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Tory

Nothing's funnier than unhappiness, I'll grant you that. -Beckett

About Me

In my heart I yearn for a decent cheesesteak. I'm terribly, beautifully human, with all the crap that entails. I forgive easily, dance often, make mistakes all day long. I laugh a lot. Small children delight me (and vice versa). I'd like to plaster my walls with Rothkos. And I might be the best eater you'll ever meet.
http://thewaytoeat.blogspot.com

My Interests

cooking, eating, reading, shakin' my groove thing, turning everything over, drinking far too much coffee, the quality of light, knitting, folding chairs, writing stories, running, kundalini yoga, unyeilding introspection

I'd like to meet:

The foolishly hopeful. Readers. Adventurous eaters. The folding chair-friendly. People who love pho. Knitters. Good dancers. And lovers, not haters.

Music:

All I listen to lately is the Time Out album by the Dave Brubeck Quartet, over and over. Sometimes Michael Penn's Mr. Hollywood, Jr., album to mix it up. I need a piano so bad it's like a physical pain.

Movies:

True Romance, Clerks, House of Flying Daggers, Magnolia, Jeff Davis films, Kill Bill I, Godfather, Secretary, The Squid & The Whale, The Great Escape, Twelve Angry Men, Cool Hand Luke, Blue Velvet

Television:

Man vs. Wild, Grey's Anatomy, Criminal Minds, Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Colber Repor, Iron Chef (Japanese please), Chapelle Show, 6 Feet Under, Sopranos, Kids in the Hall

Books:

plays of Samuel Beckett, poetry of H.D., novels of Barbara Kingsolver and Anne Lamott, works of Willa Cather, Emerson's essays, The Narcissistic Family: Diagnosis and Treatment, The Sun Also Rises, The Corrections, Kavalier & Clay, my OED

Heroes:

My great grandma Pat, Samuel Beckett, Susan B. Anthony, Morris Gordon, Jesus was a nice guy, Marcel Duchamp, Julia Child, Ruth Reichl, and, as ever, Wonder Woman

My Blog

Happy Birthday to me


Posted by Tory on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 03:50:00 PST

I am not dead

You ever have one of those moments where you look around at the dishes in the sink, your French neighbor zipping past the window, and the way the pale blue veins just beneath the surface of your skin ...
Posted by Tory on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 12:13:00 PST

Channeling Grace

So for the last month or so I've been doing freelance work that I inherited from my friend, Grace. She gave birth to a glorious, sweet-nosed little boy named Soren and has taken a time out to be a ma...
Posted by Tory on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 02:12:00 PST

I ain't got none

Just for right now, I have no faith.  Gone.  Zippo.  I can't stand it, not again.  Being laid off is hard.  They decided to move the co. across the country, I can't do a...
Posted by Tory on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 05:25:00 PST

Child's Moon

You can set your watch by it (if you still have one, no one seems to in the cell phone age), I always perk up come January 1.  Yesterday I went hiking with 3 friends and their 4 dogs, we conquer...
Posted by Tory on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 01:57:00 PST

On the rowboat

Sometimes I feel so lonely. Especially in December, it's usually the worst then, like there's an empty hole in the back of my stomach and anything that feels good inside me can't stay in, it all fall...
Posted by Tory on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:16:00 PST

I got stood up

For the full story [] go to my food blog, http://thewaytoeat.blogspot.com  Because somehow, food is usually the answer.  It brings me back to earth. I've been wondering what I'm suppose...
Posted by Tory on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 04:57:00 PST

Mortified

Oh Jesus Christ. Why do I do this to myself? Utterly mortified. If only a hole would open up and swallow me down, I gotta get out of here.So I put myself out there. Was direct in my colorful sweet...
Posted by Tory on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:34:00 PST

Did you feel that?

The earth shifted. Just a little, but right beneath my feet.I love when those tectonic plates slide just for me.
Posted by Tory on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 11:25:00 PST

The Way to Eat

Hello friends and readers,I have a food blog... You should read it, because it's delicious.The Way to EatTales from a hungry lifehttp://thewaytoeat.blogspot.comYum!...
Posted by Tory on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 03:35:00 PST