sociology, cultural studies, all-night road trips, dance parties, my dogs, writing, weird dreams, cross-stitching, henry rollins, dancing like an idiot, james dean, patton oswalt, embroidery, public transportation, knitting, baking and cooking, thrifting, hanging out in libraries and cafes, writing letters, mail, harrassing the employees of hollywood at home, twenty-four hour anything, rub-on letters, oni and slave labor comic books, naps, marilyn monroe, good milkshakes, shit-talking with my sister, and making art in my journal.
Companions for shows, dressing up, crafting, thrifting, dumpster diving, talking shit, talking academics, driving all along Interstate 70, and hanging out in diners until the wee hours.
I enjoy the act of baking more than the product, so anyone interested in free homemade bread, cookies, or cakes is more than welcome to come harrass me.
the movielife, boys night out, i am the avalanche, emanuel, the distillers, glassjaw, queen, the honorary title, you me and everyone we know, the blood brothers, pierce the veil, otis redding, the outline, liz phair, nina simone, anti-flag, rx bandits, senses fail, the spill canvas, dead prez, the beatles, lifetime, hole, darkest hour, city of catapillar, princess superstar, pansy division, monty are i, limbeck, talib kwali, RES, can't face the falling, the legion of doom...
the dreamers, brick, beautiful thing, amelie, slc punk, dawn of the dead [both], shopgirl, twin falls idaho, lolita [1997], fight club, hairspray [both], 28 days later, harriet the spy, wild reeds, hedwig and the angry inch, election, ghost ship, serial mom, crybaby, the comedians of comedy, house on haunted hill, niagra, the 40 year-old virgin, eddie izzard: dressed to kill, saved!, reality bites, before sunrise, before sunset, knocked up, afro-punk...
Daria, Radio Free Roscoe, House, Freaks & Geeks, The Henry Rollins Show, Grounded For Life, Reaper, Pepper Ann, Angela Anaconda, Doug.
I watch a lot of TV, but I'm always cross-stitching or knitting when doing so because I can't sit still.
everything by francesca lia block, nicole hollander, jeffery euginides, ayun halliday, chuck palahniuk, erika lopez, SARK, leora tannenbaum, sabrina ward harrison, dan eldon, crimethinc. ex-workers collective, kevin canty, or donna gaines, all the hopeless savages and blue monday comics, the olivia and eloise books, promiscuties, the lovely bones, listen up:voices from the next feminist generation, eccentrics:a study in sanity and strangeness, the subculture reader, straight edge: clean-living youth, hardcore punk, and social change, american hardcore: a tribal history, girl, foxfire: confessions of an all-girl gang, the torn skirt, blonde, all the available light: the marilyn monroe reader, shopgirl, hairstyles of the damned, the boy detective fails, pretty little dirty.
my mom and my granma for being amazing role models.
henry rollins for doing everything and refusing to stop.
lauraine leblanc made me realize straightedge was a valid research subject and is a constant resource.
donna gaines is an amazing sociologist, her work made me realize i'm capable of a MSW and PhD