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christine.

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

i used to be a lot different than i am now.MySpace Layouts

My Interests

protests.
old grampa sweaters bought from the local salvation army.
bikes.
beards.
ironic mustaches.
galoshes.
mammoths.
black and white colobus monkeys.
new glarus beer.
dinosaurs.
sex.
environmentalism.
seeing the united states.
learning how to cook.
my ipod.
love.
anthropology.
organic farming.
going to the petstore to name all the animals.
pirates that still exist.
seedy bars.
international relations.
partying it up to live music.
attempting minimalism.
food tourism.
gender studies.
the color brown.
peace.
bar bands.
health and nutrition.
francophone cultures.
sailboats.
naming inanimate objects.
equality.
human anatomy.
instant attraction.
politics.
alternative pedagogies.
wool yarn.
random conversations with old people.
budapest.
crochet.
warm sweaters.
travel on a budget.
new urbanism.

I'd like to meet:

i think i would like to meet those who enjoy driving across the country, listening to good folk music. or eddie money.

Music:

rilo kiley.
jenny lewis.
okkervil river.
the mountain goats.
ryan adams.
whiskeytown.
the hold steady.
the decemberists.
the old 97s.
wilco.
billy bragg.
bob dylan.
etc., etc., etc., ad nauseum.

Movies:

anything by wes anderson.

Television:

lost.
project runway.

Books:

everything is illuminated.

Heroes:

jenny lewis.
franz boas.
those who are entirely self-reliant.
whoever invented the smoothie.

My Blog

the future (for four months)

so.  i am moving to alaska.i have a job.  i will have my plane ticket by about tomorrow.  i will have my ferry/commuter flight figured out.  i have a place to live.  i have pe...
Posted by christine. on Sat, 05 May 2007 12:35:00 PST

thirsy thursday

=total success.  karaoke nite was amazing, sang "i will survive", "we didnt start the fire", "landslide", and "free fallin'" (declared the "stoner song of the nite".  dont think i much appre...
Posted by christine. on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:26:00 PST

outlines and pronunciation.

talk of the chill in the air is on the tip of everyones tongue. it is less of a chill and is more of a burning cold, leaving a tingling in your thighs and tear ducts after finally arriving to a warm d...
Posted by christine. on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 08:23:00 PST

fabulosity and the spirit of snowflakes.

this weekend has possibly been one of the best in my history. for starters, i had a test on the french subjunctive tense in class on friday that i was really freaking out about (the subjunctive is no...
Posted by christine. on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 02:52:00 PST

last day, last break from school, ever.

soo, today is my last day at home.  thank god.  im so ready to go back to school and be with my friends. this is my last semester at beloit and who knows what the future holds.  ive bee...
Posted by christine. on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 12:19:00 PST

there is you...and then there is your body.

got home yesterday from t-gives break.  it was good.  hung out with my darling karen a lot and drank lots of beer.  started to feel a bit better but my desire to sleepSLEEPsleep still h...
Posted by christine. on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 04:21:00 PST

dear body,

i know i abuse you.  i know i stand around in smoky rooms and sometimes fill your otherwise-healthy lungs with icky smoke.  i know i hurt your liver by drinking too much beer.  i know i...
Posted by christine. on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 08:04:00 PST

vanity and happiness, conflation and deflation

happiness is present in my most vain moments.  sometimes i look in the mirror and think "damn, i look good.  hair is appropriately post-sex-like.  scarf is perfectly wrapped.  shoe...
Posted by christine. on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 08:42:00 PST

keeping my hair short and avoiding angst.

currently, i am in a weepy mood.  id really just like to lay in my bed and cry for no apparent reason.  though this is not an abnormal mood for me to be in, it still does not make me feel mu...
Posted by christine. on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 04:08:00 PST

symposium!

i voted yesterday.  i am flitting about on clouds of democratic happiness.  it seems that most states have banned gay marriage and wisconsin has passed the death penalty.  in good news,...
Posted by christine. on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 03:10:00 PST