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Abi Sly

I, I will never be what you give me, because what you give me won't be real, what I want to be won't

About Me

In some strange twist of fate I've started to fall up instead of down... Does this mean something significant? I'm not sure... But I'm pretty sure that the point when reality and imagined reality come together is a beautiful thing. .

My Interests

Women are like apples on trees. The best ones are at the top of the tree. Most men don't want to reach for the good ones because they are afraid of falling and getting hurt. Instead, they sometimes take the apples from the ground that aren't as good, but easy. The apples at the top think something is wrong with them, when in reality, they're amazing. They just have to wait for the right man to come along, the one who is brave enough to climb all the way to the top of the tree. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////Reading, creation, playing pool, music, film, renting random DVD's from the public library, going to plays by myself (and occasionally with others), doing homework at the bar, good beer when I can afford it, shitty beer when I can't,being by myself, not being by myself, pretending I'm a rock star, that thing that involves needle and thread, hanging on to reality by my fingernails, saxophone, blowing bubbles with my mouth, pretending I'm 8, keeping in touch with the family (I actually have a sister I've never met), seeing how disgusting my apartment can get before I can no longer stand it (I'm working on being better about keeping it clean since the mess drives me batty), walking on water.... I try to do or see something new every weekend, got something for me to do?

I'd like to meet:

Preferably people who don't bore me... but I'm open. I have a soft spot for those who read, love art, care more about happiness than money, and like to go to the music store and listen to random disks until you find an obscure one that you fall in love with. Also, people who love really great beer but won't bitch and moan if their only option is the basic shitty crap that is all I can usually afford. Is that too picky?

'What will your obituary say?' at QuizGalaxy.com Abigail --
[adjective]:

Similar to butter in texture and appearance

'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com

Music:

Aimee Mann, Air, Al Green, Albert Ayler Trio, Animal Collective, Arab Strap, Arcade Fire, Audioslave, Badly Drawn Boy, Beatles, Beck, Belle & Sebastian, Bessie Smith, Beta Band, Bill Withers, Billie Holiday, Blur, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Bright Eyes, Camera Obscura, Cat Power, Cat Stevens, Charlie Parker, Coldplay, Cream, Dandy Warhols, Dave Brubeck, Death Cab For Cutie, Decemberists, Deerhoof, Devendra Banhart, Digable Planets, Dixie Chicks, Donovan, Doors, Nick Drake, Dust Brothers, Ella Fitzgerald, Elliot Smith, Elton John, Emiliana Torrini, Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton, Erase Errata, Eric Clapton, Etta James, Everyoned, Farinas, Fats Waller, Feist, Fiery Furnaces, Fire Theft, Flaming Lips, Flogging Molly, Folk Implosion, Frank Sinatra, Franz Ferdinand, George Clinton, Goldfrapp, Gorillaz, Groove Armada, Gwen Stefani, Harry McClintock, Herb Alpert, Interpol, Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, The Jackson 5, James Taylor, Jayhawks, Jefferson Airplane, Jennifer Knapp, Mason Jennings, Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins, Jim Croce, John Coltrane, John Hartford, John Lennon, John Prine, Johnny Cash, Johnny Lang, Jolie Holland, Journey, Kaki King, Kansas, Kings Of Convenience, Koop, Koufax, L'Altra, Lali Puna, Lawrence Arms, Leadbelly, Led Zeppelin, Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed, Louis Armstrong, Magnetic Fields, Mamas & the Papas, Mark Mothersbaugh, My Morning Jacket, Nick Drake, Nina Simone, Notwist, Okkervil River, Ornette Coleman, Outkast, Pantones, Patsy Cline, Paul Simon, Pavement, Pinback, Pink Floyd, Pixies, Postal Service, Rachael Yamagata, Radiohead, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Ray Charles, Rilo Kiley, Roots, Roscoe Holcomb, Rusted Root, Savath & Savalas, Sea And Cake, Shins, Silent Years, Simon Joyner, Simon & Garfunkel, Skybox, Spider Language, Spiritualized, Stars Like Fleas, Stereolab, Steve Miller Band, T.Rex, Television, Thelonius Monk, Tierra Del Fuego, TV On The Radio, Velvet Underground, Verve, Vince Guaraldi Trio, Weezer, Westrin & Mowry, Wilco, Yo La Tengo

Movies:

Kinsey, the Triplets of Belleville, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Stand By Me, Cabaret, Hollywood Ending, New York Stories, Staying Alive (It's just too cheesey not to love).... but I'll watch just about anything I can get my hands on.

