organic food, supporting local and sustainable agri-buisness, beach in all weather, my dog Hector, cooking, activism, shopping, reading, kayaking, canoeing, sailing, SCUBA diving, clam digging, exploring, state parks, having adventures, trying new restaurants, drinking wine, sleeping, eating good food, sitting on the porch, my girlfriends, hanging out with my husband, seeing new places, visiting friends, road trips, TV, summertime, molluscs, photographs, philosophy, going to the dog beach, clean laundry, movies, fruit, organic shapes and contemporary midcentury modern design, arts and crafts movement/roycrofters, modern art, howling at the moon, the smell of the salt marshes, everything new england, and collecting sea glass.
SOCIAL WORK AREAS OF INTEREST: trauma is my major interest area, major mental illness (www.lennonmurdertruth.com) race and gender issues, sexual assault and domestic violence, psychodynamic theories, narrative approaches to therapy, clergy sexual abuse, forensic social work, EMDR, EFT, ETC.
I'd like to meet:
people who know how to use the word "irony" correctly. people who can tolerate ambiguity. progressive utopians with no sense of humor. other social workers. feminists and socialists. people with a strong capacity for empathy. cool, tough, smart women who dont get off on talking shit about other women. i want to have wonderful conversations with smart sweet people who are self-aware, self-depricating, and funnier than me.
we were so many,
we were working as one,
we were miles of moiling wheat
in a sizzling summers heat.
but now we are scattered
and flung far apart,
but you and i still live as one
through coals in the heart.
and if anything is left
of the coal in the soul,
oh, flash it to me.
-ed sanders
Hit me:
Music:
heavy metal rules, all that punk shit sucks. it doesn't belong in this world, it belongs on fuckin mars, man!!!
www.heavymetalparkinglot.net
the replacements. pavement. bruce springsteen. pedro the lion. crayon. aimee mann. the kinks. belle and sebastian. bright eyes. wheat. herb alpert. ella fitzgerald. bessie smith. blossom dearie. the shins. modest mouse. cat power. wycleff jean. stereolab. paris combo. the libertines. esquivel. x-ray specs. wilco. uncle tupelo. scud mountain boys. palace brothers. halo benders. built to spill. seam. steve albini. sebadoh. pixies. mission of burma. this mortal coil. nirvana. buddy holly. the cars. archers of loaf. the strokes. the lilys. low. jawbreaker. billy bragg. ida. jonathan richman and the modern lovers. yo la tengo. mogwai. sonic youth. bitch magnet. superchunk. the spinanes. helium. shivvers. sunny day real estate. the figgs. dismemberment plan. caustic resin. the promise ring. 764-HERO. the rachels. public image ltd. belle & sebastian. killing joke. the misfits. the ramones. lilys. the wedding present. the cars. spinanes. nick cave. pixies. my bloody valentine. buddy holly (did i already say that? ill say it again!). joy division. afghan whigs. warren zevon. wesley willis. radiohead. quasi. magnetic fields. bloc party. otis redding. high llamas. polvo. royal trux. rodan. versus. dinosaur (jr.). jesus and mary chain. fuck. generation x. carla bruni. jets to brazil. dead milkmen. paul newman (the band). iron & wine. piebald. codeine. weezer. french girl bands. armenian folk music. afro-cuban music. acadian. american big band. outlaw country. garage rock. rockabilly. chanson francaise.
"Punk's not dead it just deserves to DIE when it becomes another STALE cartoon,
a close-minded self-centered SOCIAL CLUB" (Biafra, 1986)
Movies:
heavy metal parking lot. maria full of grace. night of the hunter. election. born into brothels. closer. good night and good luck. magnolia. 21 grams. eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. sunset boulevard. supersize me. rushmore. legally blonde. stevie. paradise lost. the fog of war. bowling for columbine. control room. garden state. royal tenenbaums. last picture show. chinatown. glengarry glen ross. the graduate. the conversation. who's afraid of virginia woolf?. paris, texas. cool hand luke. punch-drunk love. metropolis. color purple. iris. this is spinal tap. millers crossing. the big lebowski. boogie nights. happiness. murder on a sunday morning. children underground. mr. death. thin blue line. trekies. im a documentary junkie. ill watch and most likely enjoy any documentary at all.
david mamet, cohen brothers and (very) selective robert altman.
Television:
HEROES! arrested development. the office. scrubs. simpsons. frontline. nova. dr. phil is a fuck-tard. my name is earl. celebrity gossip.
Books:
every last one of them.
winters tale by mark helprin. madness and civilization by michel foucault. trauma and recovery by judith herman. ian mcewan. chuck palahniuk. on the road. howl. kaddish. im obsessed with the beats, especially jack, lawrence and carl. the latest psychological trauma literature. ahabs wife. well-written fictional generational sagas. tales of the sea and any story that has something to do with the ocean.
"but then they danced down the street like dingledoodies, and i shambled after as i've been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to life, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "awww!""
Heroes:
the working class kind...
...and emilie du châtelet
...and katie hnida
Salinger: "You can't ever find a place that's nice and peaceful, because there isn't any. You may think there is, but once you get there, when you're not looking, somebody'll sneak up and write 'Fuck you' right under your nose."
"The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct, his efficiency or inefficiency in rendering loyal, able, and disinterested service to the Nation as a whole. Therefore it is absolutely necessary that there should be full liberty to tell the truth about his acts, and this means that it is exactly necessary to blame him when he does wrong as to praise him when he does right. Any other attitude in an American citizen is both base and servile. To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else." - Theodore Roosevelt - "Roosevelt in the Kansas City Star", 149 May 7, 1918
