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Betty Larceny!

Overworked, underpaid, overdrunk, underdressed...it's business as usual.

About Me

Compulsive crocheter of scarves and hats, and the occasional baby blanket.
Audrey Tautou's most persistent stalker.
Derby Dame, out of retirement, with shin splints that'd make a moose cry.
Periodic blogger.
Inspiration's biggest fan.
Wanderer, thinker, exister (?), people watcher.
Office personality with a hidden agenda.
Motorcycle enthusiast.
Writer of extremely long rants.
Friend of the working man, foe of the lazy woman.
User of unnecessarily verbose expressions.
Princess Crabass: Duchess of Sarcasm.
Occasional painter of bad art.
Reader of pretentious literature.
Future grad student, finally sellin' out to the man.


My Interests

Roller derby, cheap whiskey, fighting, small metal sculpture, crochet, reading, painting, biking, Uno, NPR, writing, bubble baths, blue jeans, art, urban anthropology/sociology, funny looking dogs, sterling silver, thrifting/junking/garage sale-ing, driving with the windows down and stereo up, friends' rock shows, movies, excellent chats, venison, Mancala, beer from other countries, art openings, aimlessly wandering, children's literature, satire, plays that my friends are in, newly mown grass, giraffes, men that are taller than me, "grandma-isms," craft projects, cookies and cream ice cream, comfy jammie pants, drunk yuppies, nifty spectacles, tattoos/tattooing, dollar store frozen dinners, shopping while drunk, chai lattes, opera, spooning, urban adventures, wedding planning, fountains, beer gardens, icicle lights, dragons, Egyptian mythology, marbles, oral history, learning, jewelry making, unconventional political theories, long walks on the beach, and French cinema.

I'd like to meet:

Absolutely everyone.profile.com/"

Myspace Layouts at Pimp-My-Profile.com / Starz

Music:

The Killers, Common, Guru, Wagner, Mozart, Bon Jovi, Soul Coughing, DMB, Ludacris, Poe, Shivaree, Andrea Bocelli, Electric Six, Velcro Lewis, Secret Agent Bill, George Clinton, Ramones, Sade, Juliette and the Licks, Oly, Ike Rilley, Dead Milkmen, Porcupine Tree, Nina Simone, Taj Mahal, Patsy Cline, Moby, Nashville Pussy, Liquid Soul, Mars Volta, Fiona Apple, Portishead, Al Green, The RZA, Mos Def, Interpol, Hot Hot Heat, Blue Meanies, Gorillaz, Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Ben Harper, soundtracks, Prodigy, John Digweed, Dub Tribe, CSO, Iggy Pop, Daft Punk, Nikka Costa, Van Morrison, Morphine, Mindless Self Indulgence, U2, Depeche Mode, Ministry, Erasure, Dropkick Murphies, Bad Religion, Social Distortion, The Offspring, Flogging Molly, Kanye West, Jill Scott, The Fugees, Wyclef Jean, Ani DiFranco, Massanet, Boston, Etta James, Tori Amos, operas, Handsome Boy Modeling School, DJ Zebo, Prince, Josh Groban, Black Crowes, Dr Killbot, Velvet Revolver, Fleetwood Mac, Bruce Springsteen, Chris Isaak, G Love and Special Sauce, Cold Play, Black Eyed Peas, and just about everything else too.

Movies:

Reservoir Dogs, The Incredibles, Crash, North by Northwest, Big Trouble in Little China, The Muppet Movie, The Harry Potter movies, Frailty, Finding Neverland, The Bone Collector, Adaptation, 13 Ghosts, Chinatown, Dr. Strangelove, I Heart Huckabees, Man on Fire, Philadelphia, The Shawshank Redemption, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Death to Smoochy, The Royal Tannenbaums, American Psycho, Vertigo, The Usual Suspects, The Princess Bride, Catch me if You Can, I Robot, Donnie Darko, Ichi the Killer, Mean Girls, The Road to Perdition, Murder by Numbers, Tommy Boy, The Terminal, Hellboy and most other movies based on comic books, Gross Point Blank, Shaun of the Dead, Silence of the Lambs, Monster, Anchorman, Space Balls, Memento, The Client, Suicide Kings, Batman Begins, Apocalypse Now, The Goonies, Lost Boys, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Bourne Identity/Supremacy, Blazing Saddles, Dodgeball, John Q, and a whole lot of others

