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the book lover.

with your pen & notebook you've blown me away...

About Me


good music + good food + good people = love.
i enjoy being bitter.
i do two websites: design is mine and indierocket (which has been on hiatus for a long time).

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My Interests

zines. the 1960's. art history. illustration. women's studies. modern art. printmaking. vegan cooking. motherhood. french culture. linguistics. crafting. making music. lomography. children's literature. libraries. knitting. portland. traveling. europe. garden gnomes. sexuality. chocolate. graphic design. typography. museums. letter-writing. cupcakes. harry potter. tea houses. paintings of deer & owls. vintage fabric. vintage clothing. trains. my cats. dance parties. sock monkeys. schoolgirls. donuts. big cities in the rain. people who are well-read. food markets. wishlists. clean lines. patterns.

I'd like to meet:

bookworms, garden gnome collectors, schoolgirls, mcdreamy, and belle & sebastian.

Music:

belle & sebastian. camera obscura. the aislers set. the softies. nick drake. the magnetic fields. of montreal. heavenly. talulah gosh. neutral milk hotel. the beatles. mirah. yann tiersen. azure ray. beat happening. the kinks. the monkees. harry & the potters. mates of state. lavender diamond. rilo kiley. momus. the pastels. bjork. rainer maria. the smiths. billie holiday. nina simone. elliott smith. go sailor. bikini kill. bratmobile. stereo total. the boswell sisters. bright eyes. the blow. the decemberists. the finches. the lucksmiths. cat power. kings of convenience. wanda jackson. rufus wainwright. the jesus and mary chain. the shins. francoise hardy. april march. the cure. jurassic 5. the concretes. joanna newsom. patsy cline. the sour grapes. mr. brownsuit. i copy your copy. the online romance.

Movies:

amelie. eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. willy wonka and the chocolate factory, breakfast at tiffanies. garden state. before sunrise/sunset. band of outsiders. lost in translation. harvey. the graduate. 40 year old virgin. manhattan. dr. strangelove. but i'm a cheerleader. wet hot american summer.

Television:

freaks and geeks. grey's anatomy. sex and the city. scrubs. the wonder years. the mary tyler moore show. america's next top model. the monkees. undeclared.

Books:

the harry potter series, the perks of being a wallflower, youth in revolt, sabrina ward harrison's journals, still life with woodpecker, anything by david sedaris.zines: invincible summer, journal song, burn collector, pocket, clutch, doris.

Heroes:

zach braff. charles bukowski. jean-luc godard. cindy sherman. joseph campbell. audrey hepburn. nina simone. jasper johns. clara bow. davy jones. s. britt. brigitte bardot. marc chagall. calvin johnson. anna karina. jk rowling. david cross. missy kulik. judd apatow & seth rogan.

My Blog

massive amount of good things.

oh, so many good things-taking long walks everyday with my husband.-tea & oranges in the bath.-strolling around downtown with no real agenda.-the smell of bookstores.-a good friend visiting next m...
Posted by the book lover. on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:13:00 PST

meme.

1. You have $10 and need to buy snacks at a gas station; what do you buy?:red vines, coffee, plain pringles, and cashew nuts. 2. If you had to be reincarnated as some sort of sea dwelling creature, wh...
Posted by the book lover. on Sat, 05 Aug 2006 06:24:00 PST

survey, survey (the middle of the night gets boring)

taken from lorealle:200. My middle name is: danger. 199. I was born on:  july 19th, 1982. 198. I am a: introvert. 197. My cell phone company:  is  from hell. 196. My eye color is: gre...
Posted by the book lover. on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 01:41:00 PST

song survey.

my anthem : "not your stepping stone" by the monkees funeral song : "scenes from my funeral" by of montreal best love song : "there is a light that never goes out" by the smiths always stuck in my hea...
Posted by the book lover. on Sat, 08 Jul 2006 11:11:00 PST