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Christina

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I like music that makes me cry, movies/plays that blow my mind, books that make me laugh, and people who can do all three.

My Interests

Acting, writing, reading, singing, music, movies, tv, theatre, casting, chair-dancing, character actors, butts, grammar, traveling, alliteration, biting people, fueling my raging ego, being ridiculous, sarcasm, wordplay, weird humor, nerds, being a nerd, drinking, saying "no" to drugs, saying "yes" to carbs, niggling, finding your weakness and exploiting it, people watching, self-analysis, reading people, flipping out, dancing alone, photography, doodling, free stuff, being a pack rat, hardcore crushing, harrassing grumpy/quiet/shy people, verbal sparring, me, dvd commentaries, trying new and foreign things, crossword puzzles, trying to know everything about everything, prank wars, feminism, the blue/green color family, saying more than what needs to be said, preciseness, punctuality, curly hair, dimples, freckles, hilariously bad movies, going on manic/obsessive-compulsive tirades/sprees, balancing chemical equations, sitting down every once in a while and working out an extensive problem, using your words against you, making the most ludicrous lies believeable, scrabble, spades, righting wrongs, science, finishing what I've started, being difficult/ridiculous for no good reason, crabcakes, fixing stuff, burning stuff, not stopping while I'm ahead, polka dots

I'd like to meet:

Long lost homies, Judd Apatow, Robi Reed, Angela Nissell, Common, Stevie Wonder, Will Ferell, Larry Wilmore, Chris Parnell, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Mos Def, Rick Gonzalez, Spike Lee, Retta, Dave Chapelle, Charlie Kaufman, Donald Faison, Ludacris, S. Epatha Merkerson, John Henton, Paul Rudd, Conan, Seth Rogen, Jon Stewart, Kasi Lemmons, JJ Abrams, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Neil Patrick Harris, Lauryn Hill, John Turturro, Zoe Saldana, Dame Maggie Smith, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Seth Green, Kim Coles, Jonathan Tucker, Judith Scott, Bill Nunn, Ryan Gosling, Michel Gondry, Chester Tam, Paula Newsome, Joss Whedon, Dule Hill, your parents, that one seemingly artistic guy by my job who always wears those manly booty-shorts...
Donny Hathaway, Roald Dahl, Ossie Davis, Shel Silverstein, and Bette Davis, if they were still with us...
Tevin Campbell, Obba Babbatunde, and Bob Saget, obviously...Ooh, and Butters Stotch! Oh, wait...Real people?
Anyone smart, creative, fascinating, talented, & funny with a side of quirk.
And not one stalker.

Music:

Donny Hathaway, Stevie Wonder, Lauryn Hill, Donnie, Bilal, John Legend, India.Arie, Thicke, Amel Larrieux, Janelle Monae, Coldplay, John Mayer, Erykah Badu, Common, Anthony Hamilton, Jason Mraz, Maxwell, Akil Dasan, Norah Jones, Lizz Wright, Sam Cooke, Glenn Lewis, Mos Def, Earth Wind & Fire, Maze, Amy Winehouse, Chrisette Michelle, Corinne Bailey Rae, the Stylistics, Chaka Khan, Sam Cooke, Ludacris (the way he sounds not what he says), Res, Justin Timberlake, Old Kelis, Nelly Furtado, Groove Theory, Tony! Toni! Tone!, Anita Baker, Anthony Hamilton, Mariah Carey, Old Musiq, Old Tevin Campbell, Jimmy Durante, Nat King Cole, Fiona Apple, Goapele, Old SWV, Old Xscape, Old Tevin Campbell, Old Babyface, Jodeci, Old Boyz II Men, Old Dru Hill, Motown, Gladys Knight, Maroon 5, Zero 7, Matt Pond PA, Blues Traveler, Liz Wright, Loofah Vandraws, Hi-Five, Mint Condition, Guy, Take 6, Toni Braxton (v.1.0), Harry Connick Jr., Stars, M.I.A., Rilo Kiley, Fannypack, Peaches, really good movie soundtracks, stuff with lush instrumentals and/or pretty melodies, stuff with clever lyrics

Movies:

What? You wanna be here all day?

