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carmen monoxide

a million broken stereos are stars in the sky

About Me

these days the people i love are spread so far apart.

My Interests

disclaimers, night, kitty cats, literature, ZINES!, bikes, rum! oranges, dancing by myself, vegetarianism, animal rights, feminism, diy, rooftops, leaving people notes on their car that tell them how much i hate them, people leaving me nice notes, rainy nights, flea markets, vinyl, laughing, not being mad, rocking, knittin, geography + sociology, being sarcastic with people named melissa or being sarcastic with anyone really, MIXTAPES!, telling off homophobes in bookstores, smashing patriarchy, learning without school, making stuff, radical menstruation, tapes, people who wear glasses, dance parties, diy pet care, i like pretty things, and politics ..i dunno more stuff too

I'd like to meet:

if you can cheer me up i could learn to love you

Music:

descendents, j church, richard hell, jawbreaker, the exploding hearts, the jam, hard skin, blondie, toxic narcotic, detestation, suicidal tendencies, choking victim, screeching weasel, cock sparrer, the queers, roger miller, dolly parton, municipal waste, dwight yoakum, hazel dickens, the smiths, the reddmen, the ramones, discount, go sailor, the parasites, the briefs, new order, tracy + the plastics, bikini kill, le tigre, the cramps, leftover crack, new york dolls, city mouse, the hatepinks

Movies:

amelie, but i'm a cheerleeder, me and you and everyone we know, the science of sleep buffalo 66, pee wee's big adventure, pecker, ghost world, toxic avenger, searching for an appalachian accent, hedwig and the angry inch, valley girl, eternal sunshine, girls just wanna have fun, empire records, harold and maude

Television:

*puke*

Books:

aaron cometbus, zines, henry miller, j.d. salinger, sylvia plath, anne sexton, fyodor dostoevsky. i like a lot of appalachian literature like gurney norman, george ella lyon, james still, and lee smith. i also like salad days, hairstyles of the damned, and beijing doll. self help books are also a favorite. i love david sedaris, rent girl, on subbing, off the map..... i just love to read!

My Blog

*puke*

i feel really out of it today. i have spent the last two days obsessed with reading this book called paint it black.  it is about this 20 year old punk girl who's first love committs su...
Posted by carmen on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 01:55:00 PST

heart trouble .2

i went to the doctor today.  everything went really well.  i have tricuspid regurgitation.  it is no big deal currently.  it could worsen one day and i may need to have surgery. at...
Posted by carmen on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 05:39:00 PST

heart trouble

last week i went to the doctor because my shoulder hurt. it turned out to be nothing but when the doctor listened to my heart she became very concerned.  she made an appointment for me to go get ...
Posted by carmen on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:16:00 PST

you can't go home again

so i am pretty much always in a bad mood lately.  i feel sad and bored and lonely and tired of my job and of the cold and of being awake!  is this how it is every winter? i hope so.  i ...
Posted by carmen on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 05:25:00 PST

it was perfect, you know, with just one little problem

i hate today. this year. this place. i am in the mood for everything to change again.  out with everything. new town. new job. new everything.  i like giving up. i am captain of self-fufilli...
Posted by carmen on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 03:54:00 PST

...!!!...!!!...!!!...

i am 87% sure that when my lease is up i am going to move back to lexington.  that is nine months away. louisville still has a chance...but it is not looking good.
Posted by carmen on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 10:03:00 PST

i dropped a penny and you picked it up

last night i couldn't sleep.  i stayed up until five.  i worked on my zine a little bit.  i cried for the loss of my my ex aunt and my ex grandma.  i read blankets from begininng t...
Posted by carmen on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 02:34:00 PST

this isn't supposed to do that?

so i am almost done moving.  this is my first real time living alone. ( south dakota doesn't count).  i am pretty excited about everything.  i am either finally happy living in louisvil...
Posted by carmen on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 03:17:00 PST

i'm looking at yr hands.

i got a new job...at whole foods!  it seems pretty alright. lots of waiting for the bus.  it is in a crappy place to ride yr bike.  the other day i rode my bike over second street ...
Posted by carmen on Mon, 29 May 2006 04:55:00 PST

diy porno magazine

there was a fucking creepy guy in the library printin off hundreds of porno pics the other day.  there was like a 10 yr old sittin next to him too!  he gave my friend a note saying he would ...
Posted by carmen on Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:17:00 PST