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Karen

footloose and fancy freelancing

About Me

I want to find a sense of wonder in something every day. I want to live in the moment and appreciate what I have now. Then I want to go home and watch America's Next Top Model.

My Interests

art deco, design, antiques, big ben alarm clocks, 1940s women's magazines, robots, Dumbarton Oaks, London, New York, Chicago, famous graveyards, health food, camp, self-actualization, pop culture, Dr. and Mrs. Zizmor.

I'd like to meet:

A Nigerian prince who would like to give me million dollar checks to deposit in my bank account.Hmm. OK, no. Let me try again. How about anyone shallow and superficial?No, not that either. OK, how about you (providing you're a real person and not hoping to spam me to death like my dear Samantha in the comments below...).

Music:

trip hop, showtunes (evita, sweeney todd, cabaret, esp.), dance remixes, Garbage, Morcheeba, Scissor Sisters, Bjork, St. Etienne, Pet Shop Boys, Alanis, No Doubt, Pink, Ivy, April March, Sarah Harmer, Goldfrapp

Movies:

Lives of Others, Little Miss Sunshine, V for Vendetta, I Heart Huckabees, Three Colors: Red, Ridicule, Aimee et Jaguar, Election, Metropolis, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Far from Heaven, The Hours, Delicatessen, 8 femmes, Bowling for Columbine, Supersize Me, American Splendor, Kinsey, Bound

Television:

Bad Girls, South of Nowhere, Boston Legal, 30 Rock, Heroes, Hex, and for old time's sake, Dead Like Me, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Avengers and Buck Rogers. Oh, and I wish Meredith would have stayed dead on Grey's Anatomy.

Books:

His Dark Materials trilogy, Blink, Shakespeare (esp. Othello), Camille Paglia (for fun), T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets, The Magician's Nephew, The Book of Lists, Shelf Life: Modern Package Design 1920-1945, The Importance of Being Earnest

My Blog

Oh good lord

I can't believe I took this stupid test:...
Posted by Karen on Fri, 04 May 2007 07:57:00 PST

Monkey Kick Off

Here's my Monkey KickOff record. Think you can beat me???http://totebo.com/mko.php?c=pUorqEotqotFuorFBoUBopBEoss puo136SNIONbWotUEE...
Posted by Karen on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:06:00 PST

What jeans should I wear?

Your Ideal Jeans Are 7 for All MankindBody hugging yet super flattering - for a confident, shapely girl.What Brand of Jeans Should You Wear?...
Posted by Karen on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 06:01:00 PST