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shannon

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

i take pleasure in the details. i'm nostalgic for conversations i had yesterday.

My Interests

percussion, salt and honey. mondegreens. grilling. sharing tasty treats. hanging with my ladies. two-headed boys. taking risks that are only risky to me. going back to school. tender sounds. rockin beats. catching signals that sound in the dark. putting it out there. keeping it to myself.

Music:

mariee sioux, alela diane, matt sheehy, t.rex, david bowie, the kinks, pheonix, loquat, the long winters, sun kil moon/mark kozelek/redhouse painters, sufjan stevens, kings of convenience, joseph arthur, jose gonzalez, aaron mannino, portishead, cat power, bjork, beth orton, jeff buckley, john vanderslice, viva voce, neko case, ryan adams, patty griffin, the shins, the sundays, broadcast, josh rouse, azure ray, neutral milk hotel, joy division, new order, blackalicious, black star, the roots, a tribe called quest, tori amos, tom waits, kaki king, lavender diamond, pj harvey, lucinda williams, death cab for cutie, postal service, the spinanes/rebecca gates, paul simon, september 67/shannon worrell, elliott smith, iron and wine, lisa germano, sinead o'connor, rufus wainwright, radiohead, creeper lagoon, m. ward, spoon, mia, tegan and sara, mum, +/-, bob dylan, the beatles, al green, marvin gaye, nina simone, gillian welch, paul westerburg, beck, beastie boys, broken social scene, billie holiday, otis redding, joni mitchell, my morning jacket, metric, american analog set, frou frou, nada surf, rose polenzani, marcus bently, wilco, nick drake, the pixies, low, beirut, the decemberists, stars of track and field, justin timberlake, rilo kiley, camera obscura, belle and sebastian, the hidden cameras, massive attack, everything but the girl, the smiths, ride, wedding present, dj shadow, french kicks, bruce springsteen, old mj, old madonna, cyndi lauper, the bangles, the chemical brothers and on and on and on... locally: aiko shimada, andrea maxand, andrew norsworthy, explone, the graze, wesafari, rosie thomas, jen wood, heather duby, amy blaschke, night canopy, concorde, sun vow, band of horses, sera cahoone, damien jurado, drew victor, alex rose/model photographer, minus the bear, siberian, grand hallway. the maldives, boyd reno is john center, say hi to your mom, fleet foxes, the cave singers, tiny vipers, troubletown.

Movies:

the science of sleep, blue, bridge to teribithia, babel, little miss sunshine, amelie, rushmore, kicking and screaming, chumscrubber, donnie darko, twin peaks, blue velvet (almost anything by david lynch), the last unicorn, reality bites, anything by the coen brothers, wes anderson, jim jarmusch, tim burton, christopher guest. october sky, office space, clerks, mall rats, tommy boy, being john malkovich, adaptation, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, the sweet hereafter, the barbarian invasions, garden state, the shining, basquiat, buffalo 66, wings of desire, edward scissorhands, the dark crystal, the secret of nymh, memento, dangerous liasons, napoleon dynamite, me and you and everyone we know, all the real girls, thumbsucker.

Television:

twin peaks, six feet under, arrested development, gilmore girls, the simpsons, the charlie rose show, strangers with candy, the daily show, the colbert report, tom goes to the mayor, project runway, antm, queer as folk.

Books:

one hundred years of solitude, song of the exile, shark dialogues, middlesex, no one belongs here more than you, anything by david huddle, don dellilo, kurt vonnegut, michael ondaatje or david sedaris, girl with curious hair, nine stories, frannie and zooey, narcissus and goldmund, the house of the spirits, the shipping news, into the wild, the liar's club, the giver, the secret garden, little women, an unquiet mind, the poetry of anne sexton, emily dickinson, edna st. vincent millay, catullus, sylvia plath, phillip levine, seamus heaney, the diary of anais nin, biographies about poets and artists, old books with illustrations, fairytales, art books....and on and on and on.

Heroes:

people that sparkle and shine. ..

My Blog

light the night

hey all,my lovely friend, jenny george, inspired me to join her in this year's "light the night" walk around greenlake. it is a fundraising walking campaign to celebrate and commemorate lives touched ...
Posted by shannon on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 06:43:00 PST

Patrick Porter gets even older and better looking.

hey y'all, here is a message straight from my good friend, patrick, who is celebrating his birthday this wednesday. if you are a friend of mine, a friend of patrick, a fan of good music (matt hopper &...
Posted by shannon on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 08:24:00 PST

It's time to blog the sexy blog... AKA get yr blood sucked out!!!!!!!

To all those millions of readers out there waiting for a new Shannon blog...TOO BAD SUCKAS!!! HA HA!!! This is The PRoeter, and, having hijacked Shan's iBook, I will now be blogging furiously for yo...
Posted by shannon on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:32:00 PST

come celebrate with me on cinco de mayo

as we all must do each year, i am turning another year older on this 2nd of may. my adorable roommate, libby, also has a birthday the week after mine, so we put our little heads together and decided t...
Posted by shannon on Thu, 27 Apr 2006 09:59:00 PST

on the road

patrick porter and i are about to embark on a little roadtrip down the coast. it will no doubt be awesome, and i for one can't wait to get out of town for awhile to see some new sights and visit some ...
Posted by shannon on Sun, 13 Nov 2005 09:38:00 PST

is this desire?

my roommate, melissa, bought an adorable nanopod last night. i think i'm in love.
Posted by shannon on Sun, 02 Oct 2005 12:21:00 PST

no direction home

i just finished watching the first half of "no direction home" on pbs. it makes me wish i could go back in time and see him in concert back in the day. about five or six years ago, i saw dylan and pau...
Posted by shannon on Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:19:00 PST

song

"song" by seamus heaneyA rowan like a lipsticked girl. Between the by-road and the main road Alder trees at a wet and dripping distance Stand off among the rushes. There are the mud-flowers of dialect...
Posted by shannon on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

wondertoonel

hey all- i tried posting this yesterday, but it didn't work for some reason, so here i go again... i just wanted to let anybody in seattle know that today is the last day that wondertoonel, mark ryde...
Posted by shannon on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST