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rita querida

crying is tough meat.

About Me

Face it, we think we know who we are but what do we really know? I never have tried to figure out who I am or what my life's purpose is or some other garbage. I yam who I yam and that's good enough for me. Hopefully, I'll keep surprising myself as the years roll on. CURRENT MOON about the moon

My Interests

I take pictures of old cars (theez photos are not mine, them cars speak fur themselves), dead people and other random crap I find wandering around. I live with my sweet kitties, mioki-cat and ollie-cat, and my mouse friend, button. I like breathing clean air and eating yummy food. I like going to the bird sanctuary at Lake Merritt and hanging out with these guys: And these guys.. I don't have to go all the way to the bird sanctuary, they're yammering at my window starting at around 5 in the morning. My all-time favorite car is the dodge dart swinger. oh, I love dodge chargers too.. whoo hoo!!! da general lee!!! another coupla of chargers... and I like those plymouth furies..

I'd like to meet:

someone who will give me one of these: for now, i'll make do with this one:
..
get one here!

Music:

My ears crave: Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Os Mutantes, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, The Stones, Radiohead, The Cars, The Byrds, Devo, Magnetic Fields, Belle & Sebastian, Yo La Tengo, Silver Jews, Neutral Milk Hotel, Beachwood Sparks, The Lilies, Palace, Electrelane, The Go-Go's, The Smiths (yea, yea, I know I'm a dork), Pavement, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Willie Nelson, Hank Sr., Hank III, Rev. Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Holly Golightly, The Beatles, Dinosaur Jr, Grant Green, Thelonius Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Evans, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, Fletcher Henderson, Jack Teagarden, Cab Calloway, Joao Gilberto, Lead Belly, The Ramones, Slaughter & The Dogs, Alice Cooper, The BellRays, Elliott Smith rip, Robert Johnson, 999, Wire, Descendants, TSOL, New York Dolls, my friends, Tuff Luvs, well, shit, my brain hurts, basically I listen to lots of jazz, rock, blues, punk, and abit of country...

Movies:

I hate to admit it, but I'm a movie snob, therefore, kindof annoying to take to a movie. Either I'll get into it and cry or laugh too loud or I'll point out all of the obvious mistakes. BUT there are some movies that I find flawless, The Motorcycles Diaries, Yaes, Thank You[very much], Cinema Paradiso, old John Huston films (Bogie taught me how to smoke) and everything that Pedro Almodovar touches. I'm a big Charlie Chaplin fan and am stoked when the Silent Film Festival comes to SF.

Television:

TV will rot your brain and will turn you into a consumer whore. But I don't hold it against anyone for watching it, it's their brain, they can rot it any way they want.

Books:

I'm reading way more since I bought (as a Christmas present to myself) a subscription to The New Yorker, now I am informed and aware.

Heroes:

Argentina Ferreira

My Blog

belle & sebastian & jury duty

i had a full day yesterday.. bright & early, i reported to jury duty, my first time ever. they had people welcoming you at the door & the chairs were comfortable. after about an hour & a h...
Posted by ___rita-ling___ on Thu, 23 Mar 2006 09:36:00 PST

i don't like the mission anymore,

i saw a lady holding a dead pigeon and carrying on a conversation with the guy. she wasn't putting into a paper bag or anything, she was gesturing with the goddamm pigeon while she was talking. creepy...
Posted by ___rita-ling___ on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

tsunami...

try as i can, i can't stop reading stories about what has happened in Asia. it's so horrific, so enormously sad. anyone else stuck on this too? i wouldn't be surprised if the death toll goes over 100,...
Posted by ___rita-ling___ on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

the faux fur vs the one armed bandit

I'll let you know who wins... one of my friends just said, Michael Macy is in porn star mode... now Mike is asking me, why did you have a party? and I say, I don't know, I wanted to... and...
Posted by ___rita-ling___ on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST