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Mary

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About Me

I am originally from a small town in Pennsylvania. I came down to TX for college in 1998 and have been here off an on every since. My two favorite things I did in Texas over the last two months were: 1. Hiking and swimming 7 miles of the Greenbelt in Austin 2. The 'Ladies of the Eighties' sing-along at the Alamo drafthouse. My two favorite things I did in Texas about a year ago were: 1. Buffalo Soldier Museum; Houston, TX 2. Caddoan Mounds; Hwy 21 near Alto, TX.

My Interests

. . . . I love film and would like to start a micro cinema at some point. I hope that if I plan small little things related to this goal I may get there at some point.Potluck dinners. Finding comfortable tennis bloomers. Sewing. Kickball. Music. Film. Cooking. Good TV. Tennis. Skiing. Espalier. Spanish Moss. Mammoths. Architecture. Sociology.

I'd like to meet:

George Michael from arrested development (I actually did sort of meet him a few months back). New friends! The male lead in The Lives of Others. John Stewart. Steven Colbert. Alexander Payne. The Cohen Brothers. Adrienne Shelley. JM Coetzee. John Hughes. Judd Apatow. In the next life, my great dog Licorice (May 2006 - July 2007)

Music:

recent: LCD Soundsystem, Deerhunter, The Knife, Hot Chip, The Books, Best Fwends, GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY, The Carrots, Feist, the Jonx, Jana Hunter. -- for awhile: Jonathan Richman, Os Mutantes, The Velvet Underground, John Cale, Brian Eno, The Beatles, Patti Smith, Jeff Buckley, Joy Division, Led Zepplin, Tina Turner, Elvis, Pat Benatar, The Smiths, Stereolab, Pixies, Beat Happening, Nirvana, Neu!, American Analog set, Mum, The Magnetic Fields, Sonny and Cher, Roy Orbison, The Pavarotti of the Plains....radio: KCRW, KTRU, KUT, KPFT, KOOP, KVRX

Movies:

recent: The Lives of Others (really liked this film), Volver, Waitress, The Queen, The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Jesus Camp. -- for awhile: Bicycle Theif, Rushmore, 8 1/2, Big Lebowski, The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink...

Television:

Project Runway, Arrested Development, Spaced, Food Network, National Geographic specials, Freaks and Geeks, Weeds, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, The Sopranos, PBS.

Books:

Disgrace, God of Small Things, Frank O'hara, JM Coetzee, John Updike,

My Blog

Dim Sum!

Today Daniela and I had really good dim sum at a place called Marco Polo in the Clarion motel on the i35 feeder @ Oltorf. I've passed this place a million times. First I thought it was proba...
Posted by Mary on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:29:00 PST

Bloody Futon

I just got home and there's blood all over my futon. It doesn't look like thick, heavy blood; it looks a little diluted, like bloody saliva. It was Mr. Lickers. We've had a rough few days: I was sick ...
Posted by Mary on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:34:00 PST