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Alison

The robots are in the financial district.

About Me

I am. I am. I am.

My Interests

animals, vegetarianism, writing, reading, Seattle, Trivial Pursuit, Katamari, the library, tea, cooking

I'd like to meet:

Smarties.

Music:

Rilo Kiley, The Clash, Smashing Pumpkins, AFI, Silversun Pickups, Bad Religion, Built to Spill, The New Amsterdams, Interpol, Tool, The White Stripes, The Dresden Dolls, Velvet Underground, Nirvana

Movies:

Rear Window, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Shining, Rosemary's Baby, American Psycho, Pan's Labyrinth, Lars and the Real Girl

Television:

Freaks and Geeks, Arrested Development, The Office, 30 Rock, Heroes, No Reservations

Books:

One Hundred Years of Solitude and Water for Elephants. Also, cookbooks.

Heroes:

Grandma and Grandpa, Valerie Ehrlich, and Kevin

My Blog

Bubble Tea :(

I've never had the desire to try bubble tea. Not even a little bit. Especially once I found out that those icky little balls that hang out at the bottom of the cup are tapioca--the most loathsome memb...
Posted by Alison on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:37:00 PST

Caliente!

This morning I went to the farmer's market and got what must be the hottest jalapenos that have ever been grown. I haven't even tasted any yet, and I know they're insanely spicy. How do I know? Becaus...
Posted by Alison on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 06:35:00 PST

Escapees!

This morning, a groggy, decaf Ali made her way to the rat cage to see what her cutesy-face little pets were up to. For some reason, they were not on the top level of their cage, poking their noses out...
Posted by Alison on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:23:00 PST

Stars, Planets and Silence

This morning, as we sometimes do, Kevin and I got up extra early so we could go for a walk together before work. We don't say much when we do this, but we do enjoy that extra 45 minutes of each other'...
Posted by Alison on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:43:00 PST

Kaiser’s (Lack of) Customer Service

Why do people have to make it so difficult to do the right thing? Yesterday, I mistakenly received a voicemail from Kaiser. It was a message scheduling an urgent Monday morning appointment with some ...
Posted by Alison on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 08:58:00 PST

Worst Passport Photo Ever.

So I got my passport photo taken today. That was... Depressing. My face looks like a frickin' full moon.
Posted by Alison on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:01:00 PST

Heroes

Okay, so obviously I'm a little late to join the Heroes' bandwagon... but, WOW, what an awesome show! Kevin and I recently started watching season one (courtesy of Netflix), and we're both compl...
Posted by Alison on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:04:00 PST

Seattle!

So, last week I traveled to Seattle for the first time ever... I am in love. The city was so beautiful... and CLEAN. There were so many trees! I didn't even mind being out in the (pouring!) rain....
Posted by Alison on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:53:00 PST

By the way...

In case you were wondering, Jane Goodall was so awesome. Hearing her speak was extremely moving. I was really impressed with how intimate the forum was also--overall, it was a WONDERFUL experience. If...
Posted by Alison on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:25:00 PST

Jane Goodall

As many of you know, I love animals. That's why I'm so excited about Sunday morning's event! I'm going to go see Jane Goodall speak at the Grace Cathedral Forum. Eee! She's also going to preach at the...
Posted by Alison on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:28:00 PST