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Brandi Lou

I'm a kid with a lot of time to waste. I'm your friend, I'm your friend. I'm a Marxist with a bank a

About Me

neurotic gyrl outsider. insatiable gemini. hopeless romantic. reader. writer. gradually, suddenly.


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My Interests

my baby bean, books, bats, bridges, bukowski, belgian beer, coffee, conversations, chocolate, dark humor, dirty martinis, the deep dirty south, soul (of the food and music varieties), the lost art of sleeping soundly, fever dreams, high fashion, food, france, red red wine, the arts and the crafts, mix tapes, manual typewriters, snail mail, ink pens, patient paper, poetry, PBS, peanut butter, olives, avocados, toast, tattoos, travel, the 80's...

I'd like to meet:

"if i try to describe him here, it is to make sure that i shall not forget him. to forget a friend is sad." from The Little Prince

Music:

the cure, jawbreaker, dinosaur jr, alkaline trio, archers of loaf, tom waits, ramones, the jesus and mary chain, leonard cohen, team dresch, j church, crimpshrine, cap'n jazz, damien jurado, lou reed, pj harvey, the gits, the smiths/morrissey, karate, joy division, patti smith, sam cooke, concrete blonde, the replacements/westerberg, the national, neutral milk hotel, defiance ohio, pain...

Television:

i heart anthony bourdain. i miss northern exposure.

Books:

miranda july and christiane northrup as of late. "the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom" -- Anais Nin

Heroes:

my amazing, awe inspiring, sweet 'n charming, frequently milk-drunk daughter, Miss Riley Sabine... and Joey, Johnny 'n Dee Dee of course!

My Blog

the Bean is born...

Riley Sabine was born July 4th 2007, 12:03 P.M.   (7 lbs 12 oz, 20 inches long, dark hair, big blue eyes)    via C-Section at Portland's Adventist Medical Center   after 28 ho...
Posted by Brandi Lou on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 03:48:00 PST

Three Passions quote

"Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great w...
Posted by Brandi Lou on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 08:28:00 PST

For the love of New Orleans (post hurricane Katrina)

i received this letter via email after my friends evacuated for Katrina, leaving their homes and jobs in New Orleans for the sanctuary & security of Lake Charles. i was in the process of orga...
Posted by Brandi Lou on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 08:17:00 PST