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Xoala

We are teetering bulbs of dread and dream.

About Me

WOW! I'm really enjoying this.

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My Interests

COOKING,flying kites, cow tipping, singing my effing head off, screaming at Tacoma crack heads, outdoor anything (not anything that includes heights, however), pianos and more pianos, odd point of views, painting and drawing, Pappy, Sami, The love of my life Tim Short, Mo-mo (Marmie), The other love of my life Natalia and her pup Copper, Berto, Ted, Oreo, John-john, Justin H., Mr. Brad Gation and all my other friends and loved ones, reading, writing until my hand falls off, ocean shores, collecting records, sitar, ragtime, questioning free will, debating, national geographic, scientific american, sideways stairstepping, and YOU...

I'd like to meet:

Juan Matus, Judy Garland, Alice Liddel, Kilgore Trout, Sissy Hankshaw, Mary Pickford, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., and Albert Einstein.AND the guy in the end of this video so I can smack him in the face for being such a motha licka:

Music:

LEON REDBONE.. Deerhoof, Gogol Bordello, The Flaming Lips, Mr. Bungle, WEEN, Radiohead, They Might Be Giants, Air, The Andrews Sisters, EGG PLANT (Luke Short), The Roots, Lance Buller and Stephanie Porter, Dresden Dolls (first album), Umber Sleeping, The Elephants, HANSON, Depeche Mode, Trevor Dunn's Trio Convulsant, Muse, Billy Idol, Bjork, The Beatles, Tom Waits, The Fugees, Tori Amos, Estradasphere, Godspeed, Jeff Buckley, Artificial Steve, Dark Tranquility, Fantomas, The Mars Volta, Steve Howe, King Crimson, YES, Scott Joplin, Queen, Aerosmith, TOM JONES, Beck, Big Wreck, Marcy Playground, Butthole Surfers, Leningrad, Fiona Apple, Faith No More, The Beach Boys, Rufus Wainwright, Reader's Digest "These Were Our Songs" Collections and the like, Louis Armstrong, Judy Garland....

Movies:

WAKING LIFE, Christopher Guest Films, Everything Is Illuminated, Brazil, Meet Me In St. Lewis, Dead Man, Casablanca, Amelie, Hostage (foreign), Science of Sleep, Return To Oz, Bonnie and Clyde,The Nun's Story, All Tim Burton films (of course), Ghost World, Donnie Darko, Sin City, All Quentin Tarantino, The Godfather 1, 2, &3, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, O Brother Where Art Thou, Leolo, Dancer in the Dark, My Fair Lady, Roman Holiday, MEETING PEOPLE IS EASY, Wes Anderson flicks, Lost in Translation, Meaning Of Life, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Coffee and Cigarettes, Most Gigantic Lying Mouth of All Time ....

Television:

NO RESERVATIONS, Road to Avonlea, THE MIGHTY BOOSH, Arrested Development, MST3K, The Naked Chef & Oliver's Twist, Never Mind the Buzzcocks (UK), Iron Chef, Top Chef, Six Feet Under, The Tick, Hell's Kitchen, The F-word (UK), Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (UK), Pinky and the Brain, Globe Trekker, Nova, A Cook's Tour, Life On Mars (UK), Man Vs. Wild, Star Trek TOS, Red Dwarf, Frontline, Reaper, Survivorman, Pushing Daisies, etc.

Books:

EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED- GOOD OMENS- The Talisman- American Gods- Even Cowgirls Get the Blues- The Autobiography of Malcolm X- Timequake- The Stand- Alice In Wonderland/ Through the Looking Glass- Still Life With Woodpecker- Slaughterhouse Five- Thief of Always- Diary- Perks of Being a Wallflower- Going Postal- Neverwhere- Anything on dreaming. - Anything that results in dreams.

Heroes:

ANTHONY BOURDAIN, B.J. Snowden, Johnathan Safran Foer, Jamie Oliver, Marcel Vigneron , Santa,and last but not least...PEEWEE HERMAN!!!!!

My Blog

Budweiser and Clamato "Chelada" mixed beverage in a can.

My mom used to drink the combination of beer (generally, Tecate or some other mexican beer.. as it should be) and Clamato together all the time when I was younger, and still does. As a result, I disco...
Posted by Xoala on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:40:00 PST

Wedding Babble. (also posted as a bulletin)

Alright, so... I'm finally understanding this wedding planning thing a bit more. I'm trying really hard to keep this thing below five grand and it's becoming exceedingly simpler. I'm going to be tryin...
Posted by Xoala on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:17:00 PST

I’ve had a really great time..

having my sister here. She has had a good time as well. A pleasant change from our past couple visits. Tim and Sam get along so well and it just makes me feel so effing good.  I’m so happy,...
Posted by Xoala on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:11:00 PST

Chiles- another one for me and not by me

How hot is that chile? If you like to cook with chile peppers--and so many people do these days, given the popularity of such spicy cuisines as Mexican, Asian, and Caribbea...
Posted by Xoala on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:20:00 PST

Just a reminder.... For me

----------------- Bulletin Message ----------------- From: Proficient! Date: Nov 1, 2007 2:18 PM COLUMBUS, Ohio (Associated Press) --  Paul Tibbets, who piloted the B-29 bomber Enola Gay that...
Posted by Xoala on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:39:00 PST