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lara

I am here for Friends

About Me

i am small. i am a connoisseur of science museums. i publish a zine. i pretend to be crafty. i read a lot. i like to dance and sing off-key. i ride bikes named death trap and free spirit. i'm some type of queer. i have an adorable mom. i dislike british accents. i harbor a secret love for long division.

My Interests

airplanes, bollywood films and indian music, zines, community, zapatistas, fair trade, sustainable agriculture, bikes, the politics of food, chocolate.

I'd like to meet:

people in general.

Music:

looptroop, bratmobile, josh white jr., sleater kinney, le tigre, pearl jam, rx bandits, rage against the machine, elton john, the parka kings, k'naan, sonic youth, the specials, saul williams, joanna newsom, bikini kill, nirvana, tom waits, sage francis, nada surf.

Television:

NOW w/ bill moyers. actually, bill moyers retired ...actually, I don't have a tv anymore...

Books:

tearing down the walls: adventures in urban anarchy, drinking the rain, our word is our weapon, open veins of latin america. the autobiography of malcolm x.

Heroes:

lucy parsons. emma goldman. jose bove. vandana shiva. malcolm x.

My Blog

food.

just something i wrote. it's real short. it should have been published in Clamor's "Food" issue last winter, but they closed the magazine down right before that issue came out. bummer.   I ...
Posted by lara on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 05:34:00 PST

photos of 2007 so far.

pictures from the past few months. at the belle isle conservatory x-mas eve. this tree is taller than robert.               mom.   mom and her dude. &...
Posted by lara on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:06:00 PST

survey.

Do you have the following in your bedroom/dorm room: Condoms: yes. Cell phone: on my nightstand. Chair/stool: desk chair, other chair which serves to hold piles of clothes. Book shelf: yes. Dresser: ...
Posted by lara on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 11:25:00 PST

september.

i'm supposed to be in school. but i am not.  and it's my fault. i'm supposed to be working. but i am a putz and don't know how to look for a job, because i never really have.  a lot of aspec...
Posted by lara on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:27:00 PST

photo blog.

i have to turn my laptop back into the school this week because i'm not coming back next semester, so i cleaned it off tonight.  i found all this crap!! my favorite picture of my brother and i.&...
Posted by lara on Tue, 13 Dec 2005 07:15:00 PST

august.

Everything's about to change.  Right now, I have long, semi-dreaded hair, nothing on my skin but dirt and a tan, live in a small city on the outskirts of a major city, drive my car only once...
Posted by lara on Sun, 14 Aug 2005 09:29:00 PST