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rhonda-vous

"Girl, you're so hot you're making me sexist." -The Flight of the Concords

About Me


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My Interests



Photography by Lori Dill; Editing by Lori Dill and me (but mostly Lori Dill!)


Music:

Siouxsie and the Banshees, Air, David Bowie, Bangles, Beck, Billie Holiday, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Bjork, Tom Waits, Brian Eno, Harold Budd, Cat Power, The Cure, Dead Can Dance, Death in Vegas, The Delgados, Dolly Parten, Elliot Smith, Rufus Wainright, Johnny Cash, Fiona Apple, Guns N' Roses, Jeff Buckley, The Killers, Lou Reed, Madonna, Marianne Faithful, Massive Attack, Portishead, Mazzy Star, Coldplay, Mirah, Modest Mouse, Neko Case, Nina Simone, Louis Armstrong, Peaches, Q Lassarus (one song only), Jill Tracy, Anita Lane, Feist, The Kooks, ... my list goes on.....

Movies:

La Fille Sur Le Pont (French film),Il Postino (Italian Film, The Hours, Being There, I Heart Huckabee's, The Razor's Edge, Amelie, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Wild at Heart, Requiem for a Dream, The Usual Suspects, Resevoir Dogs, The Devil and Daniel Johnston, The King of Kong, Legend, Pan's Labryinth, Night on Earth, What the Bleep Do We Know, No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood, Into the Wild, Time Bandits, The Pink Panther (Peter Sellers), Splendor in the Grass,

Television:

Arrested Development, Six Feet Under, The Office, Spaced, Dr. Who, The Mighty Boosh, Monty Python

Books:

Recent Reads are The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon; Lamb by Christopher Moore; She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb; White Teeth by Zadie Smith; Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach; Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss; The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera; Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire; Henry and June by Anais Nin; Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs; The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger; Sex, Drugs and Coco Puffs by Chuck Klosterman; Something Blue by Emily Giffin, The Red Tent by Anita Diamant. Currently reading Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas by Tom Robbins.

Heroes:

Mother Teresa, Salman Rushdie, Ghandi, and Jeanne d'Arc

My Blog

That depends on how you interpret it.

During my newly developed skill of job-hunting, I stumbled upon this tastey little blurb for a managerial position within a reputable company: "Our ideal candidate will have demonstrated top quality p...
Posted by rhonda-vous on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:38:00 PST

« Sin Tax »- The Smoking Gun of Grammar and its Blazing Backlash

After a mentally draining day of teaching English, I decided the best remedy was a brief intermission at the Interlude Café. Upon ordering my usual, "thé au lait," I glanced at the notice that was si...
Posted by rhonda-vous on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 05:15:00 PST

Taboo or not Taboo: The Bathroom Protocol in France

Here lies a very delicate topic of discussion for most Anglo-Saxons. From our earliest rearing, it is implied that defecation is an anathema: a natural occurrence that should be detested and thus, b...
Posted by rhonda-vous on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:07:00 PST

Frightening Drivers, Fearless Dressers, and Froggy Dancers: The Finale

So, its 2am and this is the club, Purple. A bartender at another, more downbeat bar recommended it to Nicola and me. I know it seems like just a door to a 19th century building, but its lush inside....
Posted by rhonda-vous on Sat, 07 Oct 2006 04:53:00 PST

Frightening Drivers, Fearless Dressers, and Froggy Dancers: Part 2

They are fearless dressers, n'est pas? By the homophobic American standards, young Frenchmen would be considered as gay. They take as much pride (and spend as much of their income) in fashion as wom...
Posted by rhonda-vous on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 08:16:00 PST

Frightening Drivers, Fearless Dressers, and Froggy Dancers: Part 1

Let's take a walk to la Place du Capitole in Toulouse. It is the center square of Toulouse where the Capitol is located. It seems to be the only square-shaped site in the entire city. In accordance...
Posted by rhonda-vous on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 06:36:00 PST

British Airways Flight 2226- Departing Atlanta

My mother, in her true southern stature, sauntered a distance behind me wheeling a piece of my luggage. She would slow down to observe those passing by, especially if it was a "fit" businessman. Kno...
Posted by rhonda-vous on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 06:55:00 PST

Never forfeit the shape to fit.

I journeyed to Atlanta last night to see Cat Power in concert; it was a soulful ending to the Birmingham chapter of my life. Chan's blithe spirit, wafted by her vaporous voice, intoxicated me. So m...
Posted by rhonda-vous on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 03:16:00 PST

Toulouse Yourself

Salut Mes Amis!The following is an invitation to my "Toulouse Yourself" going away bash! My luminous roomie, Nattie, is organizing it. However, she doesn't know how to get in touch with some of you, s...
Posted by rhonda-vous on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 11:23:00 PST

Rhonda's August 20th, Sunday Night Bazaar

1. Hot, Punk Roller Girls in short skirts and fish-nets fighting each other on rollerskates to win a derby at a place called Fun Time Skate Center. 2. Afterparty at a slimey, underground bar where the...
Posted by rhonda-vous on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:22:00 PST