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Camille

... and we never say 'life's terminal, baby'

About Me

Born in Manhattan, raised in the first ring of the seventh circle of hell (most commonly referred to as Miami Beach), I have lived in Los Angeles since 1998. I formally taught severly emotionally disturbed teenagers in a special school tucked deep in the Angeles National Forest. I currently work with severly emotionally disturbed adults in a special office tower tucked deep in the Hills of Beverly. I am a closet Buddhist. I am a feminist. A leftist. An idealist. I am a fan of words that end in "-ist." I am an optimist prone to fits of existential angst. I am my happiest when I am traveling. I have an irrational fear of frogs and a life long aversion to mayonnaise. I can do one hell of a monkey call. I eat a mostly vegetarian diet, supplemented with an occasional cocktail or seven. I dream of playing a flying V bass in a band called Pussy Death Grip. I am working on a Masters degree in Clinical Psychology. I am too nice for my own good. I tend to be overly over-analytical. I am given to flights of fancy and plights of paranoia. I can find the humor in most anything. I like to taste new things, drive aimlessly, get lost, get found, spontaneously burst into song, jump in puddles, go for walks at 3am in my pajamas, loose myself in music, write. I believe life is beautiful. I believe life is shit. I believe in love. I believe in myself ... most of the time.

My Interests

indie films, foreign films, movies at the Arclight, live shows, art, photography, animals, dive bars, tiki bars, road trips, collecting robots, reading good books, hanging out with good friends, vintage/retro clothes, hanging about Hollywood, hitting up Amoeba, bookstores, pubs, travel, sleep, bodysurfing ... you know, stuff... i likes to do stuff ... other things I like include damien hirst, mark ryden, david lachapelle, saiman chow, man ray, beatniks, revolutionaries, space porn, monkeys, sci-fi, psychology, astral projection, the paranormal, dream interpretation, hello kitty, la luz de jesus, japanese pop culture, geishas, the arctic, the apocalypse, revolution ... and chris corner in eyeliner and restraints has got my interest too. click this link and feel funny inside missile

I'd like to meet:

I will meet whomever I am meant to meet. Who I "think" I'd like to meet is of little significance in the great scheme of things. mmmhmm...

Music:

iamx, the pixies, bowie, eno, placebo, london suede, bjork, death cab for cutie, clinic, ambulance ltd, the shins, belle and sebastian, the cure, magnetic fields, pulp, radiohead, krishna das, the black heart procession, cat stevens, delerium, depeche mode, jane's addiction, kent, the sea and cake, missing persons, chemical brothers, the beatles, soft cell, the cramps, elliot smith, the doors, the sugarcubes, spoon, the rapture, the yeah yeah yeahs, crystal method, tricky, curve, pj harvey, ani difranco, air, peaches, a flock of seagulls, violent femmes, spiritualized, interpol, velvet underground, leonard cohen, m83, the walkmen, ryan adams, weezer, dj shadow, bright eyes, joy division, postal service, the verve, portishead, cibo matto, pizzcato 5, the killers, thievery corporation, morrissey, my bloody valentine, galaxie 500, badly drawn boy, pink floyd, ladytron, silversun pickups, midnight movies, john coltrane, bauhaus, bob dylan, broken social scene, the faint, stevie wonder, billy ocean ... yeah, that's right, billy ocean!

Movies:

donnie darko, city of god, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, rushmore, a mighty wind, audition, royal tenenbaums, lost in translation, amelie, harold and maude, garden state, mulholland drive, foxes, ghost world, fight club, kill bill, trainspotting, hedwig and the angry inch, the secretary, the shining, galaxina, rules of attraction, breaking the waves, magnolia, y tu mama tambien, party monster, requiem for a dream, irreversable, star wars, metropolis, nightmare before christmas, a dirty shame, last life in the universe, swingers, the matrix, american beauty, high fidelity, a clockwork orange, double happiness, lovers of the arctic circle, barbarella, sid and nancy, buffalo 66, office space, cruel intentions ... yeah, that's right, cruel intentions!

Television:

... is part of the evil propoganda machine ... however, there are some shows worth watching. most notably, six feet under, cathouse: the series, ab fab, the young ones, seinfeld, dave chapelle, daily show, kids in the hall, breaking bonaduce ... yeah, that's right, breaking bonaduce!

Books:

i know this much is true - wally lamb / the stranger - albert camus / alice in wonderland - lewis carroll / survivor - chuch palahniuk / crime and punishment - dostoevsky / wuthering heights - bronte / life of pi - yann martel / the secret history - donna tartt / wasted - marya hornbacher / on the road - jack kerouac / memoirs of a geisha - arthur golden / amrita - banana yoshimoto / siddhartha - hermann hesse / the enormous room - ee cummings / crash - j.g. ballard / the family - ed saunders / the monk - matthew lewis / go ask alice - anonymous

Heroes:

che guevara, victoria woodhull, john lennon, noam chomsky, edie sedgewick, hansel "hedwig" schmitt, and my mama ...

My Blog

love you long time!

I am out of here ... for a week at least. Off to Hong Kong for monkey robots and steamed dumplings. Yay!!!!
Posted by Camille on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST