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the tree that hugs you back

Curiouser and curiouser!

About Me

i like: transit, red curry, green curry, the sutras of patanjali, re-cycling, re-citation, peanut butter banana soymilk smoothies, wearing dresses, calling people by their full names, open wireless networks, when my friends come to visit, olive oil, savasana, making sweet sweet lovei dislike: pickles, people who don't use their turn signals, feeling out of control, wearing the color black, the current "administration"

My Interests

riding my bicycle around the block, reading books, speaking with people, secret hopeless romanticism

I'd like to meet:

vagabonds, thrift store-whores, trash pickers, whistle-blowers, obsessive hikers, tofu-fanatics...

Music:

loud things, soft things, things with words, and things without, anything written before (or after) the invention of radio.

Movies:

the jerk, hotel rwanda, fame, beaches, the monster squad, bad education, high fidelity, amelie, the dreamers, the constant gardener, princess mononoke, a mighty wind, grizzly man...

Television:

Not Applicable.

Books:

italo calvino, paolo cuelo, garcia-marquez, herman hesse, castaneda, yogananda, b.k.s iyengar, anne bogart, anything by or about jerzy grotowski

Heroes:

Meredith Monk, Emma Goldman, Sarah Kane...

My Blog

ALICE!

Come catch me with NWPL in Alice in Wonderland! February 9th @ 2:45pm, Akron Public Library... Tour dates to follow! Bring the little one for a trip down the rabbit hole!
Posted by the tree that hugs you back on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:28:00 PST

of angry gods...

another dithyrambic dissertation out of my head and on to the stage... thanks to those singing, thanks to those who came to witness, apologies to those who couldn't get a seat.i'm already missing my c...
Posted by the tree that hugs you back on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 05:26:00 PST

flutterbies in the tummy.

with initial L.A. departure less than 24 hrs away, my stomach is in knots. this is further inflamed by the loud barking dogs at my friends' home where i am staying. i hate dogs. they make me nerv...
Posted by the tree that hugs you back on Tue, 06 Sep 2005 10:14:00 PST

hey, that's my friend down there...

just a note to thank you guys who snuck into my cabaret performance (i don't care that you snuck in, i was under contract. however, had i been taking home a cut of box, i might have shaken you down f...
Posted by the tree that hugs you back on Sun, 04 Sep 2005 10:54:00 PST

poeme du boote'

(rapped to the fucked up tune of the fresh prince theme song) i've had a few drinks so i make the call a little bit of lovins what i'm wantin, thats all so i'll wash my hair and i'll shave ...
Posted by the tree that hugs you back on Sat, 27 Aug 2005 01:08:00 PST

we are drunk...

mucho margarita's @ 6pm. sure. now we are wasted, and its only 7:45... we're going somewhere now, but we are wasted... did i mention that we are wasted? anyone wanna dd for us tonight??? damn two ...
Posted by the tree that hugs you back on Sat, 20 Aug 2005 04:49:00 PST

all quiet on the myspace front...

is it just that several of us are finishing up our college educations and we're simply to busy to blog (or drop a 'hello' comment up in this piece), or have we merely become a complacent community of ...
Posted by the tree that hugs you back on Thu, 18 Aug 2005 01:55:00 PST

the city that smells like agriculture

for the next three days i'll be hocking hair accessories with at friend from seattle at a booth at the ohio state fair in columbus. not my usual trade, but a welcome change of pace. and hell, what a...
Posted by the tree that hugs you back on Sat, 13 Aug 2005 10:39:00 PST

there's a place for us... somewhere.

when i was 8 yrs old my mother took me to the video store and informed me that we would be renting the greatest film ever made, west side story. one viewing and i was hooked; not only on the film its...
Posted by the tree that hugs you back on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

don't think too much! just feel! yes! yes! yes!

there's nothing like a crazy japanese punk band dressed as spandex clad anime characters going people bowling to lift your spirits and brighten your generally oh so prententious people-watching nights...
Posted by the tree that hugs you back on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST