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Alison

Feed people, not dumpsters!

About Me



Life is epic!

It's all for the LOLZ

trying to stay positive.and in one piece place.

My Interests

veganism, animals, anarchism, long johns with holes in them, camp fires, smelling like a campfire, old lady dresses, dodging things on my bike, peeling paint and wallpaper in old houses, primitivism, re-wilding, bikes, critical mass, zines, composting, gardening, camping, tree climbing, tying knots, old time, blues, jug bands, kazoo, washboard, ukulele, spoons, herbs, edible plants, foraging, canning, fermentation, DIY, crafts, stenciling, drawing shitty comics, body modification, erotica, queers, trans folk, not shaving, natural cures, natural living, natural alternatives, anti-authoritarianism, really really free markets, food not bombs, sexuality, liberation, dancing, swing dancing, the charelston, hillbillies, log cabins, bonfires, sustainability, the earth, the environment, climate change, anti-war, anti-oppression, consent, stupid jokes, Old Time, Roots Music, Americana, mountain music, washtub bass, tattoos, stick and pokes, guerrilla gardening, circle pits, punk rock, hardcore, thrash, sobriety, building forts, the woods, trees, plants, flowers, knots, clowning, theater, acting, mimes, clowns, CIRCA, Mythology, cooking, preserving, drying, cosmetology, harmonica, 78's, climbing trees, fermentation, activism, animal liberation, human liberation, natural healing, alternative energy, radical mental health, radical sexuality, jazz, flappers, silent film, black and white movies, fetish photography, psychology, delta blues, country blues, hot jazz, dixieland, jump blues, acoustic music, folk punk, folk, swing dancing, lindy hop, retro cars, climbing things, rolling down hills, not growing up ever, makeup, dressing up, vegan gourmet food, baking, cuddling, cuddle puddles, spooning, massages, giggling, laughing at everything, ruling at life, bike rides, picnics, potlucks, vegan potluck, good stick and pokes, feminism, clowning, street art, clothes that smell like mothballs, ghosts, UFOs, soccer, hairy legs, body odor, washing dishes, homebrew, brewing, vests, the way my crotch smells after a week of dirty underwear, suspenders, not being silent, sex work, juggling

I'd like to meet:

eh, whoever! Let's be friends?

kids who can rage and travel sober

Music:

A


Azure Ray
The Ataris
Alkaline Trio
The Andrews Sisters
Alberta Hunter
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup

B


Bright Eyes
Blind Willie Mctell
Bjork
Blonde Redhead
Brand New
Blink 182
Bing Crosby
Bessie Smith
Billie Holiday
Bouncing Souls
Blind Society
Between the Buried and Me
Blood For Blood
The Buzzcocks
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Barbecue Bob
Blind Boy Fuller
Blind Willie Johnson
Bo Carter
Blue Lou Barker
Big Bill Broonzy
Big Joe Turner
Bukka White
Brownie McGhee

C


Cab Calloway
Chuck Berry
Charlie Poole
Connie Francis
The Cramps
Catch 22
Cradle of Filth
Clit 45
Cock Sparrer
Champion Jack Dupree

D


Debbie Reynolds
The Dresden Dolls
Denali
Death Cab for Cutie
Doris Day
Dropkick Murphys
Dead Kennedys
Descendents
Daughters
The Devotchkas

E


Ella Fitzgerald
The Eyeliners
The Everly Brothers
Ethel Waters

F


Frank Sinatra
Flogging Molly

G


The Get Up Kids
Glen Miller
Gene Kelly
Guttermouth

H



Lena Horne
Hank Williams
Horrorpops
Horse the Band

I


Ida Cox
Irate

J


Josephine Baker
Judy Garland
Johnny Cash

K



L


Leftover Crack
Lars Fredrickson and the Bastards
Lower Class Brats
Loretta Lynn
Lucille Bogan
Lonnie Johnson
Leroy Carr
Leadbelly
Lil Green

M


Memphis Jug Band
Modest Mouse
Millencolin
Memphis Minnie
Ma Rainey
Mildred Bailey
Maxine Sullivan

N


Neutral Milk Hotel
Nekromantix
NOFX

O


Operation Ivy

P


Patti Page
Patsy Cline
Pedro the Lion
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Pitboss 2000
Peter and the Test Tube Babies
Perry Como

