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chrissyp

i'm all heart, motherfucker!

About Me


LATELY:
*shirts that are long, boys who are tall, nights that don't end, songs on repeat, forgetting to eat.
*i take a camera with me everywhere. watch out! ;)
ALWAYS:
*my first ever crush was on:
Derek Wildstar
then i moved on to:
Han Solo
and Hawkeye Pierce
*i grew up thinking Elvis was my daddy.
*when i was 16, i saw GG Allin at Wally's in Bethlehem and i stood in the very back because i was scared!
*i was straight edge back in the day- i still have my X swatch to prove it ;)
*i used to shoot HC bands. sometimes i miss "those days, those f***ing days!!!"
(chrissyp)
*blue is my favorite color.
*i was vegetarian for 8 years and vegan for 1 year, but that all ended back in 1999 when i was diagnosed with celiac disease. it has taken me a long time to figure out which foods work with, and not against me. i still have vegetarian tendencies to this very day. :)
*i like to cut and/or color my hair on a whim.
*Purple Rain is my all-time favorite album.
*scrabble is my all-time favorite game.
*margarita on the rocks, salted rim.
*i have hardcore apocalyptic dreams almost every night.
*i had two of these growing up:
"I'm looking for love. Real love. Ridiculous, inconvenient, consuming, can't-live-without-each-other love."

My Interests





Phillippe Cousteau, Tuaca, pictures and words, Picasa, sarcasm, airports, 30th street station, lots of hot tea with honey and vanilla soymilk, antioxidants, proper spelling and grammar, mexican art, found objects, mickey, letting life flow, jumping off of cliffs (both metaphorically and literally), challenging myself, moving, travelling, books, cooking, spices, fresh limes in seltzer, corn tortillas, celiac-friendly cuisine, french fries, vanilla soy lattes, loud fucking music all the fucking time, hoodies, reinvention, learning new tricks, the future, Holocaust memoirs, old friends, nag champa, surprises, writing, reciprocity, taking responsibility, research, digital photography, afternoon delight, the ocean, roadtrips, people not things, all forms of communication, chocolat, handclaps and piano in rock songs, laughing, the kids, serendipity, dreams, creativity, the smell of incense in an old church, sexual healing, conversations about getting older, making silly sounds, new friends, technology, tequila...

black and white photography

(walker evans)

(lee miller)

(astrid kirchherr)

(annie liebovitz)

(francis wolff)

(herman leonard)


I'd like to meet:



*people who can make me laugh and who will laugh with me!

*people with (metaphorical) balls.

*Charlie Sheen in Ferris Bueller's Day Off

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Music:


LATELY:

bloc party, the blood brothers, pj harvey, husker du, jawbreaker, love and rockets, new order, quicksand, refused, soundgarden, tad, these arms are snakes, tokyo police club, turning point, tv on the radio, unwound...

yeah yeah yeahs

ALWAYS:

afghan whigs/ twilight singers/ greg dulli

aaliyah, tori amos, at the drive-in, bad brains, the beatles, bjork, mary j. blige, jeff buckley, johnny cash, cocteau twins, crowded house, the cure, dag nasty, nick drake, duran duran, fleetwood mac/ stevie nicks, fugazi, peter gabriel, heart, billie holiday, billy idol, jawbox, jesus and mary chain, joy division, led zeppelin, modest mouse, the police, prince, radiohead, the replacements, a tribe called quest, van halen (DLR era), verbal assault, the verve, neil young...

siouxsie and the banshees

Movies:


some of my favorites:

about a boy, almost famous, amelie, backbeat, batman begins, beaches (yes, beaches, bitches), before sunset, big night, bridget jones's diary, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, frida, the fugitive, good will hunting, hotel rwanda, the ice storm, indiana jones trilogy, jfk, lost in translation, magnolia, moonstruck, office space, parenthood, pete's dragon, the pianist

pretty in pink

say anything, schindler's list, serenity, se7en, the shawshank redemption, shrek, singles, slither, star wars trilogy, state and main, the tao of steve, trainspotting, 25th hour, the usual suspects, walk the line, welcome to the dollhouse, when harry met sally...

Television:


gilmore girls

cold case, ER, girlfriends, how i met your mother, scrubs, veronica mars

sex and the city

Books:


recommended reading:

paulo coelho/ the alchemist
laura esquivel/ like water for chocolate
f. scott fitzgerald/ the great gatsby
anne frank/ the diary of a young girl
miep gies/anne frank remembered
john knowles/ a separate peace

pablo neruda/
the sea and the bells


vincent patrick/ the pope of greenwich village
wanda poltawska/ and i am afraid of my dreams
sylvia plath/ the bell jar
j.d salinger/ the catcher in the rye
banana yoshimoto/ kitchen
elie wiesel/ night

Heroes:


*anyone who stands up for what they believe in and tries to make a difference.

*Karen Walker

*my rad friends!!! what the hell would i do without you guys???

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In this house of suffering I gotta let some joy in...

today i feel so grateful for all of the amazing people in my life. :)and fucking bad brains!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Bad Brains/ House of SufferingIn this house of sufferingI gotta let some joy inI hear that fr...
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LOSING IT

i am literally wasting away!  as of today, i have officially lost 30 pounds.  come find me before i disappear forever!!!  
Posted by chrissyp on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 08:07:00 PST