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Inverce

Shakey Girl

About Me

I'm a vegetarian with a double major in art and Asian studies. I write stories and draw comics. I sing and play guitar. If you didn't know me you might not even suspect what a huge nerd I am; you'd just wonder who that hippy chick with the sketch book was. ;)
See my art & comics on my webpage at invertedpath.com
(ps- Bad spelling and I go hand-in-hand)

My Interests

Art, Asian art, Asian studies, art history, graffiti art, graphic novels, indie comics, manga, literature, reading, reading some more, writing, environmentalism, nature, hiking, drawing, painting, sci-fi, historical fiction, yoga, coffee, sushi, friends, living, loving

I'd like to meet:

Artists
Musicians
Readers
Buddhists
Thinkers

I've been joking with the idea of writing a personals add:

SEEKING BESTFRIEND
f 26 seeking m/f 21+
for correspondence &/or hanging out
enjoys long talks, writing, art
honesty and closeness essential
serious inquiries only

"I would rather have a one good friend
than a hundred friends who never call."
-anonymous

Music:

I like a wide variety of music but I love a song that tells me a story.
David Bowie, Belle and Sebastian, TMBG, Dashboard Confessional, The Killers, Augustana, Decemberist, Beatles, Angels and Airwaves, Butch Walker, Crash Test Dummies, Yoko Kano, Joe Hisashi, Lisa Loeb, Neutral Milk Hotel, Aimee Mann, Edie Brickell, Musicals, Sound Tracks, etc, etc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5tmnBeNv18

Movies:

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Chasing Amy, Closer, Being John Malcovich, Ghost World, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Dune, Professional, Labyrinth, American Pop, American Beauty, High Fidelity, Reality Bites, V for Vendeta, Hellboy, Pride and Prejuduce, Kikojiro, Millinium Actress, Clerks, Art School Confidential, Magnolia, L'apartment Esperge, I 3 Huckabees, Xiu Xiu the Sent Down Girl, anything Myazaki ....

Television:

I No Longer Own A TV! ROCK!
PBS.
Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell S.A.C, Dr. Who, Angel,

Books:

J. Steinback, G. Garcia Marquez, I. Alliende, Murakami Haruki, Yoshimoto Banana, Anchi Minn, A. Tan, Ruth Ozeki, Tom Robbins, D. Wynn Jones, Paulo Coelho, Gish Jen, W. Lamb, Chip Kidd, etc, etc
Sakurazawa Erika, Alan Moore, Craig Thompson, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Derek Kirk Kim, Neil Gaiman, Daniel Clowes, Samura Hiroki, etc, etc

Heroes:

Jane Goodall
Holly Golightly
My friends Jule and Vanessa!

My Blog

inverted thinking...(2/14/08)

I spend way too much time looking backwards. Re-reading old journals and especially old correspondences from people lost to time. Dreams dredge them up then i go looking for the proof that they were r...
Posted by Inverce on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:57:00 PST

(1/15) End of an Era

So, i've officially put in my notice at the comicbook shop. Very soon i will no longer be The Comic Shop Girl. Its kinda scary since that's who i've been for the last five or so years. But surely no m...
Posted by Inverce on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:05:00 PST

Daniel Johnston

Dream ScreamI'm having dreams about youI wanna scream about youI'm having dreams about youI wanna scream about youEverything you've doneYou were the girl who seemed to own the worldAnd everything was ...
Posted by Inverce on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:22:00 PST

Quotes *updated* 5/18

5/18 "Friendship is not separate from love. They are woven of the same thread."     2/16/07 Look at your eyes. They are small,But they see enormous things.Mevlana Jalaladdeen Rumi 10/2 -I lo...
Posted by Inverce on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:53:00 PST

A Personal Experiment

I have this idea I want to try out and need everyone's help. (It's a combination of two things- one I saw another friend do on LJ and something I read about as a good personal growth exercise.) I've ...
Posted by Inverce on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 06:23:00 PST