DEREK HESS DEREK HESS DEREK HESS!!! No, not in a stalker-esque way. I am starting to only wear STRHESS clothing & collect his art. I want to, someday, get a piece tattooed on me. He is amazing, passionate, and what the whole cycle of life is all about. It's all in his art (click the banner below to check it all out!)Of the below images, 4-8 are borrowed from
Mushycat.com. Click here to visit!
Human Rights (womens', gay, & civil rights), women's studies & feminism. The environment. Politics. Books, music, smart shows, movies, cats, animals, animal rescue shows, live music, writing, lip gloss, candles, getting lost in a book that pulls me in from page 1, roller derby, hiking, girls in glasses, redheads, pin-up girls, burlesque, Amber Benson, Katherine Moennig, Jeanine Garofalo, Margaret Cho, Whoopi Goldberg, BTVS, caramel, vanilla candles, bubblebath or anything, really. Tattoos, piercings, music, discovering new music, independent artists, poetry, paintings & other art. Mini Coopers, skateboarding, glitter, bangles & bracelets, new jeans, long conversations, the moon, cloudy days & lotsa rain, the scent of autumn, being snowed-in around the holidays, taking a vacation far from home w/my guy, my ratty old Chucks, Rosie The Riveter, underwear (who doesn't luv underwear?), archeology, pyramids, tombs, mummies, geology & how the earth works in her own mysterious way, any tv show on archeology & geology,etc., coffee & any foo-foo variations on coffee drinks, anything with sugar...lotsa sugar, drag shows, pride parades, my iPod, true gut-wrenching laughter at the most ridiculous of things, making up words/phrases & having them catch on, trading stories w/AND meeting new people, talking w/old friends, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and lastly (and most importantly) my cats & my family.
I'd like to meet:
Intelligent, witty, outspoken people who are proud of who they are & the views they hold AND are true to themselves (and others, of course).
Free Thinkers
Freedom Fighers
Feminists
I'd luv to meet some of the people I have long respected & admired. I'm also looking to get back in touch w/old friends & aquaintances
AND staying in touch w/long distance friends:)
JUST LEAVE THIS PAGE IF:
* Are looking to hook up or "be kickin' it." I'm in a relationship [translate: married] that I've been in for many years & don't plan on fucking around w/someone I met on MySpace (I'm NOT desperate, naive or gullible)! I am NOT looking for secret charades or swingin' times, so fuck off.
* Are a Bush supporter/Republican/Pro-Lifer/Evangelical. IF you believe that Feminism is trite. Feel the environment & its inhabitants don't need to be protected. Believe the US is always right & screw the rest of the world. Refuse to see that crime & poverty in this country are socio, economical, and political problems OUT of the hands of those held down! If you're anti-gay/think gays should not marry or have the same rights. IF you believe any of the above, then leave now.
I am here to make real connections...to rediscover old friends & acquaintances, to meet new people with whom I have a commonality of interests, beliefs, etc. I'm also here to discover & meet independent musicians, authors, & artists.
OSDA's comin' to the PHX and...
I have Derby Fever.
OSDA in Phoenix - VFRD
Old School Derby Assoc.
Anntagonist ** VFRD
Michi-Chan ** VFRD
ShortBREAK #70 ** VFRD
Music:
What I've been listening to the past few weeks:
GUTTER TWINS.
Gutter Twins.
gutter twins.
Santogold
Kid Sister
Argyle Miss
New Young Pony Club
Nouvelle Vague
Uh Huh Her
The Cliks
Elefant
Tori Amos
...and did I mention...Gutter Twins? Seriously, Saturnalia is AMAZING! ...
*yeah, pretty strange combination, right? But if you know me, you know IT WORKS*
Which riot grrrl band best suites you?
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You scored as Bikini Kill
You're Bikini Kill! Sadly, you're filled to the brim with the riot grrrl clighe' of smeared lipstick up your arm, and man hating. You do your best to help the people around you, and the enviorment. But be careful, don't become self righteous.
Bikini Kill
88%
Eva Chavela
75%
Jack off Jill
75%
Destitute
63%
L7
58%
Hole
25%I'm pretty much into everything
(well, mostly everything) I went ahead & did away w/my BIG ol' list of stuff that I just adore b/c, well, I needed a change. So, my boombox rocks it, and the covers below show it: IT? What I luv babies, what I luv...
