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Erin

my irritability keeps me alive and kicking

About Me

I'm not that creepy.

(If you really want, you can visit my lackluster flickr. )

My Interests

alphabetical order, animal crossing, architecture, art history, chicago, chicago public radio, contemporary art, documentaries, foreign cinema, german, history, knitting, laughing at stuff, richard long, making lists, medical oddities, ana mendieta, nintendo ds, pbs, pom wonderful, procrastinating, reading nonfiction books, red swedish fish

I'd like to meet:

This wet cat:

Music:

the angels of light, the beatles, belle and sebastian, broadcast, comets on fire, destroyer, brian eno, joy division, nara leao, low, mission of burma, the olivia tremor control, os mutantes, steve reich, six organs of admittance, sonic youth, caetano veloso, the velvet underground, wire, the zombies

Movies:

my favorite directors: pedro almodovar, robert altman, jane campion, rainer werner fassbinder, samuel fuller, alfred hitchcock, jim jarmusch, fritz lang, hayao miyazaki, roman polanski, jean renoir, alain resnais, volker schlondorff, preston sturges, francois truffaut, wong kar-wai

Television:

arrested development, the colbert report, the simpsons

Books:

currently reading: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

Heroes:

grown-up nerds like Gore Vidal.

My Blog

american culture is srsly in trouble

I know that this has been apparent for quite some time, but American culture is definitely suffering right now. There's an appalling lack of creativity in pretty much every aspect of it, and the new f...
Posted by Erin on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:22:00 PST

another reasonably important something

12:32:00 PM vjmunkyv: we talked about poop yesterday too12:32:33 PM tonightstheday: i wonder if her poop was like a pile of hashbrowns12:32:49 PM tonightstheday: im gonna refer to poop as hashbrowns12...
Posted by Erin on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 12:24:00 PST

something nice that happened today

Today I went to the store to buy the new Alasdair Roberts album, and they had a used copy, so I figured I'd buy that cuz I'm kinda poor. However, then I found out it was a promo copy, and I told the g...
Posted by Erin on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 02:57:00 PST

oh wikipedia, the filthy line you walk!

Tonight I followed a wikipedia link to the term "frotteur" from Joe Mathlete Explains Today's Marmaduke. Until about 2 days ago, I thought "frottage" was an art term, but, oh! wikipedia showed me the ...
Posted by Erin on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:01:00 PST

re: animal crossing

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Posted by Erin on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:33:00 PST

maybe nobody will read this, but

the phrase "tongue in cheek" kinda really grosses me out. I know it's not supposed to be literal, but I always think of the time when I was a kid and my dog bit a hole in my cheek. So now whenever I h...
Posted by Erin on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:34:00 PST

a list of my 30 favorite songs

I'm embarrassed at how long I spent making this list. Totally unimportant task.The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice?The Beatles - And Your Bird Can SingBelle & Sebastian - This Is Just a Modern Rock S...
Posted by Erin on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 01:46:00 PST

another important conversation

reedandwillow (9:54:46 PM): yeah but itreedandwillow (9:54:51 PM): it's pooptonights the day (9:54:53 PM): i knowreedandwillow (9:54:54 PM): it spashes and stufftonights the day (9:55:02 PM): oh god l...
Posted by Erin on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 07:58:00 PST

an important conversation

11:54:57 PM tonightstheday: oh god11:55:02 PM tonightstheday: did i tell you about my toilet clog11:55:06 PM vjmunkyv: nooo11:55:20 PM tonightstheday: i made a poop so big that i had to actually pick ...
Posted by Erin on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:15:00 PST

my 1st blog

coolymccoolvin (12:04:09 AM): i bet will oldham constantly shits corn
Posted by Erin on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 10:11:00 PST