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The Other Zap

April showers bring May flowers.

About Me

Iñupiaq words for SNOW- nutagaq: new fresh powder snow/ qiqsruqaq: glazed snow in thaw time/ sitliq: hard crusty snow/ auksalaq: melting snow/ aniu: packed snow/ aniuvak: snow bank/ natigvik: snow drift/ qimaugruk: snow drift blocking a trail or a building/ aqiluqqaq: soft snow/ milik: very soft snow/ mitailaq: soft snow on ice floe covering an open spot

My Interests

nomads. scarves. boobytraps. lait chaud vanille. escapism. christmas cookies in the shape of reindeer.

I'd like to meet:

I've never met a pie I did not like. Ever.

Music:

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Movies:

Do the Right Thing, City of God, La Femme Nikita, Naked Lunch, Secretary, North By Northwest, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Welcome to the Dollhouse, The Ice Storm and Hal Hartley movies (especially the one shot in Iceland about Grendel).

Television:

Twin Peaks. The History of Twinkies.

Books:

Fun Home, The Russian Debutante's Handbook, Crime and Punishment, Junky, Women, Where I'm Calling From, The Old Man and the Sea, Nausea, Steppenwolf, Grendel, Lolita, Le Bleu du Ciel, Notes from Underground...

Heroes:

The guy who asks for change outside the 7th avenue bklyn starbucks who looks exactly like William S. Borroughs; who I am certain actually is WSB.

My Blog

Riddle me this...does snow have a smell?

Did you know that 1 in 1000 people are insensitive to the smell of skunks? Did you know that humans are capable of identifying up to 10,000 different smells? Did you know that sensor cells in the...
Posted by The Other Zap on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 07:01:00 PST

I saw a hawk in Prospect Park...

I saw a hawk tracking a squirrel in Prospect Park as I was walking my dog through the woods. The hawk was sitting on a low branch just a few yards away from me. I stood and watched him for about 10 mi...
Posted by The Other Zap on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 06:58:00 PST