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emily

I am here for Friends

About Me

i am searching for trousers of the future. i hope to one day truly understand the cultural implications of the Oxford comma.

My Interests

reading. writing. cooking. sleeping.

I'd like to meet:

pirates and poets

Music:

the decemberists, neutral milk hotel, bright eyes, magnetic fields, black mountain, damien rice, the sundays, the mountain goats, RADIOHEAD, broken social scene, beruit,

Movies:

lord of the rings tril., the edge of quarrel, breathless, the secret garden, totoro, jules et jim, harry potter, heavenly creatures, dellamorte dellamore, the dreamers, love actualy

Television:

Lost, The Office, House, Hex, Antiques Roadshow

Books:

gustave flaubert, tobias wolfe, rick moody, voltaire, tom robbins, dh lawrence, stendhal, jk rowling, italo calvino

My Blog

no sleep (in) brooklyn

i haven't been able to sleep well since i got here. i live above a bus stop. there are garbage trucks, bars full of noisy people, i can hear the train underneath us. maybe i've been in the woods too l...
Posted by emily on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:20:00 PST

i have actually made a decision for once

looks like i'm really moving to new york in september. i haven't seen an job offer yet, but since it's within the same company, i have ample time to bug HR about it. For now, I'll be in the city 3-4 d...
Posted by emily on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:40:00 PST

one of those days

you know those days when you just want to drive around, listening to loud music, singing along, drinking coffee from the travel mug, and you really don't want to go park in a parking lot next to a cru...
Posted by emily on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 05:20:00 PST

luna, the tiny bunny

i got a new bun! her name is luna and she's tiny. ok, i can stop getting pets now.two is enough....
Posted by emily on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 07:42:00 PST

i heart sexy poetry

A Reason For Writing --> --> No word that is not flesh, he said, Can hold my wavering ear; but when That golden physical flesh is clear, I dance in a glory like your glory With force to stir t...
Posted by emily on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 05:28:00 PST

the boxes are (almost) empty

so the boxes are almost all unpacked in the new place. it's still pretty messy, and i'm not sure about a few furniture placement decisions, but for the most part, it's home! the neighbors seem exponen...
Posted by emily on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 06:24:00 PST

frown-y face

grammy rose passed away today. my family is getting smaller. if anyone is wondering where i am for the next 2 days, i'll be sitting shiva in conneticut.
Posted by emily on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:43:00 PST

this is how i honestly feel about everything right now

"capitalism is the astounding beleif that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good opf everyone."  -john maynard keynes (english economist guy)   ...
Posted by emily on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 11:44:00 PST

the snip

i dropped my bunny off at the vet this morning like a new mom drops off her infant at daycare. he is getting neutered, so hopefull he will stop making love to my arm, biting my hands and pooping ...
Posted by emily on Wed, 17 May 2006 06:23:00 PST

sickness

prescription cough syrup with codine; so good, but so fucking bad. ::pukes:: maybe i'll be better tomorrow.
Posted by emily on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:25:00 PST