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monica

What you're signing on for is a storm at sea.

About Me

I'm not so sweet. But I do find ways to show you I care. Usually through immense harassment and bitter cynicism. I'm emotionally stunted. But I will open up with time.

My Interests

"This American Life" and all things Ira Glass. reading "The New Yorker' cover to cover every week. Media watchdog groups. Vietnamese food. Pianists and classical music. Frisbee. Eccentrics. Food Network. Teaching indoor cycling. Coffee and tweaking my caffeine addiction. Le Tour de France. Playing guitar hero. writing. staring at a computer screen for a living. swedish pop music. skateboarding. knitting nifty gifts for my friends. waxing nostalgically on other people's voicemails. narcissism. cycling. running. accordians. owls. renovating furniture. manipulative people. cooking for myself and those I love. "Six Feet Under." Anything Aaron Sorkin ever breathed on. music. music. music. defense mechanisms. dancing in my kitchen. WXPN. Cranium. card games. swingsets. any country other than this one. GOP machine. wine.

I'd like to meet:

Someone with stamina. Lace up your nikes, kids.

Music:

M.Ward. Metric. MSTRKRFT. DFA. Out Hud. My Morning Jacket. The Knife. Sufjan Stevens. Cold War Kids. Radiohead. Rolling Stones. Tapes N' Tapes. Devendra Banhart. Joni Mitchell. Jethro Tull. Zeppelin. Le Tigre. The Rapture. Sun Kill Moon. Bob Dylan. Miles Davis. Regina Spektor. Smashing Pumpkins. The Killers. Broken Social Scene. brandnew.piebald. june spirit. breaking pangaea. B.I.G. tupac. kanye west. snoop.jimmy eat world.cursive. yeah yeah yeahs.taking back sunday.incubus. cursive. fiona apple. ben folds five.rilo kiley.bob marley. mae. modest mouse. the shins.Ryan Montbleau. Underoath. john mayer. coldplay. eisley. damien rice. green day. howie day. oasis. jamie cullum. five for fighting. joss stone. ryan adams. keane. weezer. yellowcard. . train. vanessa carlton.pete yorn. tyler hilton. franz ferdinand. cary brothers. citizen cope. rooney. the strokes. norah jones. bloc party. alanis morissette. dashboard. decemberists.fiona apple. pennywise. journey. tracy chapman. fall out boy.senses fail. nelly furtado.janis joplin. aqualung.the postal service. jem. wheat. ringside.

Movies:

here's a few: lost in translation. virgin suicides. pulp fiction. jackie brown. kill bill. big lebowski. reservoir dogs. garden state. casino. breathless. swimming pool. rushmore. tenenbaums. scarface. bottlerocket. fight club. almost famous. usual suspects. eternal sunshine of a spotless mind. fight club. One flew over the cuckoo's nest. rear window. adaptation. Chinatown. Half Nelson. Kicking and Screaming (Noah Baumbach). Almost Sunrise. 8 1/2. Streetcar named Desire. Little Miss Sunshine. Me, You and Everyone We Know. Stagecoach. Donnie Darko. Unforgiven. American Splendor. Dr. Strangelove. Life Aquatic. What's Eating Gilbert Grape. On The Waterfront. Boondock Saints. Wonder Boys. I am a Robert Downey Jr. fan, so almost everything he's in. City of God. Waiting for Guffman. Waking Life.

Television:

THE OFFICE. ROBOT CHICKEN. Curb Your Enthusiasm. Seinfield. Arrested Development. 24, when I'm feeling like an advocate of torture, which is almost never. that 70's show. family guy. futurama. All the crime shows on A&E, especially American Justice. cops. gilmore girls. chapelle. reno 911. the daily show. mad tv. snl (older seasons). i love the 80s. SIMPSONS.

Books:

Authors whose work I enjoy: Miranda July, David Sedaris, Chuck Klosterman, Kurt Vonnegut, Dostoevsky, Nabokov, Tolstoy, Hemingway, Steinbeck, Pynchon, Roth, and more.

Heroes:

Henry Chinaski.

My Blog

A letter to myself

Dear love of my life,Why do you continue to systematically fall into relationships that are toxic and co-dependent? This is the equivalent of holding you firearm into molten lava and saying "No, Max, ...
Posted by monica on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:09:00 PST

I just want to say thanks

To all my friends who have offered their support the past couple days.You've given me hope that things are gonna get better.
Posted by monica on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 02:59:00 PST

Cheez-it

I just want to express my appreciation for the best snack cracker in the world.
Posted by monica on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 09:44:00 PST

the rev

I spent an exasperating amount of time complaining about the Review.but what is it they say? Hindsight is 20/20. Jesus was senior year the best year of my life. I miss Carson and death row and CC fuck...
Posted by monica on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:25:00 PST

I need a lesson in

compartmentalizing. So if anyone can help me get away from myself, by all means, offer up your counsel.M.
Posted by monica on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:44:00 PST

I think the only thing that's gonna ever make sense to me...

In this crazy world is my friendship with Donna.And realizing that some people don't even have a best friend that really gets them, I feel pretty lucky. She's enough.p.s. I am light years away from se...
Posted by monica on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 07:32:00 PST

For the life of me...

I can't understand why people have to clean for the cleaning service.It seems pretty redundant.And I should have probably gone to bed before 7:30 this morning.
Posted by monica on Thu, 24 May 2007 10:58:00 PST

it's my birthday and I can cry if I want to

Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who called me, or messaged me, or gave me half-price sushi, or made me laugh on my birthday.I appreciate it.Once again, I sabotaged my own fun. I promise th...
Posted by monica on Wed, 23 May 2007 06:36:00 PST

religious right need not apply

I like to think of myself as a pretty amiable drunk. I can't say the same about my sober persona, but almost nothing provokes me when I am intoxicated. Sure, I may slap you in the face, but it's all i...
Posted by monica on Sun, 20 May 2007 10:06:00 PST

I love paul and donna.

period. end of sentence.
Posted by monica on Tue, 15 May 2007 09:23:00 PST