Q



R


Rasputina
Rancid
Robert Johnson

S


The Squirrell Nut Zippers
Saves the day
Suicidal Tendencies
Skankin Pickle
Sister Rosetta Sharp
Sonny Terry
Sonny Boy Williamson

T


Ted Weems
Tampa Red
Toxic Narcotic
Tsunami Bomb
Thug Murder

U



V


The Virus

W



X



Y



Z



Movies:

16 candles, American History X Anchors Aweigh, angela's ashes, Anne of Green Gables, Arsenic and Old Lace, Autumn in new york, benny and joon, better off dead, boondock saints, Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness The Childrens Hour Chocolat, the color purple, the crucible, Dead Poets Society Dracula, edward scissor hands, Fantasia, freaks, fried green tomatos, gaslight, girl interrupted, the gold rush, the great dictator the green mile, Hellzapoppin Hi-De-Ho Hotel Rwanda, i walked with a zombie, insomnia, jakob the liar, Jezebel the king of marvin gardens, A League of Their Own Life, A Little Romance, Look Who's Coming to Dinner Maryam, mr.blandings builds his dream house, North by Northwest nosferatu, Notorious Now Voyager Of Human Bondage operation petticoat, patch adams, Philadelphia Story philadelphia, Pirates of the caribbean, road to perdition, Romper Stomper run lola run, Shaolin Soccer (chinese version), Shrek/2, Singing in the Rain, SLC punk, sleepless in seattle, So Big soul food, Spellbound, Splendor in the Grass Supersize me, swing blade Terms of Endearment The Torrent, trainspotting, vampry, the virgin suicides, war games(the french movie), west side story, what dreams may come, whats eating gilbert grape, The Yearling

Television:

SMASH DAT THANNNGGG

Books:

charlie chaplins auto-biograpy, The diary of anne frank, things fall apart, Night, goosebumps, Animals Like Us, Fast Food Nation, Zines!, Animal Liberation, Blaming The Victim, Revolutionary Notes, Letters From Young Activists

Heroes:



Wild women who don't get the blues.

My Blog

mannnnnnn sheeet

okay! so!I am feeling a lot better these past few days!I went camping (kinda) with Marie over the weekend and it was awesome and a really nice get away for a little while.I am going to New York either...
Posted by Alison on Tue, 06 May 2008 09:18:00 PST

new song!

So I’ve been playing music with Laney lately and we wrote this song and everyone who has heard it so far has really super liked it and that makes me super fucking stoked! its got a sweet acapell...
Posted by Alison on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:02:00 PST

It’s late

it’s cold outside and brian is on the way over, I made him tea 20 minutes ago, anticipating he would be here in 20 minutes, but he isn’t here yet, so I think it has now steeped for too lon...
Posted by Alison on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:13:00 PST

Update!

I haven’t written in here in a long ass time. I’ve been busy, busy doing a whole lot of random shit. I was gone for a month, went to Florida, then NC, then TN, and now I’m back in Ri...
Posted by Alison on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:38:00 PST

CONSENT! REPOST!

Taken from The Down There Health Collective (DC) Blogwww.myspace.com/downtherehealth     CONSENT, Sex, and Communication(printed in Give Me Back - Summer 07 issue)CONSENT, Sex, and Comm...
Posted by Alison on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:38:00 PST

Thanksgiving....

Every time I see that exit on the highway I get a wave of anxiety. I think of all the years I spent in the same town, doing the same things, hanging out with the same people and living the same life. ...
Posted by Alison on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:36:00 PST

My vacation from traveling has finally come!

and it's really weird... I've spent the last handful of months: roasting under the hot sun with my thumb out, sleeping in weird places that smell like piss, avoiding sketchy hitch hiking rides, seein...
Posted by Alison on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 07:10:00 PST

Richmond

The one thing I will continue to gripe about when it comes to Richmond is how hard it is for sober people to go somewhere and hang out in a sober space, that isn't a straight edge show or a church.If ...
Posted by Alison on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:23:00 PST

Rant

I have met a good number of people off craigslist, it's kind of a weird hobby.I have sold stuff, bought stuff, went on dates, found jobs, and generally craigslist has made my life even more awesome.I ...
Posted by Alison on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:20:00 PST

Travel

I said to someone the other day that sometimes I feel like I need a vacation from traveling. Which sounds weird at first I guess. I don't even know what that would include. Probably a house to come ho...
Posted by Alison on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:46:00 PST