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Allegra

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

Perhaps Cee-Lo Green said it best?I ain't gonna lie to ya just to make it sound fly to ya I keep my feet on the ground and bring the sky to ya

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My Interests

eternal happines. autumn. the light of four o'clock. coastal winds. having it all. remembering dreams. crying on command. hues of indigo. did I mention having it all?

I'd like to meet:

Carb addicts. Shabby jackets. My Uncle George. Jack Kerouac...I'd put him on a vitamin regimen and take him on sunny walks. The Royal Tenenbaums. Sparrows.

Music:

Cee-Lo, Kings of Convenience, Hot Chip, Chromeo, Immortal Technique, CunninLynguists, Kaki King, Ratatat, Flaming Lips, Martha Wainwright, Air, Bjork, Brad Mehldau, Beck, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Hendrix, Cat Power, The Frank and Walters, the Doves, Interpol, Led Zeppelin, Manitoba, Death Cab, Postal Service, Decemberists, Radiohead, Pixies, Iron and Wine, The Be Good Tanyas, Low, Bright Eyes, Jon Brion, Fiona Apple, Mogwai, Magnet, Goldfrapp, Baby Bird, The Cure, Eco and the Bunnymen, Sigur Ros...too much, too much to list

Movies:

the graduate, being john malkovich, eternal sunshine, punch drunk love, run lola run, memento, adaptation, waking life, life is beautiful, The Limey, The Zero Effect, In Good Company, Noi, Magnolia, The Professional, Lolita (Stanley Kubrick version), Stealing Harvard, American Beauty, das experiment, Election, Best In Show...anything Christopher Guest, anything written by Charlie Kauffman, anything directed by Wes Anderson...

Television:

Arrested Development (rest its soul), 'That 70s Show' reruns, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Office

Books:

a heart-breaking work of staggering genius, Dharma Bums, all Anne Tyler books, Judy Blume, the lovely bones, Purple Cow by Seth Godin, Without Feathers by Woody Allen, Sharon Olds poetry, Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan, Bukowski, Kerouac, and one of my all time favs: Siddhartha by Herman Hesse.... so much I'm not listing...

Heroes:

Storytellers. Doers. Lovers without guile.

My Blog

Something my little brother said

I had to capture this precious li'l quote from my 12 year-old brother during an IM conversation we had today when he was telling me about his new laptop. It made me laugh..."whats cool is that it has ...
Posted by Allegra on Wed, 05 Apr 2006 08:35:00 PST

She's lot of things (but mostly my heartache).

no man's land where no man's hand can warm an unresponsive shoulder in a fist of helpless, he shook as he held handfuls of her uncombed frustrations nimble gestures can't unravel the knotted si...
Posted by Allegra on Sun, 19 Feb 2006 04:43:00 PST

Haystack Rock, July 25th, 1976

copper spun cords out of sun honey young oneswearing light cotten fibersthat lift in the coastal yawn breath hush of spring sinking into quilted cortexsoft things make time cozy when rememberedat ocea...
Posted by Allegra on Sun, 19 Feb 2006 04:40:00 PST

yes

she wanted the word three letters on her wrist in black they would say sky without ground and with a needle's prick her skin spelled yes she wanted the word she wanted the world to stain ...
Posted by Allegra on Sat, 18 Feb 2006 04:33:00 PST

Ash

The village swells with desert heat And from my bed I float to palm the rafters with my fingertips Breathing in the grass and mud the must of woven rooftop swollen with the rare gift of rain Di...
Posted by Allegra on Sat, 18 Feb 2006 04:32:00 PST

Chimes

Chimes let me spread myself thin over cherry blossom winds breathe movement through chimes on an old womans porch brush her ear, spark memories in her brain of the hot melancholy steamy sa...
Posted by Allegra on Wed, 01 Feb 2006 12:22:00 PST