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lauren

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

i'm sure i'm very nice if you get to know me. also, i am an ordained minister of dudeism. abide!

My Interests

movies, musical theater, rock and roll, good reads, pole dancing, cartoons, napping, food, laughing as loudly as possible, coffee, laying about in hammocks, dr. pepper lip smacker, crystallized ginger, hiking, driving long distances, camping, trader joes, talking sandwiches, ice cream, making out, reading, tea, singing, bruises, picnics, sock puppets, heart shaped waffle irons, roller skating, cocktails, milkshakes, karaoke, red wine, trouble,monsters, dancing, cherry coke, telling stories

I'd like to meet:

walter becker. donald fagen.

Music:

drive by truckers, neil young, bob dylan, wilco, centro-matic, steely dan, the jackmormons, hall and oates, janis joplin, al green, patsy cline, joni mitchell, jeff buckley, prince, bloodkin, cat stevens, the flaming lips, the beatles, CSNY, kings of leon, the faces, johnny cash, phoebe snow, ABBA, tenacious d, ray lamontagne, slobberbone AND the drams, songs ohia, tom waits, pat benetar, decemberists, pearl jam, led zeppelin, nick drake, the cure, neko case, dr. teeth and the electric mayhem, josh rouse, outkast, the monkees, violent femmes, talking heads, barbara cue, yo la tengo, the stones, nina simone, songs about murder, songs about whiskey...

Movies:

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Television:

the simpsons, sifl and olly, the young ones, the muppet show, twin peaks, the shield, lost, absolutely fabulous, monty python's flying circus, kids in the hall, the state, sesame street, fraggle rock, upright citizen's brigade, the daily show

Books:

still life with woodpecker, a confederacy of dunces, sirens of titan, cat's cradle, stranger in a strange land, geek love, the sandman series, a fat girls guide to life, choke, killing yourself to live, dry, another roadside attraction, strong motion, the correctiosns, virgin suicides, middlesex, lets just say anything by: charles bukowski, david sedaris, john irving, kurt vonnegut, and most of tom robbins (i hated some of the newer stuff). and yes, i've read all of the harry potter books.

My Blog

every songs a comeback, every moments a little bit later

it's never a good thing if you wake up sweating. hot. "africa hot" as jenny kept saying. that's how its been in l.a. for the past few days. possibly elsewhere as well, i wouldn't know. i've been too h...
Posted by lauren on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:32:00 PST

can't stop the jams

i have been going on field trips lately, to some of the many places in los angeles i have yet to visit. the hammer museum was on that list, and thankfully i got to go there last wednesday to see one o...
Posted by lauren on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:59:00 PST

STDs

this is 'sourced out', a webisodic written and starring my dear friend rasika mathur. she asked me to come to monrovia to play a lady of the evening, and who was i to resist such an offer? rasika and ...
Posted by lauren on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:33:00 PST

spa treatment

now that i have a "desk job", i, appropriately, sit at a desk a whole lot. this, including years of neglect and abuse, have left my body and my constitution somewhat depleted. so when my boss gave me ...
Posted by lauren on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:36:00 PST

the truth about redheads

redheads are a mystery, a force to be reckoned with. often, they are misunderstood or judged. that complete and total idiot, dr. laura, once said "let me say this one more time. if you have red hair, ...
Posted by lauren on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:01:00 PST

ta-dah!

i fall a lot. i am also constantly putting my foot in my mouth by saying things that might be construed as offensive. usually, they are not meant to be. i bump into things. i carry bottles of wine in ...
Posted by lauren on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:01:00 PST

everything i need to know, i learned in kindergarten (and DUI school)

once again, a trip home has left me broke, weak, and sick. i would add "sad" to that, but it's one of those bittersweet sadnesses, the kind that you can live with, the kind that makes you cry at movie...
Posted by lauren on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 01:15:00 PST

flying home, fears, and factotum

lately i have been missing home. i don't know what has triggered it, but the tug of the south has been stronger than ever the past few days. maybe it was seeing willie nelson at the hollywood bowl-his...
Posted by lauren on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:50:00 PST

inching towards completion

after many years of putting it off, i finally visited a tattoo artist.   a friend of mine referred me to jill jordan, an amazing artist, intuitive woman, and somewhat of a legend in the tat...
Posted by lauren on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 03:45:00 PST

i always feel like somebody's watching me...

someone's after me. i'm trying to figure out who would come into my apartment, while i'm out on a date with myself, and smash my mirror. here are a list of suspects: my nieghbors: maybe they are jealo...
Posted by lauren on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:52:00 PST