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terri

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About Me

some days i feel like (as tom petty said) a rebel without a clue. i work too hard, sleep too little, play my mandolin with more passion than accuracy, dance with two left feet, laugh at lousy jokes and puns, burn things when i cook, kill houseplants, knit crooked scarves, and trip over my front stoop every day.

and you know what? i'm having a FAN-FRICKIN-TASTIC time doing it!

you can also find me at http://gastronomicon.wordpress.com/

My Interests

graphic design, mandolin, bluegrass, electronica, art of any kind, history, escapist literature, birmingham, outdoors stuff, world travel (a bee in my bonnet right now about india), bollywood movies, cooking, yoga...

I'd like to meet:

STILL HAVE A SHOT: henry rollins, stephen fry, bill murray, steve martin, adrian brody, mary prankster, lee clow, adrian tomine, alan moore, banksy, grant morrison, lucien freud, bob dylan.TOO LATE: elizabeth I, ella fitzgerald, elvis, matisse, magritte, james dean, nina simone, henri cartier-bresson, mfk fisher, eleanor roosevelt.IF I'M LUCKY: God

Music:

where do i begin? the beatles, the who, they might be giants, afrocelt sound system, wilco, son volt, steel train, bill monroe, thievery corporation, U2, mary prankster, HEM, ben lee, mozart, vivaldi, hooverphonic, clare burson, bob dylan, ella fitzgerald, nina simone, the rolling stones, the white stripes, sondre lerche, amos lee, soul coughing, fighting gravity, tom petty, josh rouse, the legendary pineapple skinners, t rex, janis ian, janis joplin, mantragirl, herb alpert, phish, smashing pumpkins, the cure, les nubiens, amel larrieux, air....and that's just the top of my headAND NEW PASSIONS!!! the carolina chocolate drops, elvis costello, toubab krewe, the waybacks, amy winehouse, david mead, lupe fiasco, sharon jones and the dap kings, alejandro escovado, ollabelle, DETHolz, and more....

Television:

go team venture! season three cannot arrive fast enough...

My Blog

pulling out the seersucker and mint juleps...

to misquote captain jack sparrow, the long weekend let me take a machete to my intellectual jungle. i had a lovely three days of Nothing In Particular. i am beginning to think straight, breathe deep, ...
Posted by terri on Wed, 30 May 2007 04:15:00 PST

running on a loop running on a loop running on a loop

i have an electronic ghost in my apartment. my dvd player likes to turn itself on randomly and run movies over and over again during the day. i'm not sure how it's doing it, only that i'll get home fr...
Posted by terri on Mon, 21 May 2007 02:51:00 PST

RIP blues

sad news from the 'ham, for expats and friends. musical legend topper price passed away this week. i got the email yesterday, and it was confirmed by tony a few hours later. the news isn't reporting c...
Posted by terri on Fri, 18 May 2007 11:56:00 PST

opinions, please

we're doing an ad piece at work, and here's my contribution. since many of you are the "target market friends" in question, holler back with any feedback or suggestions to improve the piece. thanks!--...
Posted by terri on Tue, 01 May 2007 03:24:00 PST

off my chest

there was a legendary story at my old agency about a notorious creative director (gone before i started) that had completely flipped his wig one day about working with a grocery client. the junior des...
Posted by terri on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:34:00 PST

well, that's nice and horrifying....

my email just announced that news about my 10 year high school reunion is on its way. if i could only stop shuddering enough to open it. it can't be reunion time... i haven't written my novel, married...
Posted by terri on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 10:28:00 PST

so is that a fairy wand in your tights or...

so a very belated update on the fabulousity of last weekend, thanks to the amazing and ever-lovely amanda. amanda who wields the mighty power of free 2nd row itzhak perlman tickets in her bare hands.....
Posted by terri on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:45:00 PST

ding!

things inspiring the heck out of me right now:spring! gardening magazinesamy winehouse's new cd "back to black""1000 great graphic design ideas on a budget."rereading harry potter 5 and 6 (and lurking...
Posted by terri on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 03:51:00 PST

i'm the taxman

i like to think i'm of average intelligence, but the IRS manages to make me feel like an autistic three year old trying to learn swahili. it took four hours, SEVERAL wrong turns (at one point my math ...
Posted by terri on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:41:00 PST

i realize it's not politically correct...

but is it okay to think you've done something a little right with your day when the construction guys on the corner whistle at you?
Posted by terri on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:53:00 PST