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Era

Vexed and Glorious As Ever.

About Me

I'm named for a river.I drink tea.I write/read/breathe poetry.My poofy hair will never de-poof.I never sleep but I like to dream.I own too many shoes.I send a lot of text messages.I giggle behind my hand like a schoolgirl.I think glasses are amazing.I adore music of all kinds. I always have a lyric in my head.I have anecdotes for all occasions.I have talked my way into internships, concerts, and interviews.Amongst other things, I have been described as both "zany" and "whimsical." Mikhail Baryshnikov told me that I have a tenacity in my eyes.I love my friends and family and am overly optimistic about life in general.I am more than an "About Me" section.This river is wild.

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My Interests

Things that are interesting.Music. Film. Medicine. Concerts. U2. Walkenology. Quantum physics. Broadway. Adventuring. Over analysis. New Jersey. Boston. New York City. London. India. Ireland. France. Greece. Africa. Travel. Fashion. Shopping. Shoes. Fantastic hair. Thoughtful detail. Boys in glasses. Design. Poetry. Frank O'Hara. Tea. Soul clusters. Photography. Hugs. Imagination. Hanging out. Autumn. Bollywood. Art. Sleeping in. William Carlos Williams. Pablo Neruda. Charles Bukowski. Baudelaire. Sexton. Franz Wright. Grey mornings. Law. Accents. Romance. Laughter. Literature. Baseball. Dancing. Insomnia. Nightlife. Vintage. Social psychology. Smirking. Super twinism. New Wave. Punk. Realistic optimism. Oscar Wilde. Debate. Frazzle snazzle.

I'd like to meet:

people: The kind who hold open doors, nerds and deviants, sarcastic snarkers, music lovers, wannabe rock gods, lit/poetry/film/art fiends, laid back or chill kids, 24 hour dance party people, classic/vintage/retro boys and girls who belong in other decades, Sylarsexuals, charismatic conversationalists, spontaneous adventurers, fantastic hair-ed folks, random crazy riffraff, anyone who can fit in with my phenomenal friends, or someone with a real passion for something in life.

Music:

U2, Smashing Pumpkins, A-ha, Badly Drawn Boy, Basement Jaxx, Beck, Bedroom Eyes, Beirut, Ben Folds (Five), Ben Lee, Billie Holiday, Billy Joel, Blonde Redhead, Bouncing Souls, Broken Social Scene, David Bowie, Die Romantik, Duran Duran, Elton John, Foo Fighters, Garbage, Human League, I Am X, Imogen Heap, Incubus, Interpol, Iron & Wine, Jason Mraz, Jawbreaker, Jimmy Eat World, John Mayer, Johnny Cash, Joy Division, Karsh Kale, Kate Nash, Kenna, Kill Hannah, LCD Soundsystem, Led Zeppelin, M83, Metric, MIA, Morrissey, New Order, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, ohGr, Otis Redding, Patrick Wolf, Pink Floyd, Queen, Radiohead, Remy Zero, Rod Thomas, Scissor Sisters, She Wants Revenge, Sigur Ros, Sneaker Pimps, stellastarr*, Sting, Tabla Beat Science, Talvin Singh, Tenacious D, The Arcade Fire, The Cure, The Dandy Warhols, The Decemberists, The Doors, The Faint, The Killers, The Notwist, The Postal Service, The Rapture, The Smiths, The Stars, theStart, The White Stripes, The Who, Travis, Third Eye Blind, Udit Narayan, Voxtrot, We Are Scientists, WinterKids, World Inferno, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Zero 7, Zwan.

Movies:

Batman Returns, Batman, Ghostbusters I and II, American Beauty, Dil Se, Bad Education, 28 Days Later, Devdas, The Birdcage, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Van Wilder, Garden State, Party Monster, Memento, Mohra, Zoolander, Moulin Rouge, Dogma, Clerks, Chasing Amy, That Thing You Do, School of Rock, Fight Club, Donnie Darko, Kids, Empire Records, Old School, SLC Punk, Rave Macbeth, Saved!, The Rules of Attraction, Interview with the Vampire, Wet Hot American Summer, Wilde, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, The Royal Tenenbaums, Coffee and Cigarettes, Trainspotting, The Constant Gardener, Red Dragon, Capote, Se7en, Shaun of the Dead, Being John Malkovich, Something New.

Television:

Late Night With Conan O'Brien, South Park, Daria, Project Runway, So You Think You Can Dance, Law and Order, 30 Rock, Flight of the Conchords, Pushing Daisies.

Books:

The Rules of Attraction - Bret Easton Ellis, The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde, Stiff - Mary Roach, Bringing Out the Dead - Joe Connelly, The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky, Wicked - Gregory Maguire, The Gratitude of Kings - Marion Zimmer Bradley, Carrie - Stephen King, Dreamcatcher - Stephen King, No Man's Land - Greg Rucka, Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice, Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie, The God of Small Things - Arundathi Roy, Invisible Monsters - Chuck Palahniuk, Naked - David Sedaris, Demonology - Rick Moody, Come to Me Stories - Amy Bloom, The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger, The Collected Works of Frank O'Hara.

Heroes:

Mother Theresa, Gandhi, Bono, Batman, Tina Fey, Queen Latifah. My family + friends too.