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Margaret

can you see the beauty in odd shaped eggplants?

About Me

your favorite librarian.

My Interests

yoga, modern dance, spanish lit (and lit in general), writing (letters, short stories, research papers, interviews), libraries, trees, dogs, hiking, theater, cooking, movies, photos, crafting, farmer's markets, small children, beaches

I'd like to meet:

people who like to laugh, dance stupidly, hike mountains, cook without the right utensils, make crafts, and other fun things.
also these guys:

Music:

decemberists, counting crows, ben harper, elliott smith, the shins, andrew lardie, iron and wine, ani difranco, postal service, death cab for cutie, bob dylan, the beatles, bjork, portishead, tori amos, spanish pop!, ben folds, apollo sunshine, damien rice, rem, aimee mann, american analog set

Movies:

ET, Magnolia, Annie Hall (and Woody Allen), I heart Huckabees, American Beauty, Habla con ella (and other Almodovar), Strictly Ballroom, Best in Show, Wizard of Oz, In America, Welcome to the dollhouse, Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, Garden State, Daner in the Dark, A Chorus Line (and other cheesy dance movies), Being John Malkovich, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Network, Open Hearts, Amelie, Lost in Translation, It's a wonderful life, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Television:

the cosby show and ANTM. seriously.

Books:

James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, William Faulkner, Miguel Cervantes, A.S. Byatt, Ahrundati Roy, Herman Hesse, Julio Cortazar, Calderon de la Barca, Tirso de Molina, Maria de Zayas, Ana Caro, Valle-Inclan, Jhumpa Lahiri, Haruki Murakami, Almudena Grandes, Francesca Lia Block, Oscar Wilde, Dave Eggers. I read almost all the time for school, but always want to know about new authors or favorite books. Send me recommendations!

My Blog

my crazy school

the latest news:Students Try to Break 'Coke Toast' Record The Emory community will attempt to break a 24-year-old record for the world's largest non-alcoholic toast this Saturday, Oct. 28 at 4 p.m. on...
Posted by Margaret on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 09:21:00 PST

Can't we all just get along?

a nice story for your sunday morning: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/14/books/review/14ellis.html? ex=1148270400&en=a51c80f22d03d936&ei=5070&emc=et a1...
Posted by Margaret on Sun, 14 May 2006 09:01:00 PST

netflix?

If you have netflix, let me know and then we can be netflix buddies and share movie recs... oh, yes. and i'm very excited about rent coming out this november.
Posted by Margaret on Mon, 17 Oct 2005 01:12:00 PST

you are beautiful

check this out and pass it on: http://www.you-are-beautiful.com/
Posted by Margaret on Wed, 12 Oct 2005 04:25:00 PST