HERE are the genres I dig on:
Shoegaze/Dream-pop/Trip Hop/Electronic/Ethereal
Industrial/EBM/Synth
Punk & Hardcore/Rockabilly & Psychobilly
some Metal & Hard Rock/Math Rock
female-fronted twee
Riot Grrrl
Singer Songwriter/folk/Americana/old-school country hellion heroes like Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Hank I & Hank II, Steve Earle
Jazz & Blues
Composers:Angelo Badalamenti, Arvo Part, Avishai Cohen, Hildegard Von Bingen, Mark Isham, Philip Glass, Rachel’s
and Classicalfaves: Baroque, Mediaeval, Renaissance & Choral
Movies:
V For Vendetta** David Lynch** Hal Hartley** True Romance** Leon (The Professional) ** Romeo Is Bleeding** The Crow** The Craft** Pumpkin** Reservoir Dogs** Fight Club** 12 Monkeys** Iron Jawed Angels** Real Women Have Curves** Girlfight** Like Water For Chocolate** Frida** Our Song** Girls Town** Foxfire** Fire** Lost & Delirious** All Over Me** The Incredibly True Adventures of 2 Girls in Love** Better Than Chocolate** Aimee & Jaguar** Gia** If These Walls Could Talk 2** Kissing Jessica Stein** High Art** Prey For Rock & Roll** Romeo Must Die** Hype** Sid & Nancy** Suburbia** Chicago** Rent** Henry Fool** Whale Rider** Once Were Warriors** House Of Yes** Sin City** The Lord Of The Rings trilogy** Miracle** Ice Age 1 & 2** Monsters Inc.** Cars** Madagascar** Edward Scissorhands** Ed Wood** Nightmare Before Christmas** Corpse Bride** Beetlejuice** Rocky Horror Picture Show** Hedwig & The Angry Inch** Rent** 100 Cigarettes** Beautiful Girls** Clueless** 10 Things I Hate About You** Not Another Teen Movie** Dodgeball** Clerks** Clerks II** Dogma** Heathers** Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael** Singles** Pretty In Pink** Some Kind Of Wonderful** Sixteen Candles** Desperately Seeking Susan** Pump Up The Volume** Meet Joe Black** Interview w/a Vampire** Halloween** Wrong Turn** Carrie** 28 Days Later** Texas Chainsaw Massacre** Night Of The Living Dead** Return Of The Living Dead** Nightmare On Elm Street (1-3)** Friday the 13th (1-4)** King Kong (the original w/Fay Wray** The Blob** Plan 9 From Outer Space** Rear Window** Little Darlings** The Outsiders** To Kill A Mockingbird** Tortilla Flat** East Of Eden** Rebel Without A Cause** Casablanca** Sabrina** Roman Holiday** Funny Face** My Fair Lady** The Wild One** A Streetcar Named Desire** The Long Hot Summer** Don't Bother To Knock** 7 Year Itch** Anastasia** Daddy Long Legs** Baby Doll** Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo & Juliet** Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead** Shakespeare In Love** Elizabeth** Quills** Pride & Prejudice** Sense & Sensibility** Persuasion** Mansfield Park** Emma** Joan Of Arc** The Messenger** Pans Labyrinth** The Departed** HBO documentary "Thin"
& I'm sure quite sure there are others that I cannot recall...
Television:
Ever since TV on DVD & TiVo I watch a whole lotta tv! BUT, I do try to limit myself. These are the shows that I have found worthy enough to take up my time:
Current shows I dig on:
Bones
CSI (vegas)
CSI NY
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Deadwood
Heroes
How I Met Your Mother - I don't kid--this show rocks!
In Treatment
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia -- An Absolute MUST-SEE!! Brilliant, wrong, perfect.
L.A. Ink
Lost
Medium
Mythbusters
The Office
Prison Break (*sigh*Wentworth*sigh*)
Real Time w/Bill Maher
Scrubs
Steelers football
The L Word
The Shield
The Wire (one of THE BEST shows on TV since Homicide, both written by David Simon!)
** Discovery Times channel, Animal Planet, HGTV, anything archeological or about pyramids & tombs, and most documentaries **
Books:
A few of my favorites:
MySpace Book Lists at MySpace Toolbox
...and yet, MORE favorites:
A Handmaid's Tale** Confederacy Of Dunes** Neverwhere** The Mists Of Avalon** The Count Of Monte Cristo** Tortilla Flat** The Perks Of Being A Wallflower** Annie On My Mind** Hey, Dollface** The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants series** Kiss My Tiara** Hypocrite In A Pouffy White Dress** Laurie Notaro** Underneath It All - Traci Lords** Cintra Wilson** Sandra Cisneros** Kim Harrison** Sheri S. Tepper** Anne Rice** Christopher Rice** Stan Rice** Jane Austen** Michael Drinkard** Neil Gaiman** Eve Ensler** Laurell K. Hamilton** Shakespeare** Anne Sexton** Sylvia Plath** Eavan Boland** EE Cummings** Gloria Steinem** Womens' Studies/Sociology** Ms., Bitch, Bust, Venus, and Paste magazines **
Heroes:
My mother. My mentor & friend, Peter Hay. My co-worker/cohort in crime, Amy. My tough-as-nails forever young friend Sade. My old college prof. & friend, David. My friends, each of whom has taught me something amazing & wonderful about myself & life in general.
Freedom Fighters: Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton (also a very vocal & admirable atheist), Alice Paul, Estelle Griswold, Margaret Sanger, Gloria Steinem, Kathleen Hanna, Rev. Jessie Jackson.
I am indebted to my mothers & sisters (and some fathers & brothers!) before me who made it possible for me to live as I do today: A free woman, allowed to vote, access to education, access to birth control, opportunity in the workplace, Equality (for the most part -- hey, we've come a loooong way since even 1970!)
THOSE are my heroes**
MY HEROES ARE FRIENDS ... old & new ... here & GONE ...
Characters like Ayn Rand's Howard Roarke. Those who follow their own path, no matter what the consequence. Because with confidence comes power -- not maniacal zeal, but a self-empowerment that can stand with the biggest egos or can stand alone -- it matters not, for they feed their own soul...and sometimes are lucky enough to find others in life who can share in that with them.
"I am that solitude. I am that power. I am the ego. I want what they do not like. I am what they hate." - Me, 3/21/07
