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Juli

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About Me

THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS
sunshine
Converse All-Stars
wearing pigtails
dog breath
cheese and cheese and more cheese
the sun coming through the leaves in the fall
the Beatles, Stones, and Zeppelin
candy necklaces
a Roman siesta
sprinklers
summertime in Chicago
tattoos
eating noodles with chopsticks
really good red wine
really cheap german white wine
kissing
road trips, windows down, music playing
the first days of spring when you can smell the ground thaw
a good argument, better if I win
the sound of the cicadas on a hot midwestern evening
gaming for hours
playing my Banjo
freshly laundered sheets
buying school supplies
Ramones, Clash, and X
Easter candy
the vari-colored prairie grasses alongside the road in Illinois
good hiphop
dancing like I just don't care
getting A's in school
rockabilly music
For Better or Worse comic strip
getting my geek on
Ginsberg, Corso, and WCWilliams
dressing up for Halloween
Sirracha hot sauce
Simpsons, L&O, and Battlestar Galactica
learning languages
cooking
lists

My Interests

School. Travel. Food.
Movies. Gaming.
Art.

I'd like to meet:

The Dalai Lama.
Woody Allen.
Ewan MacGregor.
John Cleese.

Posthumously:
Robert Rauschenberg.
Franz Kline.
Pablo Neruda.
Walt Whitman.

Music:

Ramones, Beatles, Clash, Bowie, Liz Phair, Prince,
Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, X, Rolling Stones,
Bob Marley, Herbie Hancock, Stereolab,
Reverend Horton Heat, Cocteau Twins,
Led Zeppelin, Tegan and Sara,
Duran Duran, Sex Pistols, Johnny Cash
and John Lee Hooker
just to name a random few.

Movies:

Give me good directors:
Woody Allen, M. Night Shyamalan, Martin Scorsese, Deepa Metha, Coen Brothers, Wes Anderson, etc.

Genre-wise, I'm a sucker for old westerns, science fiction, and quirky comedies.

Television:



Heroes, Iron Chef, Battlestar Galactica (freakin' awesome), Simpsons (natch), and any incarnation of Law and Order I can find while channel surfing.

Books:

Pablo Neruda. William Carlos Williams. Tom Robbins.
Banned books, fantasy books, children's novels.
School books, coloring books, cook books.

Heroes:


Dogs. May I aspire to be the quality person
they think I am.

My Blog

Pink Hair and Life

Every generation has 'that movie' that speaks to the young people of the time...Breakfast Club was arguably that movie for my age bracket, every teenager indentifying with at least one if not a few of...
Posted by Juli on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:09:00 PST