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Alissa

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About Me

i work a lot. i live for the weekends. i can turn on a dime. i'd rather be smart than pretty. i remember everything. i will beat you at six degrees of kevin bacon. i lived in tucson for a long time. i love my family and miss them daily. i am very protective of my personal time and space. i have a weakness for animals and men with tattoos. i love babies but don't want any. i feel everything.deny me a scalding hot shower and i might hurt you. happiness is a clean kitchen. the fleur-de-lis is mine and you can't have it. buy me a drink and you might meet the mad straddler. parlez-vous français?Created with mySpace Profile Editor

My Interests

french, audiology, brains, cinema, the beach, interpersonal chemistry, the inner workings of other people. music, music, music.

I'd like to meet:

new people to play with.....preferably grounded, genuine, intelligent, driven people that know when to work and know when to play.

Music:

u2, skinny puppy, the cure, depeche mode, placebo, tori amos, pj harvery, sarah mclachlan, radiohead, bt, air, tricky, david bowie, sisters of mercy, a perfect circle, tool, oasis, the bravery, nine inch nails, delerium, live, frou frou, imogen heap, garbage, lords of acid, indigo girls, underworld, orbital, aphex twin, heavy water factory, ours, muse, björk, morrissey, the smiths, modest mouse, oghr, peter murphy, interpol, front 242, jem, wumpscut, coldplay, fleetwood mac, the postal service, the killers, bright eyes, inxs, la floa maldita, brazilian girls, my life with the thrill kill cult, korn, sigur rós, madonna, young love, orgy, ministry, the police, the chemical brothers, the faint, vast, shea stratton, transfer

Movies:

the lost boys, secretary, baz' romeo and juliet, sliding doors, bridget jones, amelie, last of the mohicans, she's having a baby, fight club, donnie darko, best in show, closer, charlie's angels, the sixth sense, natural born killers, dogma, crash (the first one), thank you for smoking, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, in america, shaun of the dead, the royal tenenbaums, sylvia, the anniversary party, great expectations, before sunrise, before sunset, trois couleurs, taking lives, playing by heart, sin city, 300, gosford park, cold comfort farm, vanilla sky, flatliners, the family stone, the matrix, l.a. story, shopgirl, stranger than fiction, french kiss, full frontal, quills, la reine margot, irréversible, chocolat, igby goes down, the rocky horror picture show, out of sight, solaris, three kings, dummy, nochnoy dozor, the house of yes, party girl, velvet goldmine, trainspotting, twelve monkeys, interview with the vampire, true romance, soapdish, dangerous beauty, reality bites, celebrity, election, laurel canyon, a beautiful mind, pollock, labyrinth, memento, underworld, the hunger

Television:

sex and the city, buffy the vampire slayer, the x-files, friends, the riches, the oc, one tree hill, law and order, scrubs, untold stories of the er, dirt, america's next top model, miami ink, ace of cakes, my so-called life

Books:

the fountainhead, atlas shrugged, the lovely bones, tales from the city, more tales from the city, me talk pretty one day, she's come undone, the time traveler's wife, choke, the red tent, running with scissors, dry, 1984, brave new world, slaughterhouse five, the mayfair witch series, the vampire chronicles, oh the places you'll go, costumes for your cat, essentials of audiology

Heroes:

dominique francon

My Blog

synchronicity

doing a little internet research to help paint the new place, i stumble upon this... "Your bedroom is a private, personal retreat where you can shut the door on the world and be yourself. When plannin...
Posted by Alissa on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:40:00 PST

rock the casbah

weekend lesson #1:  boys like girls in fishnets
Posted by Alissa on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 04:26:00 PST

book quote within a book quote/wake up

"what is it? my dear?" "ah, how can we bear it?" "bear what?" "this. for so short a time.  how can we sleep this time away?" "we can be quiet together, and pretend--since it is only the beginning...
Posted by Alissa on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:13:00 PST

EAT IT, CNIM!!!

I PASSED I PASSED I PASSED I PASSED I PASSED I PASSED!!!!!! AND got 215 out of 250...a little more than the minimum passing score of 185 out of 250.  ha.    
Posted by Alissa on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:04:00 PST

who you callin' a swot?

hmmm.  i receive a 'word a day' from wordsmith on my  hotmail account....i am a grammar/vocab junkie.  call me a nerd.  whatever.  anyhoo, my word today was:swot (swot) verb i...
Posted by Alissa on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 03:56:00 PST

whiff o' wisdom from a grandé non-fat latté

random tidbits from the side of my starbucks cup... The Way I See It #128 Flying by myself in a tiny aircraft over lonely woods:  I have no one to blame if I make a bad judgement, and the laws of...
Posted by Alissa on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 10:28:00 PST

i'm dumb

leave it to me to celebrate the loss of eight pounds by downing some greasy pick up stix.  just had to remind myself of what i've been missing.  dumb.  serious.  my fortune cookie ...
Posted by Alissa on Wed, 10 May 2006 12:58:00 PST

sometimes i shouldn't use words

thinking much too hard at my bluff in PB, three panda express pot stickers sitting happily in my tum, i thought i'd ask the fates for some help. "fortune cookie," i thought, "tell me wh...
Posted by Alissa on Mon, 08 May 2006 07:44:00 PST

true dat

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Posted by Alissa on Mon, 01 May 2006 02:57:00 PST

alcohol shortage strikes san diego!

yeah, sorry about that everyone. i consumed all that the casbah had to offer and then some friday night, leaving little for everyone else. ok, maybe not, but it sure felt that way on saturday. a sh...
Posted by Alissa on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 12:02:00 PST