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About Me

When I was little, I wanted to be a coroner and a ballerina (at the same time). A dancing CSI...that would rock. I've seen every episode of CSI and SVU so many times that I can tell the episode from the opening lines. If I liked boys, a Morrissey-Peter Murphy-Taye Diggs-Peter Steele sandwich would be high on my 'things to do before I die' list. Being a huge nerd(*cough*goth trekkie*cough*)in HS never won me any friends, but now all the cool kids are doing it. I've been a vegetarian for 20 years, but I occasionally have fantasies about eating Chik-Fil-A. In grade school, my friend and I watched Dirty Dancing every day for 6 damn months. What? Nobody puts Baby in the corner! Hi, my name is SuMMer, and I like Sandra Bullock Movies. She's a drug;I can't help myself. Maybe I'd have a savings if I didn't spend $$ on Transformers, anime, tattoos, and shows, but my life wouldn't be nearly as fun. I've gone months with only listening to Depeche Mode and the Rent soundtrack. I've finally met the perfect girl, and I'm keeping her. That's enough for now. If you want to know anything, just ask. :-)
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My Interests

Good Thai food, Jane Austen, old British writers, skydiving, Nintendo, scuba diving, camping, vegetarianism, forensics, anime, crosswords in pen, more Nintendo, tattoos, rpgs, poetry(reading/writing), lit crit,Sudoku, Hello Kitty, Transformers, Brian Froud, women's issues, human/animal rights, subverting the dominant paradigm...oh, and your mom.

I'd like to meet:

Jane Austen. Virginia Woolf. ee cummings. Bonnie Parker. The Romanovs. Dr. Michael Baden. Jim Henson. Mr. Rogers. Gina 'Crush' Carano. Diablo Cody. John Cusack. Mariska Hargitay. .. Get Your Own MySpace Countdown Generator at Tech-FAQ.com

Music:

BAUHAUS.VNV Nation.Apoptygma Berzerk.Depeche Mode.KMFDM.Soil&Eclipse.Lords of the New Church.The Smiths.New Order.Pogues.Pixies.Lamb.Imogen Heap.Shiny Toy Guns.Decemberists.The Organ.Okkervil River.Metric.Birthday Massacre.Royksopp.Placebo.Rilo Kiley.Noah&the Whale.Le Tigre.The Gossip.Gravy Train!!.The Misfits.Descendents.Sham 69.The Vandals.Murder City Devils.Toots & The Maytals.Desmond Dekker.The Specials.They Might Be Giants.Sunny Day Real Estate.Team Dresch.Joan Jett.Pansy Division.Jim Carroll Band.AC/DC.Thin Lizzy.Steve Miller Band.The Who.The Streets.Beastie Boys.Northern State.Lady Sovereign.Mickey Avalon.Outkast.Regina Spektor.Ani Difranco.Erin Mckeown.Tegan & Sara.Dar Williams.Tori amos.Jeff Buckley.The Who's Tommy.Rent.Wicked.Jesus Christ Superstar.Chicago.Les Mis.

Movies:

GARDEN STATE!,Princess Bride,Dirty Dancing!,Vanity Fair,Fahrenheit 9/11,Say Anything,Identity,Grosse Point Blank,The Matrix,Amelie,But I'm a Cheerleader,Star Trek:Generations,Beautiful Mind,Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon,City of Lost Children,Dream For An Insomniac,Tank Girl,Dark Crystal,Labyrinth,Secret of Nimh,You've Got Mail,When Harry Met Sally,Mannequin,He Loves Me He Loves Me Not,All Over Me,Queen of the Damned,Prey For Rock and Roll,Fiddler on the Roof,Hackers,Hellraiser(esp. 1st one),Boondock Saints,Strangeland,Original Star Wars trilogy,House of Mirth,Twelfth Night,Ghost in the Shell,Hellsing,Princess Mononoke,Grave of Fireflies,Silence of the Lambs,Evil Dead,House of 1000 Corpses,So I Married an Axe Murderer,Juno,Reservoir Dogs,Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,Saved!,Saving Grace,Gaslight,Citizen Kane,Breakfast Club,Ghostbusters,Sixteen Candles,Lost Boys,Office Space,Pride & Prejudice

