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Rachel

Snacks, look! It's Monument Valley!

About Me

feathered bangs: http://groups.myspace.com/featheredbangs

Stories and writing thingies:
My NY Times piece
Short story: "At the Center"
My Random, Sentimental Ode to Mark Polanzak
So I wrote this poem...

My Interests

lemon curd, running, lightweight sweaters, fizzy water, whimsy/wiffle ball, perpetual motion machines, pinatas, large poodles & miniature blue greyhounds, smooching and cuddling, indian food buffets, writing, naps, tetraspace, poolside, sushi, celebrity gossip, room service, any sport that can be played in a roadway, croissants, late night revelations about love, will ferrell as george bush

I'd like to meet:

robot/dinosaur hybrids, Michael Chabon, people with feathered bangs, kitties, sizable book advance, friends for playing the wiffle ball and perpetuating the whimsy, Electric Grandmother with orange juice and milk in her fingers

Music:

disco mixes made by William, French pop circa 1965, citizen cope, david byrne, beck, lucinda williams, jay z, scissor sisters, mary j. blige, chicago

Movies:

the departed, the illusionist, high fidelity, clueless, wes anderson flicks (almodovar, too), stick it, the graduate, the game, secretary, labyrinth, napolean dynamite, la dolce vita, y tu mama tambien, anything with parker posey--por ejemplo: party girl

Television:

Lost, Grey's Anatomy, Entourage, The Office (BBC), The Bachelor, Project Runway (Did I mention that I was the 1992 Ohio State sewing champion? True story.)

Books:

The Year of Magical Thinking, The Glass Castle, Running With Scissors, The Liar's Club, Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, The Kiss

Heroes:

little kids, mostly.