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Princess of the Surface Streets

Back and forth. With the same poop. Forever.

About Me

Back in school after a semester of supension. Also bookselling and waitressing. It's okay, except for the nightmares.I love: Christopher Moore, Anderson Cooper, devotchka, kill hannah concerts, feeling starstruck, books books books, vitamin water, kurt vonnegut, and mashed potatoes.I don't love: liars, haters, my teeth, or cookies that are too crunchy.

My Interests

glamourbombing [glamour = n. 1. An air of compelling charm, romance, and excitement, especially when delusively alluring. 2. {Archaic}. A magic spell; enchantment.], walking around downtown, circuses, japanese culture, pink things, experimenting, foreign languages, trivial things, chasing total solar eclipses [in the future i will! yes.]

I'd like to meet:

My boyfriend reads to me, so I'm pretty satisfied right now thank yous.

Music:

deVotchKa, the Cure, the Strokes, Ben Folds, Ben Folds Five, Kill Hannah, Zwan, the Smashing Pumpkins, Jack White, the White Stripes, Frank Sinatra, Patsy Cline, Sarah McLachlan, FEIST, Peaches, the Notwist, Rilo Kiley, Sugar Ray, Garbage, the Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie, Muse, Audioslave, Orgy, Bobby Darin, the Beatles, Elvis, Weezer, the Pixies, Doves, the Mountain Goats, the Pixies, good movie soundtracks, Yann Tiersen, Modest Mouse, 50 cent, Ciara, Snoop Dogg, Neko Case, Nico, the Beach Boys, David Bowie, Mark Mothersbaugh, Cake, the Magnetic Fields and anything Stephin Merrit.

Movies:

I Heart Huckabees, Amelie, Moulin Rouge, Trainspotting, Memento, Lord of the Rings: the Fellowship of the Ring, Eight Days a Week, Ghost World, Spirited Away, 28 Days Later, Lost in Translation, the Virgin Suicides, White Squall, There's Something About Mary, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Forrest Gump, Moonstruck, the Shawshank Redemption, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, the Lion King, the Little Mermaid, Toy Story 2, Reservoir Dogs, Requiem for a Dream, Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2, the Wizard of Oz, the Professional [Leon], Garden State, the Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi, Big Fish, Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, the Royal Tenenbaums, Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, Goodfellas, Kung Fu Hustle [!!!], Howl's Moving Castle, Serenity, Millions, God of Cookery, the Last Samurai, House of Flying Daggers, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Me and You and Everyone We Know

Television:

HEROES, the Simpsons, Futurama, the Venture Brothers, Spongebob, Daria, Seinfeld, Sex and the City, Scrubs, Six Feet Under, Nip/Tuck, South Park, Carnivale, the New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science, Iron Chef, Reading Rainbow, Gilmore Girls, Late Night with Conan O'brien

Books:

Haven't started a new one yet-just finished "Oh the Glory of It All" by Sean Wilsey; "Deadline" by Chris Crutcher; "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith; and so on. To see my highly out-of-date book blog, please visit www.julielovesbooks.livejournal.com.

Heroes:

Theodore Roosevelt. Bitchez!

My Blog

neat thing stolen from one of Patrick's friends

Killing time.I should really be reading, since I am losing the Great Book-Off of 2007, but this is more fun.You.Can.Only.Type.One.Word.Not as easy as you might think.1. Where is your cell phone?dresse...
Posted by Princess of the Surface Streets on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:26:00 PST

survey from my livejournal

2006 Survey1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before? I got drunk with my family and made a total ass of myself.3. Did anyone close to you give birth? I feel like I attended more baby sh...
Posted by Princess of the Surface Streets on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 03:27:00 PST

tagged by Joshua Dane

Instructions: The first player of this game starts with the "Seven Weird Things/Habits About Yourself." People who get tagged may choose to write a blog about seven of their weird habits, as well as s...
Posted by Princess of the Surface Streets on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 01:25:00 PST

meep

I don't know either!
Posted by Princess of the Surface Streets on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 12:47:00 PST

thingamajizzigger

Michelle has inspired me to write another entry containing 20 things you may or may not know about me. This would be the third time I've written one of these lists. I try to do one every year, but it'...
Posted by Princess of the Surface Streets on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 12:56:00 PST

"Consequence" by the Notwist.

"you're the color, you're the movement and the spin. never could it stay with me the whole day long." I'm tired but I can't sleep. "Fail with consequence. Lose with eloquence and a smile." I'm reall...
Posted by Princess of the Surface Streets on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 01:50:00 PST

charisma tagged me

Charisma, I don't wanna do the tagging thing but I'll list weird stuff about me: 1. I have this habit of putting movies on and then walking away. I just forget about it or I lose interest. It really p...
Posted by Princess of the Surface Streets on Tue, 09 May 2006 11:43:00 PST

new things

  -went to lift weights for the first time. i think i'm addicted. -i saw my favorite band twice in a row. it should have been three times, but that's a long, sad story. but i learned that i'll st...
Posted by Princess of the Surface Streets on Thu, 04 May 2006 11:49:00 PST

I like surveys a lot.

1) What stickers do you have on your car?This is a difficult question to answer, as I have neither a car nor a sticker to put it on it. Ideally, I would have a dark gray Volkswagen beetle with a stick...
Posted by Princess of the Surface Streets on Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:07:00 PST

You take the good. You take the bad.

new Harry Potter book = store manager telling me that I do the job that I love very, very poorly and also that I am young and stew-pot = making friends with Stu-art  = cribbage = getting a $4...
Posted by Princess of the Surface Streets on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST