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Piper at the Gates of Dawn

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I hate the color yellow.

CURRENTLY WORKING ON COSTUMES FOR:

"You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star."
-Friedrich Nietzsche

Red panda

My Interests



Interests, intrigues, and fascinations: 1970's, 19th century, 23, angle grinders, Balenciaga, Banksy, beachcombing, being early, being friends, biogenic gemstones, biology, black humor, books, cellos, Cholula hot sauce, cigarette smoking, collective unconscious, Commodore 64, consciousness, cool names, dancing, Dayvid, deep sea life, dermestid beetles, design, different colored eyes, Dior, dirty cities, double-breasted coats, double entendres, dreamachine, dreaming, dumpster diving, eating healthy, Eddie Izzard, empathy, enchantment, esotericism, existentialism, eye makeup, figs, Felix the Cat, Flagstaff, flowers, freesia, French, Galliano, gardening, gaslighting, ginseng, gloves, H.R. Giger, homestarrunner.com, Hungarian Puli sheepdogs, insomnia, Jackson Pollock, Jerry Uelsmann, Joel-Peter Witkin, Klaus Nomi, krav maga, lachrymology, Leonard Cohen, Lissitzky, live theatre, love, lucid dreaming, Mae West, making jewelry, mischief & mayhem, mohawks, Morpheus, music, mycology, olivine, Oregon, pescetarianism, philosophy, photography, polaroids, poppies, Portland, pseudoscience, psychology, psilocybin, rain, Raleigh bicycles from the 70's, Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Rogue beer, Sabuddy, sacred geometry, Sally Mann, San Francisco, satyrs, science, seafood, sea turtles, sewing, silk dupioni, sitars, slam poetry, sleep & dreaming, snow, spoken word, spontaneity, squid, surrealism, symbiotic relationships, tailcoats, tea, technical theatre, the concept of love, the ocean, theremins, thrift stores, ties, transcendence, trees, Vero Mango, vintage videogames, WFMU...

I'd like to meet:

Thomas Paine. Julie Taymor.

and...
YOU.

I'm into thinkers, dreamers, mischief-makers, performers, designers. People who have a passion to create or destroy. Intelligent people who have something to say. The communicators.

Music:

1970's, WFMU, beirut, belle & sebastian, buzzcocks, david bowie, dead kennedys, elton john, frank zappa, franz ferdinand, gogol bordello, gong, hot hot heat, led zeppelin, leonard cohen, lou reed, nick cave & the bad seeds, nirvana, nouvelle vague, oasis, oingo boingo, radiohead, rufus wainwright, the birthday party, plastic bertrand, the arcade fire, the casualties, the distillers, the flaming lips, the mars volta, the pixies, the smashing pumpkins, third eye blind, thursday, tool, mr. oizo, phish, photek, coil, pink floyd, tenacious d, the frogs, pet shop boys, the chemical brothers, the postal service, chopin, bach, mozart...

Movies:


1984, a clockwork orange, benny & joon, brazil, cabaret, dr. strangelove, eraserhead, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, fight club, gummo, julie taymor, metropolis, network, peter sellers, pi, private-eye films, requiem for a dream, soylent green, the graduate, the lost skeleton of cadavra, the salton sea, trainspotting, waking life...

Television:

kill your television...unless it's aeon flux. or house. or the office. or the discovery channel. or nova...

Books:

christopher paolini, francesca lia block, jim woodring, brian jacques, johnny the homicidal maniac, neil gaiman, leonard cohen, stephen king, william gibson, william s. burroughs...

Heroes:

talented teachers. even-tempered people.

My Blog

Cello Practice

I practiced the cello for a nice solid block of time today, and I'm satisfied with the results. Aside from causing my neighbor to knock on our door asking me to close my windows I have a nice tingly ...
Posted by Piper at the Gates of Dawn on Tue, 27 May 2008 11:56:00 PST

EXERCISE. Whats that?

I never thought I'd be saying this, but tomorrow Dayvid and I are going with Billy to check out the YMCA because we're thinking about JOINING. Like, getting a MEMBERSHIP. To EXERCISE. WHAAHUUUAAAHH...
Posted by Piper at the Gates of Dawn on Wed, 21 May 2008 12:11:00 PST

A Storm Before The Calm...

So this week has been HECTIC! Val's cleanup on Saturday went well! It was actually a lot of fun and I wish I could have stayed later instead of going to work! We covered the dirtiest parts and it look...
Posted by Piper at the Gates of Dawn on Wed, 07 May 2008 04:45:00 PST

Things I Need (a running list)

A desk chair (Herman Miller, what?)New pencils & paperNew CrocsFilm for the Filmo + oilBrown(?) coat (double-breasted, longish, fitted, merino, no fur)Good scissorsPinking shearssunblock...
Posted by Piper at the Gates of Dawn on Fri, 02 May 2008 04:53:00 PST

Revolting

This is disgusting. Just warning you. Something I just found out about tonight when reading about white tigers on Wikipedia (huh? I know, I don't know how I got there, either) is that about a year a...
Posted by Piper at the Gates of Dawn on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:33:00 PST

I need to find these games! :(

Does anyone remember this?? I'm trying to figure out where to get these computer games I used to play in middle school - one was called Peroxide or Peroxyde and the other was a hamburger factory game ...
Posted by Piper at the Gates of Dawn on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:32:00 PST

"The Sphinx" by Oscar Wilde

http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/wilde/sphinx.html The most beautiful bit of poetry I've read in a long time.
Posted by Piper at the Gates of Dawn on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:54:00 PST

Seeds

Today I transferred the green onions I had growing in glasses of water on the windowsill to soil and also planted poppies, yellow freesias, Lunarias, and a Gentle Giant daffodil bulb in my tangerine-c...
Posted by Piper at the Gates of Dawn on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:39:00 PST

I can make scarves.

So last night I went to Michael's and picked out crochet hooks (their half-off sale got me 6 aluminum hooks, a booklet that was easier to understand than the one I already had, a couple...
Posted by Piper at the Gates of Dawn on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:17:00 PST

This Morning’s Omelet

3 eggs, beaten1/4 of a red onion, choppedlots of fresh cracked rainbow peppercorn1 tbsp. italian seasoning (rosemary/basil/oregano mix)dash of sea salt1 tsp. sesame oilvermont white cheddar cheese, gr...
Posted by Piper at the Gates of Dawn on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 08:55:00 PST