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Heat Miser

'hanging on for dear life. and one more beer.'

About Me

"There are no good girls gone bad. Just bad girls found out" ~ Mae West

My Interests

film, theater, music, reading, writing, travel, people, beer tv, dvds, tv ON dvd, meeting new people, internet, socialogy, psychology, history, food, gossip, entertainment industry, DQ

I'd like to meet:

I'm game for anyone who can keep up and/or put up with me...

Music:

Beach Boys, Ben Folds, Ben Kweller, Billie Holiday, Billy Joel, Bloc Party, Brendan Benson, Dashboard Confessional, Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists, The Early November, Ella Fitzgerald, Elliott Smith, Eric Hutchinson, Frank Sinatra, The Fratellis, The Get Up Kids, Howie Day, Imogen Heap, Jason Mraz, Jimmy Eat World, John Mayer, Jonah Matranga, The Juliana Theory, The Kooks, The Libertines, Mae, Matthew Sweet, Oasis, OKGo, onelinedrawing, Pete Yorn, Phantom Planet, The Postal Service, Queen, The Raconteurs, Rooney, Rufus Wainwright, Ryan Adams, The Shins, Something Corporate, Sufjan Stevens, Tegan and Sara, Weezer, Wilco...and of course - showtunes

Movies:

Angels in America, American Beauty, Beetlejuice, Best in Show, Bowling for Columbine, But I'm a Cheerleader, Capturing the Friedmans, Chasing Amy, Clerks, A Clockwork Orange, The Devil Wears Prada, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Dr. Strangelove, Fight Club, Grizzly Man, JFK, The Laramie Project, A League of Their Own, Leon the Professional, Little Children, Lost in Translation, Love Actually, Mallrats, Memento, Mulholland Drive, Psycho, Rear Window, Rope, School of Rock, Showbusiness: The Road to Broadway, Sicko, This Film is Not Yet Rated, The Up Series, Vertigo

Television:

24, 30 Days, 30 Rock, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The L Word, Lost, Mad Men, Project Runway, Top Chef, Weeds, and terrible awful mind-numbing soul-sucking reality shows. RIP: Arrested Development, Extras, Fraggle Rock, Freaks and Geeks, Golden Girls, Maude, The Office (BBC), Six Feet Under, Undeclared, The Wire

Books:

The Perks of Being a Wallflower, A Clockwork Orange, Tipping the Velvet, America The Book, The Alienist, Harry Potter series, Devil in the White City, Trinity, The Great Gatsby, Wuthering Heights, Mother Night, Me Talk Pretty Someday, Letters to a Young Poet, entertainment weekly (wait...what?)

Heroes:

my mom, grandma (aka the queen mother), hitchcock, mcnally (the man and the cat), elizabeth 1, bea arthur, bishop desmond tutu

My Blog

Meghan is SOOOOOOOO proud ...

of this....http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/November- 2008/Gag-Order/Check out 7!
Posted by Heat Miser on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:57:00 PST

Target Women: Yogurt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMRDLCR8vAE This is my friend. She is very funny. Check out my fave of her Target:Women segments for CurrentTV....
Posted by Heat Miser on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:30:00 PST

Latest Obsession

"Without obsession life is nothing." ~ John WatersI saw that quote written on a bathroom stall in a Hamden restaurant in Baltimore the last time I was home.How appropriate. As my current obsession is ...
Posted by Heat Miser on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:21:00 PST

Observation Deck

I woke up this morning SO glad I was not waking up in Novi. And even better - in my gf's arms and in CHICAGO. Haha....it's come....the "charms" of the burbs have worn off. I'm home now on my back porc...
Posted by Heat Miser on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:18:00 PST

Shameless Self-Promotion

Check out this link: http://www.encoremichigan.com/article.html?article=360It's a great review of the show we're running in Novi. I'm really proud of the work we put in and the execution of a good sho...
Posted by Heat Miser on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:07:00 PST

So Far So Good

Alright. Day 5 in Michigan. Lots to update on that I am guessing won't be all that interesting to anyone else.So we arrived in Novi, MI this past Tuesday. We had a "convoy" of 5 cars. 2 rental cars th...
Posted by Heat Miser on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:31:00 PST

Check It!

www.sctourco.comI have 2 written pieces on it and some pics of me and my awesome hair.Leave comments and stuff. And check out DQ&A - and ask that bitch a question!
Posted by Heat Miser on Mon, 19 May 2008 03:31:00 PST

Shameless Plugs and 10 Minutes to Kill

Let me start by saying I need more stamps.Anyway...some updates I 'spose:1. Successfully have trained myself to fucking LOVE coffee. And beer. I'm the healthiest individual you know.2. I've determined...
Posted by Heat Miser on Wed, 14 May 2008 03:46:00 PST

Things to Do in Detroit When Youre Dead....

Remember this Andy Garcia movie, except it was Denver and not Detroit? Me neither. Cuz I never saw it. But I do remember the title.And in the spirit of the endorphins that cleaning the apt has given m...
Posted by Heat Miser on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:57:00 PST

A Dream of a Summer Locale

Sometimes you know something's coming and you think you've had your reaction to it. Then you find out that thing that was a 90% hypothetical has become 100% reality...and you have your real reaction. ...
Posted by Heat Miser on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:35:00 PST