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Barbara

using the power for good, and listening to the voices in my head...

About Me

i'm a dork - but i think of that as a positive attribute. i'm from fresno (or 'f***no,' as my friend ashod likes to refer to it) so there's no way i could even try to pass myself off as cool. i recently found a letter i earned in high school - in academics. i've never belonged to a 'scene' - in fact, i've never really fit in anywhere. i love music. i hate unfairness. i'm going to become a pirate someday. i love food, especially if it contains cheese and/or butter. i want to host real versions of the imaginary dinner parties i dream up (john madden, johnny depp, dorothy parker, robyn hitchcock, wayne coyne, paolo coelho, my friend jarod...) i want to take over the world and make it safe for good people. i don't want to fly, because i'm afraid of heights. i can drink you under the table and still have a (mostly) intelligent conversation. i like cats AND dogs - and i like it when it rains both. my nice person network (shhhhhhhh - we're taking over!) extends around the world. and, um, my favorite color is blue. or, more accurately, my favorite colors are black and blue - but i'm not a masochist. not any more.Get MySpace Layouts from nUCLEArcENTURy .COM OR create your own using MySpace profile editor !!!
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My Interests

food, music and alcohol - and people who enjoy them. also, anyone who is capable of using the english language with skill.

I'd like to meet:

my match

Music:

i like things that move me - not physically, so much, because i'm totally uncoordinated. things that stir my soul or make me remember why i breathe or sum up what i've been feeling but haven't been able to express... sometimes things that just... rock. or make me jump up and down and giggle uncontrollably. things that make me realize i'm alive.

Movies:

i'd like to pretend i'm high-brow, but i've already copped to being from the central san joaquin valley. i like great b-grade comedies because they make me laugh ('better off dead,' 'spinal tap,' 'addams family values,' etc.) i also love anything that makes me cry (which isn't difficult) but i hate suspense or anything unsettling (don't ask me to tell you what happens when i'm forced to watch something like 'deep blue sea' - lame, but true...)

Television:

not so much, although i find it hard to turn off 'that 70s show,' any 'behind the music,' 'the daily show' or anything pertaining to ancient egypt.

Books:

'veronika decides to die' by paolo coelho and 'immortality' by milan kundera are at the top, but pretty much anything by either author absolutely inspires me. then there's also steve martin, david sedaris, dorothy parker, banana yoshimoto, agatha christie, the first handful of anne rice novels, and too many others to name...

Heroes:

My dad, Tom Landry and Dorothy Parker

My Blog

dreams really do come true!

thanks to the wonderful, magical folks at fred meyer, i now own a strobe light AND a fog machine. i may never leave my house again!
Posted by Barbara on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:27:00 PST

end of an era

or at least the end of couple of hallmarks of an era, by my count. i'm actually composing a blog, which is something i've resisted for ages. i'm no longer embarrassed to identify myself as american (...
Posted by Barbara on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 10:43:00 PST