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lydia grey

dont go chasing waterfalls!

About Me

likes: wearing dresses. avocados. my siblings. spicy food.scotch. diversity. large dogs. stick shifts. vintage. trying on shoes. shooting chrome. playing records. swimming after dark. cooking without directions. trains. mud. stout beer. back rubs. large fields.dislikes: pantyhose. applying for jobs. passive aggresivness. spelling. canned corn. tom cruise. nickelback. george w. staying in one place Plain MySpace Layouts by Iron Spider

My Interests

documentry photography, knitting, yoga, walking on hardwood floors, other cultures, writing, being as nosey as possible without getting caught, traveling, dancing, making up elaborate plans in my head, reading large novels and sometimes finishing them, hangin with my brothers and sisters, experimenting with food in the kitchen, waxing, saving the enviornment, listening to blues, swingin on a swing, making you like me, playing pool, skiing, and workin so i dont have to try so hard.

I'd like to meet:

"i'm gonna love you till the wheels come off"--tom waits, dreamiest man alive.

Music:

tom waits, cat power, u2, radiohead, mason jennings, fiona apple, joanna newsom, bjork, white stripes, lorretta lynn,patti griffen,yann teirsan, the shins, sufjan stevens, rilo kiley, nina simone, son house, bob dylan, led zepplin, cat stevens, amiee mann, air, feist, johnny cash, andrew bird, beirut, neutral milk hotel, jeff buckley, sonic youth, iron and wine.

Movies:

amelie, lost in transation, thank you for smoking, running with scissors,fight club, kill bill1&2, constant gardener, magnolia, blue, donnie darko, benny and joon, waiting for guffman, room with a veiw, harold and maude, run lola run, heaven, before sunset, you me and everyone we know, sex and lucia.

Television:

its dead to me

Books:

brothers karamozov, on the road, east or eden, wise blood, victory over japan, cannery row, the idiot, jane eyre, atlas shrugged, the chosen, the great divorce, ..........the bell jar.

Heroes:

my mum, bob pennebaker, diane west, ester, wade bradshaw, dawn dahl, and wendell berry.

My Blog

new york, new york.

i've always seen myself as a country girl. not a southern girl, not a cow girl, but the oppisite of a city girl. trees are important to me. i like feeling things between my toes, like dewey grass, and...
Posted by lydia grey on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:40:00 PST

hothumidheat

much has happened in the days after the last posting. lord do i know you have been waiting for a new tidbit. the summer has been quite full of me nannying in the day, waitressing at night, and barely ...
Posted by lydia grey on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:32:00 PST

the no parking brake day.

i just bought a beautiful new car. new to me. a black 5 speed saab. i dont really know how to drive a stick, but i've been learning in the back roads in my mothers subdivision. last night, after a je...
Posted by lydia grey on Mon, 07 May 2007 08:35:00 PST

hormones. soy sauce. thursday.

well, i cant really say that this semester has been good. i thought for sure that western kentucky university would be the key to my happiness. but actually i find myself dragging through it, feeling ...
Posted by lydia grey on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:07:00 PST

filling time....mmm jelly filled. doughnuts.

shutterbug is behind me. i got new job at coffee house. it is so slow that i bring four or five things to entertain myself in a shift. homework. magazines, texting. i eat lots of food and surf the web...
Posted by lydia grey on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:20:00 PST

do you really wanna?

last week i was hit with the realization that maybe the photojournalist life is one of separation and detachment. we cant get involved, but we stay on the outside taking pictures of the action. n...
Posted by lydia grey on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:19:00 PST

fiber is good for you

today i woke up in my new bedroom. it was filled with cool, breezy light. i dressed and poured myself a bowl of kashi. went to work. all day long i've felt wonderful. when things are lousy i believe ...
Posted by lydia grey on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 05:41:00 PST

a man in his life

A Man In His Life    A man doesn't have time in his lifeto have time for everything.He doesn't have seasons enough to havea season for every purpose. EcclesiastesWas wrong about that....
Posted by lydia grey on Fri, 12 May 2006 08:38:00 PST

bonnarooooooooo...!

a lovely oppertunity opened upfor me to go to the bonnaroo music festival for free, and i'm on that baby. we( the ellis's and many other lovely people) will be working for one of the days and that pay...
Posted by lydia grey on Sun, 07 May 2006 06:56:00 PST

everybody and their baby's daddy can relate

everybody and their baby's daddy can relate to a stressful life. i am not outside of this norm. i grind my teeth at night for bloody sakes. but, though my life can come at me fast and fright...
Posted by lydia grey on Thu, 27 Apr 2006 04:53:00 PST