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Whitney

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About Me



^^ "I hope everyone doesn't grow up too fast and forget all about right now."

My Interests



"I take the best art class ever and I have the best art teacher ever."
I go to NoDa whenever I get around to it and it's my favorite artsy spot currently. I make short films. I've completed almost 6. I'm always interested in growing up. I guess, maybe everyone is all the time..

try being happy, it's not as hard as it seems.

I'd like to meet:



a few directors, and a few actors, and some other people that want to work in the film industry, painters, writers, poets, historians, musicians, people that want to know me. if you don't want to know me, you don't have to pretend :-)

Music:



The Velvet Underground
Thousandnames
Radiohead
Sage Francis
Anticon
Thomas Newman
Devotchka
Calexico
Woven
Vincent Gallo
The Seeds
The Octopus Project
Nine Inch Nails
Naked Ape
James Newton Howard
Carlos Varela
Broken Social Scene
Blink 182
Beastie Boys
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
The Arcade Fire
The 5,6,7,8's
R.E.M.
Jandek
Sister Resistor
Vanishing Kids
The Kinks
Donovan
M.Ward
Tom Waits

Movies:



there will be blood
the darjeeling limited
man on fire
dreamland
half nelson
lars and the real girl
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
american splendor
the fifth element
road to perdition
studio ghibli films
lots and lots of indie films that no one's heard of

Television:


how it's made
cash cab
jeopardy
the office
ace of cakes
diners, drive-ins, and dives

Books:



European Readin'

Heroes:



My Blog

I'm glad you think you know everything there is to know about me

It seems like no one knows how many opportunities I get, as a teenager, to smoke and drink and do drugs and everything in between. Guess what? I've never done any of those things, even though probably...
Posted by Whitney on Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:06:00 PST

yeah this probably sucks really bad.

Well, I've been listening to this one rap song from Blade 3 and it's inspired me try my hand at writing a rap, and this is what I came up with. It might be more like a poem, but I have the flow in m...
Posted by Whitney on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:40:00 PST

the ramblings of a winking dream

those ladies with the spider veins on their legs, and the men with sideburns and a big pick-up truck, that's american. someone about to enjoy a chocolate candy bar, a look you don't catch, a smile you...
Posted by Whitney on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:22:00 PST

being called a stranger

Being called a stranger is really neat because I am a stranger to most people. Even some of the people I know. I guess it might be that way with all people.
Posted by Whitney on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:15:00 PST

can’t say it

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Posted by Whitney on Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:50:00 PST

open that tired eye and look this way.

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Posted by Whitney on Sun, 22 Jun 2008 06:12:00 PST

it isnt ok

We may be innocent but we are not innocent saints. We live in a modern stone age, limited by our fears and flustered with invention. We walk in a robotic rhythm and pretend to look amused, brainwashi...
Posted by Whitney on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 05:58:00 PST

I want to go to NoDa

I know what is beautiful. I notice things among chaos and clutter that deserve a crystal clear frame and spotlights. I have a talent. People may not believe me when I say that I appreciate the little...
Posted by Whitney on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 02:44:00 PST

dont ask

The trees overlooking the street trembled in their statuesque shapes. The dark night seeped over the leaves and branches, blending their colors. The rain parade marches up and down the street. I rise...
Posted by Whitney on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 07:09:00 PST

i dont feel like coming up with a clever name for this.

I'm shutting myself away from the world. I tried to play dead, but I know that you can see fear wrinkled across my face. I open a door in my mind and walk through it backwards and then forwards. I'm b...
Posted by Whitney on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:46:00 PST