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Leah

There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.

About Me

About Me I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)I am finishing my last year at the Academy of Art as a Graphic Illustration Major. Hoping to do CD & DVD covers for independent bands and films. Also interested in illustrating for books.Lolli & Pop and My PortfolioAlso Affiliated with Santa Cruz Mountain Arts and the Santa Cruz Film Festival


My Interests

Painting, illustrating, web design, music, dancing, cinema, cooking, travel, reading, art, animals, friends, and being aware.

Music:

Serge Gainborough to Tom Waits, The Clash to Orchestra Baobob, Nina Simone to The White Stripes, Otis Redding to Jacques Brel. More, more, more...Bjork, Blondie, The Bravery, Cesaria Evora, Charlie Feathers, Bowie, Byrne, Eno, David Sylvian, Django, Gary Numan, ELO, Hot Chip. The Lovemakers, Julie London, Peggy Lee, June Christy, Louis XIV, The Pinker Tones, Portishead, The Style Council. 80s new wave, punk & reggae lover. Classical and Jazz move me.

Movies:

Movies by Aki Kaurismaki, Federico Fellini, Emir Kusturica, Pedro Almodovar, Jim Jarmusch, Quentin Taranitino, Wes Anderson, Stanley Kubrick, Jean-Pierre Melville, Akira Kurosawa, Martin Scorsese, Jacques Tati, Emanuele Crialese, Wayne Wang, The Coen Brothers, Terry Gilliam, Martin Scorsese, Tim Burton, Alexander Payne, Woody Allen, Brian De Palma, Gus Van Sant, Wong Kar Wai, Wim Wenders, David Lynch, Ed Burns, Ridley Scott, Alfred Hitchcock, Jean Renoir, Jean Luc-Godard, Roman Polanski, Orson Welles, John Huston, John Hughes, and anything with Bruce Lee...Real living is living for others.

Television:

I have one...it collects dust bunnies for me.

Books:

Anything by Ernest Hemingway, Amin Maalouf, Alessandro Baricco, John Steinbeck, Oscar Wilde, Edgar Allen Poe, Honore De Balzac, Cesare Pavese, William S Burroughs. Open to suggestions???

Heroes:

My Mother, MLK, Artemisia Gentileschi, Rosa Parks, Arundhati Roy, and anyone that is willing to make a difference in this world. To stand up for what they believe in, and to fight to make things better for all, unselfishly. Anyone that gives a damn about people, nature, animals, insects, mammals, and so on...are alright in my book!

My Blog

The Doctor Ordered Me A Carbon/Silicon Injection!

Yes, and I accepted...willingly.Wow.So, I’ve not had the pleasure of seeing The Clash, Generation X, nor Sigue Sigue Sputnik live in my lifetime, thus far.Okay.Fine.Yet, had someone told me that...
Posted by Leah on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:44:00 PST

The Editors gave me Hot Hot Heat, with Louis XIV at Bay.

Wow. A threesome. One that I've always dreamt of.OKAY! Get your dirty minds outta the gutter, already!I'm talkin' about a threesome line-up of bands, beyond ones imagination.One I got to be a voyeur f...
Posted by Leah on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:39:00 PST

If you can still rock it, don’t knock it!

Okay, so I just saw a movie trailer for a new documentary coming out titled, Young @ Heart. And, being addicted to music...this warmed my heart.I mean, c'mon it is brilliant. Really. I hope that I can...
Posted by Leah on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:28:00 PST

X, marks my spot.

Oh yeah, baby.Ain't the love of music grand!John Doe, can rock-it.Hot stuff. Exene, ain't too bad, either.What a kick a** show I saw tonight kids.Now, I've got a line-up of bands I wanna see.And, X......
Posted by Leah on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 12:01:00 PST

Is there a doctor in the House?

Why, yes. And, his name is Mr. Satellite. Things that make you go hmmm. It was a very foolhardy con, was it not?Yet, it makes one stop and think, so these peeps fell for this con. Is it worse that the...
Posted by Leah on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:16:00 PST

Beam Me Up, Stevie!!!

So, at work, I am enlightened daily. Well, just about daily, from am avid fan, and friendly neighborhood oddball.She is indeed unconventional, nutty, and completely unglued.It's absolutely and positiv...
Posted by Leah on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:42:00 PST

Time may change me. But I can’t trace time.

Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes. Bowie sings it best about change, does he not?Life&"changes" in life.New directions. Life is life, no. It has it's ups & downs, all of the in-betweens, times of emptiness, and lon...
Posted by Leah on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:24:00 PST

Table For One Please.

Yes. That's what I said.Not a difficult request, or so I thought.Pause and blank stare from the "Hostess with the Mostess". Then after pondering for a moment, I was politely escorted to a table. This...
Posted by Leah on Mon, 14 May 2007 12:47:00 PST

Thunderbirds Are GO!!!

Who knew that the Thunderbirds could rock-it to Depeche Mode?!?! ...
Posted by Leah on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 07:36:00 PST

Unchain My Heart, Please.

The End of Love's Journey Leah King November 21 2006I sit here in silence as tears run down my face. The molasses liquid globs on my skin, which will never be erased. The words you said, will never am...
Posted by Leah on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:27:00 PST