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About Me

Vegan. Activist. Mother. French Toast Worshipper. DoubleStuff Oreo Abuser. Cupcake Decorator. Kitty Snuggler. Perpetual 'Goodnight Moon' Reader.

My Interests

French toast, Get Fuzzy comics, thrift store-ing, horror films, blowing bubbles, peppermint, Vlasic pickle spears, making things with glitter, any food en croute, baking, anything miniature, board games, doublestuff oreos, pin-up, coloring, building forts, lip gloss, plastic jewelry, faeries.

I'd like to meet:

Someone who can play wine glasses.

Music:

Tori Amos, StellaStarr*, David Bowie, Pretenders, Cowboy Junkies, the Format, Talking Heads, Bon Jovi, Mountain Goats, Cure, Joan Jett, Hall & Oates, Meat Loaf, Van Morrison, Cake, Siouxsie Sioux, Neko Case, Poe, Nellie McKay, Keb Mo, Neil Diamond, Cyndi Lauper, Arcade Fire, XTC, Patti Smith, Reverend Horton Heat, INXS, Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Wolf Parade, Coral, Clinic, New Pornographers

Movies:

Amelie, Eternal Sunshine..., Secretary, Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Breakfast Club, the Professional, Secret of NIMH, Conan the Destroyer NOT the Barbarian, Saved, High Fidelity, Neverending Story, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Vera Drake, Star Trek movies either generation, Harold and Maude, Princess Mononoke, Legend

Television:

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Find out why pigs go "Woof!" at peta2 !

Books:

Heroes:

i like babes who stick up for animals like Pam Anderson

Brigitte Bardot

Chrissie Hynde Rocks!

My Blog

Fat Woes

Ugh. This morning I hauled my ample ass out of bed to work out. I had been working out in the afternoons while Brooks naps but three things happened yesterday that made me rethink the time of day I ex...
Posted by Randi on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:57:00 PST

A Fucking OUTRAGE!!

Wednesday is a mixed bag for me. I don’t relish waking up early for Food Not Bombs on Wednesdays ( I beg for donations for a soup kitchen). It’s been cold in Philly and the produce do...
Posted by Randi on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:04:00 PST

We are all Michael Vick

This weekend the three of us were shopping at Target and I saw a woman wearing a "My Dog Hates Vick" shirt. I told her how awesome it was then my eyes glanced at her cart full of prepackaged corpse. I...
Posted by Randi on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:20:00 PST

We are animal rights activists

..> We are clerks, we are teachers. We are lawyers, we are nurses. We are mothers, sons, construction workers, accountants, firefighters, soldiers, interior decorators. We attend PTA meeti...
Posted by Randi on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 02:47:00 PST

"Enjoy this time, they grow so fast!"

Every March I begin counting down the days until my birthday on June 5. But this year I just kinda felt old. It's not that I mind being closer to 30 than to 20 now, it's just that like so many people ...
Posted by Randi on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:58:00 PST

Gestation Crates and Other Torture Devices

I recently had the privalege of using my pregnancy to bring to light the suffering of pregnant pigs on today's factory farms. When most people think of pigs on farms, they conjure Charlotte's Web-esqu...
Posted by Randi on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 09:46:00 PST

My body is hijacked...

Alright y'all. Most of you probably know by now that I'm in a John Hurt way (think 'Alien'). Since being pregnant in the animal rights community is extremely unpopular, I'd like to exp...
Posted by Randi on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 02:51:00 PST

Pit Bull Bans PROTECT the Breed

Pit bulls are the most abused dogs on the planet. They are chained, neglected and abandoned as few dogs are and the dog of choice for criminals and dog fighters. Like any dog, because of abuse they ca...
Posted by Randi on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 04:20:00 PST

Texas, your Texas...

So the other day, I was making small talk with some chatty cashier and it came up that I wasnt a native Virginian. I told her I was from Texas and her face lit up like a Lite-Brite. "REALLY?!" she exc...
Posted by Randi on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 09:57:00 PST