Television:

SVU!,Ghost in the Shell:Stand Alone Complex, Adult Swim, CSI!, Cold Case, Forensic Files, Autopsy, Dead Like Me, Six Feet Under, The Sopranos, Scrubs, Grey's Anatomy,Boston Legal,House,NCIS, Lost...no longer on and sadly missed: Star Trek:TNG, X-Files, My So-Called Life, Freaks & Geeks, Absolutely Fabulous!, Twin Peaks,Quantum Leap, Square Pegs, 70s-era Sesame Street, featuring lovable furry Grover. Oh, and anything on Food Network or Bravo. Even if it's about paint drying, I'll get sucked into watching it.

Books:

Walt Whitman.David Sedaris.Dave Eggers.Augusten Burroughs.Jane Austen.Virginia Woolf.Henry James.Arthur Golden.Alice Sebold.Michele Tea.Chuck Palahniuk.JK Rowling.Thea Hillman.Sherman Alexie.Dr. Michael Baden.Mary Roach.Jessica Snyder Sachs.Mary Wollstonecraft.Betty Friedan.Linda Smukler.Alan Kaufman.ee cummings.Edna St. Vincent Millay.WH Auden.Edgar Allan Poe.Robert Frost.Shakespeare.Anything on forensics.

Heroes:

Margaret Sanger, Meena Kamal, Ossie Davis, Gandhi, Dorothy Day, Joe Hill, Cesar Chavez, and my mother...because the world is a better place because they were/are in it.

My Blog

Sin Tetas, No Hay Paraiso

Allow me to introduce you to Sin Tetas, No Hay Paraiso (Without Tits, There Is No Paradise). I think this is going to be the greatest, soapiest telenovela experience yet! I will be DVR’ing it li...
Posted by ad astra per aspera. on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 04:55:00 PST

Just Like Heaven

One of my all-time favorite bloggers is now an Academy Award-winning screenwriter. Way to go, Diablo! We all knew you could do it!!!!
Posted by ad astra per aspera. on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:39:00 PST

R.A.D.

This is the coolest shit I've ever seen.Check out this video: Super Lego Mario (Level 1) Add to My Profile | More Videos...
Posted by ad astra per aspera. on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:14:00 PST

2008 Polar Bear Plunge!!!

  The Polar Bear Plunge Seaside is the largest single day fundraising effort that benefits Special Olympics New Jersey. Participants are asked to raise money to take a mid-winter Plunge into the...
Posted by ad astra per aspera. on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:17:00 PST

Near.....and......Far

This is awesome. This made my entire night. I have been a fan of Grover's since I was very small. I think he's just being nice for tv when he says he likes Elmo, though. Elmo is a little bitch. ;-) ...
Posted by ad astra per aspera. on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:46:00 PST

Heart It Races

I've been meaning to write this entry for a bit, and I finally gathered my thoughts together enough to do it. I've gone through most of my life dating these people who didn't treat me well or just did...
Posted by ad astra per aspera. on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 09:54:00 PST

SOFA KING WE TODD DID

There's a saying that comes to mind, and perhaps everyone's heard of it: PEOPLE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULDN'T THROW STONES. This is based on a Bible passage, John 8:1-11 (my Catholic brainwashing, err, kn...
Posted by ad astra per aspera. on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:46:00 PST

Little Terror

As some of you may already know, Cat and I welcomed a new addition a few weeks ago. His name is Ampersand (Ampy for short), and he is just shy of 3 months. He's a little terror, and he loves nothing m...
Posted by ad astra per aspera. on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 02:05:00 PST

Happy Birthday, Baby Sister!

My little sister turns 25 today. I've had the honor of watching her grow into this beautiful, amazing, incredibly kind woman, and I'm so thankful for that. I was newly 5 when she was born, and I was c...
Posted by ad astra per aspera. on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:01:00 PST

Polar Bear Plunge 2007!

Polar Bear Plunge 2007 was this past Saturday, and I had a blast. It was my 3rd time doing it, and it was the best one yet. It was in Seaside Heights, NJ, right along the boardwalk. It was a benefit f...
Posted by ad astra per aspera. on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:08:00 PST