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ali

i only get lucky electrofishing

About Me

I make coffee. I ride horses. And I am currently trying to sell my soul to graduate schools.

My Interests

when i'm not working in the field? relaxing in civilization...having a real bed, real food, showers are nice... other than that...biology, beer, horses, dancin, beer, travelling, biking, hiking, camping, beer, um...

I'd like to meet:

Boo Radley

Music:

in my car now: the beatles, modest mouse, wilco, radiohead, the doors, broken social scene, chili peppers, super furry animals,bloc party, of montreal, smashing pumpkins, bob dylan, spoon, do make say think, ben folds, green day, dar williams, um, and there's a soundtrack for last of the mohicans out there too. i dont know why.

Movies:

little miss sunshine, everything is illuminated, and the three burials of melquiades estrada are as close to perfect as it gets. then of course, super troopers, office space, and shawshank redemption.

Television:

The Office, british version. Seinfeld. The Simpsons. What else do you need? oh, yeah, South Park too.

Books:

Most recently, "We Were the Mulvaneys" by Joyce Carol Oates. Steinbeck (Cannery Row!), and anything by Tim Obrien, James Michener, Aldo Leopold, Edward Abbey, Vonnegut, Kerouac. To Kill a Mockingbird. Oh, and this amazing book at my old work entitled "Everybody Poops." It even has pictures!

Heroes:

the guy who wrote "everybody poops." one day, i too hope to produce a groundbreaking work of such candor and insight, a work of such relevance as to touch the lives of all the scurrying, disconnected people that share this planet.

My Blog

drawn and quartered

i just got home (missoula) from a mini road trip through idaho. idaho kicked ass. i went to a county fair, hung out with cowboys and watched them rope, made friends with a ranch family and spent the...
Posted by ali on Mon, 07 Aug 2006 07:59:00 PST