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puffwefiah!

About Me

j'ai un âme solitaire.

My Interests

i obsessively eat dry breakfast cereal out of coffee cups. it turns out that i am prone to horrific nightmares when the oven is on. my skin is made of elastic paper, and my veins are disproportionately large for my hands. i once tore an accordion in half because i was so excited about the noises it was making. i love finding people who understand what i mean when i speak in run-on root-system metaphors about yucca plants, wisdom teeth, and dollar weeds. one day i will live in the ocean and filter-feed, but not today.

favorite sounds: high heels on a hard floor in a hallway. descending sneaker footsteps in a stairwell. water dripping on plastic bags. that fish vase at bev's grandmother's house. eyes blinking. scissor noises. broken toy pianos. moo cans. spilling chain. coins falling into a pile. tapping on pipes with a piece of metal. wind through leaves or tall grass. branches breaking. ripping paper. snow falling. rubber bands. springs. breaking glass. coffee beans/dry lentils being poured. squishing mud. splatters. wings flapping. throwing large rocks in a lake.

i really, really love art. i especially love the works of:
the dada period, marcel dzama, beth cavener stichter, joe sorren, joel-peter witkin, jiri barta, stasys eidrigevicius, odd nerdrum, diane arbus, marcel duchamp, man ray, auguste rodin, jonathan weiner, arthur ganson, jay ryan, tim hawkinson, edward gorey, eugenio recuenco, shawn tan, dave mckean, jessica joslin, sarina brewer, richard barnes, mark ryden, helmut newton...

SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION!

you can click the picture above to visit my flickr account where more art lives.
contrast and resolution are much better over there, i promise...

joel-peter witkin - cupid and centaur:

noah wilson:

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I'd like to meet:

people who know the difference between a drawing of a hat and a drawing of a boa constrictor with an elephant inside. i would also like to meet a very nice lemur... or a rock, if the rock liked coffee and good conversation.

tous les noms sont déjà pris... pfff...:

lauren simonutti:

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Music:

lots and lots.

Movies:



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Television:

television is horrifying, and it is not allowed in my house.

Books:

books are the greatest.

Heroes:



carmen amaya, crayon, mothra, reishi, and nori. nori will always be more well-read than i.

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Status: tamer of cheetas
Here for: flamenco dancing
Hometown: biscotti jar
Religion: kneesocks
Orientation: lesbian
Body Type: 8’11” rugged little twig
Sign: gemini
Education: fall 2003: cheerleading for post-apocalyptic housewives

fall 1996: hopscotch for the sake of hopscotch

attended continuing education courses in modern art geometry, fundamentals of hand turkeys, advanced dinosaur studies, and applied scissor noises
Occupation: staring at rocks
Income: two dollars and fifteen cents

My Blog

the apple lady

so i work at trader joe's in philadelphia now, and the commentaries from our clientele is one of the most amazing features about my new job. the public is a non-stop onslaught of hilarity, moreso on ...
Posted by opposable thumbs on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:47:00 PST

slime molds

slime moldAny of several hundred primitive heterotrophic organisms that superficially resemble fungi, and were once grouped with them, but are now classified as protists. Like animals and plants, slim...
Posted by opposable thumbs on Wed, 16 May 2007 10:45:00 PST

zzzzzwap

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Posted by opposable thumbs on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 06:10:00 PST

RIP Spc. Toby Olsen

i'm so sorry this had to happen to you, toby, someone as pure and beautiful as you, but i'm so glad to know that i at least had the chance to cross paths with you and know you as deeply as i did. i st...
Posted by opposable thumbs on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:14:00 PST

corpse flower

(all text courtesy of wikipedia)Corpse flower or giant corpse flower can refer to either of two flowering plants:The genus Rafflesia, which contains the species Rafflesia arnoldii, the largest single ...
Posted by opposable thumbs on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 11:11:00 PST

doppelgängers and you

A doppelgänger is the ghostly double of a living person. The word doppelgänger is a loanword from German, written there (as any noun) with an initial capital letter Doppelgänger, composed from doppel,...
Posted by opposable thumbs on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 09:57:00 PST

beetly blog

more images at www.living-jewels.com All images are Copyright 2004, P Beckmann Flower Beetles / Family Scarabaeidae / Subfamily CetoniinaeAmaurrodes passerinii Location: Tanzania, Size:3 c...
Posted by opposable thumbs on Fri, 09 Jun 2006 09:46:00 PST

crazy-poem of the day

lo! the minty ziploc extraordinaire! the mittened paper bag of allah! rewind not the mesclun atrocities, lest we dream through the rust, dream through the ache, drowned by aeons of hallowed ...
Posted by opposable thumbs on Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:37:00 PST

excerpt from "sleepers awake" by kenneth patchen

[excerpt from sleepers awake by kenneth patchen, 1946]         today i walked GRAY DEER IN       THE SNOW &n...
Posted by opposable thumbs on Mon, 27 Feb 2006 08:23:00 PST