Television:

I admit it, I'm a reality TV watcher: Hell's Kitchen, America's Next Top Model, Super Nanny/Nanny 911, Extreme Home Makeover, Last Comic Standing, and You Think You Can Dance. Also, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Futurama, ER, Law and Order (in all of its incarnations), CSI: Miami/NY, NCIS, Jeopardy, Will and Grace, and Dateline. In re-runs: Drew Carey, Home Improvement, M*A*S*H, Hunter, the A-Team, MacGuyver, Tales from the Crypt, Saved by the Bell, and Judging Amy. No longer on the air: The Animaniacs

Books:

Freakonomics, Cat's Cradle, Harry Potter, Good Omens, Dumbing Down, Sellevision, Naked, Amazing Gracie, The Shining, Les Fleur du Mal, Portrait of a Killer, Subculture, large coffee table books on Egypt, Slaughterhouse Five, The Celestine Prophecy, Tuesdays with Morrie, Look Me in the Eye, The Invisible Man, The Hobbit, Slut, Reviving Ophelia, Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Foucault's Pendulum, Romeo and Juliet, Diary of an Underachiever, Russian Debutante's Handbook, Good Omens, Slapstick, Welcome to the Monkey House, Sirens of Titan, Frankenstein, The World According to Garp, Catch 22, The Great Gatsby, The Little Prince, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, and 100s of others. I have never met a book I didn't like. (Except "The Scarlet Letter"...that one sucked.)

Heroes:

Kurt Vonnegut.

My Blog

Harumph...

What is it about me that attracts "dramatic" men? I'm smart, reasonably pretty, as successful as the average 27-year-old can be, a homeowner, a "Mommy" to two dogs, and a generally stable human being....
Posted by Betty Larceny! on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:18:00 PST

Terribly disturbing...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur8AwQHusZw As though Showbiz Pizza wasn't creepy enough......
Posted by Betty Larceny! on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:34:00 PST

Yet another thing I cant stop sharing...

From the Land of Pork and Elvis, enjoy: ..I happen to have the honor of knowing the director of this little shred of genius. Does that make me as awesome as I think it does? I sure hope...
Posted by Betty Larceny! on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:57:00 PST

I HATE S.A.P!

There, I said it. (More on the way explaining why when I'm less angry and prone to foul language.)
Posted by Betty Larceny! on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:45:00 PST

Isn’t it amazing?

How ironic it is that some of the most wonderful people can enter your life at the most horrible times, thus reducing stress. Thank you to all, new and old, for putting up with me lately. I promise I'...
Posted by Betty Larceny! on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:32:00 PST

Holy workout, Batman!

I did 45 pull ups last night, followed by some tattoo work. I feel like my shoulders are going to pop off. Hurts so good...
Posted by Betty Larceny! on Thu, 22 May 2008 06:25:00 PST

Mistakes were made...

...and deeply enjoyed. (Two words: shot luge.) Thank you to all for an outrageous brithday weekend, all the notes and texts, the odd phone call, and slew of cards. You guys are the best! Now, I am off...
Posted by Betty Larceny! on Mon, 19 May 2008 07:43:00 PST

I cant share this enough

PEEPSHOW
Posted by Betty Larceny! on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:50:00 PST

All girly, and whatnot.

I have literally NOTHING to do at work right now. (At least nothing I want to do.) So here's some survey goodness...1. Is it cute when guys kiss you on your forehead? It's adorable2. A big poofy dress...
Posted by Betty Larceny! on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:38:00 PST

Fucking American health care...

I have spent ALL day trying to get my doc's office to phone in a perscription for something they actually still make for this cough. This is after spending an hour and a half waiting on scrips that co...
Posted by Betty Larceny! on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:42:00 PST