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Alana

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About Me

Around the age of 3, I was accidentally thrown from the family car onto the gravel road of the small Texas town where I lived. It is that type of trauma that haunts me to this very day. I am way too accident prone to be considered a cool artist, but I’m reasonably tolerated by my peers nonetheless. Having been properly programmed by the imagery of the early 70’s, I make an excellent Wagon Wheel and can sing the “I’m Just a Bill” song verbatim. My parents are convinced that the car toss somehow explains why I spend an inordinate amount of time with my camera, wandering around the cemeteries of New Orleans.
The portfolio.
The flickrpics.
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My Interests

[bike porn]

Motorcycles, vintage motorcycles, scooters, skydiving, water skiing, downhill skiing, shooting stuff, music, photography, books, writing, the amazing city of Chicago, cooking, good food, camping, travel, design, graphic design, multimedia, art, industrial design, photography, internet radio, canoeing

I'd like to meet:

People who will put ideas in my head.
Folks who will tell me about things that seem like good ideas at the time.

Music:

Alejandro Escovedo, Andrew Bird, Arcade Fire, Bebel Gilberto, Bowie, Catherine Wheel, The Dandy Warhols, The Frames, Imogen Heap, Ian Moore, The Killers, Kings of Convenience, Laura Viers, Neko Case, The Replacements, Ryan Adams, The Shins, Sufjan Stevens, Suede....Willie Nelson.

Movies:

Kundun, Hudsucker Proxy, 24 Hour Party People, The Jerk, Gone With the Wind, FASTER, Logan's Run, Funny Girl, Amelie, Crossing Delancey, Office Space, Weapons of Ass Destruction (parts one and two)

Television:

Long Way Round, The Simpsons, 6 Feet Under, Deadwood, Sopranos, Chapelle's Show (1 out of 6 still on the air! I can pick 'em!)

Books:

Currently reading: Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture.

The Perfect Machine: What It Is About Motorcycles, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Confederacy of Dunces, [an all time favorite], The Danish Girl, Kundun, Dorothy Parker: Stories, ... most of my books are about things I want to learn more about. Travel, motorcycles, photography, architecture, history.

Where the Wild Things are gets read in my house practically every night.

Heroes:

Anne Richards, Amelia Earhart, Diane Arbus, Willie Nelson, my mom, and tough kids.

My Blog

If Your Child is a Gothic, Reform Through the Lord!

Listed below are some warning signs to indicate if your child may have gone astray from the Lord. Gothic (or goth) is a very obscure and often dangerous culture that young teenagers are prone to parti...
Posted by Alana on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

pics from the gallery show/brunch

http://www.alanawaters.com/albums/12_19_01/12_19_01.html By the way, the UI for this Myspace blog thing is atrocious. (sheepishly stepping off the usability soapbox.) -Alana (available for c...
Posted by Alana on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

www.mondochicago.com

I already maitain one very healthy blog. If you must pry, please visit that url up there.
Posted by Alana on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST