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Hostess Organism

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

Still transitioning from [stage whisper] Friendster. [/stage whisper] Eventually I'll have the tribes all gathered in one.

My Interests

As you might guess, modern dance (both doing and observing). Mark Morris Dance Group in particular. Cooking and carousing. Books and films. Lots of travel, yoga, art. Also an infatuation with writing.

I'd like to meet:

Citizen Kane, of course! And all kinds of modern bon vivants. Both Baith and Fuffy, preferably together. Preferably with me in the middle. Also, a Frankensteinian collage of Eddie Izzard, John Cusack, Alyson Hannigan (especially as Vamp!Willow), Jon Stewart, and Joss Whedon.

Word to the wise: It's not a goal of mine to be able to boast thousands upon thousands of "friends", so if I don't actually know you personally, please don't be offended if I don't add you. Exceptions might be made, i.e. if a friend of mine is making an introduction via MySpace. It's not that I've never made friends online (I certainly have, and wouldn't rule it out in the future) but in general, that's my policy. I'm truly not a snob, though - if you have a recommendation from one of these fine people, well, then, pleased to make your acquaintance!

Music:

Tom Waits, Jane's Addiction, Jeff Buckley, PJ Harvey, Social Distortion, Leonard Cohen, Ani DiFranco, Hole, Nick Cave, Johnny Cash, Tori Amos, Laurie Anderson, Glenn Gould, pretty much all baroque choral music ever, and most of the classical period. Silly nostalgic gothiness, lots of good old New Wave, Britpop and punk. Throw in some rockabilly and swing for guaranteed fun. And the Beatles - I'm a John person.

Movies:

Harold and Maude = my all-time no. 1. Recent faves: Shaun of the Dead, Serenity, Napoleon Dynamite. Classics: 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould, Bladerunner, Heathers, Amadeus, The Mission, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Baraka, The Hours, Swimming to Cambodia. Any Eddie Izzard special. In general, the Bros. Coen, Soderbergh, Greenaway, Lynch. Must confess I'm also a sucker for the complete Harry Potter and LOTR franchises.

Television:

Buffy, Buffy, and more Buffy: May she rest in peace. Also Freaks and Geeks, Firefly, The Simpsons, Futurama, Real Time with Bill Maher, the Daily Show and Colbert Report. And, I admit, the Food Network entire.

Books:

Full catalogues of M. Amis, DeLillo, Joyce. Enjoyed portions of David Foster Wallace, large doses of Rilke, and total binges on Neil Gaiman. David Sedaris, and the whole This American Life crew. Geek Love as a stand-alone hit. Chuck Palahniuk. And Anne Lamott regularly rocks my world.

Heroes:

Al Gore. No, seriously! I have a whole new respect for him after seeing "An Inconvenient Truth". Run, run, RUN to watch it ASAP!

My Blog

More Tofu Coming Your Way!

101 Tofu at Women's Wellness Fair in West Hartford Saturday, May 19th from 12-3 PMAnne will be offering more samples than you can even HANDLE at Wild Oats in West Hartford - and spreading t...
Posted by Hostess Organism on Fri, 18 May 2007 07:02:00 PST

101 Tofu Events Coming Right Up!

Hey guys! Two promotional events are right around the corner here - check one or both of them out!   Try some samples! Snag some postcards! Get an autograph! Anne will be appearing at the Book...
Posted by Hostess Organism on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 10:07:00 PST

Una Vez Más Con La Sensación (PAR-TAY!)

This is the lowdown, one last time (since bulletins expire) in case anyone still needs info. One more thing: In keeping with Mexican tradition, we are creating an altar in remembrance of the dead. If...
Posted by Hostess Organism on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 09:25:00 PST

Required reading

I'm reprinting Keith Olbermann's brilliant words from the anniversary of September 11th, courtesy of Salon.com. http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/09/12/olbermann/ index.html   Keith Olb...
Posted by Hostess Organism on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:10:00 PST

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll (Probably) Never Do Again

Well, David Foster Wallace already took the best title for pithy memoir-ization of a cruise, but I'm paraphrasing it anyway. Yup, I'm back, and too wiped out to post anything of substance, but so...
Posted by Hostess Organism on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 06:05:00 PST

United 93

(Posted this on Salon.com, might as well share.) I saw this last night. Every bit as brutal as you might expect, and even more well-crafted. What I didn't expect was to come away from the movie with s...
Posted by Hostess Organism on Sat, 29 Apr 2006 03:53:00 PST

The Commonly Confused Words Test

Ok, I don't usually take surveys or do tests, but I couldn't resist this one: http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=1445720028806432217 0   Allow me to preen over my results: English Genius...
Posted by Hostess Organism on Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:40:00 PST

Since bulletins expire . . .

The tabloids have finally weighed in - New England's Rising Star-Inquisitor posts all the red-hot Red Carpet action from my 1st Anne-ual (oh, cut me some slack) Oscar Blowout! Insi...
Posted by Hostess Organism on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:20:00 PST

A few of my fa-vor-ite things

Thought I might as well move this off the main page. Allow me to improve y'all's day with the following sources of online fulfillment: *Relive your favorite TV shows in glorious Technicolor Snark-O-Vi...
Posted by Hostess Organism on Wed, 22 Mar 2006 05:05:00 PST