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About Me

"We are torn between a nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and strange. As often as not, we are homesick most for the places we have never known." --McCullers

My Interests

sarah silverman, NYC, final cut pro, costa rica, ketchup that is not costa rican, puppies, the british, hotel cafe, my crappy old jeep, flip cup, manhappenin kansas, pinkberry, monday night rounds at Room 5, nebraska in the fall, margaritas, jack kerouac, katsu-ya sushi, the kickass family i work for, ginger w/ soysauce, live music, my people, aroma cafe, hangin with my big bro, house-sitting a.k.a. pool laying, kentucky, kansas state football, breaking electronic equipment, my ibook, vinyls on the wall, grey's anatomy, awkward boys with accents, amoeba records, the starlite room, trader joe's, walking the dog, dyeing easter eggs...the usual......

Music:

i lurve it. Joe Purdy, Jessie Baylin, Laura Jansen, Brett Dennen, Greg Laswell, Priscilla Ahn, Rachael Yamagata, Tristan Prettyman, Katy Perry, Ray LaMontagne, Joshua Radin, Schuyler Fisk, Jesca Hoop, Jordan Lawhead, Zack Hexum, Meiko, Tyler James, Brendan James, Tom Freund, Regina Spektor, Kings of Leon, Amy Winehouse, Feist, Spoon, James Morrison, Tim Jones, Ingrid Michaelson, Ernie Halter, Cary Brothers, Buddy, Jim Bianco, Ryan Montbleau, Gabriel Mann, Bushwalla, Adrianne, Jay Nash, David Ryan Harris, John Mayer/Trio, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, Chet Baker, Ray Charles, Dean Martin..anybody wanna slow dance? The Beatles, The Police, Stevie (Nicks, Wonder, Ray Vaughan...really I like everyone named Stevie), Joni Mitchell is a goddess, Art Brut, Kate Nash, White Stripes, Rufus Wainwright, Imogen Heap, Daft Punk, Lily Allen, Sondre Lerche, Bob Dylan, Elliott Smith, Johnny Cash, Outkast, Kanye West, Lauryn Hill, Columbia vs. Challenger

Heroes:

mom and dad

My Blog

Marty

hello old chummmms...yesterday in class i watched an old tv show called ’Marty’...it’s an anthology drama from 1953...one hour-long piece that aired on TV 55 years ago. they also ma...
Posted by Carrie on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:52:00 PST

Good Will Apartment Hunting

today was my one year anniversary in los angeles. i feel official now. LA and I are in a long-term relationship. this is a big step for me.....i am a commitment-phobe....so, one year after i came h...
Posted by Carrie on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:56:00 PST

i could never marry a lumberjack

most bizarre thing that's ever happened to me:I went for a jog in my neighborhood this afternoon, it was nice and sunny and I was feelin good. As I made my way down the sidewalk a few blocks from my ...
Posted by Carrie on Sun, 06 May 2007 04:30:00 PST

chugga chugga choo choo!

welp, its 2:30 in the a.m. and i'm putting off folding my laundry. it's still kinda warm and i can smell the downy freshness...mmm yeahhh..i had a good weekend, saw some friends, had some drinks, hea...
Posted by Carrie on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 04:01:00 PST

shake your money maker

so, i should be asleep right now because i start my new job at starbucks at 8am. (guess who's getting coffee for every birthday and x-mas? that's right, YOU!) ... but my body is not set to a normal ...
Posted by Carrie on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 02:18:00 PST

to the brim...

I left LA two weeks ago to spend the holidays at home in Nebraska. I was a little nervous about coming back...wondering how I'd feel here, in this place I've known my whole life and haven't seen in s...
Posted by Carrie on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 02:34:00 PST

is it over?

Saddam Hussein is dead. It's all over the news, in huge bold print on today's paper--"HANGED."I have to look away when the images and words pop up. I think it's partly because of the way he was kill...
Posted by Carrie on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 05:55:00 PST

s-t-r-e-t-c-h-i-n-g

Lately I've been feeling like there are little pieces of my heart scattered all over the place. Part of me is with my parents in Nebraska, my college friends in Kansas, my family in Kentucky, my Fora...
Posted by Carrie on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:36:00 PST

LA Life Lessons

I can't lie...I'm unabashadley copying Teresa. I liked her blog so much I had to write my own "what i've learned thus far.."1. my test scores--yes, they are intimidating. but that doesn't mean i wan...
Posted by Carrie on Sat, 02 Sep 2006 12:51:00 PST

this new life...it's still mine

It's so strange to be here. Boxes and clothes strewn around my room, old photos and little trinkets that I have no idea what to do with. I guess I never realized how much stuff a short life could ho...
Posted by Carrie on Sat, 12 Aug 2006 11:53:00 PST