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Rebecca

you are free.

About Me

detail. secrets. light. shadow.and this beauty: "We live in the mind, in ideas, in fragments. We no longer drink in the wild outer music of the streets--we remember only." --Henry Miller

My Interests

individuality, cats, language, being enamoured, sushi, latenight bike rides, yoga, bubble tea, vintage clothing, driving in the dark, hoods, thick bangs, grapefruit, drinking wine, texting in japanese, impossibly large tote bags, poetry (especially plath), grunge lighting, introspection, pretending to play the piano, making snow angels, faraway places, attempting the crossword, not telling secrets, anything James Dean, purging my closet, making elaborate plans and/or spontanaity, gray days, Proenza Schouler, my neighbourhood, intricacy, breakfast at night, all things gorgeous. oh and collerbones. also, i am interested in figuring out how to quit eating myself sick on cherries.

I'd like to meet:

Jamie Dornan. Paris (the city, not the person). a ghost. the Audreys--Hepburn and Tautou. swedes. Edie Sedgwick. Francoise Hardy. a baby screech owl.

Music:

obsessions as of right now: Yo La Tengo, Wilco, CocoRosie, Charlotte Gainsbourg, The Velvet Underground, Feist, Leonard Cohen, Cat Power, The National, Bob Dylan, Bowie, Thom Yorke, Animal Collective, The New Pornographers, Regina Spektor, Neko Case, Tegan and Sara, Sufjan Stevens, Jeff Buckley, Belle and Sebastian, Mates of State, Nick Drake, Andrew Bird, Boards of Canada, Elliot Smith...just a little taste...

Movies:

breakfast at tiffany's, amelie, garden state, lost in translation, the science of sleep, the royal tenenbaums, city of god, i'm your man, closer,waking life, before sunrise/sunset, a very long engagement, the virgin suicides, reality bites, the squid and the whale, matchpoint, girl interrupted, dancer in the dark, east of eden, baraka, paris je t'aime. and so forth...

Television:

i no longer have free cable. or any tv at all, for that matter. but sex and the city will always seduce.

Books:

as of today: sexus (thankyou henry miller, you are dead brilliant). additionally...the unbearable lightness of being, the bell jar, catcher in the rye, to kill a mockingbird, life of pi, a confederacy of dunces, white oleander, harry potter, the red tent, the secret life of bees, middlesex, the alchemist, the great gatsby, demian, a heartbreaking work of staggering genius, a complicated kindness, the little prince, 1984, the lovely bones, extremely loud and incredibly close, fall on your knees, the sun also rises, and fashion magazines that make me poor.

Heroes:

my dad, ramona quimby, creative individuals.

My Blog

1234/ tell me that you love me more/

Today was tres unique. I watched with a layer cake of emotions as the closest thing I have ever had to a sister walked down a church aisle 1000% radiant. My heart's twisted branches were fluttering ...
Posted by Rebecca on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 11:14:00 PST

i drink poison, i eat glass...

Why is it that all things French are so *$@!**?/ extraordinary?That's my theory and I'm sticking to it. Foolproof.And you can quote me on that.
Posted by Rebecca on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:25:00 PST

lemon chiffon, etc.

I've been thinking the past while about loneliness. Is it easier to simply be lonely, or to be lonely for someone in particular? I am undecided. My rationale edges in favour of finding yourself loneso...
Posted by Rebecca on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:49:00 PST

brittle bones and spanish scandals...

sipping sangria sipping ice water sippinglife where are the leaves did they become toofrail why are jutting curves soimportant they find me in my dreams theydisarm me here is a river its ratherpretty ...
Posted by Rebecca on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:17:00 PST

beautiful losers...

what a strange, strange night.i feel humbled and altered.my anger and boredom, resentment and apathetic attitude melted into an experience of being deeply moved.a frightened, complicated boy read me a...
Posted by Rebecca on Wed, 23 May 2007 11:10:00 PST

i city.

Thin skin pinning sins in unison. White lilacs twining into fine design. Smiles aligning--alight; in addition, afire. Sipping wine in dim indifference. Affinity glinting into existance, crackling ...
Posted by Rebecca on Mon, 21 May 2007 12:08:00 PST

is red the new black?

Hey, Jude:My mind has been spinning around layers and layers of thought these days. I've been tossing and fighting; toying and gingerly experimenting with the concept of creativity. I feel like I am...
Posted by Rebecca on Sun, 13 May 2007 08:45:00 PST

frozen cherry pie:

fuck i love leonard cohen.his words and sounds--both pure art--are changing my world, of late.as are... newborn leaves on the trees, a current fascination with the raw arctic landscape, woven plans of...
Posted by Rebecca on Tue, 08 May 2007 11:08:00 PST

frightening and englightening,

riding a bicycle.spring in the air.vintage keys.rubber boots.red wine in the afternoon.night owl activities.spider webs.icy water with lemon.music that never gets old.grunge lighting.ocean blue.scarve...
Posted by Rebecca on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 11:44:00 PST

kissing my basement apartment goodbye:

its a listless afternoon nowork no obligations just me and mythoughts a glass of frostywater the cat twining at my feet music grazing theedges of my consciousness there areboxes to unpack dozens ofthe...
Posted by Rebecca on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 03:45:00 PST