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Monica

Everything is totally de plane

About Me

i'm comin' back with birkin bags, your chick's like what type of purse is that. ~jay-z

i don't want nobody to give me nothing. open up the door i'll get it myself ~james brown

in memoriam:

R.I.P. J. Dilla | 1974 - 2006

right now:

too much work

listening:
leela james, a change is gonna come

reading:
strange piece of paradise, terri jentz

watching:
tmz

links i like:
post secret | hhnlive | becks and posh | city rag | mikeandmaaike | spine magazine | stumbleupon | bts radio | ki yoon ko | yelp | dwr | hot knives guys | ming & ping | gratefulness |

My Interests

your personal business

I'd like to meet:

the very beautiful PAOLO NUTINI

and christopher walken | peter coyote | heather & jessica from go fug | charles henry bukowski | tyra banks | and gael garcía bernal

This was the 80s
what all you retro bitches know'bout this:

Music:

raphael saddiq, bilal, jill scott, aaliyah, djquik, outkast, too short, jadakiss, mobb deep, j.dilla, slum villge, madlib, mf doom, supadavewest, e-40, ea-ski, keak da sneak, mike jones, ludacris, biggie, pete rock, premier, the juan maclean, dabrye, angie stone, alicia keys, nore, common, snoop, clipse, d'angelo, floetry, warren g, eric sermon, freeway, rza, p.80, ag, big l & all of ditc, mop, cam'ron, fabolous, jermaine dupree, busta, dizzee rascal, mary j, jaguar wright, angela bofill, isley brothers, david ruffin, eddie kendricks, isaac hayes, donnie hathaway, elton john, hall & oates, john legend, dwele, chaka khan, aretha franklin, truth hurts, phat kat, loose ends, chic, curtis mayfield, hall & oates, roberta flack, jayz, nas, missy, simply red, fela kuti, steely dan, smokey robinson, sade, d'angelo, chet baker, miles,teena marie, cassandra wilson, diana krall, smiths, bjork, joy division, cocteau twins, bauhaus, the jam, the clash, david bowie, roxy music, led zeppelin, thin lizzy, the doobie brothers, fleetwood mac, stevie wonder, stevie nicks, iggy pop, rick james, etta james, massive attack, maxwell, morrissey, marvin, anita baker, rae & christian, portishead, spacek, soul ii soul, kelis, joi, lauren hill, faith evans, thievery corporation, k&d, david sylvian, ryuichi sakamoto, this mortal coil, gigimoji (uh, um, i mean, jesus and mary chain) inner city, incognito, gangstarr, roy ayres, chuck brown, trouble funk, rare essence, & eu, r. kelly, les nubians, joshua redman, grant greene, champion jack dupree, sarah vaughn, annie lennox, blondie, ramones, bebel gilberto, serge gainsbourg, michael mcdonald, earth, wind & fire, lakeside, jodeci, keith sweat, el debarge and al b sure! (yes i said it!), expose & the cover girls, it doesn't really end...

Movies:

bad education, old boy, ghostworld and anything w/my girl scarlett, happiness, buffalo 66, election, freeway, virgin suicides, grey gardens, kalifornia, lolita (w/peter sellers), casino, beyond the valley of the dolls, mommie dearest, suburbia, over the edge, river's edge, rosemary's baby, what ever happened to baby jane, boogie nights, 28 days later, straw dogs, carlito's way, the scent of green papaya, xiu xiu the sent down girl, l'auberge espagnole, summer lovers, bitter moon, the count of monte cristo, ronin, the game, the incident, bad lietuenant, papillon, the magdalene sisters, heavenly creatures, swimming pool, elizabeth, nosferatu (murnau), baraka, y tu mama tambien, band of outsiders, m hulot's holiday, school of rock,with a friend like harry, man on the train, party girl (h-h-he-lo-o), run ronnie run, run lola run, bottle rocket, the professional, nights of cabiria, cold mountain, any and all claude chabrol (but especially la rupture)

Television:

seinfeld, antiques roadshow, jacques pepin, desperate housewives, charlie's angels

Books:

fortunate son by j.h. hatfield, where the sidewalk ends, flowers in the attic, atlas shrugged, wuthering hts, the foot book, the perricone prescription, oscar wilde, j.d.salinger, iris murdoch, walker percy, henry miller, f. scott, jt leroy, edward gorey, dominick dunne, john maxwell, memoirs, biography, so so many more...

Heroes:

henri charrire, paul rusesabagina, daniel pearl, my mom, stephane audrane, lance armstrong, robert evans, howard stern, edward r. murrow, marilyn jaeger , erica kane, paula begoun

My Blog

glut

q: do we really need another graphic t-shirt company, art student handcrafted webstorefront jewelry line or cutsey $3 a card online letterpress studio? a: NO!i'm not creative, but sheesh, isn't that ...
Posted by Monica on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:38:00 PST

vicodin hell, pt II (or, dr. brown has redeemed himself)

so this time, he gives me valium.please, sir, can i have some more?'nuff said.  (actually, now that i'm all better, i have to also say he's just the greatest ever)...
Posted by Monica on Wed, 30 May 2007 08:32:00 PST

vicodin hell

tell me they've got a high that's better than this. how the hell you gonna prescribe vicodin to someone who can't eat? i don't know which is the lesser of two evils: the mind-numbing agony of the pai...
Posted by Monica on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 02:15:00 PST

someone has said that i'm a hippie

someone has said that i'm a hippiei practice yogai'm addicted to deep tissue massagei'm vegetarian 95% of the timei shop organic foods and personal care productsi am anti-animal cruelty and might even...
Posted by Monica on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 03:39:00 PST

three things that are good:

one. new sheets and towelstwo. ciao bella gelatothree. the music of j.dilla
Posted by Monica on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:54:00 PST

over it

over it. anybody else?du.plic.i.tyPronunciation: dü-'pli-s&-tE, dyü-Function: nounInflected Form: plural-tiesEtymology: Late Latin duplicitat- duplicitas duality, double-dealing, from Latin duplex two...
Posted by Monica on Tue, 09 May 2006 02:46:00 PST