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leia double downs

i never said i was a role model.

About Me


i'm just a nerdy girl, trying to make good on a promise i made to myself long ago, that one day i'd be cool.

my fiance is better than you.

aim - aad1013

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My Interests

hedonism. darts. the number 6.

I'd like to meet:

boutros boutros ghali. vin di bona. tone loc. han solo. my future ex-husband(s). any man at a party who can use a new adjective to describe me.

Music:

joanna newsom. archers of loaf. the doves. al green. pixies. waylon jennings. sonic youth. yo la tengo. modest mouse. marvin gaye. beulah. gram parsons. ambulance ltd. billie holiday. iron and wine. johnny cash. prince. queen. blonde redhead. mission of burma. forty second scandals. david bowie. the decemberists. talking heads. the cure. t.rex. uncle tupelo. rolling stones. neutral milk hotel. etta james. pavement. bjork. television. paul simon. stevie wonder. the beatles. okkervil river. wilco. ella fitzgerald. clem snide. centro-matic. ray charles. the arcade fire. miles davis. anything rat pack.

Movies:

shortbus left me beside myself... a must see as long as you're not on a first date. wes anderson. charlie kaufmann. coen brothers. terry gilliam. hitchcock. peter bogdanovich. kubrick. tim burton. sofia coppola. me and you and everyone we know. wet hot american summer. punch drunk love. clue. house of yes. la vita e bella. heathers. dancer in the dark. a league of their own. goodfellas. everything is illuminated. the squid and the whale.

Television:

watch grey's anatomy or be dead to me.

Books:

currently reading: on the road by jack kerouac. david sedaris. jonathan safran foer. burroughs. hunter s. thompson. james frey. vonnegut. palahniuk. hemmingway. steinbeck. blake. emerson. american psycho. harry potter. his dark materials. wicked. the prophet. a heartbreaking work of staggering genius. invisible man. the stranger.

Heroes:

larry hovis. my mom. my grandfather.

My Blog

dead harbor seal carcass OR (try and think about crackheads)

alyssa and i went to maine yesterday. we stopped at a restaurant to get some seafood. we ordered the "fisherman's platter" to share. it could've fed eight people. so i suggested we give our leftov...
Posted by leia on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:53:00 PST

it's about fucking time!

two important things happened yesterday. well i'm sure more than two happened, but only two happened to me. i got my i.d.! this means i can go to any bar i want! or i can drink at a restaurant! i...
Posted by leia on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:27:00 PST

scrap of sassafras, eh sisyphus?

go buy joanna newsom's album "ys" right now. do it. it is slowly changing my life. i've been stuck on it for two weeks now. like, i haven't listened to anything else. and it's only five songs. un...
Posted by leia on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 08:45:00 PST

refusal to wear pants does not end in arrest.

last night john and i went to grendel's. y'know, like you do on tuesdays. we drank a bottle of wine before we went to the bar. john calls this "pre-game". i call it getting wasted without having t...
Posted by leia on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 09:03:00 PST

i got tagged. now i'm it.

Ok...so in the midst of the crazy events of this evil world people are finding the time to "tag" eachother and the preposterous line of tagging has led to yours truly. the end result is that i must no...
Posted by leia on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:24:00 PST

why won't someone kick me OR (i need to be spoon fed).

i'm so sick of waking up and knowing that i pissed someone off last night. especially when that someone is my best friend. how do you stop being a drunk? seriously? i know it sounds like there's a...
Posted by leia on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:28:00 PST

i miss naked ladies.

i miss making them shots. i miss playing spin the rolodex. i miss watching them trip on the stage because they are wearing new shoes that they aren't used to yet. i miss them bitching about house fee...
Posted by leia on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 05:40:00 PST

seriously?

during my senior year of college i started gaining weight. i'm certain at this point it's because i tried to drink my weight in long island iced teas every night. all that sweet and sour and liquor ...
Posted by leia on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 09:20:00 PST

laxative tea tastes like shit. coincidence? i think not.

alright. alyssa and i are doing a master cleanse detox fast together. it started tonight with a laxative tea. this is the most god awful thing i've tasted in my life. and now, all of a sudden, i f...
Posted by leia on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 09:48:00 PST

an open apology to those i left

i'm sorry i haven't been keeping up with phone calls and messages recently. i'm alive, i promise. everything has been overwhelming as of late. i'm homesick. i got a job, but i'm terrified i'm goin...
Posted by leia on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 06:18:00 PST