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hilary

whiskey and kisses for everyone

My Interests

Movies:

breathless, band of outsiders, buffalo 66, bad education, a very long engagement, the land before time, harriet the spy, royal tenenbaums, life aquatic, harold and maude, little miss sunshine, running with scissors, etc

Television:

curb your enthusiasm, IFC, the office, conan o'brien, america's next top model, arrested development, carnivale

Books:

extremely loud & incredibly close, catcher in the rye, one flew over the cuckoo's nest, everything is illuminated, nine stories, less than zero, the informers, kafka on the shore, perks of being a wallflower, the aenied, of mice and men, lullaby, white teeth, on the road, franny and zooey, trainspotting, the great gatsby, to kill a mockingbird

My Blog

Indian Summer by Dorothy Parker

In youth, it was a way I had To do my best to please,And change, with every passing lad,To suit his theories.But now I know the things I know,And do the things I do;And if you do not like me so,To hel...
Posted by hilary on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:06:00 PST

Antilamentation by Dorianne Laux

Regret nothing. Not the cruel novels you readto the end just to find out who killed the cook.Not the inspid movies that made you cry in the dark,in spite of your intelligence, your sophistication.Not...
Posted by hilary on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 08:36:00 PST

The Archipelago of Kisses by Jeffrey McDaniel

We live in a modern society. Husbands and wives don't grow on trees, like in the old days. So where does one find love? When you're sixteen it's easy, like being unleashed with a credit card in a dep...
Posted by hilary on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 01:51:00 PST

After a While by Veronica Shoffstall

After a while you learnThe subtle difference betweenHolding a hand and chaining a soulAnd you learn that love doesn't mean leaningAnd company doesn't always mean security.And you begin to learnThat k...
Posted by hilary on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 06:35:00 PST

Part of Eve's Discussion by Marie Howe

It was like the moment when a bird decides not to eat from your hand, and flies, just before it flies, the moment when rivers seem to still and stop because a storm is coming, but there is no storm, a...
Posted by hilary on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:19:00 PST