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Tana

If not already, this will be funny in retrospect.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

The few, the proud, the fluent. Pen friends.

I think this is great:

Music:

Andrew Bird, The Decemberists, Leslie Feist, Kiln, Kraftwerk, Jose Gonzalez, Galaxie 500, Mudhoney, Elliott Smith, Will Oldham, Beck, Sufjan Stevens, Screaming Trees, Soundgarden, The Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan, Built to Spill, Fugazi, Afghan Whigs, Bang Bang, The Holy Fire, Jawbreaker, Sunny Day Real Estate, De La Soul, Do Make Say Think, Broken Social Scene, The Smashing Pumpkins, Modest Mouse, Stereolab, Sonic Youth, The Verve, Velocity Girl, Superchunk, Yo La Tengo, The Hold Steady, LCD Soundsystem

Movies:

A Man For All Seasons, The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Donnie Darko, The Cruise, Slam, Antonio's Line, Wings of Desire, Angelheart, Happenstance, Royal Tennenbaums, Princess and the Warrior, Lord of the Rings, Full Monty, Best in Show, Thief (1981), Spirited Away, Spider-Man, City of the Lost Children, Metropolis, Buffalo 66, Amelie, movies with Muppets, E.T.

Television:

Radio!

Books:

The Hip Chick's Guide to Macrobiotics, Searching For God Knows What by Donald Miller and The Dewbreaker by Edwidge Danticat
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, The Screwtape Letters, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, The Bible, Mere Christianity, Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates, Manifestoes of Surrealism and literary surrealism in general. Crimethinc.
Authors: Barry Lopez, Annie Dillard, C.S. Lewis, Tom Robbins, David Sedaris. Poets: Aime Cesaire, Pablo Neruda, Magazines: Orion , Venus, Adbusters, The Believer, Utne.

Heroes:

Ira Glass
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My Blog

my stiches

hurt like hell.  
Posted by Tana on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 05:12:00 PST

i love bunnies

Ever since the demolition derby at the 4H fair in Sandusky, MI this weekend, I now judge all cars by their perceived derby worthiness. I was thinking that would be a great way to retire my Corolla bu...
Posted by Tana on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:39:00 PST

Rust belt fieldtrip.

I started the weekend having no plans to stay the night in Toledo. It all started with what my boyfriend affectionately calls, "the lifter". FYI there is also "scooper," and a "squisher". Leave to ...
Posted by Tana on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:12:00 PST

Hmm....

Well, I thought they would be done faster with the rice precooked but apparently not. I'm not sure if this is going to be the successful cabbage roll making experience I had envisioned. I put them b...
Posted by Tana on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:27:00 PST

Cabbage roll attempt 2

Okay, so I'm a little fixated on getting this right. Currently making cabbage rolls, except this time I precooked the rice for 20 min, then sauteed the onions with some cumin and then mixed in some t...
Posted by Tana on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 05:42:00 PST

Leave the lentils out . . .

of that cabbage recipe, it's for your own good, trust me on this. Oh yeah, and I figured that if you precook the rice for about 20 min, so it's softened but not fully cooked, that would cut down the ...
Posted by Tana on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:51:00 PST

What I did tonight with cabbage.

My latest foray into the world of cooking is making stuffed cabbage rolls, and I did pretty good this first time around. I decided to make them vegan, using lentils instead of meat, and it worked pre...
Posted by Tana on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 07:42:00 PST

satisfied customer

I took my MacBook into the Mac store yesterday because the battery was bad (haven't had it a year yet) and they also also replaced the entire keyboard part because as it turns out the material is defe...
Posted by Tana on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:38:00 PST

Thousands Lose Jobs As Michigan Unemployment Offices Close

From the Onion
Posted by Tana on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 02:38:00 PST

Less than two weeks!!!

And I'll be home to visit. :)Can't believe I've been here (counting on fingers, Sonya) more than six months.
Posted by Tana on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 07:41:00 PST