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r.paper

this kind of helianthus

About Me

theory nerd. praxis propagandist. pop culture prom queen. disoriented car parker.

My Interests

writing, reading, conspiring, dreaming, singing, dancing, music, filmmaking, teaching, planning for the coup d'etat, dubya's demise, the sun and sand with waves like rubber bands, remembering where i park

I'd like to meet:

radical dreamers and revolutionary realists. a true funk soldier.

Music:

nina, jane's, stevie (nicks and wonder), buckley, de la, radiohead, pj harvey, beatles, talib + mos=black star, bow wow wow, neko case, elliott smith, arcade fire, brion, the smiths, rage, tribe, short-lived lucy pearl, marley, yes, neil (diamond and young), bonga, ice cream trucks that play "music box dancer"

Movies:

hannah and her sisters, the rutles: all you need is cash, un chien andalou, la ley del deseo, ordinary people, chuck and buck, dirty pretty things, 9 to 5, grey gardens, the royal tenenbaums, irma vep

Television:

in search of, laverne and shirley, x-files, the office (bbc and nbc), other people's cable

Books:

breton, fanon, trinh, baldwin, hooks, borges, eugenides (middlesex, forever), cha (dictee) third cinema, and always... benjamin (arcades project!)

My Blog

malabad hi ako

mabusag an papel.
Posted by r.paper on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 06:18:00 PST

looking forward

... to looking forward.LMAOTFLOL[this will be the only time i'll use (a) laughing acronym(s) without sarcasm. wait. that's impossible.]
Posted by r.paper on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 02:19:00 PST

rider of the bike

my friend, j, is wandering around southeast asia right now. as a rider of a bike and a writer of a blog, he posts this. i envy him. i wanna bike outta dodge, too......
Posted by r.paper on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:49:00 PST

benjamin's prequel

walter benjamin finally found an english translator for his childhood memoirs. here's some eye candy for his fans, odd and obscure. ...
Posted by r.paper on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:21:00 PST

housekeeping vs. the dirt

i almost bought this book of essays by nick hornby at a barnes & nobles because i was feeling a bit too lazy and lame at the time to go to an endangered indie bookstore and buy it there. but, i was f...
Posted by r.paper on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 06:53:00 PST

crappy anniversary

today's my brother's birthday. i remember, back in high school, when it was just the two of us celebrating it. that day, i accidentally ran over his foot with the car. i felt so terrible that after...
Posted by r.paper on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:08:00 PST

"Could have sworn I'd seen well-kempt, and seen it often."

i was going to use the phrase, "well-kempt einstein" but wondered if there ever were such a thing. in looking for my answer, i stumbled upon this site that had the best collection of "pull-out quotes,...
Posted by r.paper on Sun, 19 Mar 2006 02:09:00 PST

it's like i "arrived"

there must be a new truck in town. the ice cream truck on my street now plays, "music box dancer." no more "pop goes the weasel" or "the entertainer." it's now the second-rate but oh-so appreciate...
Posted by r.paper on Mon, 27 Feb 2006 11:39:00 PST

a new resolve

a new year. thicker eyebrows. or... another lent. no plucking. or... all i want for christmas is a furry brow.
Posted by r.paper on Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:24:00 PST

in search of yourself

below, are the results of a game i got from another blog. it goes to show that the behemoth google, inc. is really trying to find answers for just about everything--including personal (in)sanity: H...
Posted by r.paper on Tue, 01 Nov 2005 12:57:00 PST