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Margarita

I hate to see the evening sun go down.

About Me

..3 true things:
I like Art Deco archetecture and train tracks. Preferably together.
An old movie at the Castro theater can be a peak experience for me.
My goal to acheivement ratio is slowly climbing. MyGen Profile Generator

My Interests

cinema, art, civil rights, feminism, activism, analyzing media, strong bad, genderfuckers, queers, fat chicks, theological speculation, flirting, midnight movies, studying psychology, true crime, camp, playful sarcasm, sketch comedy, coming up with band names, trying to make music, trying to write, fucking shit up.

Music:

june carter, the white stripes, blanche, the monkees, r. crumb and his cheap suit serenaders, david bowie, paul simon, the greenhornes, the dirtbombs, the ramones, pink floyd, marlene dietrich, klaus nomi, lou reed, bessie smith, early jazz, cab calloway, bluegrass, blues, iggy and the stooges, edith piaf, judy holliday, blonde redhead, mark mothersbaugh, new york dolls, stuff on public radio

Movies:

down by law, wild at heart, women on the verge of a nervous breakdown, brazil, satyricon, wild strawberries, the magnificent ambersons, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, la strada, hairspray(the original), the life aquatic with steve zissou, dick, the producers(1968 version), jackie brown, being john malckovich, the conversation, vertigo, wayne's world, heavenly creatures, the apu trilogy, the farmer's daughter, citizen kane, dr. strangelove, sullivan's travels, this is spinal tap, sideburns, the palm beach story, the women, bed and sofa, shirlock jr., fanny and alexander, blazing saddles, cape fear (both versions), the women, resevoir dogs, wayne's world, 8 1/2, f for fake, shadow of a doubt, beyond the valley of the dolls, a night at the opera, maryjane, the servant, the unholy 3, female trouble, the general, freaks, rope, salome

Television:

the simpsons, flight of the conchords, six feet under, futurama, sports night, arrested development, curb your enthusiasm, seinfeld, mystery science theater 3000, the critic, venture brothers, [adult swim], mission hill, seinfeld, TCM, rome, family guy, aqua teen hunger force, the daily show, colbert report, lookwell, late night with conan o'brian, green acres, tom goes to the mayor

Books:

uncle tungsten, the battle for god, anything by hunter s. thompson, crackpot by john waters, song of solomon, 1984, fat!so?, the letters of abelard and heloise, mommie dearest, the man who mistook his wife for a hat, the power of myth, the orchid theif, eightball, schizo, murder can be fun, diary of a teenage girl, vilette, their eyes were watching god

Heroes:

joseph campbell, marilyn wann, john waters, DIVINE, terry gilliam, jack white, agnes moorhead (endora from bewitched), w.e.b. du bois, bell hooks, karen armstrong, the suffragettes, the abolitionists especially frederick douglass, karen o, anyone who is able to make art/write/make music, leopold and loeb

My Blog

Oliver Wolf Sacks: Badass

Excerpt from the autobiography Uncle Tungsten, Memories of a Chemical Boyhood by Oliver Sacks."One summer after the war, in Bournemouth, I managed to obtain a very large octopus from a fisherman and k...
Posted by Margarita on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 01:46:00 PST

Be careful, teeny bopping can kill you.

Her name was Bernadette Whelan. She was 14-years-old and she loved David Cassidy. She had come to the show with her friend Margaret Kirk; for weeks, they thought of little else than May 26th at White ...
Posted by Margarita on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 01:20:00 PST