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Clair

IMPEACH BUSH/ CHENEY NOW!

About Me

He who bends to himself a joyDoes the wingèd life destroy;But he who kisses the joy as it fliesLives in eternity's sunrise.--Eternity, William Blake

My Interests

Croutons. Taking the pain away. Muslims. Jews. Making Jam. Picking Fruit. Playing the Piano. Photography. Gardening. Cooking. Entertaining. Hiking. Backpacking. Playing Catch (no, perverts). People, REAL ones. Robert Bruce Stewart the Fourth. Cigars. Alternative Medicine. Vitamins, Enzymes, Minerals. Riding my Bike. Drinking. Bodice Rippers. Jane Austin, David Lynch. Fighting the Good Fight. Sex.

I'd like to meet:

Weirdos. Radicals. Lovers. People who seldom complain they are "bored". Someone who understands my dark side, and isn't offended by my sometimes very inappropriate sense of humor. People with a distaste for the popular reality of morning people. People who love nature and the outdoors as much as me. People who fear the hegemony of news anchor women. People who fall in love with people who love themselves. People not afraid to devise their own realities nor align their identity with their latest purchase/ promotion. People who understand the difference between contradiction and hypocrisy. People who are good with words and still know that words are overrated. Men with a feminine sensibility. Alfa males with a bent for surrender. Women not afraid to say what's on their mind. And be crazy when life calls for it. People living honestly and spreading honesty like a contagion. People who can be a pain in the ass, but are outrageously, courageously, fantastically themselves.

Music:

Boards of Canada, Beirut, M. Ward, Band of Horses, Coco Rosie, Jonathon Fire Eater, the Coachwhips, Buena Vista Social Club, Ghostland Observatory, Julee Cruise, Clinic, Neko Case, Loreena McKennit, Mogwai, Vladmir Vysotsky, Beethoven, Os Mutantes, The Fall, Spoon, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Chapterhouse, the Walkmen, Theivery Corporation, Fela Kuti, Beck, Tindersticks, Tori Amos, Angelo Baldalamenti, Gorecki, the many many movie soundtracks I own, tropicalismo, Stars of the Lid

Movies:

The Piano. Big Night. Amadeus. The Sweet Hereafter. Henry and June. Gadjo Dilo.

Television:

Keeping Up Appearances, The Black Adder Goes Forth, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Weeds, Ali G, Twin Peaks

Books:

The Confederacy of Dunces, Pride and Prejudice, Written on the Body, The Return of the Native, Alan Watts

Heroes:

Camille Paglia, Ignatius J. Reilly, ex-boyfriends.. Ooh, and AIR AMERICA, godblessit....

My Blog

Sssscarrry Robots and the New Speak

So I just returned from another interview, which, perhaps was not a total failure.  The woman was probably fine with my coming back as a volunteer.  And it was a sigh of relief once we mutua...
Posted by Clair on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Why girls are better than boys

So I was getting gas in a neighborhood that eerily could have been the set for  'Pleasantville' or 'The Stepford Wives' or 'The Truman Show'.  I think it was Pflugerville.  Of course it...
Posted by Clair on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 11:45:00 PST

The Big Bad Sleazy

RE: NOLAI can't stop reading about it, listening about it, scrubbing the web about it. It's like playing with a toothache, or continually poking myself in the eye. To think that a city that size can j...
Posted by Clair on Thu, 01 Sep 2005 12:56:00 PST

The Life Neurotic

Im curious if anyone saw The Life Aquatic and *gasp!  didnt like it.  If you didnt, youll be like the first to come out and say so.  I tried to watch it recently (perhaps I was low-...
Posted by Clair on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

I'm a slut...BUT are you... a morning person?

OK die, DIE morning people. Ok, so some of you may or may not know that Ive been sluttin it as a Temp for the past 3 months, in part because Ive been lazy about making the commitment and partly becaus...
Posted by Clair on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST