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lisa

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About Me

graced by the guru

My Interests

cumulus clouds

I'd like to meet:

the person who invented the wheel

Music:

soundtribe sector nine, bavu blakes (hometown represent), a perfect circle, janis joplin, murder by death (thanks michael), talib kweli, outkast, thievery corporation (thanks beaux), akon, del tha funkee homosapien, the postal service (long live the dammie sisterhood), jurassic five, rage against the machine (god bless the nineties), saul williams, god speed you black emperor (thanks scott), de la soul, stereolab, sonic youth, lupe fiasco (god bless clean hip-hop), dj shadow, ben harper (please marry me), public enemy, granddaddy, handsome boy modeling school (thanks hillary), radiohead, goodie mob, tom waits (thanks matt), interpol, danger doom, asylum street spankers (thanks annie), common, jill scott, black eyed peas (pre monkey business), portishead, a tribe called quest, modest mouse (thanks justin), india arie, n.w.a. (god bless the eighties), billie holiday, sage francis (thanks brian), blackalicious, immortal technique (thanks morrisey), mary j. blige, johnny cash (thanks brook), george harrison (without the beatles), e badu, aesop rock, ani difranco, phish (live baby live), gnarls barkely, death cab for cutie, joesphine baker, mos def and any of my friends who have ever spun a record, beat on a drum or played the ukulele

Movies:

watch... laugh.. learn....


dead man (my most favorite movie EVA), dr. zhivago, swimming with sharks, joy luck club (waverly- i feel you), willow, shaun of the dead, 28 days later (god bless the british and their zombie movies, otherwise it would be a nation of worthless sods), phi, pretty in pink (i love you duckie), breakfast club, ferris bueller’s day off (go john hughes go), donnie darko, edward scissorhands, the princess and the warrior, butterfield eight (elizabeth taylor circa 1960- hotter then marlin monroe by far), eternal sunshine of the spotless mind (i would totally do it), what the bleep do we know, memento, labyrinth, akira kurosawa’s dreams, paradise now, whale rider (i am a maori princess *wink*), clerks, clerks II, dogma, chasing amy (yes in that order), suburbia, waking Life, dazed and confused, live from shiva’s dance floor (honestly anything linklater except the newton boys- nobody’s perfect), zoolander, hero (so pretty…so very very pretty), the shining, dr. strangelove or how i learned to stop worrying and love the bomb, goonies, garden state, anything Tyler Perry, harold and kumar go to white castle (yeah john cho!), brazil, monty python’s life of brian, vertigo, and on and on and on and on….

Television:

boondocks and daily show

Books:

i read a lot. but the gita, the social animal, ishmael, and sirens of titan are all books i've read more than three times.

Heroes:

wildflowers

My Blog

take the midnight train to georgia

okay.. okay... so i'm not going to georgia... more like sunny arizona.. but in less then twenty-four hours i'll be on a plane.. and i'll start the rest of my life... "the day after tomorrow is the thi...
Posted by lisa on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:16:00 PST

happy happy brithday... darling its your birthday

there is a part of me that feels like i should have some exponential way of describing the emotions, regrets and joys of the last quarter of a century. and yet i have nothing. this morning i wok...
Posted by lisa on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:27:00 PST

riding the polyester wave

i haven't had an official place to live since october.... it's been nearly four months since i received mail (other then the electronic kind)..... or paid any form of rent.. other then kicking a coupl...
Posted by lisa on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 10:50:00 PST

navaratri

i'm not hindu. i've never claimed to be. i go to mass.. mostly for an excuse to go to the west end and treat myself to a krispy kreme... and if you ask i may even say that i am catholic.. which, by ...
Posted by lisa on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:22:00 PST

incognito

i heard a ruckus in the back room and wondered who the hell was here.. and then i remembered... i was the only home for the afternoon.. panic struck... and i felt fear tighten my throat...the clamberi...
Posted by lisa on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:10:00 PST

maine's so quaint i want to barf pink hearts and daisies....

everywhere you go there are flower boxes in the windows.... and granite laid pathways leading up to white picket fences.... on corner side streets there are lobstermen and ice cream stands and most pr...
Posted by lisa on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 03:28:00 PST

huh?

i thought i remembered all the words to grand master flash.... but i can't anymore... maybe that's because i am getting older.. or maybe its because i filling my brain with chemistry....in the books b...
Posted by lisa on Sun, 25 Jun 2006 04:29:00 PST

Mississippi

i'm sunburnt.  i don't think that i have ever been sunburnt before. it hurts.  i've been here for forty-eight hours now.. well just a few hours shy... and tomorrow.. after the volunteer day...
Posted by lisa on Mon, 29 May 2006 04:11:00 PST

decisions on apathy

stop.the record player is on mute and there is anxiousness in my voice. rewind. i've been here before- paused between silence and the rush of life overwhelming me.  and i know there is something ...
Posted by lisa on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 04:58:00 PST

gee tracy...

here are the rules: once you have been tagged you write a blog with 6 weird - unusual things about yourself and after you post it you have to tag 6 other people via comment on their profile telling th...
Posted by lisa on Thu, 06 Apr 2006 06:05:00 PST