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ruth

scenes from my life in a bad movie

About Me

I like pina coladas and getting caught in the rain.

My Interests

hanging out with friends, music, dancing, movies, interior design, taking photos measured by quantity not quality, travelling, birthday parties, little dogs in coats, singstar on PS2, pirates and ninjas and zombies but not aliens, kittens, trying to sort out my iPod playlist, Mr. G, renovating my house

I'd like to meet:

Someone who wants to be my monkey butler.

Music:

belle and sebastian, coldplay, lush, bjork, stills, killers, snow patrol, dandy warhols, blur, delays, cure, goldfrapp, go team, air, charlatans, cardigans, sophie ellis bextor, spice girls, raging whores, kt tunstall, keane, franz ferdinand, suede, tori amos, police, ben folds five, beatles, simon and garfunkel, arcade fire, smiths, pulp, early elton john, scissor sisters, supergrass, rufus wainwright, camera obscura, shins, selected crappy pop singles

Movies:

films by Baz Luhrmann, films by Tim Burton, films by Wes Anderson, office space, clueless, mean girls, garden state, ferris bueller's day off, lost in translation, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, shawshank redemption, bill & ted's, waynes world

Television:

sex and the city, nip/tuck, buffy, trailer park boys, six feet under, big brother uk, little britain, planet earth, my name is earl, arrested development, curb your enthusiasm, ugly betty, lost, skins. I also enjoy crap reality shows - especially america's next top model and project catwalk (I know... it makes me a bad person... what-evur)

Books:

the time travellers wife is the best book I have read in a long time, harry potter, eyes of the dragon, bridget jones' diaries, basic 8, everything you know, to kill a mockingbird, the stone angel, i am david, memoirs about rehab and tragic childhoods, selected books by Douglas Coupland, my new obsession is with Jodie Picoult - her novels all have the exact same plot: incident involving moral struggle/media hot topic followed by court drama - total Oprah book club fodder but I'm horribly addicted, also re-reading the Christopher Pike novels of my youth

Heroes:

my family, my bonsai, my best friend

My Blog

Skunky

I am concerned.  I have been developing an unhealthy relationship with the neighborhood stray.  You may remember ages ago a story I shared about a cat we lovingly ca...
Posted by ruth on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 08:51:00 PST

Next stop: London Liverpool Street

The man in the three piece suit stands a little too close to me on the already crowded train.  He mutters and mumbles incomprehensible words into my ear.  Percolating like a coffee machine, ...
Posted by ruth on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 12:11:00 PST

Don't feed them after midnight

We have electronics gremlins living in our house.  First they took down Peter's hard drive and all the pictures from the last few years.  Stoopid us for not backing up.  Let this be a ...
Posted by ruth on Wed, 23 May 2007 10:01:00 PST

If you looked me up in the dictionary

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Posted by ruth on Wed, 16 May 2007 09:46:00 PST

Stabby - Ikea

I'm happier today.  Why?  Because I'm going to Ikea!  Hurrah.  We don't have Target here in the UK, which was once described as cat nip for girls, but Ikea is a close second. ...
Posted by ruth on Wed, 16 May 2007 08:16:00 PST

Party's over

The family has gone home and I'm sad.  Like a sad party balloon that's lost some of it's helium and is now floating around the floor.  I will post about things other than my impending d...
Posted by ruth on Sun, 13 May 2007 02:56:00 PST

Heather

So facebook is fun, but you haven't lost me to that entirely just yet.  You have lost me to my little sister though!  Miss Heather showed up with my mom and Chris.  A total surprise vis...
Posted by ruth on Wed, 02 May 2007 06:55:00 PST

I am a cheater

I feel like a cheating girlfriend.  I've joined another online community.  Facebook.  I feel a bit dirty, but there is a rush of excitement in finding old friends who aren't on myspac...
Posted by ruth on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:11:00 PST

Camera Obscura

Peter planned a secret night out for me.  I was told only to meet him in Camden and to wear something trendy. After weeks of speculation, my secret night out was revelaled last night with tickets...
Posted by ruth on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 03:38:00 PST

Rock Hobbit

So today Peter and I watched the final episode of Rockstar Supernova.  I think I'm in shock that Lukas won.  I thought he was one of the strongest characters, but Dilana and Toby had much be...
Posted by ruth on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:08:00 PST