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anna

not all who wander are lost...

About Me

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I'm Anna.

My Interests

guitar, piano, my cat, conan o'brien, photograpy, traveling, ayn rand, pinot noir, chocolate, cheese, licorice tea, big cities, coffee, pirates, the ocean, beach houses, mittens, singing, reading, second hand store shopping, crossword puzzles, a good snog, footie pajamas, ... ..

I'd like to meet:

my lobster.TROGDOR!!!!! You burninate that country side!

Music:

simon and garfunkel, the posies, eisley, sarah machlachlin, Coldplay, Better than Ezra, Brandi Carlile, Ben Folds, Counting Crows, Brighteyes, the Shins, Creedence Clear Water Revival, Elton John, Jason Mraz, Jack Johnson, The Four Tops, The Beatles, Franz Ferdinand, Radiohead, Tom Petty, Rhett Miller, Moby, Jeremy Enigk, Damien Rice, Death Cab, Rufus wainwright, Beth & myself on roadtrips, the Lashes, Ween, Save Ferris, Janis Joplin, Electric six!! my favorite electric six video. It's ridiculous. Go see them live if you can. You won't regret it.

Movies:

Braveheart, Schindlers List, Amelie, The Princess Bride, The Usual Suspects, Seven years in Tibet, The Notebook (don't hate me for that), Wedding Singer, Office Space, Amelie, Plan nine from Outer Space, Fire Walk with Me, Reality Bites, Fight Club, Wild Hearts Can't be Broken, Gladiator, Star Wars (4-6), Homeward Bound, Jurassic Park, The Aniversary Party..... The famous "end of the world" cartoon.

Television:

House, Conan O'Brien, American Idol (guilty pleasure), Family Guy, SNL, Desperate Housewives, Sex and the City, the Daily Show, [note: these shows are shows that I remember being fond of, not that I currently watch. I work every evening, and I get four channels in my apartment if I am lucky.] Update: I moved and I now get no channels at all. The oddest scene of David Lynch's career. Twin peaks fans, you remember this.

Books:

The Bible, The Fountainhead, Huckleberry Finn, Mutiny on the Bounty Trilogy, Jurrassic Park (way better than the movie), Robinson Curusoe, On the Road, My astronomy text book, the Lonely Planet Series,...

Heroes:

My Parents, Ayn Rand, Moses, Tom York, Johnny Wilkenson, Most (if not all)of my friends have some heroic qualities about them.

My Blog

these days....

So I leave for Peru in less than a month. We were out at dinner last night and a sign behind Jeremy's head informed us that we were exactly 5099 miles away from Macchu Pichu. Things are better than t...
Posted by anna on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:11:00 PST

Portland lesbian hot.

It finally happened. I was assumed to be a lesbian. To be fair, my friend Chelsea and I were in fact having an undoubtedly dikish day. Here's an idea: 11:00 am - meet at a wired cafe for coffee and to...
Posted by anna on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 06:38:00 PST

badabaaaa, lada da da, lada da da, badabaaa

So it seems that my latest hobby is cutting my hair. It's almost like an addiction. I have got to stop keeping scissors by the bathroom mirror, or I might look like a boy soon. Kitties are eating all...
Posted by anna on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 03:28:00 PST

Lyrics to one of my favorite songs,

Sorry guys, It's another mopey mood post. But this song makes me cry, and misery loves company, so grab a tissue and lets make a night of it. I don't get many things right the first time  &n...
Posted by anna on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 09:56:00 PST

this too shall pass.

I should be writing a paper I have to e-mail into my study group members tonight. It's 9:00. My little cat is falling off the bed in an effort to snuggle as much as he can in the few inches I'm allowi...
Posted by anna on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:03:00 PST

New toys

I bought a motorcycle. I am in love. It's the exact model of the one in my pictures page, but a year earlier, and blue. It needs a little TLC, but I will definately have it going strong  before s...
Posted by anna on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:20:00 PST

boyfriend season?

When I signed on today, a large add with featuring a tanned muscular man reminded me that boyfriend season was just around the corner. Now, I am familiar with the four seasons of the year, and even th...
Posted by anna on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 07:32:00 PST

Hey, so did you hear about that new pirate movie?

It's rated "Aarrrrrrrrrr."      So I was looking through my blogs, and realized that most are very melancholy. Except for the one titled Pizza butt. So I thought that I would start...
Posted by anna on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:38:00 PST

snow day

It's early in the morning, and there's three inches of snow on the ground. School is cancelled. There is a young couple that live on our street, and I just saw him trudging home along the sidewalk bac...
Posted by anna on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:28:00 PST

fortunately/unfortunately

Fortunatley, we got the internet at our house, and I can go online anytime I want. Unfortunatley, that means a lot of useless and unnecessary online impulse buys are right at my fingertips. Fortunatl...
Posted by anna on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 09:19:00 PST