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Modest Olive

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About Me

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My Interests

Tiger, listening & collecting music, knit-n-purl, d.i.y., watching and collecting films, reading, retro art, getting my hands dirty, cats, typewriters, dirty martinis, the retro culture (40's - 60's), furniture, kitsch-life, album art, burlesque, pin-up, photography, big trees, cello, spider chrysanthemums, stationery and cards, the space-age bachelorette...

Music:

burt bacharach, tears for fears, martin denny, ivy, sundays, pixies, dd, air, cinematic orchestra, bebel gilberto, blossom dearie, amy winehouse, brazilian girls, combustible edison, regina spektor, dean martin, elvis costello, medicine, mbv, stereolab, lush, rilo kiley, au revoir simone to name just a few.

Movies:

lost in translation, in the mood for love, breakfast at tiffany's, me and you and everyone we know, kikujiro, chungking express, seven samurai, amelie, shaun of the dead, office space, harold & maude, to kill a mockingbird, where the boys are (1961), the children's hour, pillow talk, north by northwest, american splendor, pee wee's big adventure, psycho beach party, cult horror, wong-kar wai, takashi miike, sofia coppola, spike Jonze, michel gondry, alfred hitchcock, beat takeshi kitano, jean-pierre jeunet Looking forward to Hot Fuzz!

Television:

My hero, my family, spaced, Black and White Overnight on the game show network: What's My Line, What's Going On? Beat the Clock, and The name's the same (all games shows from the 1950's), the L word, law and order svu, csi, will & grace, scrubs, queer as folk, kids in the hall, king of the hill, simpsons, family guy, young ones, golden girls, sketch comedy, mythbusters, forensic shows, documentaries, sex and the city, and I wish I could watch more of knitty gritty on DIY and The Brini Maxwell Show.

Books:

Book of Tiki, Tiki Road Trip, Pad, Pad Parties, Art of the Cocktail Party, Agyar, Harry Potter, Girlfriend in a Coma, Audrey Hepburn's Neck, David Sedaris, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Secret History of Rock, Body of Evidence, TASCHEN, What's Michael. Bust, Ready Made, and Atomic Ranch magazines

Heroes:

My Grandmama and Mum. and george sunday.

My Blog

homesick

we went back home for a week which definitely was not enough time! it was wonderful to see everyone and i wish we could have stayed longer. sorry we missed blakeney, nocturna, and tabby cat :( hope we...
Posted by Modest Olive on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 02:50:00 PST

You've Been Tagged!

You've Been Tagged......... The 1st player of this "game" starts with the topic "6 weird habits/things/about yourself" and people who get tagged need to write a blog about their 6 weird habits/thing...
Posted by Modest Olive on Wed, 08 Mar 2006 09:12:00 PST

New Year's Survey

So, it's a new year, what are some of the first things you did? 1. First thing to eat: technically it chips and Donna's store-bought organic salsa! but it should have been Ozoni, the Japanese New Yea...
Posted by Modest Olive on Wed, 04 Jan 2006 03:03:00 PST

pink aluminum.

You are pink aluminum. Retro, straightforward and fun, you love classic things. If they're 99 cents at Goodwill all the better! You are moved by striking colors and tasty morsels, and you like a sti...
Posted by Modest Olive on Wed, 26 Oct 2005 04:26:00 PST

machinelove

i love the metal click-click-click of the keys, the winding sound of the wheel and the best of all, the Ding! of the bell , so I know that I've reached the end of my line.  A few years ...
Posted by Modest Olive on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

people who type in all upper case

should be beaten by the stone cutouts of the very same upper case letters they use in their (inronically) pointless emails.   that is all. thank you.    ...
Posted by Modest Olive on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Subbing for the dark one: KTUH this Sat.

I will be subbing for our beloved Nocturna this Saturday 5/28/05 on KTUH 90.3 FM. The dark goddess, DJ Nocturna, will be away from her show this week, and I will try my best to bring it on.  This...
Posted by Modest Olive on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

In The Other Room

a voice as sultry as it was playful danced through the heavy raindrops of unexpected showers while kisses from my heart touch upon my lips. the girl played in the other room and the rain made ...
Posted by Modest Olive on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

How Normal Are You?

You Are 55% Normal (Somewhat Normal) While some of your behavior is quite normal... Other things you do are downright strange You've got a little of your freak goin...
Posted by Modest Olive on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

brainless activity - survey

yeah, so i think i did this one before, but work has been so hectic... i needed to do something mindless... 1. What does your myspace quote mean? it's a quote from the movie poster for Lady of Sha...
Posted by Modest Olive on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST