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bethany

a little bit of gandhi, a whole lot of van damme

About Me

"you're a fucking spice rack!" --rafael ortega

My Interests

people, peep holes, books, writing, eating, clouds, postcard art, libraries, ipod on shuffle, yoga, walking, spitting, singing, traveling to foreign lands until they no longer seem foreign, discovering myself with someone else's compass, laughing until I have to change me unders

I'd like to meet:

a talking elephant. gene kelly circa 1952. people who like helping strangers. people who like discussing their bowel movements in great detail. people who like getting haircuts. people who see that everything is infinitely connected.

Music:

rogue wave, aimee mann, the decemberists, bjork, pj harvery, the shins, the weakerthans, willlie nelson, nina simone, cat power, azure ray, pinback, wrens, bonnie prince billy, muse, the unicorns, sparklehorse, the reindeer section, royal city, regina spektor, yeah yeah yeahs, andrew bird, sufjan stevens...

Movies:

roman holiday, amelie, moulin rougue, the royal tenenbaums, dogville, hedwig and the angry inch, singin' in the rain, billy elliot, charlie and the chocolate factory, king of masks, harold and maude, magnolia, little miss sunshine, I heart huckabees, midnight cowboy, paper moon

Television:

don't have one, but if I did, I'd probably watch those surgery shows through the spaces in my hands.

Books:

the writing life by annie dillard, east of eden by mr. steinbeck, the passion by jeanette winterson, a heartbreaking work of staggering genius by dave eggers, middlesex by jeffrey eugenides, the history of love by nicole krauss, ignorance by milan kundera, the mismeasure of woman by carol tavris, wild swans by jung chang, the good earth by pearl s. buck, a million little pieces by james frey

Heroes:

my mom and dad, frida kahlo, bjork, hopefully myself one day.