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MEGAN

...with my feet on the dash

About Me


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I'm a medical illustrator in SE Michigan who...
Loves: drawing & painting (doing and appreciating), diet coke, argyle, going out to see music, trolling around small record stores in the Midwest, tattoos, driving country roads, my Trek bike (and the husband who bought it for me), reading all manner of books, REM & The Doves, science, black liquorice, off-beat history, ephemera, Andrew Wyeth, Mark Ryden, Eddie Izzard, genealogy, old anatomy books, cardigans, British beer, zombie movies, alphabetizing, making lists, Chuck Taylors, Cubs' baseball, Isle of Skye (Scotland), horsies, dark humor...
Hates: not much. Spiders. Oh yeah, I really hate them. Oh, and whole tomatoes... aaand math.



(above: my drawing-a-day set, from FLICKR )
Worth perusing:
ART:
-- ALLTAGLICH - a new drawing everyday! (all new!)
-- MY ART
OTHER SITES OF MINE:
-- MY BLOG
-- WHAT I'M LISTENING TO...
-- MY WORDIE
SITES I ENJOY:
-- married to the sea
-- natalie dee
-- homestarrunner
-- woxy.com / 97x (woxy board name = redmeg8)

My Interests



WOXY.COM - the best radio station, internet or otherwise, since 1983. WOXY's been saved and it's free now! Check it out!

I'd like to meet:

These people:

Music:

Top 10 Artists Played This Week:

R.E.M. | The Doves | Radiohead | Beth Orton | Nick Drake | Nina Simone | Portishead | Morphine | Over the Rhine | Otis Redding | Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Twilight Singers | Afghan Whigs | ...Trail of Dead | AIR | The Rosebuds | Old 97's | The Delays | Muse | Stellastarr* | Lyle Lovett | UNKLE | Royksopp | Detroit Cobras | Ray Charles | The Blacks | Massive Attack | The National | Catherine Wheel | Howlin' Wolf | Mussorgsky | Devotchka | Saw Doctors | Rufus Wainwright | 16 Horsepower | The Black Keys | Lamb | Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers | Jurassic 5 | Pixies | Kathleen Edwards | Johnny Cash | Rage Against the Machine | Death Cab For Cutie | The Faint | South | Cat Martino | Depeche Mode | Outkast | Fisherspooner | Out Hud | Now It's Overhead | Forget Cassettes | Neko Case | The Roots | HEM | Paloalto | PJ Harvey | Jem | Wanda Jackson | Aimee Mann | Michael Penn | Jesus & Mary Chain | Jollie Holland | Lucinda Williams | Bjork | Toni Price | Duran Duran | Chamber Strings / San Tropez | Sons & Daughters | Creeper Lagoon | Echo & the Bunnymen | Psychedelic Furs | Led Zeppelin | Jim White | Pink Floyd | Patsy Cline | Go! Team | Regina Spektor | The Rapture | DJ Shadow | The Secret Machines | The Smiths | k-OS | Iron & Wine | The Cure | Feist | Gorillaz | Elastica | Cat Power | VAST | Elbow | Junior Boys | Bonny 'Prince' Billy | Calexico | Ladytron | Various | Silversun Pickups | I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness | Asobi Seksu | +/- | Alejandro Escovedo | Peter Bjorn & John | Judah Johnson | The Caulfield Sisters

Movies:

Ghost World | Walk the Line | The Lost Boys | High Fidelity | Secretary | Once | Amelie | LOTR Trilogy | Blade Runner | Rushmore | 80's John Hughes' movies | Moulin Rouge | Wallace & Gromit | Tarantino films | Holy Grail | zombie movies (from Shaun of the Dead to 28 Days Later to Night of the Living Dead) | Little Miss Sunshine | M. Night Shyamalan films | Pans Labyrinth | 300

Moves with: David Wenham, Ed Norton, John Malkovich, Jeff Goldblum, The Gyllenhaals, Kate Blanchett, Scarlett Johannsen, Joachim Pheonix

Television:

Six Feet Under | Project Runway | Scrubs | The Daily Show | Chappelle Show | MST3K | MXC | Ninja Warrior | Brak Show | Family Guy | The Soup | Myth Busters | Rome | anything related to forensics, science, etc.

Books:

  • Stiff - Mary Roach
  • all Anne Rice
  • Room of One's Own - Virginia Woolf
  • Jane Eyre - C. Bronte
  • Map of the World - Hamilton
  • Secret Life of Bees - Kidd
  • Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
    Robbins
  • Underground Education -
    Zacks
  • Book of Numbered Lists -
    Ross
  • Song of Fire & Ice Series -
    Martin
  • Rohen & Yokochi's Atlas of
    Anatomy
  • Mad Libs

    • Heroes:

  • my parents
  • several teachers
  • many friends
  • Virginia Woolf
  • Michael Stipe

    • My Blog

    new drawing-a-day piece after 2 weeks of nada


    Posted by MEGAN on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:24:00 PST

    Best of 2007

    Tis that time-o-year again, where I take a look back at the year-in-music to devise my "best of" list. This year was very different from last, in terms of stand-out albums... at least, for me. I had t...
    Posted by MEGAN on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 07:56:00 PST

    amys bored 2.0

    1. Who were you with Saturday night?my parents, Kate (and her beau Mayson), Erin, and my Eric2. What woke you up this morning?Eric touching my shoulder to see when I wanted to get up3. Where are you?a...
    Posted by MEGAN on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:44:00 PST

    schmurvey

    1. Do you still talk to the person you lost your virginity to?every 5 years or so... but even then, not in any depth2. Is it harder to be rejected or to reject someone else?being rejected (although, i...
    Posted by MEGAN on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:48:00 PST

    erin’s "physics is a waste of my time" survey :)

    This is what i did today:1. Name someone who made you smile today.Eric and Dr. Walker, one of my profs2. What were you doing at 8:00 this morning?studying OChem in the library3.What were you doing 30 ...
    Posted by MEGAN on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:49:00 PST

    Randomness

    What color is your Underwear?: tan & brownWhat kinda deoderant do you use?: secretDo you drink?: very occasionallyHow about smoke?: not onceAre you amused easily?: most definitelyWhat is your favorite...
    Posted by MEGAN on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:21:00 PST

    new art stuff...

    Trying to get back on the drawing-a-day thing... I did these two last night and today:Enjoy! :)...
    Posted by MEGAN on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:38:00 PST

    lots-o-questions

    Are any of your toes connected?No... I new a girl when I was a kid who did, though.Do you use a pen or a pencil more often?pencil, of courseDo you have anything planned for July 12th?nope... we have t...
    Posted by MEGAN on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:46:00 PST

    the dirty 30

    The Dirty Thirty... 30 unknown facts/secrets about yourself:1. When was the last time you shaved your legs?no idea... my wedding, maybe?2. What were you doing this morning at 8 am?illustratin'3. What ...
    Posted by MEGAN on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:31:00 PST

    my peeps

    Number 1Name: WOXY.COM- what do they do for a living: only being the best damn radio station ever!- eaten pizza with them before: hmm, no- have you had any fights: they've bailed on me a few times, bu...
    Posted by MEGAN on Fri, 11 May 2007 10:54:00 PST