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jacques-yves cousteau

I'd rather be reckless than rockless

About Me



I am Marina, I live in Salt Lake City and above most things, I believe in music.

I suck at bowling, but I'm trying to get better.

My Interests

I have many interests...
cameras/photograhy
tambourines
high fives
cowbells
beater cars
composition notebooks
drumsticks
going to shows at Kilby
secret handshakes
adventuring with friends
dress-ups
kite-flying
bubblegum
wigs
art projects
Roma culture
the ocean and it's creatures
manatees
screen-printing
orange crush soda
dancing crappily
thrift stores
nature
coffee
stenciling
hats with bobbles on top
berets
violets
temporary tattoos
..
driving on summer nights
art nouveau
casettes
tinsel tiaras
fishies
mythology
rosaries
traveling (Roadtrips!)
songs with really dumb lyrics
Bela Lugosi (the actor and my car)
rocking
tacky sunglasses, and um.... the end.

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I'd like to meet:


Music:

"If you've lost your faith in love and music then the end won't be long"..

Movies:

I only like Jumanji. It's a cinematic triumph...

Television:

..Kids In The Hall, Arrested Development, Stella and MythBusters.

Books:

..books with useless facts, books with crinkled pages, books of quotations (that I'll always forget), medical dictionaries, classics, text books, poetry books, biographies, photography books, and short stories.

Heroes:

..Betty White & Jim Henson.

My Blog

It’s not a house, it’s a home...

...Or at least, it looks like it was one. Went on a drive to the Great Salt Lake today with Migs, and we decided to drive through all the strange little towns out past Saltair. Started with Grantsvill...
Posted by jacques-yves cousteau on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:04:00 PST

Im dead and Im perfectly content

I am so proud of myself. I wrote a poem in German today. Not in German class, not in one. No, I wrote a poem (cinquain to be nit-picky, so, y'know, it's not very long...) in the Germanic tongue. BUT,...
Posted by jacques-yves cousteau on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:55:00 PST

the best is better than the worst is worth

This is a list. Maybe more than a list. Maybe a life guide. But Maybe just a list. I present: BESTS & WORSTS!BestsBest way to get a headache - wearing an unecessary eyepatchBest insult - shaking you...
Posted by jacques-yves cousteau on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:23:00 PST

I like you. I do not like you.

There are many things I like, and many I dislike. Here are some examples...hitMarie Callendar's razzleberry pie, curly hair, bruises, false eyelashes, Murder She Wrote, diners, knee socks, fingerless ...
Posted by jacques-yves cousteau on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 01:54:00 PST

you know that Ill pick up every time you call...

new music blog. 1 + alcohol + gogol bordello + acoustic gypsy love song from their latest album, devoted to Eugene's truest love: alcohol. "and you know that I'll pick up every time you call just to ...
Posted by jacques-yves cousteau on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:43:00 PST

Washing! Ton!

Soooo... I just got back from Washington. My sister Marleigh is going to school up there, so after her summer break was done I rode back with her last Thursday and we went to Bumbershoot Fes...
Posted by jacques-yves cousteau on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 08:03:00 PST

I found a reason

newblog. 1, heartache vs. misery, jason & the hounds below, this band is the side project of Jason from the Von Bondies. Super talented, and this song is heart-breaking in the best way. Check it out....
Posted by jacques-yves cousteau on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 05:16:00 PST

marina is...

you know the new "status update" thing? I have the hardest time filling in the blank. What is marina?A lot of things. here are a few.marina is:in love with the world.in love with you.loved. confused, ...
Posted by jacques-yves cousteau on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:02:00 PST

You might make a dollar...

Recently I've been thinking that if the 16 year old me, met the current me, the 16 year old would think the 18 year old had gone crazy. Maybe I'm not giving the past me enough credit... I think I knew...
Posted by jacques-yves cousteau on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:01:00 PST

Love has got to be free

holy lord I have not had a real music blog in a looooong time (I made that one of songs that reminded me of people, but that was more about people than songs...) Mainly because I've been listening to ...
Posted by jacques-yves cousteau on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:52:00 PST