Television:

Arrested Development, Scrubs, The Office, Everybody Hates Chris, Freaks & Geeks, Undeclared, 30 Rock, Grey's Anatomy, Ugly Betty, Human Giant, The Nine, Flight of the Conchords, Heroes, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Newsradio, Reno 911, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Chapelle's Show, O'Grady, Entourage, Firefly, College University, Grosse Pointe, The Tick, Monk, My So-Called Life, The Game, Psych, Action, Once & Again, South Park, Family Guy, Felicity, Cupid, Buffy Seasons 1-3, Angel Seasons 1-4, Leap of Faith, Living Single, Fresh Prince, In Living Color, Perfect Hair Forever, Bernie Mac Show, The O.C. (the recovering teeny-bopper in me wills it), Daria, A Different World, The Cosby Show, The Oblongs, Freakylinks, cheap and ridiculous commercials, L&O: Criminal Intent repeats (Goram makes life worth living), old school Nickelodeon

Books:

Everything. I'm partial to humorous, weird, clever, and imaginative books and/or complex mysteries, but I'm always open to suggestions.I also love my childhood classics: anything by Roald Dahl, anything by Louis Sachar, "The Phantom Tollbooth," "The Westing Game," "From the Mixed-Up Files...," "The Giver," and so many others.

Heroes:

The fearless, the gifted, and the passionate.

My Blog

I just saw "Requiem for a Dream" and it completely ruined my day...

Wow. I know I'm seven years late on this one but...wow. I want to track down every person who's ever told me that this movie was their favorite, put my finger to their forehead and scream "You fucking...
Posted by Christina on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 07:32:00 PST

I'm scared...

This is the third night in a row that the ice cream truck has parked outside my house and played the theme song from "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"If the kids weren't before, certainly are now! What ki...
Posted by Christina on Tue, 08 May 2007 08:43:00 PST

Tsunami: The Aftermath

I have a tiny bit of irrational dislike for Sophie Okonedo (despite the fact that I think she's ridiculously adorable), but gotdamnit if she and Chiwetel didn't just blow that movie wide open. In an a...
Posted by Christina on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:13:00 PST

This sounds like a lie, but Batman got arrested today...

He got into it with a union guy, Chewbacca jumped into the fray and, when the police finally arrived scoop them up, they collared the wrong Wookie and Batman kicked out the squad car window. Who did t...
Posted by Christina on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:35:00 PST

He told me to stop being such a bitch, so I ran over his legs.

When he gets out the hospital, I'm cutting his ass.   Truth.
Posted by Christina on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 01:40:00 PST

Bring the random

I saw the hottest"homeless"- I'm assuming he was homeless- guy I have ever seen in my life today. Crazy. I mean, he was clearly deeply disturbed, but with cleaner clothes that guy could have been...
Posted by Christina on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 02:38:00 PST

New York

LA will always be the "smart" choice, but I can't wait until I make New York my home (again).
Posted by Christina on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 02:14:00 PST

Oh Eddie!

Gotta love Dreamgirls for reminding you that freaking love Eddie Murphy. Gotta love the ads Norbit for reminding you that you really fucking hate Eddie Murphy.   To quote the estim...
Posted by Christina on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:17:00 PST

Martin always bounces back

Things are looking up in almost every possible way. I've finally found work in my chosen profession, things on the family front are improving, and I've got a new, ahem, potential*. I'm feeling more an...
Posted by Christina on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 02:20:00 PST

I'm surrounded by crazy people...

I really am.And I'm desperately trying to cling to the few sane people I've got.Life is strange right now.
Posted by Christina on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 10:59:00 PST