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Lauren

Life is hard. After all, it kills you -- Katharine Hepburn

About Me

I'm cynical yet artsy. It's a weird mix.And I love my dog, Jake, very very much. His favorite movie is "Lady and the Tramp."

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My Interests

Music, film, shoes, video games, artsy stuff, shopping, mythology, designing jewelry, watching film commentaries - particularly on Disney animated films when animators are involved in the commentary.

I'd like to meet:

Lately... fellow Disney nerds, and people who are not creepy. I'm a pretty accepting person, but I don't like creepiness.

Music:

The Frames, Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova, Dropkick Murphys, Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service, Snow Patrol, John Mayer, Diana Krall, Chantal Kreviazuk, Alexi Murdoch, Hans Zimmer, Kate Havnevik, Lea Salonga, Julie Delpy, Disney... too many to list...

Movies:

Disney Animated Features: especially The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Lady and the Tramp, The Jungle Book, Fantasia, Dumbo, and Peter Pan. Pretty much anything Pixar, but especially: The Incredibles and Finding Nemo. Pirates of the Caribbean Series (Dead Man's Chest was better once At World's End came out), Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Shakespeare in Love, Star Wars (minus Phantom Menace because Jar jar Binks is the DEVIL), Forrest Gump What's your midi-chlorian count? (Star Wars)
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Television:

Friends, Heroes, The Office, House, Grey's Anatomy (though it has greatly fallen out of my favor since the Izzie/George thing and getting rid of Burke and Addison)

Which Heroes Character Are You?


You are Claire. You're naive and still getting used to your abilities. Some more experience and assertiveness would be good for you.
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Which Heroes character are you? Your Result: Claire Bennet

You are Claire Bennet. You can spontaneously regenerate, which is just a fancy way of saying that you heal yourself involuntarily. You were never very popular, but you recently got into the "in" crowd. You don't really like it there and your power makes you feel like a freak. You recently tried to contact your real parents, because you want to see if they have powers to...


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Books:

Shakespeare, Catcher in the Rye, Stargirl, The Diary of Anne Frank, Night, Harry Potter, The Illusion of Life

Heroes:

Both Hepburns - Audrey and Katharine, Albus Dumbledore, Walt Disney's Nine Old Men

My Blog

Philosophizing Disney

After getting an A on my latest school paper themed on Disney (it was for a film class people, so it wasn't like I was grasping for straws in order to do it) I have been thinking some things.I've been...
Posted by Lauren on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:17:00 PST

A Perfect Night: Jake, Disney, and S’Mores

I just feel like bragging about the perfect night I had last night.I had the house to myself, so I took one of our shishkabob skewers and roasted some marshmallows over the stove to make s'mores. Then...
Posted by Lauren on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:28:00 PST

Reification

To reify roughly translates as "to thing-a-fy."A dictionary will tell you that it means to take an abstract concept and make it concrete, but it can be more than that.Existentialist Martin Buber calle...
Posted by Lauren on Sat, 31 May 2008 06:01:00 PST

Today, I am thankful for something...

It's my sister's birthday, but that is not what I have in mind.I was at the library for a few hours today so that I could work on my research paper uninterrupted by orders to to chores or whatnot. My ...
Posted by Lauren on Mon, 26 May 2008 07:33:00 PST

Return of the Redhead

That's right people. I have returned to red hair. Not that I am presumptuous enough to think that this news makes an incredible impact on your life, but the story of my sister's reaction is notable:I ...
Posted by Lauren on Mon, 26 May 2008 07:27:00 PST

Disney withdrawal

Lately, I have really been craving to go to Disneyland. Perhaps it's because I know I'll be moving to SoCal in about 3 months and will have easier access to it as such -- the result being that my desi...
Posted by Lauren on Fri, 16 May 2008 03:45:00 PST

Death of a Legend

Ollie Johnston died on Monday April 14, 2008. I wont hold it against you if you don't know who he was. He is not exactly a household name. His work, however, is:Thumper; Cinderella's ugly step-sisters...
Posted by Lauren on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:38:00 PST

Jake is healthy, old people suck, and a thought on utilitarian philosophy

My puppy had a check up today because he is now in the geriatric stage of life. Being an 11 year-old lab, the chart on the vet's wall says that he is about 85. The good news is that the only health pr...
Posted by Lauren on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:20:00 PST

a rather contradictory contest

So... my family held a lame contest this month to see who could spend the least amount of money on indulgences. The reward is $100. I find that a rather contradictory contest, but whatever... it&rsquo...
Posted by Lauren on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:59:00 PST

Fuck that noise

I try not to be an angsty person, but there are times when angst rears its ugly head in my life. I'm feeling kind of angsty tonight, defeated. Perhaps there are certain parts of my life that I have be...
Posted by Lauren on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:00:00 PST