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Robin the Mad Photographer

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About Me

Ambassador from the Island of Misfit Toys...too weird to be truly normal, too normal to be truly weird. Clerical drudge by day, Annie Leibovitz wannabe/Mama Hen at night--I wanted to be the Gertrude Stein of alternative music, but I ended up the Alice B. Toklas instead. Check out www.robinthemadphotographer.com if you'd like to see some of my photos from over the years! (It hasn't been updated since June due to computer issues on my end, but that should change soon.)

My Interests

Spending too damn much time on the computer; being an enthusiastic fangirl to various and sundry artists/performers; smart-ass social commentary (my own and others); zombie marches (no, really, it's lots of fun); photography; sewing; knitting; vintage/historic costume; providing baked goods to starving musicians, friends and others; being Jezebel and Delenn's catmommy and Lucy Fur's stepcatmommy; being my own weirdass self (yeah, right, like I have any choice...).

I'd like to meet:

Smart, funny, creative, good-hearted people who make me laugh. (Don't take it personally if I don't add you, and if you're a friend of a friend, or just really think I should get to know you, drop me a line and I'll be that much more inclined to add you.)

Music:

Nine Inch Nails, Bob Mould, Throwing Muses/Kristen Hersh, Billy Bragg, Violent Femmes; as far as the Boston scene goes, Jim's Big Ego, Campaign for Real Time, Stu Walker, Roadsteamer, Duncan Wilder Johnson (in both spoken-word and Destruct-a-thon mode), Reverend Glasseye, Humanwine; and lots of others who I can't remember off the top of my head.

Movies:

The funnier/sillier the better--there's enough drama in my own/my friends' lives; I don't need to pay to watch more of it...
The Movie Of Your Life Is A Cult Classic
Quirky, offbeat, and even a little campy - your life appeals to a select few.
But if someone's obsessed with you, look out! Your fans are downright freaky.

Your best movie matches: Office Space, Showgirls, The Big Lebowski If Your Life Was a Movie, What Genre Would It Be?

Television:

Discovery Health Channel (because it's reassuring to see people far more messed up than I've ever been doing OK by the end of the show), Mythbusters, What Not to Wear (the original w/Trinny and Susannah, not the American wannabes), forensic science programs, and various historical programs on whatever channel looks interesting...but I don't usually watch that much TV unless I'm parked on the couch knitting.

Books:

I'm afraid I burned out my brain in college--being an English major/Art History AND Medieval Studies minor will do that to you--so these days it's mainly nonfiction (the more humorous, the better, because God knows I need the laugh...).

Heroes:

My parents, for having survived all kinds of crap, both individually and together, and for not smothering me in my cradle (although they still say they'd have me again, which just proves they didn't learn a damn thing, did they? ;-). Yes, there are others, but aren't I already enough of a drooling fangirl?...

My Blog

My night at Mass General, or THAT was interesting...

I'm finally home again, after staying at Mass General Hospital overnight...I've had problems w/varying degrees of vertigo for years now, to the extent that I have to wonder if it's related to the inne...
Posted by Robin the Mad Photographer on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 03:32:00 PST

Crawling out of the cave after a long winter...

Yes, I know, I don't post here very often...haven't updated my Blogspot blog since last year, and don't post on LiveJournal nearly enough, either...sorry about that, but most of what's going on with m...
Posted by Robin the Mad Photographer on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:19:00 PST

www.robinthemadphotographer.com is now online!

(Yes, I know...it's about damn time!) I've finally got a domain name and a website started, so feel free to go on over and check things out--it's still pretty primitive, but this is the first website...
Posted by Robin the Mad Photographer on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 09:11:00 PST

Five years ago this evening...

...or, "how to almost get into a fistfight at a folk music show in an Ethiopian restaurant in West Philly in the 'hood." Really. I couldn't possibly make this up if I tried--in fandom, this would de...
Posted by Robin the Mad Photographer on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 04:57:00 PST

Hi, I'm Robin, and I'm a Lushie...

(All together now: "Hi, Robin!") As anyone who's ever shared a bathroom with me can tell you, I am a hardcore beauty product slut. *hangs head in shame* (Hey, I don't smoke, don't drink that much...
Posted by Robin the Mad Photographer on Fri, 24 Feb 2006 04:19:00 PST

Public Animal Number One

According to various friends and associates, I am the possessor of a truly rare and wonderful gift: the ability to totally charm and sweettalk notoriously prickly creative types to the point where the...
Posted by Robin the Mad Photographer on Wed, 08 Feb 2006 06:49:00 PST

Don't drink, don't smoke, what do you do?...

PG-13 You scored 34 due to language, 18 due to violence, 8 due to nudity, and 35 due to adult themes! PARENTS STRONGLY CAUTIONED: Some Material May Be Inappropriate For Children Under 13. "A...
Posted by Robin the Mad Photographer on Sat, 28 Jan 2006 09:19:00 PST

My good deed for the weekend, or how I saw Fenway Park for the first time...

I was thinking that I really ought to do something altruistic in memory of those lost 3 years ago and those still dealing with the aftermath, and when I read that there would be a huge blood drive dow...
Posted by Robin the Mad Photographer on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Well, here I am...

To be honest, I suspect I won't be posting here that often, as I mainly signed up to read/comment on a couple of people I know who are already here *waves hi to Suzy and Rob^H^H^H^A.W.E.S.O.M.E.-O*. ...
Posted by Robin the Mad Photographer on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST