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Shannon

I can't figure it all out right now

About Me

I reside far left of center in both personality and politics. I'm a gingerkid and a Hoosier. Eggs creep me out.

I edited my profile with Thomas’ Myspace Editor V3.6 !

My Interests

Music, painting, hopscotch, swimming, biting things, reading, writing, biking, quantum gymnastics.

I'd like to meet:

A talking skink or my doppelganger
You Are Dr. Bunsen Honeydew
You take the title "mad scientist" to the extreme -with very scary things coming out of your lab.
And you've invented some pretty cool things, from a banana sharpener to a robot politician.
But while you're busy turning gold into cottage cheese, you need to watch out for poor little Beaker!
"Oh, that's very naughty, Beaker! Now you eat these paper clips this minute." The Muppet Personality Testwww.youthaids-aldo.org

Music:

Ani DiFranco, Fiona Apple, Ben Folds, John Mayer, David Gray, Cat Stevens, Stevie Wonder, Jimi Hendrix, John Lee Hooker, John Mayall, The Killers, Kanye West, Common, Leadbelly, Son House, Nina Simone, Ray Charles, PJ Harvey, No Doubt and Gwen, Missy Elliott, Mary J. Blige, Macy Gray, rock, folk, blues, hip hop, icemaker noises, borborygmi...

Movies:

Wes Anderson films, High Fidelity, A Fish Called Wanda, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Perfect Storm, Crash, I Heart Huckabees, HORROR MOVIES (especially the stupid ones), old Sherlock Holmes movies starring Basil Rathbone (greatest name ever), Elf.

Television:

Discovery Channel, A&E, The Daily Show, Weeds, Chappelle's Show, miscellaneous visual chaff - love the animal cams at the National Zoo.
Your Superhero Profile
Your Superhero Name is The Brain Squirrel
Your Superpower is Solar
Your Weakness is Garlic
Your Weapon is Your Thunder Bow
Your Mode of Transportation is Cow What's your Superhero Name?

Books:

Nonfiction mostly - A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius was satisfying, books and essays by Richard P. Feynman and Stephen Jay Gould, Short History of Nearly Everything, Driving Mr. Albert, and I'm addicted to the Discover Science Almanac.Fiction - One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Corrections, the authors Hemingway, Wilde, Twain, Henry Miller, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky (with a bottle of Stoli and a razorblade), Raymond Chandler when I'm feeling noir.Love mags - Discover, National Geographic, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Esquire, The Sun, Glamour, Shape, Architectural Digest, Funny Times ...
Your Brain is 53% Female, 47% Male
Your brain is a healthy mix of male and female
You are both sensitive and savvy
Rational and reasonable, you tend to keep level headed
But you also tend to wear your heart on your sleeve What Gender Is Your Brain?

Heroes:

Short people, polled Herefords and organ donors
You Are Jean Grey
Although your fate is often unknown, you always seem to survive (even after death).
Your mind is your greatest weapon, literally!

Powers: telepathy and telekinesis, the ability to project thoughts into the mind of others, communication with animals Which of the X-Men Are You?

My Blog

Stasis

The earth shifted and A cooler air blows now Chilling my fragile but fickle form. I believed For a moment, merely an instant Those words so sharp and simmering.   Back to stasis now and Push...
Posted by Shannon on Mon, 20 Feb 2006 09:00:00 PST

Tall Girl's Lament

Make no mistake, I have made peace with my body, but here are a few reasons it sucks to be an Amazon (well, not a true Amazon as I have both breasts and possess minimal bowhunting skills): 1)  Yo...
Posted by Shannon on Mon, 12 Dec 2005 11:45:00 PST