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Maggie Athena

If is the middle word within the word Life

About Me

I am the Snow White of neighborhood animals - I sing to my squirrel friends every day and dance with short people. http://www.e3o3.net/athena/

I am also a Moron. Honest. Look.... here I am.

My Interests

Rats , music, acting , writing, art, sleeping, eating, sleeping, swearing, sleeping, making stuff, sleeping, tv, history, cultural anthropology, shopping, sleeping. And cake. Mmmmmm, cake. And scientific findings of medical and zoological natures.

I'd like to meet:

Henry Rollins, Hillary Clinton, Jon Stewart, Bjork, more squirrels, another donut, people who like to make animal noises, people who approach karaoke with reckless abandon and people who can open new doors in my brain. Also, George W. Bush in a dark alley.

Music:

Currently listening to Bjork, OutKast, Eminem, Jeff Buckley, Massive Attack, Black Eyed Peas, the voices in my head (yeah, they sing ALL the time...I dump that stuff here... ).

Movies:

I like movies that rest my brain, rile me up, pump my adrenaline, taste good on my eyes, work out my diaphragm, or that leave me feeling confused or squirmy.Alltime favorites include Moulin Rouge, Princess Bride, Princess Mononoke, Power of One, The Pillow Book, Donny Darko, Strictly Ballroom, Pitch Black, Bowling for Columbine, tons of others I can't think of right now.

Television:

Las Vegas, Farscape, The Henry Rollins Show, Eureka, Supernatural, Samurai Champloo, Nip/Tuck, Family Guy, American Dad, Futurama, most anything on IFC, the Daily Show, Colbert Report, Lost, Smallville, The Boondocks, Battlestar Galactica, Nova Science Now and Oprah.

Books:

I can't read.

Heroes:

Stephen Colbert
Jon Stewart
Robert Gould Shaw
Claus von Stauffenberg
Ida B. Wells
People who beat up people who beat up animals.

My Blog

Racists, part 2

I had another racist encounter today, which was almost the same situation as before.  I got a friend request from a local band called Slow Boy Running.  I checked them out, and in their phot...
Posted by Maggie Athena on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:32:00 PST

Screwed.

I've been screwed twice by productions I've worked on recently.  The first was an indie movie.  I drove 5 hours each way to audition for this film and didn't get the part.  Ok, I can ha...
Posted by Maggie Athena on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:49:00 PST

No. 4, Nefertiti

Our cat, Nefertiti, died last night.  Fortunately, as far as we could tell, she went fairly peacefully, stretched out in her favorite position under her favorite bush where she could watch everyo...
Posted by Maggie Athena on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:46:00 PST

I was stupid, now I need help....

Ok, here's the situation (no, my parents didn't go away on a week's vacation):A few years back I created a profile on a budding free networking site for models.  I stupidly put my phone number in...
Posted by Maggie Athena on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:09:00 PST

Get yer sleep, stupid

As if I needed another excuse to sleep more.....I recently watched an episode of NOVA that focused on how sleep actually makes us learn better.  Specifically, we continue to analyze and practice ...
Posted by Maggie Athena on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:37:00 PST

I found a Dalmatian

Damn my animal radar!!!  We just saw Ratattouille and wanted to come home and play with our real-life ratties, but instead we got hijacked by a dog... If you know anyone who lost a Dalmatian arou...
Posted by Maggie Athena on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:42:00 PST

M.A.G. Jerky

You know that scene in Dark Crystal where the Skeksies (sp) are draining the essence out of the Gelflings and they shrivel up?  Yeah, that's how I feel right now.  In fact, I don't know why ...
Posted by Maggie Athena on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 02:07:00 PST

I. Hate. Cancer.

Cancer has taken yet another of our ratties.  Osiris, aka Si, aka Pi Pi, aka Admiral Butt Canariss, passed away with our help last Sunday.  The last month or so has been pretty hard for him...
Posted by Maggie Athena on Sat, 26 May 2007 08:12:00 PST

I try (no I don't)(yes I do)

Earlier today I had something brilliant to blog about.  But now because of my bizarro sleeping habits I can't for the life of me remeber what the hell I was going to say, so in lieu of the brilli...
Posted by Maggie Athena on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:21:00 PST

The Cherokee Nation Sucks Ass

So my family has been kicked out of the tribe.  Call it a "bloodless ethnic cleansing" for the 21st century.  I've actually been mad about this for weeks but just got around to griping.&nbs...
Posted by Maggie Athena on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 07:42:00 PST