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nordic LAURA!

nature simply opens her bloody, insatiable maw and swallows everything in sight.

About Me

i'll never give up.

My Interests

street food, wandering, mountains, bicycles, loved ones, gardens, oceans, dreams, cooking, forgiving, humanity, violence, hands, color, smells, walking, and goats. I really love goats... baby ones... with soft little goat lips.

I'd like to meet:

a proper education and a free version of pro tools

Music:

Presently: Franz Schubert, Sergei Prokofiev, Igor Stravinsky, Dalek, The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud, Neil Young, Wolves in the Throne Room, Lurker of Chalice, French Radio, Neurosis, Angels of Light, Agalloch, Daniel Higgs, Earth, Stephen O'Malley & Z'ev, David Bowie, and Flower Travellin' Band.

Movies:

aguirre, the wrath of god, beowulf & grendel (the good one), down by law, harold and maude, arsenic and old lace, man bites dog, princess bride, cobra verde, barton fink, the hills have eyes (original), of human bondage, itchi the killer, cemetery man, killing zoe, el topo, time of the wolf, holy mountain, lucas, the planet earth series, no country for old men. I am presently infatuated with the movie Damnation.

Television:

Please invite me over for Shark Week. I will bring snacks. I promise.

Books:

presently: Anna Karenina by: Leo Tolstoy, Devdas by: Saratchandra Chattopadhyah, and a book on Indian Feminism vs. Western Philosophy. Just finished Living to Tell the Tail by: Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It was, like everything else he has ever written, amazing.

Heroes:

henry chinaski, and the checkered demon.

My Blog

Milk, Cows, and Cheese. 5/6/08

My bus trip to Varanasi India could have been worse. I got to the station at 6:45pm 45 minutes before the bus I wanted to catch was going to leave. I got in to "line" (large crowd of people swarmed ar...
Posted by nordic LAURA! on Tue, 06 May 2008 02:00:00 PST

Yes, I Am Alive.

I only have a little bit of time so I will spew a bit about whats been going on(I started a much more lengthy "blog" but I have not had time to break out the quill and finish up).1.I hung around Pokha...
Posted by nordic LAURA! on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:12:00 PST

Burka Burka Burka! 3/15/08

 Enjoy the unedited mess before you. I am really befuddled about the whole keeping your hands to your self thing here. I have talked to many of women and very few seem to be having the s...
Posted by nordic LAURA! on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 05:34:00 PST

This is Nepali Black Metal! 2/25/06

I tried to mail this yesterday but the super sweet rolling blackouts in Kathmandu prevented me from doing so.My fight to Kathmandu was decent. It was Thai Air. I had plenty of leg room, and plenty of ...
Posted by nordic LAURA! on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:16:00 PST

Kathmandon’t 1/22/08

Quick update. I am now in Nepal. I have been paling around with a young Nepali kid who is very nice. I had to have the "I am not your girlfriend" which was a bummer, but he got it.He has been taking m...
Posted by nordic LAURA! on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:50:00 PST

Mixok the Destroyer. 2/12/08

Night buses are a quite possibly the most awesome idea to ever show its face to me here. Oh how wonderful it is to board a bus as 8pm and have your own little bed (if you lucky), and literally sleep t...
Posted by nordic LAURA! on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:59:00 PST

Cambodian Death Ride; And other Sweet Tails. 2/10/08

I Can Die Now and Almost Did.On the fifth Noble and I split ways. He headed to Viet Nam and I headed to Kratie to see the rare Irrawaddy River Dolphin. It was part of my destiny to at least see one of...
Posted by nordic LAURA! on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:57:00 PST

White Guilt and Westaurants 1/28/08

Yesterday we pried our selves out of bed (mat on floor) at about 7:45am to make out journey from Ko Chang Thailand to Siem Reap Cambodia. This is the town that is right by Angkor Wat. Or true destinat...
Posted by nordic LAURA! on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:01:00 PST

Hello Pineapple Lady!? 2/1/08

Hello All,   I am now in Phnom Penh. The last few days have been a mix of complete insanity and just laying around. The laying around part has been a little more frequent than Id like, but h...
Posted by nordic LAURA! on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:03:00 PST

Thank You Chicken 1/20/08 (First Blog)

Hello All,For those of you who don't know, I am going to be traveling around Southeast Asia for the next month. The next part of my journey is going to be in Nepal and India. I will be sending updates...
Posted by nordic LAURA! on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:48:00 PST