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Charlotte Lara

When I was younger, so much younger than today...

About Me

The Great Ruminator, the Easy Laugher, the Obtuse Commenter, the Big Worrier, The Witty Rejoinder, the Snotty Girl in the Corner, the Occasional Whiner, the Primal Smiler, the Watch Where You're Walking! Klutz, the Startled by Loud Noises Strange One, The Gold Medalist Drooler & Snorer, the Good Listener (AKA The Big Ear), the Giggly Dancer.Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
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My Interests

reading, people-watching, dancing, movies, architecture, theatre, napping, Eddie Izzard.

I'd like to meet:

James Thurber, Catherine the Great, Evelyn Waugh, Jane Austen, Mozart, Georgia O'Keefe, P.G. Wodehouse, Eleanor Roosevelt, Malcom X, Elixabeth Cady Stanton, Montgomery Clift, Simone de Beauvoir, Jackie Robinson, the Virgin Mary.

Music:

Classical Guitar, Gilbert & Sullivan (especially The Mikado), T Rex, Chet Baker, Billie Holiday, The Beatles, Edith Piaf, Janis Joplin, CCR singing "Fortunate Son," ODETTA ODETTA ODETTA oh Great Odetta-anything sung by you, Mozart's Horn Concertos (some of his other stuff is good too), Frank Sinatra singing "Fly Me to the Moon." All the great musical numbers: "Hey, Big Spender," "Get Me to the Church on Time," "What Do the Simple Folk Do?" "Everything's Good in America," "When You're a Jet..." "I've Got the Horse Right Here," "Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat," "We Could Have Danced All Night." All the great folk songs and spirituals: 16 Tons, John Henry, Jesse James, Motherless Child, When I Was a Young Girl... ABBA, Reggae, Flamenco, Salt 'n Pepa

Movies:

All That Jazz, Cabaret, Tender Mercies, Y Tu Mama Tambien, La Dolce Vita, The Third Man, Before Night Falls, Clueless, Singin' in the Rain, North Dallas 40, Secretary, Annie Hall, Let's Get Lost, On the Waterfront, Take the Money & Run, Mephisto, Amadeus, The Ice Storm, Brokeback Mountain, Burnt by the Sun, A Room with a View, Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, The Conversation, Chicks with Sticks

Television:

America's Next Top Model, Slings & Arrows

Books:

The Moviegoer. Scoop. Without Feathers. Lucky Jim. Member of the Wedding. The Loved One. My Life & Hard Times. Postcards, Confederacy of Dunces. Anything by Salinger. Anything by Alice Munro. Lie Down in Darkness. As I Lay Dying. The Bluest Eye. Eureka Street. In Cold Blood. The Phone Book. Anything by George Saunders. The Way of All Flesh. The Ice Storm. Chrysanthemum Palace. The Pickwick Papers. Northanger Abbey. I'll Let You Go. Where there is No Doctor...1 Ladies Detective Agency. Portuguese Irregular Verbs. Freaky Friday--A Billion for Boris--Summer Switch. So many books, so litte time...gimme gimme gimme a book after midnight. A Good Man is Hard to Find. Nothing whatsoever by Norman Mailer or that twit who wrote Tropic of Capricorn.

Heroes:

Eddie Izzard, Mother Theresa

My Blog

Annoying Lyric in My Head

Yes, we are going on 17 days now of having the following Sheryl Crow lyric stuck on repeat in my head: "Hello, it's me. I'm not at home. If you'd like to reach me, leave me alone."Now that's a cheerfu...
Posted by Charlotte Lara on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:49:00 PST

The Stupid Wall

Woke up this morning very mad about the government building this stupid wall on the Mexican border.I mean, if a high school class, let along a college or graduate school class, was discussing solution...
Posted by Charlotte Lara on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:09:00 PST

The exploding heart dream

So another recent dream:Something about hiking around in the woods...boring stuff, don’t remember specifics. We were being lead by this guy with longish matted blonde hair. He had sort of a roug...
Posted by Charlotte Lara on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:58:00 PST

Swallowing a Corn Ear Holder

Last night I dreamt I swallowed one of those holders you stick in the end of an ear of corn to making eating it easier. It was one of my grandmother’s holders: a miniature ceramic ear of corn (p...
Posted by Charlotte Lara on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:34:00 PST

Just a little Alvin Ailey to End the Evening on a Good Note

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater .....
Posted by Charlotte Lara on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 07:42:00 PST

Mac Operating System Names

Yesterday at work we were trying to figure out if I was running Panther & my assistant was running Leopard, or was it the other way around? Maybe he’s still running Tiger, but I think he must ha...
Posted by Charlotte Lara on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 07:24:00 PST

When in doubt, do a survey....

1.When was the last time you saw the 7th person on your top?These surveys always ask about the 7th person. Boring. I’ve never MET the 7th person on my list. Give it up already.2.How much older a...
Posted by Charlotte Lara on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 07:19:00 PST

Those crazy ad people

Modern Ads in a Vintage LightHere’s an ad:Here’s what the original ad looked like:There was a contest to Photoshop old ads for modern products. This is the link to the top 17 entries: Mode...
Posted by Charlotte Lara on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:20:00 PST

This ones for Vanilla Lugz...

1. ROCK STAR NAME:(first pet, current car):Bonnie Prius2. GANGSTA NAME: (fav ice cream flavor, favorite type of shoe):Sorbet Keen3. NATIVE AMERICAN NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal)Red Retriever...
Posted by Charlotte Lara on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:40:00 PST

What does your therapist’s office look like?

So this is great. Allison & I always talked about doing a book of photographs of therapist's offices. Between the two of us, we'd seen some humdingers, and had to deal with some really lousy decoratin...
Posted by Charlotte Lara on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:04:00 PST