coffee shoppe girl. a hired violist. maker of turkey and other Thanksgiving foods for the family. Four Movies you could watch ove...
Posted by con tocino por favor! on Wed, 08 Feb 2006 06:52:00 PST

Coachella 2006

I've been searching around and have only seen 7 confirmed acts. Where's a good source to check out the line-up?
Posted by con tocino por favor! on Tue, 24 Jan 2006 06:39:00 PST

I've never loved night as much...

Wonderfully festive. I need to take pictures so you can all see this. Even if you're not romantic you would be here. It's gorgeous and a nice break from working all day (literally, all day into the la...
Posted by con tocino por favor! on Fri, 23 Dec 2005 09:43:00 PST

Depeche Mode Concert (29.11.05) Set List

Main Set: Intro A Pain That I'm Used To John The Revelator A Question Of Time Policy Of Truth Precious Walking In My Shoes Suffer Well Damaged People Home I Want It All The Sinner In Me I ...
Posted by con tocino por favor! on Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:00:00 PST