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About Me

"It was as though I'd learned to suddenly look around corners; images of past humiliations flickered through my head and I saw that they were more than seperate experiences. They were me; they defined me. I was my experiences and my experiences were me, and no blind men, no matter how powerful they became, even if they conquered the world, could take that, or change one single itch, taunt, laugh, cry, scar, ache, rage, or pain of it. They were blind, bat blind, moving only by the echoed sounds of their own voices. And because they were blind they would destroy themselves and I'd help them." -Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

My Interests

I'm an intricate girl with simple dreams: love/motherhood/success. I have an amazing boyfriend who plays beautiful guitar for me to sing to, and inspiring friends who advance me towards transcendence. I have 7 incredible younger siblings to whom I would give the world. Yo tengo La Gata - she looks deeply in my eyes in half-lidded purring contentment. I have a band that runs fire through my veins. I have a job that involves drinking often and rooftop views. I am pursuing degrees in cultural anthropology and historical education. And I have busted my ass to get here.

I'd like to meet:

Jerzey, one more time.

& the lovely Gina Gershon...

Music:

The Shithouse Lilies,
The Clash,
Johnny Thunders,
Gillian Welch,
Ken Boothe,
The Oi!Scouts,
Gossip,
Bikini Kill,
Fiona Apple,
The Replacements,
Sonic Youth,
New York Dolls,
Dunaway,
Dwight Yoakam,
Johnny Cash,
Elastica,
Arcade Fire,
Velvet Underground,
love songs by The Lemonheads...

Movies:

Trapped in the Closet,
Showgirls,
Harlan County USA,
Stevie,
Lost in Translation,
Apocalypse Now,
Little Miss Sunshine,
The Virgin Suicides,
Fahrenheit 451
William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet...

Television:

Documentaries on addiction, wrestling, religion, music, or people bordering on the insane.

Books:

Books = Escapism = Heaven

ANYTHING by Edith Wharton.

FICTION:

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,
The Custom of the Country,
Middlesex,
The House of Mirth,
The Blind Assassin,
The Handmaid's Tale,
One Hundred Years of Solitude,
1984,
Pride and Prejudice,
The Red Tent,
Jane Eyre,
The Virgin Suicides.
NON-FICTION:

Please Kill Me,
Stone Butch Blues,
We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow we will be Killed With our Families,
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife,
From The Velvets to the Voidoids,
The Mole People: Life in the Tunnels Beneath New York City,
A Problem From Hell: America in the Age of Genocide,
Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda,
All the President's Men.

Heroes:

Noam Chomsky, Margaret Mead, Jimmy Carter, Romeo Dallaire, Crystal Clements, Yarrow Lutz, Tom Lyons...

My Blog

Stuff White People Like

This is hilarious: http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com 85 The Wire March 9, 2008 by clander ..Though white people have a natural aversion to television, there are some exceptions. For ...
Posted by etown! on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:46:00 PST

Paul Simon is the Greatest Lyricist Alive

How can this still be so relevant, 40 years later?! Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the v...
Posted by etown! on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:04:00 PST

Insanely Accurate...

This is so on point that it's Bizzare... Name: erin lyons June 11 1980 4:00 PM Time Zone is EDT new brunswick, NJ Rising Sign is in 28 Degrees Libra (the way you present you...
Posted by etown! on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:00:00 PST

C U Next Tuesday!

Hey friends- I'm really excited about this show - it's our first at The Trash Bar, and the other bands we're playing with sound awesome! Plus FREE DRINKS! I mean... really?! ---Come check ...
Posted by etown! on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:17:00 PST

NYC Backyards Project

Hey all- I'm beginning a project that I've been thinking up for a while now - tentatively entitled The NYC Backyard Project. The NYC Backyard Project will be a compilation of photojournalism, ...
Posted by etown! on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:09:00 PST

I remember once...

When a thousand dollars in your bank account actually meant something... When did we all get so jaded?
Posted by etown! on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:25:00 PST

running to catch up... or is it just ketchup?

It's not sunny enough and I'm ready for spring. Summer would be even better. Every logical bone in my body tells me not to believe in my horoscope on astrologyzone.com. But when it c...
Posted by etown! on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:17:00 PST

A sad holiday

If there is a heaven, for Mike it looks like this: Miss you, my friend.
Posted by etown! on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:41:00 PST

this weekend...

...was amazing. A friday night of disapproving thievery and naked women, dropping dollars in burlesque pockets under the sparkling shadow of pasties... satur-day full of three year olds a...
Posted by etown! on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:48:00 PST

New Music!!

Check out our new songs! www.theshithouselilies.com
Posted by etown! on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:25:00 PST