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Marina

About Me

I don't color my hair. I'm not sure why anymore, but I still don't. And trust me, I need to.

My Interests

Chasing the balance. Housekeepers. Whole Food's Two Bite Chocolate Macaroons. Adult night. Running. Tennis. Nordstrom shoe department. (What is happening to me?) Getting this god damn addition built on this god damn 80 year old house so I can god damn have my own bedroom again... not that Jet isn't an excellent roommate. Capri, Italy. Ceramics. The news. Ballet. Roller hockey. The good ol' days! Keeping my head above water. Sophie, Jetty and B.

I'd like to meet:

US 2004 Men's Swim Team. People who do. People who do more than just whine and bitch. People who have spines. People who have stones. People who live. People who love. People outside the box. And fuck, people who have kids.

Music:

I just bought the entire collection of Fugazi live CDs. The best part was finding the very first show I ever saw of theirs among the pile. I feel famous.poison the well, HOR, hopesfall, fugazi, henry's dress, mouse, cursive, deftones, cave in, minus the bear, the kills, the killers, the white stripes, pelican, minor threat, thursday, wilco, yo la tengo, bright eyes, the mountain goats, the program, the yeah yeah yeahs, op ivy, team dresch, hazel, arcade fire, cyndi lauper, the eurythmics, megadeth, crooked fingers, run dmc, the sugarcubes, band of horses, cat power, the dresden dolls, lily allen, asobi seksu.

Movies:

Ah, the movies. If I had a straight 90 minute or so block of time to myself, I doubt that I would sit down and watch a movie. Hell, I'd probably just sleep, or vacuum.

Television:

Grey's, Earl, Bernie. I seem to have a lot of shit on my dvr all the time, but I'm really not in love with too much of it.

Books:

A Heartbreaking Work of a Staggering Genius, The Fountainhead, the Brothers Karamazov, You Shall Know Our Velocity, the Picture of Dorian Gray, An Unquiet Mind, the Truth Machine, Sirens of Titan, Darwin on Trial. I mostly read books written on the insides of my eyelids. I tell ya, 9:30 rolls around and I'm out. I hoard books like a motherfucker though. My husband is currently reading a book about wine with his eyes closed. (It's 8:57... close enough.)

Heroes:

Marathon runners. Susan Guinan, mother of eight. Ian Mackaye. Ewan McGregor. Rachel Maddow.

My Blog

What exactly is a hot spot?

I'm no vet, but this notion of a "hot spot" is quite intriguing to me nonetheless.  I came home from work early last week when Jetty had a fever of 103.  I didn't actually lay my eyes on the...
Posted by Marina on Tue, 02 May 2006 01:08:00 PST

What gives? 3

I am 30, and I have a 19 year old brother.  My brother is a rock star.  He has been touring the country with various hardcore bands for a little over a year now.  Inevitably, he has com...
Posted by Marina on Tue, 21 Feb 2006 07:14:00 PST

What gives? 2

I am having to write this topless as payment for the permission to write this. A week or so ago, my husband was stripping down to his normal nude self before bed.  I glanced over before he had fr...
Posted by Marina on Mon, 20 Feb 2006 05:21:00 PST

What gives?

My husband and I have one of those fancy one cup coffee makers.  We love it.  It's fabulous!  A few mornings ago, I woke up and staggered downstairs after several minutes of the baby cr...
Posted by Marina on Thu, 09 Feb 2006 10:09:00 PST

Things that aggravate me about myself, and to make it worse, my own rebuttals.

Granted, this is totally self-absorbed, but isn't that what blogs are all about? MS:  I drive a huge, gas guzzling SUV.  I'm an ass-yuppie who doesn't care about the environment and internat...
Posted by Marina on Wed, 11 Jan 2006 07:06:00 PST

bagel day

Tomorrow is bagel day at the office.  I'm sure you all know what I'm talking about... Bagel day.  Friday.  Start the day off right day.  The thing is, it's my bagel day tomorrow.&...
Posted by Marina on Fri, 06 Jan 2006 07:35:00 PST

WM3


Posted by Marina on Mon, 02 Jan 2006 07:52:00 PST

New Year's Resolutions

1.  I will plan and execute adult night, once per month. 2.  I will stop screaming at my kids. 3.  I will not let the scummy, crummy, and litter encrusted cats sleep on my pillow. 4.&nb...
Posted by Marina on Sun, 01 Jan 2006 09:44:00 PST

flog

All I really know is that I cannot subscribe to my own blog. 
Posted by Marina on Thu, 29 Dec 2005 06:37:00 PST