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shannon

About Me

i like lists. i like my cats. i like to take snowy walks looking at sandy drifts, while listening to scott matthews or cursive. i like women's underwear. i like the speech that kate winslet gives at the bookstore in eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. i like making love. i like kashi go lean crunch cereal. i like squirrels. and possums. i like the smell of gasoline. i like to pull on the elbow skin of my significant other. i like doing the dishes at work. i like creating awkward situations, and feeling completely at ease while everyone else squirms. i like sweaters. i like pretty much every show on bravo. i like profound movies like the shortbus. i like even numbers. i like reshaping my brain. i like meditation. i like paper lanterns. i like candles that smell like baked goods, but i don't really like baked goods. i like my apartment. also: classical ballet has ruined my idea of what love is.Get MySpace Layouts from nUCLEArcENTURy .COM OR create your own using MySpace profile editor !!!
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My Interests

music. black cats. most animals with fur. vegetarianism. veganism. mindfulness. expensive designer spectacles. contemporary ballet. cognitive behavioral therapy. diesel heels. fantastic books. tim gunn. tom lambert. makeup artistry. fierce hair. gentrification.

I'd like to meet:

someone without expectations. more people with compassion as a significant trait. also: a capybera.

Music:

air, band of horses, bloc party, blondie, bonnie tyler, brand new, bright eyes, broken social scene, broken spindles, the cure, cursive, cyndi lauper, deathcab for cutie, dirty on purpose, elliot smith, the faint, feist, genesis, the get up kids, the good life, interpol, iron and wine, jimmy eat world, jose gonzales, l'altra, the mars volta, mates of state, nick drake, orenda fink, pat benetar, the postal service, reo speedwagon, the shins, soft cell, son ambulance, sonic youth, spandau ballet, spoon, tears for fears, wheat, wilco, patrick wolf, xiu xiu, yeah yeah yeahs, explosions in the sky, nina simone, billie holiday, SCOTT MATTHEW, junior boys, nancy, the radio dept.

Movies:

we don't live here anymore, the secretary, kinsey, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, the science of sleep, closer, matchpoint, shortbus, candy, wristcutters: a love story.

Television:

project runway, old sitcoms, 80's - late 90's

Books:

bukowski...the feast of love, by charles baxter...no one belongs here more than you, by miranda july...the almond, by, nedjma.

Heroes:

i don't believe in heroes.

My Blog

please don’t hold it against me.

i am feeling some things:~ a complete inability to say the right thing. ever.~ excitement at the plan of actually getting up and going to a yoga class tomorrow. i will not spend another day being a pa...
Posted by shannon on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:02:00 PST

words to live by..

"did i just hear a ’fuck you’. look, i’m 33, i’ve been on a lot of stages, i can handle a fuck you."23, whatever.
Posted by shannon on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:18:00 PST

if you take a step, i will make sure that you take the next.

texas was good. i choreographed a lovely ballet. i have too many jobs. embarrassing: i spoke through the drive through at work (the term ’drive through at work makes me want to stab myself in th...
Posted by shannon on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:50:00 PST

something about living twice in one life.

highs and lows of my trip to az should be the subject of this post.lows: ~ fighting with my mom over bras. we are so!!! sensitive. and they are just boobs. fuckin boobs, hate em.~ knowing that my firs...
Posted by shannon on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:33:00 PST

i always thought it was real.

~ i actually just watched one full hour of home improvement. it is a saturday night. what is wrong with me?~ my diet consists only of peanut butter honey toast, my buttlets reflect this.~ i CANNOT cho...
Posted by shannon on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:12:00 PST

new study: metal causes seizures.

that study isn't actually true. but caitlin is listening to some earth crushing metal in her room right now, and it may be the catalyst of my eminent brain implosion. not the good kind.parley just pul...
Posted by shannon on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:33:00 PST

what you say about his company is what you say about society.

wtf.why am i not in belgium right now?this was just for you jessie. let's hang. yo.
Posted by shannon on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:37:00 PST

route 41

why is it that gold bond commercials make me a little bit nauseated? i think it has something to do with the bottle, and thinking about other people's flakey dry skin. ughh.finishing the sleeve, back ...
Posted by shannon on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:24:00 PST

she had a face like a neon sign, she said come on in and turned out the lights.

i stay up late a lot watching sitcoms.what is with all of the diet pill commercials starting after 11pm?it is one am, i am eating a bowl of peanut butter with chocolate chips in it, the last thing i n...
Posted by shannon on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 09:33:00 PST

how will i keep putting food in china’s bowl?

caitlin cleaned the living room. it is beautiful. so beautiful, and i am inspired to finish painting my room.starbucks hates me. literally. i think the only place i am welcome is the hour and a half b...
Posted by shannon on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:48:00 PST