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karen

Big Hair in '07.

About Me

when i have a lot of ideas, sometimes i don't properly enunciate my words. which is why i am a writer.

My Interests

broad street in red bank. cereal. coffee. CI. screenwriting. indie rock. the feeny call . lancaster, PA. veggie wraps (of quality). lowkey spontaneity. john krasinski/jim halpert. cute indie boys with winter hats and guitars. diners. adam brody playing dave rygalski. yahoo pool. leigh belz and the musical blogging of leigh belz . hummus, especially of the Sabra brand. college radio. wine that comes in fun bottles. hula hooping. broccoli. driving during sunlight hours.

I'd like to meet:

yard sale enthusiasts and tall people who are bad at sports.

Music:

wilco. nada surf. matt pond pa. foo fighters. rem. weezer (pinkerton and blue.) new pornographers. soundtrack of our lives. the magic numbers. sloan. blur. silversun pickups. the pixies. the frames. magic phone. some coldplay. snow patrol. lungs of a giant. pink spiders. sound team. the fratellis. the shins. radiohead (kid a and before.) and others.

Movies:

almost famous. i am trying to break your heart. wonder boys. empire records. rushmore. i'm reed fish. half nelson. once. willy wonka and the chocolate factory. tenenbaums. saved!

Television:

Gilmore Girls, The Simpsons, Undeclared, The Office, Weeds, Arrested Development, The Soup, Kid Nation, King of the Hill, Grounded For Life, 30 Rock, Mr. Show, We Need Girlfriends (.tv), purposely bad scripted reality shows.

Books:

"Sideway Stories from Wayside School" by Louis Sachar. the "Choose Your Own Adventure" series in its entirety. Douglas Coupland, Kurt Vonnegut, and any commentary by Joel Stein.

Heroes:

Hitch. John Sellers. Lauren Fox. Michael from "Kid Nation". Syd Field. Paulie Bleeker. Safe-T-Rider. And Chef Ramsay.

My Blog

How I Wasted My Snow Day.

Although I recently identified Wawa as being the thing I love the most in this world, there's something that I love even more. When people complain and cannot construct a sentence. Oh, this happens of...
Posted by karen on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:18:00 PST

Quick Like A Rabbit

Holy potatoes, I actually wasted my time and yours and created a third (and final) edition of Car Diaries. It's called Car Diaries 3!   Well, now that that's over with, I'd suggest tha...
Posted by karen on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:33:00 PST

My Legs Grew.

(I wish! I may be 5'10", but it's all torso.) I finally upgraded to the "new view" myspace, which made this website slightly less boring for five minutes. Yeah, I said it. I must admit, I still prefer...
Posted by karen on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:44:00 PST

Phased And Confused

I'd like to retract a statement I made in a previous blog entry. In fact, this may be the hugest error I ever made.   That day I went and bought random food at Shop Rite months and months ago, I...
Posted by karen on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:02:00 PST

The Sequel.

I have a lot to say. But it's too late to write. So for now, enjoy the long anticipated sequel to Car Diaries. It's called Car Diaries 2.   It has more bad hair, more bad camera angle...
Posted by karen on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:04:00 PST

Im 2008.

Hello. It's 2008! Here are some notable things that have happened so far this year. 1. I hit my head into a doorframe. It was about 3.5 hours into the new year, back at my house. I guess I was a bit m...
Posted by karen on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:24:00 PST

This Was Christmas!

Two posts in one week! But it's worth it. Newsflash: It was Christmas! I made an album ("Friends Only" - I realized that the only non-friends who may be interested in seeing my pictures are those peop...
Posted by karen on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 06:58:00 PST

How Advent-urous.

My last entry was about how NJ drivers are terrible. Shortly after posting (perhaps 2 hours, maybe an hour and a half), one of my coworkers was hit by a cement truck while driving home early. Despite ...
Posted by karen on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:53:00 PST

Rage-Powered Cars

Dear New Jersey. I want to revoke all of your licenses. Love, Karen.  P.S. Yes, I'm serious. By licenses, I mean drivers licenses - not licenses to practice medicine, or a "license to bitch". I ...
Posted by karen on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:44:00 PST

Im not thankful!

No, I kid. I'm very thankful. I really like Thanksgiving, since despite the overcrowding and overslaughtering of turkeys, it's the one holiday that everyone can celebrate that focuses on reflection a...
Posted by karen on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 05:07:00 PST