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Gretchen

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About Me

When I saw a friend's parents this past Christmas, they said to my mother, "...She's still Gretchen. Only moreso." It seems that people in my life have always had trouble describing me. "...She's Gretchen," is all they could ever come up with. I'm still not sure how I feel about that.

My Interests

music not easily categorized, black/red, surrealism, abstract expressionism, cartoons, spinach, a nice red wine, oscillating wildly, absurdist theatre, tap, sewing, veganism, abnormal psychology, grammar, obscure references, fucking with stupid people...

I'd like to meet:

People who will make me smile more than they'll make me want to throw things.

Oh, and Trey Parker. Yesm.

Music:

the beatles, elvis costello, fiona apple, troubled hubble, the magnetic fields, david bowie, ryan adams, tom waits, elliott smith, ben folds five, the cure, the dismemberment plan, brainiac, the show is the rainbow, new york dolls, iggy pop and the stooges, the decemberists, bearsuit, andrew bird, the arcade fire, frank zappa, the white stripes, the gunshy, and countless others

Movies:

clerks, a hard days night, high fidelity, monty python's life of brian, death to smoochy, donnie darko, fight club, stripes, punch-drunk love, young frankenstein, some like it hot, the great escape, lilo and stitch...

Television:

sports night, the kids in the hall, invader zim, monty python, mr. show, sifl and olly, home movies, arrested development ...why is almost nothing i like on anymore?

Books:

anything by frank zappa, roald dahl, henry rollins, kurt vonnegut, jhonen vasquez, christopher durang, steve martin, or dr. suess.

Heroes:

Frank Zappa, Marilyn Monroe, Henry Rollins

My Blog

halloweenies!

Anyone wanting to see pictures from this festive tricks or treats, check out my flickr...halloweenies!...
Posted by Gretchen on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:49:00 PST

it still hasn't sunk in

I was in class, supposedly from 5:30-9:30. However, since it was the last week of class, we had presentations and got out early, around 7:20. When I picked up my phone, I saw that I had five text mess...
Posted by Gretchen on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 09:16:00 PST

Drafting can suck a nut.

Art school is kicking my ass.  This is way more work than "real" school was.  I breezed through my psych degree.  Sure, we had reading all the time, but like I did it... You can fake yo...
Posted by Gretchen on Thu, 02 Feb 2006 07:47:00 PST

"I can't take me anywhere."

New tattoo today!  It's John Lennon's birthday, I figured that was as good an excuse as any. Wee!
Posted by Gretchen on Mon, 10 Oct 2005 08:54:00 PST

here comes my baby, here she comes now...

I am fucking sick of being so violently shy. That's all.
Posted by Gretchen on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

a note from your friendly neighbourhood fanboy...or girl.

Saw Batman Begins. Liam Neeson, Christian Bale, and Michael Caine were all impeccable.  I was also very pleased with Cillian Murphy [Dr. Crane]. The story was beautiful and brings a reality to th...
Posted by Gretchen on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

god, I'm a huge dork.

The restaurant has been super hot the past week, and no one seems to know why. It's like a sauna.Today, while complaining about it, I said, "I don't get it, just a week ago, the place was like Hoth."A...
Posted by Gretchen on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

this thing certainly doesn't help...

I hate that point. That point when you see someone you haven't seen forever. Or they come on IM, and you think, "Hey, I haven't talked to him in forever, I should IM him. Or something merely reminds y...
Posted by Gretchen on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

seriously, mr popo, what is going on here?

Ladies and gentlemen. Herein lies the tale of this evening's epic quest which took me to Lombard, Glen Ellyn, and even Oakbrook Terrace.After going to the bank to deposit money so I could pay rent, an...
Posted by Gretchen on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST