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a true likeness of me

i'm sick of following my dreams, man. i'm just going to ask where they're going and hook up with the

About Me

i'm nice okay. really. i am. seriously. whoever is going around saying i'm biting people is a big liar. unless it was someone who wanted to be bit. then i might have bit them. but not the other people. plus, i'm a good driver, i vote, i pay my bills, i'm a good listener and sometimes i'm funny. did i mention that i'm nice?one time i convinced my little brother that he was really an adopted martian baby by showing him a christmas coloring book in which i had colored in the little brother in a family scene with a green crayon. when he asked why his skin didn't look green i said we spraypainted him.

My Interests

foreign movies, art, books, indie music, monkeys, widescreen dvds, space, staring at this damn computer, autumn, robots, music, strange foods, croquet, sending postcards

I'd like to meet:

I'm always happy to meet new people for casual conversations that end up meandering halfway into the night. Someone who would enjoy combining efforts to cook a meal. A companion enthusiastic about seeing an interesting movie, some obscure anime on dvd, a friend's art exhibit, a concert by a band on that mix cd you found in the street. Someone to share my interests with and willing to teach me about theirs. I don't know, a geeky girl with cool glasses who used to be a skatepunk but now has a nice job in upper management? How can I presume to define you with a few common traits and superficial accessories. Now I've forgotten what the question was. Let's start over...

Music:

pixies (are my fav), american analog set, arcade fire, atom and his package, belle and sebastian, beta band, beulah, black box recorder, bjork, frank black, david bowie, bright eyes, built to spill, calexico, neko case, cat power, !!!, clap your hands say yeah, julian cope, the cure, death cab for cutie, death from above 1979, decemberists, dethklok, eagle*seagull, the eels, the elected, the faint, for against, godspeed you! black emperor the good life, gorillaz, david gray, greater than one, pj harvey, information society, iron & wine, james kochalka superstar, jesus and mary chain, jets to brazil, kite pilot, kompressor, KRNU, lush, macha, magnetic fields, mc chris, the millions, ministry, modest mouse, moldy peaches, mountain goats, my bloody valentine, neutral milk hotel, new roman times, of montreal, old 97s, pedro the lion, plastik trumpet, portishead, postal service, radiohead, reverend horton heat, rilo kiley, roarbot!, say hi to your mom, the shins, the show is the rainbow, spoon, statistics, sufjan stevens, matthew sweet, symphony no. 2 for dot matrix printers, talking heads, they might be giants, tilly and the wall, tv on the radio, underworld, john vanderslice, velvet underground, VHS or beta, violent femmes, tom waits mike watt, ween, white stripes, wilco, yo la tengo

Movies:

the baxter, me and you and everyone we know, basquiat, true stories (talking heads), everything is illuminated, MST3K, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, three kings, donnie darko, kill bill, david lynch, stanley kubrick, amelie, city of lost children, terry gilliam, alexander payne, blue-white-red, akira, dune, whit stillman, wes anderson, richard linklater, lotr, office space, trainspotting, coen brothers, tim burton

Television:

i don't really watch tv. on the rare occasions i do: adult swim, dirty jobs, how it's made, dinner for five, arrested development, the daily show, kids in the hall, mr. show, upright citizens brigade, the state, six feet under, entourage, G4, 30 days, reno 911, greg the bunny, IFC's samurai saturdays, rescue me, starved, it's always sunny in philadelphia, henry rollins show, dead like me, deadwood, sopranos, mythbusters, battlestar galactica, my name is earl, the office. ok, maybe i watch some tv. but i can stop anytime i want to. besides, a lot of that's not even on the air anymore.

Books:

JPod, gallery of regrettable food, how to be a villain: evil laughs - secret lairs - master plans - and more!!!, dune, codex seraphinianus, anything by: p.k. dick, douglas coupland, tom robbins, neil gaiman, lemony snicket, marjane satrapi, house of leaves, the fierce bad rabbit, cars and trucks and things that go! areas of my expertise, encyclopedia of an ordinary life, mountains beyond mountains, postsecret, the okay book.

Heroes:

Jon Stewart

My Blog

a storm is coming, a motor storm

i've been playing a lot of "motorstorm" lately.  there should be a warning on the box that after playing the game, one should wait at least 1 hour before attempting to drive a real car....
Posted by a true likeness of me on Mon, 14 May 2007 06:44:00 PST

a long story in which, ultimately, nothing happens (to borrow a friend's title)

here's a true story from a month ago.  a lot has happened since then, so i'd almost forgotten about it already.  it was late on a very cold friday night in january.  jen was nine months...
Posted by a true likeness of me on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 01:59:00 PST

is it still shoegazer music if they jump up and down?

i saw asobi seksu last night.  they were beautiful.  i've been waiting for someone to fill that void left in my heart by my bloody valentine and lush for all these years.  i think asobi...
Posted by a true likeness of me on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 08:23:00 PST

phase two completed. level loading ... ... ...

after six hours yesterday and six hours today of packing, hauling out trash, and cleaning, i am officially moved out of my old house.  after unloading my car for the final time, i celebrated by t...
Posted by a true likeness of me on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 07:59:00 PST

cue "the jeffersons" theme

i am 75% moved into my new deelux apartment in the sky.  i'm still figuring out where things go and what box i might have put certain missing things in while ignoring the several boxes still at m...
Posted by a true likeness of me on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 07:46:00 PST

charles michael kittridge thompson IV

i adore frank black.  especially when i'm drunk and happily full from a delicious beer-tasting dinner at my friends' restaurant and frank plays lots of my favorite songs solo accoustically. ...
Posted by a true likeness of me on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:37:00 PST

last train to denver

among the random experiences this weekend?  trains and penny arcades. my brother and i took the train to denver to visit my sister.  that sounds like an old-west kind of thing, take the trai...
Posted by a true likeness of me on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 06:24:00 PST

fanophobia

so i have this cool vintage ocillating fan with metal blades and a minimal cage that's more decorative than protective, right?  the fan is similar to the one in the photo but in much better...
Posted by a true likeness of me on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 08:59:00 PST

www.chroniclebooks.com

every time i come across a weird funny totally unique object book as i'm turning it over in my hands i find those little scribbly cartoon glasses and suddenly i go, "ah, of course" and smile.&nbs...
Posted by a true likeness of me on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:16:00 PST

a movable phone

so i finally got a cell phone.  i held out for a reaaallly long time.  but my watch broke and i needed some sort of clock device that could tell me what time it was occasionally.  ...
Posted by a true likeness of me on Sat, 24 Jun 2006 01:20:00 PST