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cecelia

By the power of greyskull!

About Me



Do you ever have that thing where you feel emotionally mature as a person, and there are a lot of things you can do rationally and with great poise, but then you still can't really get over your teenage fear of answering the phone? I'm currently bridging the gap between young adulthood and middle adulthood, which means I do things like deal with my student loans by forgetting them and having my own apartment but still feeling giddy with joy and anticipation when I have girl-boy sleepovers.

My Interests

yogurt, granola, painting, large bodies of water, books (all sorts), scarves, scars, boots, snow, movies (but not horror ones), thrift stores, daytrips, impulsive behavior, beer, whiskey on the rocks, porches, sun, springtime, young handsome people. Rediscovering the art of sending mail by paper letters with individual drawings on every envelope. Vegetables. Bicycling as transportation. Art Trades. Really good and cool and awesome artists, like Walton Ford, David Hockney (prints, fo real dog), David Schnell, Peter Doig, Caravaggio. Constant likes include: Daniel Dove, Balthus, Francis Bacon, Chuck Close, Maurice Sendak, Edward Gorey, Vermeer, David, Rembrandt. All things historical and contemporary. Stuff. Gossip, yes gossip; the propensity Hollywood celebrities have towards being weird. Really good hugs. The inexplicably addicting phenomenon of Missed Connections on craigslist. Dick Van Dyke, Paul Newman, and Tom Hanks the young Bachelor Party version, and last but not least, Jon Stewart.

Music:

roy orbison, otis reading, burt jansch, the zombies, the avant garde disasters , modest mouse, yo la tango, elliot smith, mix tapes/cds, neutral milk hotel, yeah yeah yeahs, le tigre, frank and nancy sinatra, clinic, Desert Sessions, Etta James, Patsy Cline, Queens of the Stone Age, Tapes Sean and Kate make, rolling stones, Beck, radiohead, donovan, cat stevens, the ramones, cyndi lauper, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Accuradio!!!!!!!, Postal Service, the rentals, Donovan, iron and wine, edith piaf, sigur ros, ben lee, and Harry Belefonte

Movies:

CHILDREN OF MEN. Me and You and Everyone We Know, and the Squid and the Whale. Shaun of the dead, Cool hand Luke, Total Recall, Battle Royale, The Big Lebowski, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Wet Hot American Summer, Amelie, Tombstone, Love, Actually; Total Recall, Royal Tanenbaums, Dr Strangelove, Lolita (new one), Rushmore, Sixth Sense, Noi

Television:

law&order, the simpsons, Conan

Books:

Anything by Shel Silverstein. I've been devouring books at an amazing rate since being in school which is pretty strange since I don't really have any time-but lately its been The Time Traveller's Wife, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Voyages of Dr Doolittle (previously read as a youngster), and The Picture of Dorian Gray. God damn it, Oscar. God damn it. Blindness. Undertaking: LIfe Stories of a Dismal Trade, Ghost World, Sleepwalking, Life of Pi, which if anyone else has read, I would like to hear your take on the ending. The godfather(no kidding), tunnel visions, east of eden, a wrinkle in time, a light in the attic, where the sidewalk ends, catcher in the Rye, little prince, the giving tree(love love love shel silverstein), carrie, books that are lent to me by people who feel I would like them, danny champion of the world, james and the giant peach (actually just anything by roald dahl) the world according to garp, narnia chronicles, maurice sendak books Watership Down, Rats of NIMH. Books that make me cry, because I think that's the hardest thing to do really.

Heroes:

Taylor "Hard Motherfucker" Dellphoto courtesy of Dave Woody

My Blog

come on let's get republican! or, Celia's youtube guide to the Race of 2008 Presidential Debate

Holy crap. Let's just all take a moment and say "god bless you, youtube" before we proceed. I also want to condemn the news for only featuring the Race For 2008 Presidential Debates on private channel...
Posted by cecelia on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:03:00 PST

RIP, Snail

This is really true.  The other day, I was walking home in one of what seems like a series of a thousand thunder and lightning storms (I almost called my love interest in the middle of the night ...
Posted by cecelia on Sat, 05 May 2007 02:00:00 PST

shorts and other disorders

I think that I may have suvivor's guilt about weather.  Today, February 22nd, in the year of our lord two thousand and seven, I am wearing shorts and a tanktop.  It's actually eighty degrees...
Posted by cecelia on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:40:00 PST

j fuckin t, or, what does this all really mean?

So, perhaps I should preface this blog with the fact that I got one of those tiny ipod shuffles for christmas from my parents-you know, the kind that is in that really sexy ad where people are taking ...
Posted by cecelia on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:17:00 PST

Vin Diesel

This morning I am sitting with Taylor Dell, who is deeply involved in Fast and Furious while I am trying to write an artists' statement.  As I squealed with glee at Vin Deisel, and being in a con...
Posted by cecelia on Sat, 07 Oct 2006 08:43:00 PST

On a honky tonk river go round

Blog two: The supernatural journey that is a Inner Tube Ride in Texas.  Thanks to Jaime for making it all real. Imagine the scene.  You hear the words "inner tube ride" and feel joy and anti...
Posted by cecelia on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 05:40:00 PST

Snakes on my Blog

This is my first blog.  Always skeptical of blogs, I've read them with great interest but have always forgone posting them, preferring instead to use bulletins.  That ends today.  All ...
Posted by cecelia on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 05:19:00 PST