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et phone home

can i steal you for a minute?

About Me

i'm a geeky, impatient, introverted extrovert.

My Interests

music, politics, shopping, travel, restaurants, movies, good wine, cheap beer, love, drive-in movie theatres, walking in strides, eating triscuits in the buff, meeting cute boys, exercise, public radio, cats, not driving, vanity fair, obsessing over things, astrological theory, aveda, the new york times, reading the dictionary, jenga, cards, yelp.com.

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I'd like to meet:



anderson cooper, rachel maddow, david gilmour, sharon stone, margaret cho, michael kors, james mcavoy, sarah silverman, kate moss, soulmates and deities.

Music:

nine inch nails, prince, smashing pumpkins, skinny puppy, ministry, new order, groove armada, ghostland observatory, the cure, bjork, tricky, ghostigital, (rozz williams') christian death, the clash, coil, einsturzende neubauten, david bowie, deftones, depeche mode, diana krall, distillers, front 242, hemme fatale, ladytron, down, dre, duran duran, the flys, garbage, gary numan, george michael, the icarus line, jane's addiction, jesus and mary chain, joan jett, kmfdm, kill hannah, venue, shiny toy guns, the knife, L7, babes in toyland, mortiis, thrill kill kult, nirvana, oingo boingo, slowdive, pink floyd, pierrepoint, brand new, catherine wheel, psychotica, revco, sisters of mercy, soft cell, tori amos, tegan & sara, type o negative, yaz, verve, cansei de ser sexy, yma sumac, placebo, jamie cullum, teddybears.

Movies:

batman, purple rain, mommie dearest, friday, noises off!, superman 1-4, star trek (save 'nemesis'), mulholland dr., the matrix, hellraiser, x-men, the witches of eastwick, wonder boys, mean girls, donnie darko, adventures in babysitting, clue, kids, memento, raw, basic instinct, lost highway, minority report, sleepy hollow, ghostbusters, candyman, lord of illusions, soapdish, big business, collateral, bram stoker's dracula, natural born killers, the hours, heat, innocent blood, jfk, american pie, lord of the rings, disturbing behavior, interview with the vampire, desperate living, serial mom, cecil b. demented, pecker, heathers, jesus is magic, land of the dead.

Television:

television is a horrible device that makes people stupid and complaisant. i will, however, not immediately change the channel if stumble upon anderson cooper 360, c-span, the golden girls, next, project runway, the simpsons, talk soup, arrested development.

Books:

prefer non-fiction.

Heroes:

margaret cho, david brock, rfk, mlk, jr., voltaire, john locke, john wilmot, prince, trent reznor, pat briggs, dionysus and eros, sarah silverman.

My Blog

tori amos @ the vic, 6 November 2007

the show was great! her show in KC in 2003 was slightly better but she played everything i wanted to hear (liquid diamonds, precious things, waitress, cruel, sugar, winter, caught a light sneeze)... ...
Posted by et phone home on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:28:00 PST

placebo [1 september 2007 - chicago]

i had a really incredible time this weekend, but i'm going to just put the show photos up. we missed the first minute or so of "pure morning" (which, apparently, they never play live) due to getting...
Posted by et phone home on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:22:00 PST

revenge of the throat bacteria!

after being caught off guard by my july attackers, one more hospital visit and i am no worse for the wear. i've spent the last week recovering from my latest assassination attempt by god by introduci...
Posted by et phone home on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 11:23:00 PST

shiny toy guns/the bravery [6-16-07 chicago]

both bands were awsesome. shannon and i had a blast hanging out at the show and traipsing around the city drunk, stopping at south loop club, gin mill in lincoln park, a houseparty in bucktown, flash...
Posted by et phone home on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:53:00 PST

me = drama

you are well advised to never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, EVER... under any cirucmstance call, leave a voicemail, text, myspace, facebook, email, sign, grunt, whisper, charade (is charade a verb?) ...
Posted by et phone home on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:50:00 PST

pre-war intelligence proven false as VP still claims iraqi/al-qaeda link

WASHINGTON, April 5 (Bloomberg)  The Pentagon provided "inappropriate" analysis for its reports of a strong link between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda, a finding that was cited by the White House as a ...
Posted by et phone home on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 05:17:00 PST

ah eh e oh ooh

new semester has started.  mathematics instructor seems promising..  i dig her eastern european features. espanol es bueno.  bryan won't call me back so i can borrow the espanol/ingles ...
Posted by et phone home on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:46:00 PST

Dick Cheney on Meet the Press

Dick Cheney is crazy. Smart, but crazy... but so was Ted Bundy. Would you elect Ted Bundy as the Vice President of the United States? I don't understand why someone (preferably an ambitious Democra...
Posted by et phone home on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 11:29:00 PST

should i have my throat carved out?

so my doctor thinks i should get my tonsils taken out.  im a pretty healthy person except for the strep throat i get once... soemtimes twice a year.  when i get strep, it FUCKING SUCKS and t...
Posted by et phone home on Sun, 30 Jul 2006 10:26:00 PST

R.I.P. June Pointer

Yes, you looked like a man. Yes, I used to be scared of you as a young boy. Yes, you did coke with my friend Brad. And yes, you were funky. R.I.P. June...
Posted by et phone home on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:24:00 PST