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Victoria

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About Me

I've lived in West Philly for 12 years, grew up in Jersey * I'm a single Mom, raising 3 kids (2 bio, 1 adopted - ages 7, 9 & 16 respectively)* my life is not something I can sum up easily *I believe that "normal" is relative * I follow my instincts when it's an option * I have 'trust issues' so I tend to keep the circle small *I live in the gayest house in the world -actually, probably not, but my best gay is my upstairs housemate and my teenage son is gay, I think one of our dogs too, oh and I haaaate white walls...so...yeah * read ALOT * go out alot * sleep very little * must always be working on a project * love tattoos, getting a back/chest/shoulders stars-as-elements project done right now * launched CODEPINK Philly (www.codepinkalert.com) or (www.myspace.com/codepinkphilly) because social change is crucial and peace is attainable * was a piercer for years and am getting back into that * I'm apprenticing to tattoo (I tattooed pig skin -yay!)*I love dogs - especially mine * I "get Jersey" when I'm mad, according to my friends * I'm addicted to caffeine (my super-duo being Mocha espresso followed by Coke Zero) * I'm going to start a chiropractic fan-club cause I love chiropractic * I coach a youth soccer team - ages 7 and 8 (Clark Park Youth Soccer League Association) and help run the league, been coaching for 8 seasons * My kids are amazing, funny, intelligent, creative individuals who challenge and frustrate and inspire me * I have a hard time reconciling some of the duality in my life...If you know me, then you know what I mean * there has been a lot of change in my life in the last 6 months and I'm thinkin there's a lot more to come in the next 6 months *Family is more than important * I have friends who've known me over half my life - which is weird, humbling and wonderful * I'll say anything - no really, I will * The more I know, the better I am *

My Interests



painting * drawing * music in general, but especially live music (and making the perfect mix CDs) * photography * my motorcycle - a classic Honda 750 - I love to ride * learning to tattoo * reading * writing * going out * staying in (good wine or me mixing drinks, friends and board games - yup, boardgames)* CodePink * Halloween * black cats * comics * pirates * social change * old cars (plan on being an old broad fixin up a '66 GTO in about 5 years) * The Vagina Monologues (cast member twice) * serious conversation * mexican art (caballero, Dia de los muertes etc - the more colorful, the better)* religious art * cooking ( I tear it up in the kitchen, yo)* world politics * soccer * camping * swimming * collecting records * biking in the city at night * old cemeteries * museums * challenging myself * spending time with my family in Jersey * tattoos * learning to speak Italian * road trips * sleeping late (which happens never)* irony * learning how to not kill plants * I really like making stuff * building stuff / fixing stuff and working on my house in general

I'd like to meet:

People who are simultaneously pragmatic, optimistic, grounded, spontaneous, sarcastic, genuine, passionate, laid-back, serious, hilarious, compassionate, creative, trustworthy and sincere. Oh yeah, and kitty -
And lots of espresso...

Music:

!!! * The 4-Skins * 60's soul * 80's glamrock, pop and hiphop (awww...nostalgia) * AC/DC * Anal Cunt * Appleseed Cast * The Arcade Fire * At the gates * Bad Brains * The Beatles * Big Black * Bikini Kill * The Birthday Party * Black Flag * Black Sabbath * Blatz * Bloc Party * Bouncing Souls * Broken Bones * The Buzzcocks * The Cardigans * CCR * Celtic Frost * The Circle Jerks * Clap your hands say yeah * The Clash * Concrete Blonde * Crass * Crue (old stuff) * The Cure * Daft Punk * Danny Elfman (esp. Edward Scissorhands sndtrk) * December Wolves * Descendants * Devotchka * Dick Dale * Disassociate * DK * The Doors (some) * The Dwarves * Electric Six * Ella Fitzgerald * Etta James * The Exploited * Fear * Fear Factory * Filth * Flipper * Frank Sinatra * Fugazi * Gogol Bordello * Gorilla Biscuits * Guns N Roses * Gwar * Iggy and The Stooges * James Brown * Jane's Addiction (old stuff) * Janis Joplin * JFA * Jimi Hendrix * Johnny Cash * Joy Division * Jr/Sr. * Led Zepplin * Le Tigre * Lily Allen * Louis Armstrong * Louis Prima * The Makers * McRad * MDC * Metallica (old stuff) * Miles Davis * The Milkshakes * Minor Threat * Morrissey * Motorhead * Mr. Bungle * The Muffs * Municipal Waste * Naked Raygun * Napalm Death * Nation of Ulysses * Negativland * New Order * Nirvana * NOFX * Nouvelle Vague * Op Ivy * Panacea * Pansy Division * Pantera * Pinback * The Pixies * Poison * Pro-bot * The Queers * The Ramones * Reagan Youth * REO Speedealer * Rollins * Sam Black Church * Samiam * Schreeching Weasel * Scissor Sisters * Sepultura * Shonen Knife * Siouxsie * Sisters of Mercy * Slapshot * Slayer * Sleater Kinney * The Smiths * Snapcase * The Specials * Stiffed * Stray Cats * Subhumans * Sun Ra * Tapes n Tapes * The Trashmen * The Trashwomen * Turbonegro * Type O Negative * The UK Subs * Venom * The Waitresses * Wanda Jackson * Warsaw * Wesley Willis * The White Stripes * X * X-ray Spex * Yeastie Girls * Youth of today * Zwan

Movies:

* all David Lynch movies * all Jim Jarmusch movies * all Kevin Smith movies * all Tim Burton movies * all John Waters movies * all Pedro Almodavar movies * 5 corners * Almost famous * American history X * An inconvenient truth * Apocalypse now * The Breakfast club * Before night falls * Brighton beach memoirs * Brown bunny * Crash * Decline of Western Civilization 1 and 2 * Dogtown and Z-boys (doc) * Donnie darko * Escape from New York * Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind * Everything is illuminated * Fahrenheit 911 * The family stone * Full metal jacket * Ghost world * Goodfellas * Godfather * Gummo * good horror * Heat * I know I'm not alone (doc) * The Incredibles * June bug * Kids * Lock, stock and two smoking barrels * Love actually * Lydia lunch * Magnolia * Me, you and everyone we know * Memento * old 411 videos * The reflecting skin * Repo man * Riding giants * Say anything * Shawshank redemption * Sid and Nancy * Sin City * Sir! No Sir! * Sixteen candles * Slingblade * Snatch * Spun * Step into liquid * Suburbia * Supersize me * Trainspotting * Usual suspects * The virgin suicides * Welcome to the dollhouse * White oleander * Wicker man (original) * WM3 documentaries * Wristcutters * …finish this later

Television:

not much. * Six feet under * Sopranos * Iconoclasts * Dinner for 5 * Weeds * Talk soup * Daily show * Colbert report * Real time

Books:

This is gonna take forrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrever...I read alot

Heroes:




Agnes Finch is my hero. ____________________________________________________________ ________

...and bacon.

My Blog

Pancakes, soccer, farmer's market, guns, art stuff, ribs, ice cream, cuddlin

So my Saturday went like this: wake up, deal with some minor bullshit, eat fresh hot pancakes that I didn't have to make (thanks Sean), drink coffee (ditto), joke around, wrangle my children, wash my ...
Posted by Victoria on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:45:00 PST