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Rania

Creativity happens at the border between chaos and order

About Me

I'm an incredible dork. Let's just get that out of the way now. If you're sellin' shit, I ain't buyin'. I cuss like a trucker. I still kick, "Rad!" I dig listening to Speed Metal whilst driving. (Rad!) I love the way the English say "buffet". (Rad!) I hate the word "moist-towelette". (Dude...) I fiercely love my family and friends and I'm a rockin' aunt. I'm seriously pissed I can't fly. I mean it...I feel gipped. I think I missed my calling as a Death Metal singer. As you can see, I don't go for that putting the period inside of the quotation marks business. Who changed that rule? Some say I'm "anal", but I prefer "aesthetically oriented" and is apparent in the fact that I have to fill in every fucking bit of this form. I don't care if Eminem has "good beats"...he's a wanker. I'm afraid of werewolves. Oh, yeah...they're out there! Frankly, I make a mean red sauce for pasta, but I'll never make a proper pot of rice. I've tried. I really have. I didn't realize I was a part of the "Immoral Minority". Pffft. I really, really miss the Pacific Ocean and like to think that she misses me too. One day I'll get it all sorted out...I made this playlist at .. .
Check out this MySpace MP3 Player !

My Interests

Music, film, a book so amazing I keep going back to it like crack, comic books, travel, pilgrimages, headphones, strong coffee, a good cigarette, sessions, live shows/small venues, anything made from vanilla, jasmine, red wine, chinchillas, peacocks, pomegranates, sugared almonds, silver jewelry, Thai food, the sea, divination, ancestor worship, goddess worship, ethnographical studies, finding everyday, mundane things in black, one day owning a '69 Barracuda (preferably in black!), pool, poker, but especially Texas Hold'em, hockey, soccer, history, art, artists, museums, naps, matching sets, organizing shit, symmetry, Britain, Canada, the idea of New Zealand, Apple, tribal bellydance, tattoos, tattooed women, being subversive in general, playing the skins, Kephren and Nina, feminism, Vespas and my ass on one

I'd like to meet:

I'll talk to anyone, but if you're a jackass, know it's going to be a short conversation. Especially if you're a guy that's starts a sentence with, "Listen..." Man! However, besides talking to my fabulous friends, I would enjoy conversations with free-thinking individuals with a wicked sense of humor, are culturally creative, think of god as allegory, and aren't afraid to bring the snark. Which basically describes my friends.

Music:

Joseph Arthur, Holding the Void, TV on the Radio, PJ Harvey, Beirut, Amy Winehouse, Gang of Four, Wolfmother, Wolf and Cub, Hungry Ghosts, Black Mountain, Pink Mountaintops, Animal Collective, The Sword, Minutemen, Hüsker Dü, Sugar, Bob Mould, The Pixies, Frank Black, The Violent Femmes, Broken Social Scene, Neutral Milk Hotel, Yo La Tengo, Sparklehorse, Arcade Fire, The Decemberists, The Dandy Warhols, The Late Cord, Sigur Rós, Jaga Jazzist, Lila Downs, Lhasa De Sala, Ravi Shankar, Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn, Prince, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Dolly Parton, Neco Case, Johnny Cash, Ursula Rucker, Bahamadia, Aesop Rock, Mr. Lif, El-P, Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy, Gnarls Barkley, Danger Mouse, DJ Shadow, Amon Tobin, De La Soul, The Roots, Beck, Pinback, Iron and Wine, Ray LaMontagne, The Shins, Modest Mouse, Death Cab For Cutie, The Postal Service, Morphine, Radiohead, The Police, Nick Cave, The Smiths, Joy Division, Bauhaus, Depeche Mode, Legendary Pink Dots, The Tear Garden, Goldfrapp, Ladytron, The Jam, The Clash, Clutch, Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal, Tori Amos, Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, The Jazz Butcher, The Divine Comedy, The Pogues, The Twilight Sad, Rufus Wainwright, Ed Harcourt, Elliott Smith, Jane's Addiction, Jeff Buckley, David Bowie, Brian Eno, Queen, Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young

Movies:

City of Lost Children, Amelie, Pan's Labyrinth, Mirrormask, Alien, Serenity, Blade Runner, Trainspotting, Time Bandits, The Princess Bride, Star Wars, Flickering Lights, The Scent of Green Papaya, Superman I and II, Superman Returns, Batman Begins, X-Men I and II, The Price of Milk, Garden State, My Dinner with Andre, Harold and Maude, Dazed and Confused, The Company of Wolves, American Werewolf In London, The Descent, Lord of the Rings, Vampyr, 24 Hour Party People, Wings of Desire, His Girl Friday, Pillow Talk, Antonia's Line, Out of Africa, Young Frankenstein, Big Trouble In Little China, Slither, Yellowbeard (stagger stagger roll roll), Murder By Death, The Jerk, Splash, The Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona, Jaws, Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead, anything with a zombie in it...

Television:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, Angel, Veronica Mars, Ghost Hunters, Little Britain, Scrubs, Family Guy, Justice League Unlimited (or anything touched by Bruce Timm for that matter), Lost, Reno 911!, Deadwood, Entourage, Prison Break, Smallville (what?!), Supernatural, Heroes, Sex and the City, Curb Your Enthusiasm

Books:

Drawing of the Dark, The Last of Cheri, Set This House In Order, The Midwife's Tale, The Gospel of Mary, Sandman, Origin, Kingdom Come, Hush, Hellshock, Lamb: Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal, Another Bullshit Night In Suck City, Lord of the Rings, Pride and Prejudice, The Mists of Avalon, Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About, Fever Pitch, The Feast of Love, The Awakening, Sextrology, The Adventures of Flash Jackson, Interview With the Vampire, Harry Potter, In the Spirit of Crazy Horse, When God Was A Woman, anything by Bill Bryson...

Heroes:

Frida Kahlo, Georgia O'Keefe, Margaret Mead, Mata Hari, Little Edie Beale, Joss Whedon, Wanda Sykes, Madelene Kahn, Sojourner Truth, Kate Chopin, Hatshepsut, Christine de Pizan, Wonder Woman...

My Blog

This is my first rant and it's deeply profound...

I'm in a foul mood and when I get into one of these moods, I just want to bitch. It's that or smash something or someone into smithereens. So, in order to stay out of jail for destruction of public ...
Posted by Rania on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 07:40:00 PST