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Tiff

Maybe we're only good at brief encounters, wandering around European cities in warm climates

About Me

I'm known for randomly singing in the middle of (someone else's) sentences. I speak five languages, few of them particularly well. I hope I am witty and intellectual. I have a terrible and interminable case of wanderlust. I'm a TCK, and if you know what that is, you're probably one as well. I'm a culture junkie, yet I often feel like an anachronism. I have a penchant for drama and pathetic high-school fantasies that are always, always dashed.

My Interests

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I'd like to meet:

...meet is such a shallow word, don't you think?
I'd like to have coffee and a conversation with:
John Krasinski of the Office
Jenna Fischer of the Office
Richard Linklater
Ethan Hawke
Alan Rickman (Met him recently, but was too starstruck to say anything interesting--I mean, it's ALAN RICKMAN)
Emma Thompson
J.K. Rowling
Ricky Gervais
Emily Haines
Paul Gross
Madeleine L'Engle
Owen Pallett (aka Final Fantasy)
Kirsten Dunst
Reese Witherspoon
Sofia Coppola
Zac Efron
Maureen Johnson
Ann Brashares
people interested in fashion, music, art, theatre, film, and culture

Music:

Right now, I'm getting into cross-genre stuff--I love the Marie Antoinette soundtrack because of the shockingly perfect placement of the songs despite the fact that, you know, it was set in 18th century France. I also love Final Fantasy (aka Owen Pallett)'s lovely arrangement of indie strings on his older album "Has A Good Home." But I suppose you want me to list stuff, so here is SOME of the stuff I've been listening to: Laura Veirs, The Decemberists, Bloc Party, Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton, mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza, soprano Dawn Upshaw, the High School Musical soundtrack, Jay Chou, David Tao, Joshua Radin, Johnny Cash, the Walk the Line soundtrack, Joel Plaskett, Natalie MacMaster, Thom Yorke, The Shins, Belle & Sebastian, Radiohead.

Movies:

Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Citizen Kane, Gone with the Wind, Pride & Prejudice (all versions), North & South, Lost in Translation, L'Auberge espagnole, Dear Frankie, Almost Famous, Chungking Express, In Her Shoes, The Station Agent, The Republic of Love

Television:

The Office (UK), The Office (US), Gilmore Girls, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Slings & Arrows, Ed, Roswell, Buffy, Dawson's Creek

Books:

How about if I just list authors/playwrights? Virginia Woolf, Oscar Wilde, Tom Stoppard, William Shakespeare, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Annie Dillard, Maureen Johnson, Ann Brashares, Nick Bantock, Shel Silverstein, Jane Austen, Jocelyn Moriarty, Alice Munro, W.B. Yeats, T.S. Eliot, Madeleine L'Engle...this list could go on forever.

Heroes:

Sonja Andic, for having the balls to stand up to UBS' Wicked Witch of the West, and for dragging me to meet Alan Rickman

My Blog

The Shins and John Krasinski...together at last

I s'pose this has to do with TV as well, but anyway...in my random internet searching, I managed to find this article from Filter Magazine, featuring John Krasinski (aka Jim on the Office and one of m...
Posted by Tiff on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 05:50:00 PST

Review of Style Revolution Show up on TSF.com

I hit up the Style Revolution Show on Sunday afternoon and ended up spending lots of time, money, and charm acquiring cute new clothes and meeting some great designers. Highlights were chatting with D...
Posted by Tiff on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 05:56:00 PST

Successful audition!

I went to a blind table read audition yesterday night at the Tranzac Club for a farcical production of the Emperor's New Clothes by the NAGS Players. Really, I went for a bit of a laugh, but also beca...
Posted by Tiff on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 12:40:00 PST

New posting on TSF.com Fashion Journal!

On Friday, I wrote a little mini-blog on the frenzy and hoopla over the new Viktor & Rolf at H&M stuff. I touched on art versus commerce and quality versus "fast" fashion...increasingly pertinent issu...
Posted by Tiff on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:23:00 PST