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Ivy

If God dropped acid, would he see people? - Steven Wright

About Me

Born in San Juan PR, grew up in Los Angeles, then onto Boston, Tampa, Dallas, New Jersey, and back to Dallas for what I hope is our last move! My guy, daughter, golden retriever and I would like to stay put for awhile.
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My musical tastes were formed as much by geography (think So Cal in the 70s, No Nukes etc) as by culture (did you know that 1 of Nat King Cole's biggest selling LPs was in Spanish? I never knew he was American until I got to college- LOL). Then 15 years on the EastCoast at the height of new wave, ska, metal (Talking Heads, Cars, Squeeze, Specials, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, (every big hair band), Springsteen - & all the small bands that never made it out of the clubs in NYC & Boston but where I spent many a night listening, screaming & dancing. Oh, & the R&B - in those small, dark, smoky clubs in NYC - sigh.
So, if you are into music, any & all music (addicted to vinyl? How many songs are on your iPod? You get the idea) I'd love to meet you!


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My Interests

Music (you name it, I love it, any & all), the beach (any will do - good for the soul), photography, and sewing (very old fashioned, I know)

I'd like to meet:

Non-corporeal beings: Dorothy Parker, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn.

Walking this earth: Diane Keaton, Robert DeNiro, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Hilary Clinton, Chris Noth
*Only the first 4 are of political and/or social importance......Mr. Noth - well, hmmmm, let's just say I get a pass, if you know what I mean. Sigh..........

Has anyone seen this man??? Really, I must find him.

Music:

Absolute faves:
The Cars, Carlos Vives, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Ozomatli, The Boss, Van Morrison, Squeeze, Peter Gabriel, Derailers, Elvis Costello, The BoDeans, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, Tom Waits, B52s, English Beat, X, The Blasters, Los Lobos, John Hiatt, Talking Heads, The Police, Sting, U2, Louis Prima w/Keeley Smith, Nat King Cole, Ruben Blades, Bob Dylan, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong

Heavy play this week (8/17/07):
Amy Winehouse, Lucinda Williams (just about the most perfect singer/songerwriter I've found so far), Nick Lowe.

Movies:

Philadelphia Story, Casablanca, Libeled Lady, Harvey, Dogma, Garden State, When Harry Met Sally, High Fidelity, Grosse Pointe Blank, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Blood Simple, Thin Man Series, anything Alfred Hitchcock


Television:

Law & Order(All), House, The Closer, Scrubs, My Name is Earl, The Office, The Wire, Nip/Tuck, Rescue Me, Project Runway (guilty pleasure but hey, I sew so forgive me this transgression)

I can't believe these are not on anymore (except via DVD): Homicide (the best damn show ever on commercial TV), Oz, Six Feet Under, Sex & the City, Sopranos.

Books:

The ones I go back to time & time again when I need a bit of intelligence, grace, and romance. The Great Gatsby, 100 Years of Solitude, Love in the Time of Cholera, poetry of Pablo Neruda & Edna St. Vincent Millay

Heroes:

My daughter because she has become a truly compassionate, loving and wickedly funny person. My sister who has overcome so many obstacles to become a beautiful person

My Blog

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Thanks!
Posted by Ivy on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 02:21:00 PST

Wow...

First day of school for my daughter - 10th grade - a sophomore.  Wow, one minute I'm crying as I left her at day care and now this.  We had kids in the house all weekend - which is fine.&nb...
Posted by Ivy on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:56:00 PST

life just continues to race

Well, the good news is that I won't complain about my house much anymore.  The fact that I still don't have a dining room window (another 5 weeks) or that they have to tear down the rest of the b...
Posted by Ivy on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:51:00 PST

Quick

Ok - this will be quick - I squandered the entire weekend!  Don't you hate that?  Jesus - and it's not like I slept in Sat or Sun.  The dog was sick on Sat (got bit by a spider or somet...
Posted by Ivy on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 07:30:00 PST

is it Friday yet????????

Ok - so my living room window is still MIA - as is the brick wall - BUT the bricks are gone.  Step in the right direction.  My lovely daughter and several of her friends arrived on Saturday ...
Posted by Ivy on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:59:00 PST

I know I shouldn't be so messed up

after Saturday night's accident.  In the big picture - nobody died, nobody was seriously injured.  But the what if's keep filling my brain - you know... -  what if my daughter and her f...
Posted by Ivy on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:09:00 PST

by the grace of God.....

What is Ivy doing up at 3 AM posting here......need a place to vent.  Tonight at about 10:30 PM a drunk driver in a pickup truck hit a tree at the corner, took out huge section of the brick wall ...
Posted by Ivy on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 01:13:00 PST

where does the time go?????

Ok - so where does the time go?  It's been several weeks since my last confession (here, certainly not in church?!!).  Ah well.  The time has gone by so quickly - one of my bestest frie...
Posted by Ivy on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 02:07:00 PST

Life is fun

For some people - like teenagers.  It's 10:30 PM and my pool has 7 teenagers in it - 4 boys - 3 girls.  Hmmm - what a concept.  I guess it's good that they are here.  And they are ...
Posted by Ivy on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:37:00 PST

doing nothing

So, I did essentially nothing all weekend.  Well not quite - due to the serious rain on Saturday I redid my home office which is cool and rewired all the equipment I have - Mac, speakers, printer...
Posted by Ivy on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:57:00 PST