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Sealegs Sophie McPhearson

And I, to make thee mad, do mock thee thus

About Me

i'm a silly nerd who likes industrial/ebm/synthpop music and cats. i enjoy being goofy and laughing at and/or with people.

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My Interests

music, animals, travel, museums, culture, outdoors, animal rights, environmental protection, early modern european history (esp. elizabethan england), volkswagens, Germany, hippopotamuses, thrift store shopping, 1920s-50s, pin-up models, feral cats, sleeping, pirates, coconut things, captain & coke, ace pear cider, sunkist orange soda, dressing up, nachos, yoga, NPR, bad-ass shoes, weather that does not exceed 85 degrees

Music:

depeche mode, skinny puppy, vnv nation, covenant, wumpscut, hocico, de/vision, wolfsheim, delerium, tear garden, qntal, squirrel nut zippers, tori amos, the smiths, evanescence, paul oakenfold, fischerspooner, reverend horton heat, current 93, nature & organisation, death in june, the cure, legendary pink dots, peter murphy, beborn beton, apoptygma berzerk, neuroticfish, echo image, icon of coil, combichrist, iris, cosmicity, funker vogt, das ich, seabound, stromkern, new order, pet shop boys, portishead, mazzy star, loreena mckennitt, tool, system of a down, nick cave & the bad seeds, bjork, vermillion lies, psyclon nine, grendel, velvet acid christ, the stray cats, patsy cline, johnny cash, the sounds, amy winehouse, big band/swing, rockabilly/psychobilly

Movies:

LOTR, braveheart, pirates of the caribbean, harry potter, chicago, tipping the velvet, the fingersmith, austin powers, underworld, clue, the works of will ferrell

Television:

documentaries, The l-word, will & grace, scrubs, BBC news, PBS, HGTV, southpark, stand-up comedy, the simpsons, the thirsty traveler, survivorman, what not to wear, reno 911

Books:

medieval murder mysteries, harry potter series, travel-related books, the historian, neverwhere, stardust, dracula

Heroes:

Kirby

My Blog

Beware the Chupacabra

After reading today about an apparent mass suicide of these mythic beasts outside a ranch in South Texas, imagine my surprise when I came home to find one dead on a chair in my liv...
Posted by Sealegs Sophie McPhearson on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 08:39:00 PST

Its been a rough day at work when...

you get home and discovery you have office supplies in your hair and stuck to the bottoms of your shoes.  Damn you, redacting tape!! Accessorizing with office supplies is not unheard of...
Posted by Sealegs Sophie McPhearson on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:30:00 PST

To learn or not to learn...

is apparently not the question, since I went ahead and registered for the semester. In a move that I will probably come to regret, I'll once again continue the pointless pursuit of my g...
Posted by Sealegs Sophie McPhearson on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:06:00 PST

Potter!!!

I might just be retarded. Somehow I thought it would be a good idea to see the premiere of HP & The Order of the Phoenix at midnight tonight. I'm already tired and my shoulder/neck/upper back...
Posted by Sealegs Sophie McPhearson on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:00:00 PST

Happy Belated Birthday to Me

A couple of weeks ago I officially became old as shit. Luckily, I had many distractions that, though conceived to celebrate my ancientness, actually made me forget. First, back in early April I bought...
Posted by Sealegs Sophie McPhearson on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 04:27:00 PST

Free to Good Home

Excluding jumbo clown fish, this 10-gallon fish tank set-up is FREE to whomever can provide it with a loving home. I upgraded Zig and Zag to a 20-gallon some time ago and want to get this one off my ...
Posted by Sealegs Sophie McPhearson on Thu, 31 May 2007 09:58:00 PST

Strangeways, There We Went

After 10+ years of Smiths-love I finally saw Morrissey! Yippee! It was magical. He sounds fantastic live and is captivating to watch (when there aren't drunken fools in the way). The band rocked out w...
Posted by Sealegs Sophie McPhearson on Sat, 26 May 2007 12:36:00 PST

FREEEEEDOM!!

I don't even think my best Mel Gibson as William Wallace impersonation can express the sheer joy I feel. Using Mel Gibson at all in reference to the end of my Jewish culture class is ironic, no?&...
Posted by Sealegs Sophie McPhearson on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:26:00 PST

Dogs Do the Darndest Things

Picture this:  It's a beautiful spring day (in late February no less) and the dog park is abuzz with exuberant canines glad to be outdoors romping in the warm sunshine.  Like a pro...
Posted by Sealegs Sophie McPhearson on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:19:00 PST

More Fun with Academia

Out of a nasty little snippet of French history,  in which Anti-Semitism masquerades as espionage and treason, The Dreyfus Affair gives us a cast of characters that includes the abomina...
Posted by Sealegs Sophie McPhearson on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:21:00 PST