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Mary Fahrenheit

Some things lead us into a realm beyond words

About Me


"It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure on the world." - Steinbeck

My Interests

music (concerts, collecting records), art, travel, photography, mountain biking, literature, adventures(!), fashion, nature, veggie foods, grabbing a pen and freeing my mind
Music I'm Currently Playing The National, Fleet Foxes, Sigur Ros, Ben and Bruno, "80 Windows"--Nada Surf, Sunny Day Real Estate, "Whispering Eyes"-- Longsleeves, "Revival"--Soulsavers, "Every Person"-- John Frusciante, "Don't Think About me"--Earlimart, "You Never Arrived" - Midlake, "You Go Down"--Otis & the Rufies, ANYTHING SUNG BY KYLE MORRIS, Mudhoney, The American Analog Set

I'd like to meet:

Passionate people in general intrigue me, even if I don't necessarily share the same passions with them. I love to make connections with people, share experiences, learn more about life and the human condition. Mark Lanegan Performing Resurrection Song
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Music:

I love my local music scene. Mark Lanegan, John Frusciante, and Jeremy Enigk are the three artists I respect most. I'm open to all kinds of music. Feel free to introduce me to your favorites!

Movies:

HYPE!, Everything Is Illumniated, My Life Without Me, Once, Amelie, and older movies like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof & How Green Was My Valley

Television:

Discovery Channel, baby! Oh and Project Runway.

Books:

"Short Stories and Prose Poems" & "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" (or anything else) by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, "Love is a Mix Tape" by Rob Sheffield, "Everything is Illuminated," "The Time Traveler's Wife," "To a God Unknown"... Also - any Steinbeck, Turgenev, Faulkner... many 'unknown' writers

Heroes:

My dad.

My Blog

"Company in My Back"

"Company in My Back"    My parents have been married for 27 years. I'm amazed at this fact. My mother is very hard to understand and get along with in the long-term.     ...
Posted by Mary Fahrenheit on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 08:05:00 PST

Lounge act

The student lounge serves as designated place for between-class human connection, or consumption. Away from the natural feel of home or the elements. The flourescent radiance of the vending machine ma...
Posted by Mary Fahrenheit on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 07:41:00 PST