+full+metal+jacque+ - ProfilesArchive

About Me

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check out this sweet video of the Boston vs. Philly game!

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i can't make it through the "swamp of sadness" scene in The Neverending Story without bursting into tears & sobbing like a little kid. it's true.

graphic artist, bike volunteer, Critical Mass, boston roller derby, sewing, hugs, DIY, vinyl rekkids, easily amused, curious, destracticon.

photos that i took at my beloved 244 Oak & Troy:
http://www.laserbeast.com/photos/103103/

My Interests

passionate people.

art (graphic designer), bikes, books, being active, earl grey & other teas, dancing, singing, thigh muscles. i'm also a boston derby dame.

Roller Derby Name: Full Metal Jacque
Rank Number: M16

I'd like to meet:

potential friends & adventurers. graphic artists, storytellers, bike riders, people that dance as if no one is watching.

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Music:

in this video i am standing right next to the speaker:

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lately i've been listening to:

. The Blow
. The Flaming Lips
. Of Montreal
. The Shins. Thom Yorke
. Panda Bear
. Phoenix
. the Go! Team
. Clap You Hands Say Yeah!
. The Arcade Fire
. Neutral Milk Hotel
. the Unicorns
. Spoon
. Trans Am
. Against Me!
. BjÃ¶rk
. Bloc Party
. My Morning Jacket
. The Postal Service
. Pixies
. Radiohead
. Embrace
. Lightning Bolt
. Godspeedyoublackemperor
. From Ashes Rise
. An Albatross
. Smiths
. Sigur Ros
. Bikini Kill
. Julie Ruin

Movies:

. better off dead
. amelie
. say anything
. high fidelity
. fight club
. dark days
. the neverending story
. princess mononoke
. ferris bueller's day off
. rumble in the bronx
. kill bill
. nausicaa
. the breakfast club

Television:

. simpsons

(but i never really watch TV)

Books:

i usually read about 3 books at a time.
currently reading: Chapters in Northeastern Pennsylvania History, Sweatshop Warriors - Immigrant Women Workers take on the Global Factory

recent reads: SAGMEISTER (the designer), The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver), The Cider House Rules (John Irving), Geek Love, Anansi Boys (Neil Gaiman), Existencilism (Banksy), Minor Characters - A Beat Memoir, Diary of an Amateur Photographer

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favorites: Oral History of the Underground Railroad, Demian (Herman Hesse), EVASION, Black Like Me (John Howard Griffin), Animal Farm & 1984 (George Orwell), Black Boy (Richard Wright), Poems of Marge Piercy, TIBOR (Tibor Kalman), Topographical History of Boston, The Long-Distance Cyclist's Handbook, Street Logos, Can't Buy my Love - How advertising changes the way we think and feel

Heroes:

"Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. It gives women a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel... the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood." - Susan B. Anthony

you & me
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on bikes

my derby dames, men who respect women, people who live their dreams.

photo taken by me at the March for Women's Lives 2004:

my Artist friends:

My Blog

this morning..

I was biking along my regular commuting route down the bike path along the Orange Line from JP and I saw a bunch of traffic up ahead at the intersection by Roxbury Community College (Roxbury Crossing?...
Posted by +full+metal+jacque+ on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 02:42:00 PST

do do do da da da

the best thing about being the youngest of 6 kids is that at some point in your life your siblings will call you up from around the country when they are at a Police reunion concert at the exact momen...
Posted by +full+metal+jacque+ on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:52:00 PST

stress dreams

my co-workers were talking yesterday about their stress dreams.. they're these horrible sounding dreams where your teeth are rotting out of your head or you're falling and your parachute won't work or...
Posted by +full+metal+jacque+ on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 03:29:00 PST

She's Crafty..

here are some photos from the "make your own winter biking gear" craft night at my house (last Thursday).Sarah's "third time's a charm" mittens..Patty & Alice's face masks (Patty also made an awesome ...
Posted by +full+metal+jacque+ on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 07:12:00 PST

can't sleep

this is what happens when i drink a cup of coffee to keep me awake on the ride back from Maine at 10pm on a Saturday. i post random pictures of my room....
Posted by +full+metal+jacque+ on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 12:18:00 PST

about me (take 3)

i've discovered that i can't edit things on my computer at home... i am the last of 6 children (4 sisters, 1 brother.. all of them at least 7 years older than me)... my name was almost Barbara or Jenn...
Posted by +full+metal+jacque+ on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 11:09:00 PST

for my ladies..

menstrual information! buy a Keeper & thank me.the original Keeper website (with 3 month money back guarantee):http://www.thekeeper.com/amazing menstrual activist group:http://bloodsisters.org/bloodsi...
Posted by +full+metal+jacque+ on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 07:45:00 PST

aww.. my first "missed connection"..

haha. awesome. and yes, i was the only derby girl with legwarmers on.______________________________JP Worlds Fair on Skates - 22Date: 2006-09-11, 12:21AM EDTYou were on skates handing out fliers for t...
Posted by +full+metal+jacque+ on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 01:55:00 PST

you know you're a derby girl when..

this was posted by some of my derbygirls.. totally awesome. and true.something that i'd like to add: slipping on ice or getting hit by shopping carts doesn't phase me anymore. seriously.. some lady to...
Posted by +full+metal+jacque+ on Thu, 13 Apr 2006 12:30:00 PST

learning a lot

http://www.reclaimthecommons.net/article.php?id=103 * General Mills owns Muir Glen and Cascadian Farm * Heinz owns Hain, Breadshop, Arrowhead Mills, Garden of Eatin', Farm Foods, Imagine Rice (an...
Posted by +full+metal+jacque+ on Mon, 23 Jan 2006 04:41:00 PST