behold the liz, mighty purveyor of espresso.

About Me

my name is liz.
i am an artist/barista/pacifist/film critic/radio dj star.
i like everyone until they are a bitch.
the end.

My Interests

photography. film. watching film. paint. eating paint. the beat movement. coffee tasting. coffee shops that are not starbucks. books. writing books. smelling books. vinyl records. vintage clothing. old things that no one wants anymore. rich colours. good beer. big floaty scarves. systems of economy. puerto rico. stories. peace.

I'd like to meet:

i would like to meet you in the nearest coffee shop so that you can tell me all of the things that you know.
i promise to tell you the story of the time my momma stopped a mack truck on the highway to save a rabid runaway horse.
"everything is interesting." - steve pulsford.View All Friends | View Blog | Add Comment

Music:

the beatles.beck.ben gibbard.ben kweller.ben and james and maria taylor.bjork.the black keys.bloc party.bob dylan.bob marley.bright eyes.cake.cat power.cat stevens.cursive.daft punk.the doors.the dead kennedys.the decemberists.etta james.the faint.the flaming lips.girl talk.the good life.the hold steady.iron and wine.kimya dawson.the knife.the mamas & the papas.manu chao.modest mouse.the mountain goats.mozart.my morning jacket.neko case.neutral milk hotel.the new pornographers.orishas.otis redding.the police.radiohead.ratatat.rhcp.regina spektor.rilo kiley.simon & garfunkel.the smiths.spoon.sigur ros.the sounds.sublime.via audio.voxtrot.the who.the yeah yeah yeahs...and many more.

Movies:

Juno, Across the Universe, Pan's Labyrinth, Fight Club, Lords of Dogtown, You and Me and Everyone We Know, Taxi Driver, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Everything is Illuminated, Garden State, Stranger than Fiction, A Beautiful Mind, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Seven, Thank You for Smoking, Y Tu Mama Tambien, The Breakfast Club, Bowling for Columbine, Requiem for a Dream, ALL of the films directed by Kevin Smith, some of the films directed by M. Night, and the list goes on...

Television:

television rots your brain and unless there is absolutely nothing else to do, i try to avoid it. there really is nothing on, anyway. except house. okay, and adult swim.

Books:

i like authors.
chuck palahniuk, augusten burroughs, david sedaris, salman rushdie, alan ginsberg, joestien gaarder, jack kerouac, kurt vonnegut, charles bukowski, franz kafka...to be continued

Heroes:

my momma. my daddies. my grandmomma. isaiah the prophet. paul mccartney. jim morrison. pablo picasso. gandhi. martin luther king jr. twiggy. bob dylan. sondra hamilton. me. and you, too.
providing that you are not a bitch.

My Blog

so about that gosh darned scad.

Here are the most beautiful things about attending SCAD in the fall of 2009. Assuming I get in. I will get in. 1. I will get to study art 24/7. Other than the times that I work, of co...
Posted by behold the liz, mighty purveyor of espresso. on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:58:00 PST

the new list.

So here is what I will do now. -Work at Starsucks. Pay the rent. -Rebuild my portfolio- bigger, more streamlined, and with twice the cleaning power. I’m thinking a fusion of fas...
Posted by behold the liz, mighty purveyor of espresso. on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 08:47:00 PST

rant.

I am so angry. Now, I realize that I am angry at something seemingly benign, okay. I rage against something that was, in the days before modern life, was meant to be both a revolution as well as...
Posted by behold the liz, mighty purveyor of espresso. on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:40:00 PST

haiku for leaving.

Crooked word, you look Wrong when I spell you out butYou are not. Withdrawl.
Posted by behold the liz, mighty purveyor of espresso. on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:43:00 PST

My Celebrity Look-alikes

MyHeritage: Celebrity Collage - Ancestory - Pedigree...
Posted by behold the liz, mighty purveyor of espresso. on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:56:00 PST

bahaha. you know you love me.

If you could push one person off of a mountain...who would it be?-Let me see, how relevant.Where did you get the shirt you're wearing?-Salvation Army.Do you still have clothes that belong to your ex?-...
Posted by behold the liz, mighty purveyor of espresso. on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:58:00 PST

this is stupid and i hate it.

1)Taken or single?-That's none of your business.2) Do you like it?-Do I like what?3) Would you still kiss your ex?-Which one? Because I might be into that shit.4)Have you ever had your heart broken???...
Posted by behold the liz, mighty purveyor of espresso. on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:57:00 PST

i have been writing again.

The air this morning smells like Berea, Kentucky. I find this strange because this air in particular is coming in off of the salty harbour of Camden, Maine. There are ashes in my coffee but that is t...
Posted by behold the liz, mighty purveyor of espresso. on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:59:00 PST

here is a new song for a new world order.

Last night I lost my apartment.And I went to bed thinking about the segregation of men And nazi crosses bent.My soul dropped to hell and nothing came from my pen.Gandhi was a wise manAnd he said that ...
Posted by behold the liz, mighty purveyor of espresso. on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:55:00 PST

"give ’em tha dinnah, bub!" ALSO: my ol’ kentucky home.

hello. how are y'all doing this fine day? want to know a secret? i am coming to berealand on the 13th of november. (that is a tuesday.) and i am not leaving unless they kick me out. there wa...
Posted by behold the liz, mighty purveyor of espresso. on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:45:00 PST