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Twinkle Toes Murphy

Titans Fever! GO TITS!

About Me

Point flex plié relevé, endurance, sweating, songs about blue eyes, apartment organization, planning, music snobbery, slightly agoraphobic, weakness for fried chicken, genuine contentment, the anti-drama queen, kooky and proud

My Interests

ballet, musical saws, birds, mad libs, loving, learning, dancing until my feet fall off, all things french, evil bunnies, selfishness, sparks, my ladeez, food, sleep, kissing, hugging, laughing, photos, health, horses, fairy tales and mythology, leftist ideals, shades of blue, overcast skies, fake flowers, a good day's work, proper grammar usage, computer games, wearing orange and red together and pulling it off, hats, sunglasses, making sure you tell those people that you love them, being thankful, trying not to be a hater, pilates, sweat, postsecret, weather reports, playgrounds...

I'd like to meet:

Mr. Raincloud. I want a pretty autumn and it ain't gonna happen at this rate.

Music:

Current Heavy Rotation: Miracle Fortress, The Fratellis, Mamas & Papas, Human League, Cold War Kids, some album called Icky Thump, and a summertime fave: The Strokes! Perennial Favorites: Pavement, Pixies, Stereolab, Spinanes, Versus, Modest Mouse, Hall & Oates, Built to Spill, Talking Heads, the Posies, AIR, Cat Power, Silver Jews, Sonic Youth, Josh Rouse, Andrew Bird, Beck, White Stripes, The Faint, PJ Harvey, Flaming Lips, Bright Eyes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Turbonegro Kickin' It Old Skool: RUN-DMC, David Lee Roth era-Van Halen, T. Rex, The Clash, David Bowie, ELO, Neil Diamond, The Sonics, MC5, The Stooges, New York Dolls, Stevie Wonder, The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, INXS, the Go-Go's, Madonna, The Smiths, Violent Femmes, The Cars Swanky: Frank Sinatra, Louis Jordan, Hot Music from Cuba, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holliday, Miles Davis, Alice Coltrane, Henri SalvadorBooty Shakin': J.T., Mariah Carey, OutKast, Prince, Beastie Boys, Dr. Dre, Soul PositionSexin' It Up: Tricky, Massive Attack, The Twilight Singers, Talk Talk Artsy Fartsy: Red Stars Theory, Nick Drake, Her Space Holiday, Stone Roses, Cocteau Twins, American Analog Set, Rilo Kiley, Mazzy Star Two-Steppin' and Boot Scootin': Johnny Cash, Hank Sr., Faron Young, Billy Lee Riley, Gene Vincent, Buck Owens, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Gram Parsons, George Jones, Bob Wills, Kitty Wells, Patsy Cline, Grandpa Jones, The Carter Family, Bill Monroe, Asleep at the Wheel, Jimmy Martin, Loretta LynnTotal Guilty Pleasures as Charged: ABBA, Third Eye Blind, Semisonic, Oasis, and JOURNEY!!!!!!!

Movies:

Breathless, The Big Lebowski, Delicatessen, Life Is Beautiful, The Outsiders, Thank God It's Friday, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Within the Realms of the Unreal, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,Requiem for a Dream, Secretary, Office Space, Big Fish, A Clockwork Orange, The Warriors, Henry and June, The Dreamers, Goonies, The Dark Crystal, Hustle & Flow

My Blog

My Proud Moment Du Jour

Today, I have made a new cyber-pal, primarily because he has a blog/discussion on the vitality of "rockstars" and do they exist today.  I want to open up this debate further and see what you have...
Posted by Twinkle Toes Murphy on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:44:00 PST

Why Do I Buy Bananas?

I always grab a few bananas at the store thinking "Oh it's fruit, it's healthy and portable" to only let them sit and turn brown and mushy on me.   Of course, the store always sells the...
Posted by Twinkle Toes Murphy on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:08:00 PST

Music Snobbery

My mom might be right...my face will stick like this  if I roll my eyes one more time.  Fortunately, I love my job.  Unfortunately, I hate the music I must listen to. A new example...Th...
Posted by Twinkle Toes Murphy on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:30:00 PST

Scared & Stressed

Just found out that I'm going to have to have surgery for the first time in my life....the general anesthesia kind.  It's minor, but I'm not sure how great my insurance is and I'm trying to find ...
Posted by Twinkle Toes Murphy on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:50:00 PST

Love & Fatalism

I feel sick.  An empty pit in my stomach and red-blue eyes.  A call unanswered and unreturned.  A fool for believing.  A fool for fearlessly going into something with my whole hea...
Posted by Twinkle Toes Murphy on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:00:00 PST

Comfort Zones

Slowly I'm getting back to "normal."  Not feeling so sorry for myself as much.  I've actually been a good girl lately - moving on. So of course, in feeling good, I want to email him, but I k...
Posted by Twinkle Toes Murphy on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 09:08:00 PST

Conversations I Have With Myself

Hey, quit feeling sorry for yourself.  There's nothing wrong with you. Maybe I'll go to Grimey's today and buy some new music.  Wait, I'm broke until Friday.  Well I can charge it. ...
Posted by Twinkle Toes Murphy on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:57:00 PST

Retrace Your Steps

So, in order to return to me, I rely on researching old journals to see how and if I have moved on in life and this morning's readings were nonetheless a repetition of the same stuff that plagued...
Posted by Twinkle Toes Murphy on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 06:35:00 PST

Who?

I am so anxious to write about how I'm feeling but I don't want to really get it out there for the world to see. But I'll say this...crying for 2 weeks straight sucks.  
Posted by Twinkle Toes Murphy on Wed, 23 May 2007 06:10:00 PST

Good God What's Wrong With Pop Music?

Okay, so that's a loaded question, but as I sit here at work and listen to approximately 6 months of radio in an 8 hour shift, I am flabbergasted at the amount of crappy falsetto male voices that sing...
Posted by Twinkle Toes Murphy on Mon, 07 May 2007 09:06:00 PST