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Sarah

Okay, it's just too psychotic in here right now.

About Me

I enjoy irony. Most of the time.

My Interests

theater, reading, thrift stores and vintage clothing, poetry, singing, medieval history, NPR, driving barefoot, cooking, Shakespeare, camping, sitting around drinking coffee, making mixes, the 1920's, magical realism, bluegrass.

I'd like to meet:

Other people who like this poem?

Music:

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Dar Williams, The Wailin' Jennys, Ani DiFranco, Ben Folds 5, Emmylou Harris, Jump Little Children, Mike Doughty, Nanci Griffith, Neko Case, Doc Watson, mixes made by Molly Eustis, Pink, Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins, Pony Up!, Dolly Parton, The Magnetic Fields, Simon and Garfunkel, and many a Broadway cast album.

Movies:

Shakespeare in Love, The Royal Tenenbaums, Secretary, The Station Agent, X-Men, Serenity, Cradle Will Rock, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Can't Hardly Wait, Ride With the Devil, Rushmore, Local Hero, Braveheart, Atonement, Chicken Run, Wonder Boys, It Happened One Night, Elizabeth, Cat Ballou, The English Patient.

Television:

Veronica Mars, Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Deadwood, Rome, Top Model, M*A*S*H.

Books:

COLD MOUNTAIN (I never plan to see the movie), Here Be Dragons, The Reckoning, Animal Dreams, Katherine, Assassination Vacation and pretty much anything else by Sarah Vowell, Ex Libris, The Devil's Dream, Black Swan Green, Bridget Jones' Diary, The Winthrop Woman, The Sunne in Splendour, Band of Brothers, The Harlot By the Side of the Road, Harry Potter et. al., Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man, Anne of Green Gables, Arcadia, The Robber Bridegroom, The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg.

My Blog

The Northern Migration, anecdotally.

XANDER: Well, the bus depot was a total washout. And may I say what a lovely place to spend the night. What a vibrant cross-section of Americana. Though it was certainly no night at the Sunnydale...
Posted by Sarah on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:12:00 PST

I want to interview, not write the Great American Novel.

Something I’ve observed in my hunt for a new job: the more corporate the restaurant, the more "personal" information they want, as if to say, "hey, we’re not a soulless franchise - we want...
Posted by Sarah on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:26:00 PST

Benefit Cabaret in March

I will post this information in a bulletin a little closer to the date, but I wanted to go ahead and let people know about the MS benefit cabaret I'm going to be performing in on March 15! "Sprin...
Posted by Sarah on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:18:00 PST

Your food service questions - ANSWERED!

 Alas, I can only dream of being able to drip sarcasm all over the people who ask me this stuff.  For your perusal: my inner monologue.   Customer: The organic beef cheeseburger . . . i...
Posted by Sarah on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:45:00 PST

Something different.

This is my poem for the beginning of the year.  Here's to all my friends - may 2008 bring you happiness and new beginnings where you need them. 'Prothalamium'  by Aaron Kramer Come...
Posted by Sarah on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 11:32:00 PST

Whos On First?

Three customers sit at table 23, which they have occupied for the better part of two and a half hours.  One of them hands me the check presenter, which has three credit cards sticking out of...
Posted by Sarah on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:56:00 PST

Trotsky tips me 10%

This evening I waited on a table made up of 3 women and a man who bore a striking resemblance to Bolshevik revolutionary Leon Trotsky.  How much did he look like Leon Trotsky? Enough that I, not ...
Posted by Sarah on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:40:00 PST