Television:

Huh?......Okay, okay, so I have a mild obsession with the CSI and Law and Order franchises.

Books:

Bastard out of Carolina, The Red Tent, Wicked, The Secret History, Mosquito Coast, The Little Friend, Jitterbug Perfume, Skin, My Uncle Oswald, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, the Loved One, Skinny Legs and All, Slaughterhouse Five, Switch Bitch, Umbrella Man, the Old Curiosity Shop, Death of Vishnu, Another Roadside Attraction, Memoirs of a Geisha, Autobiography of a Fat Bride, Idiot Girls' Action Adventure Club, I Love Everybody (and Other Atrocious Lies) .... the list is really endless....

Heroes:

My sister, who is a total freak and decided her life's dream was to live in Alaska... and then moved there!

My Blog

I have a blue cat! (for the time being)

I got into bed last night and Squeeks, my little white and stripey spotted cat, a.k.a. Salome had blue spots all over her. So, I'm sitting there talking to myself wondering where the hell she got all ...
Posted by Abi Sly on Tue, 01 May 2007 12:30:00 PST

I Want to See Like This...

Excerpt from My Name is Asher Lev, by Chaim Potok That was the night that I began to realize that something was happening to my eyes. I looked at my father and saw lines and planes I had never seen be...
Posted by Abi Sly on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:28:00 PST

&and well hold hands and wade together through this sea of iniquity...A love letter.

The moments of distance, physical and otherwise, are no longer relevant when we touch. Can't we just ignore the space and meld into one singular being?Simplify our joint souls by creating a den of com...
Posted by Abi Sly on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:47:00 PST

i like my body when it is with your

My sister sent this to me--it's positively salacious--I love it!   i like my body when it is with yourbody. It is so quite a new thing.Muscles better and nerves more.i like your body. i like what...
Posted by Abi Sly on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:34:00 PST

Kissing

By Tom RobbinsKissing is our greatest invention. On the list of great inventions, it ranks higher than the Thermos bottle and the Airstream trailer; higher, even, than room service, possibly because t...
Posted by Abi Sly on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 05:18:00 PST

The Reading Public Mourns the Loss of You, Mr. Vonnegut...

Kurt Vonnegut, Counterculture's Novelist, Dies By DINITIA SMITHPublished: April 12, 2007 Kurt Vonnegut, whose dark comic talent and urgent moral vision in novels like "Slaughterhouse-Five," "Cat's Cra...
Posted by Abi Sly on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 01:34:00 PST

My Heart is Not a Poodle (Country Song)

By Tom Robbins   My love looks in the window and watches you sleep, can't you hear it scratching at your door? My love howls at the full moon down by the creek, it ain't for sale in any store. &n...
Posted by Abi Sly on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 01:02:00 PST

A little bit about me...

Abigail, you are Right-brained Most right-brained people like you are flexible in many realms of their lives. Whether picking up on the nuances of musical concerto, appreciating the subtle details in...
Posted by Abi Sly on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 02:36:00 PST

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Definitely looking forward to Michigan next weekend. Looking forward to getting away from the nonsense. Help me, please!
Posted by Abi Sly on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:07:00 PST

Fuel

I don't listen to Ani much anymore, but these lyrics still get me. There just so on. fuelthey were digging a new foundation in manhattan and they discovered a slave cemetary there may their souls res...
Posted by Abi Sly on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:22:00 PST