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Crystal

I am here for Friends

About Me

Music nerd and appparently a closet hipster wannabe cause I got talked into joining this place.

My Interests

Concerts, church, grocery stores, riding CTA and of course cats.

I'd like to meet:

Sane people

Music:

Top loves:The Smiths/Morrissey, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Cure, A.F.I. , Interpol, Depeche Mode, New Order, Joy Division,Kill Hannah, Slowdive,The Faint,Black Tape For A Blue Girl,The Birthday Massacre and tons more. Too numerous to mention.

Movies:

Imitation of Life, Dances With Wolves, The Breakfast Club, Some Kind of Wonderful, The English Patient, Pieces of April, Far From Heaven, The Sweetest Gift, Stella Dallas

Television:

Gilmore Girls, Becker, King of Queens, Antiques Road Show(this show is seriously addicting), According to Jim and a ton of reruns(I Love Lucy, Perry Mason, What's Happening,etc.)

Books:

To Kill A Mockingbird, The Tenant of Wildfeld Hall, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The India Fan, Sister of My Heart, A Suitable Boy, Anya

Heroes:

My mother

My Blog

Huh?

Why couldn't Converse think of this first?  They would have put the design on the visible part of the shoe and not the sole.:(     http://www.pastemagazine.com/actio...
Posted by Crystal on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:07:00 PST

The Funniest Song Ever

Raise your hand if you remember pizza day at school ? I do, *raises hand* "Pizza Day" by The Aquabats  Well I remember my first day at public schoolI was very scared of getting pummeledAnd sure ...
Posted by Crystal on Mon, 22 Aug 2005 12:12:00 PST

Punks invading my neighborhood!

Rogers Park represents y'all! The Studio Actually my mother knew about this before The Reader did a small blip about it last week.  She says to me, "Oh yes they are having sho...
Posted by Crystal on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Goody Goody Gumdrops!

Disclaimer: This will contain fangirl like exclaimations, so beware! TheFutureEmbrace is getdown y'all! A couple of the songs I need to hear in a club NOW and dance to them. And who knew a Bee Ge...
Posted by Crystal on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

I do not like this....

weather! It's killing me, not cool for naturally clammy hands people.  But I guess I shouldn't whine because my cat and hamster have it a lot worse being fur folk. We do not have air in our build...
Posted by Crystal on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Song of the Day, well night now (for Kat)

"Hairdresser on Fire" Here is London, giddy  London Is it home of the free - Or what ? Can you squeeze me Into an empty page of your diary And psychologically save me ?I've got faith in you I sen...
Posted by Crystal on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

I want to go!

Found this in the Reader... Saturday, May 7th Punk: It's a Black Thing The Chicago Afro-Punk Network formed shortly after the release of James Spooners's 2003 documentary about black punk rocke...
Posted by Crystal on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Dreams Never End

New order show on Tuesday, simply amazing y'all. I thought I would die during "Temptation" and then they went and broke out "Atmosphere"!! One of the most beautifully sad Joy Division songs EVER. I t...
Posted by Crystal on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Snap, Crackle, Burn!

On Tuesday I was all excited because I got Lawrence Arms "Ghost Stories" CD in the mail. I have a soft spot for them because they write songs about Chicago and they have been known to mention my home ...
Posted by Crystal on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

The Scalper Patrol is out and about

So after trying for two days in a row(not counting the presale dramas) to obtain both NIN and Garbage tickets, I am officially frustrated. "Refresh your page", "word verification", "your request coul...
Posted by Crystal on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST