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hippabilly

i need a congratulatory cocktail, please.

About Me

i love my life.

"no code of ethics and no effort are justifiable a priori in the face of the cruel mathematics that command our condition." -camus.

"Like most of the others, I was a seeker, a mover, a malcontent, and at times a stupid hell-raiser. I was never idle long enough to do much thinking, but I felt somehow that my instincts were right. I shared a vagrant optimism that some of us were making real progress, that we had taken an honest road, and that the best of us would inevitably make it over the top... At the same time, I shared a dark suspicion that the life we were leading was a lost cause, that we were all actors, kidding ourselves on a senseless odyssey. It was the tension between these two poles- a restless idealism and a sense of impending doom- that kept me driven." - hunter s. thompson, the rum diairy

My Interests

philosophy, acting, writing, reading, activism, logic, music, love, film, good conversation, anything that stirs passion or creativity, dancing, adbusters, vodka, touching, edamame, al dente pasta, family, feminism, small town america, the blue line and a notebook, politics, sushi, traveling, book stores, the mountains, people that get it, non profits, snowboarding, close friends, concerts, chalula, metaphysics, the beach, open spaces, thunder storms, nag champa, tea, urban history, chicago, third world countries, huffingtonpost, people who send me whole books of cd's for my birthday..

I'd like to meet:

people who kiss sweetly, anyone who makes me smile, filmakers, most actors, people that get it, someone who brings me breakfast, philosophy majors, neitzsche fans, nelson algren, people who surprise me, feminists, radical thinkers, people conflicted between realism and idealism, photographers, someone who will smuggle me to argentina, anyone who gives me new music, travelers...

Music:

ani difranco, the knife, the blow, internal/external, mugison, whispertown2000, camera obscura, erin mckeown, against me!, bob dylan, billy brag, the mercury project, imogen heap, pj harvey, joni mitchell, bjork, fiona apple, radiohead, diamanda galas, tori amos, hanne hukkelberg, michael bailey, sigur ros, architecture in helsinki, thao nguyen, elliot smith, air, the beatles, the distillers, rachael yamagata, cocorosie, the lawrence arms, emiliana torrini, godspeed! you black emperor, beauty pill, rogue wave, yeah yeah yeahs, spoon, coralie clement, mice parade, mogwai, the innocense mission, jon brion...

Movies:

i have an anxiety attack everytime i think about filling in this box.

Television:

colbert report, daily show, the l word, karen walker, and my sister kathryn is sort of like a running sitcom.

Books:

the second sex, she came to stay, will to power, man with a golden arm, mrs. dalloway, farewell to arms, confederacy of dunces, the razor's edge, slapstick, rum diary, the sixities reader, utilitarianism, everything and more, discovering america as it is, breakfast of champions, deadeye dick, prague, american project, fear and loathing in las vegas, an epidemic, prolegemena to any future metaphysics, the bell jar, walk on the the wild side, anything on logic, under the banner of heaven, an inquiry concerning human understanding, myth of sisyphus, the metamorphosis, perks of being a wallflower, on the road, the stranger, living fields killing fields, you are being lied to, abuse your illusions, brief interviews with hideous men, a terrible beauty, the radical reader, just peacemaking, everything you know is wrong, racism without racists, how the other half lives, peoples history of the united states, there are no children here, ariel,

Heroes:

monta, simone debeauvoir, ani difranco, emma goldman

My Blog

white dresses and red wine

im addicted to watching the iraq debate in a way that parallels a car crash. i cant stop watching, the damage is done, and there isnt anything i can do. after 12 or so house representatives voice thei...
Posted by hippabilly on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:24:00 PST

art inc.

Today I got lost at the art institute again. I not very originally noticed that near everything in the 200's galleries (roughly 300-1400 AD) are Christian paintings and sculpture. Meaning, for five hu...
Posted by hippabilly on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 06:38:00 PST

obsessed with the goddamn packaging

typically i pride myself on being a little less superficial than the average american, more aware of cause and effect, probably more logical. anyway. today while leafing through the magazine section i...
Posted by hippabilly on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:27:00 PST

stop. just stop being stupid.

lately ive become increasingly less social and more introverted and the whole nine yards relating to the eventual demise of normal interactions with people. last week, a person i previously respected ...
Posted by hippabilly on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 10:27:00 PST