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Sequoia

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I'm the Associate Director at a contemporary art gallery.

My Interests

Happy Hour. Post-modernist existentialist ennui. Contemporary art. Cooking.

I'd like to meet:

People who want to pal around with me and have a grand ol' time. Which probably will involve drinking and wholesome fun activities.
Artists. People who like art. But who aren't pretentious and trying to get into my knickers.

Music:

Smoosh, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, The Eels, Modest Mouse, The Decemberists, M.I.A., Lee Hazelwood, Nancy Sinatra, Luna, ABBA,

Movies:

Harold and Maude, In the Mood for Love, Lost in Translation, The Royal Tennenbaums, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. other indie films about love and loss. Amores Perros, Children of Men, Pan's Labyrinth, All About my Mother, other films by my fave Mexican and Spanish directors.

Television:

Project Runway, Food Network, Daily Show, Arrested Development, Cash in the Attic, The Girls Next Door. Anything on PBS.

Books:

Michael Chabon, Philip K. Dick, David Foster Wallace. Johnathan Letham. Haruki Murakami. Susan Faludi.

Heroes:

Caleb Weintraub, Takashi Murakami, Damien Hirst, Lisa Yuskavage, Yinka Shonibare, Matthew Barney, Karen Kilimnik, Yoshitomo Nara,

My Blog

Finger Injury

Yeah. So. I cut off the tip of my finger. Slicing baguette this evening after I walked in the house. Was still wearing my jacket as I had planned to grab something to eat before dashing to the store. ...
Posted by Sequoia on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:26:00 PST

Gorgeous

Go outside people! It is the most beatiful begining of Autumn day. I woke up this morning and could smell the crispness in the air. It was warm but breezey and all the leaves are thinking about changi...
Posted by Sequoia on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:00:00 PST

PORTLANDERS!

PDX/SEATAC people: Do ya'll know I'm coming to town? I'm guessing no, since none of us call or e-mail each other anymore. What happened to BFF? The last F is FOREVER, bitches. Anyway. I'm in Seattle J...
Posted by Sequoia on Tue, 29 May 2007 08:51:00 PST

Jezebel may be my new fave blog

Label Whores article about sewing labels into new clothes and how bichy consignment people in NYC are. That's it. Who wants to be a partner in WhereWear? I'm going to raise money, buy $1,000 worth of ...
Posted by Sequoia on Tue, 22 May 2007 12:55:00 PST

This is what I do on my day off (Mondays)

10 AM: wake up from strange nightmares. Stumble into bathroom. Stumble into living room. Open laptop. Proceed to read gossip blogs for the next hour.11 AM: go buy food for the house / plan elaborate M...
Posted by Sequoia on Mon, 21 May 2007 01:00:00 PST

me me me

When you Google "Sequoia Medley" (in quotes) the only sites that come up are actually me. And according to Jenn, according to the internet, I am the only person in the whole United States with my name...
Posted by Sequoia on Wed, 02 May 2007 01:15:00 PST

Lowered expectations

My mom keeps sending me e-mails letting me know whom in my high school class is getting engaged to whom. Which I don't care about, because I will find out at the ten year reunion when ...
Posted by Sequoia on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:12:00 PST

So Over It ALL

You know when you suddenly realize, huh, I'm not into that anymore. That thing you used to totally be about and really liked? and now you don't even recall the last time it crossed your mind. And now ...
Posted by Sequoia on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 03:42:00 PST

crappy day

well yesterday i posted a long post, but apparently because it was such a debbie downer myspace deleted it.the long and the short: was pickpocketed on the bus, woman stole all my credit cards and atm ...
Posted by Sequoia on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 06:35:00 PST

another rainy first friday

Waiting for the first friday to start. It's rainy, and the gallery owner and her husband are out of town, so I predict a slow night. We were highlighted in CityPaper's First Friday Focus, and had a bl...
Posted by Sequoia on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 02:07:00 PST