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Deva

The unrelenting Vapor of debauchery here would not merely tempt a Saint,- Heavens, 'twould tempt an

About Me

i am a pretentious asshole for the most part but getting better about that. i have too many opinions and an overall bad attitude and no job. but i love my family, and i love my friends, and i love books and the news and fabric stores, and my sewing machine, and justin, and clutter, and legos, and lists, and thanksgiving, and moleskin notebooks, and anything with butter in it, and big city living, and the cats (my new years resolution is to love the cats so i feel obligated to include them), and taking baths, and pajama bottoms, and board games, and rice pilaf, and family photographs, and bunch of other stuff...like this movie made by jeff...in memory of chris benoit - the greatest professional wrestler ever...and of course...
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My Interests

BOOKS, QUILTING, DRINKING, ART (except impressionist), FRUIT, JUSTIN, ALL THINGS KITCHEN (except washing the dishes), KISSES, MY FAMILY, AND BEING ALL CRAFTY

I'd like to meet:

i'd like to meet justin at home for dancing the twist. i'd like to meet julia on the couch with fish sticks and spinach dip and bad movies. i'd like to meet evan at west nile with the monday times crossword and the economist and that paper that has all the comics and jokes in it. i'd like to meet jackie in the photobooth. i'd like to meet my mom and ian and rebecca for oldies singalong. i'd like to meet joe for trival pursuit, and richard batts for big hugs, and pookie for a 2-and-2, and maarten and nivja for some basketball, and jeff for laser pointing the dummys, and traci for rodenbach grand cru, and Amanda for burritos and sewing, and josh for mutiny extravaganza and spider solitaire, and aria may cause she's my baby girl, and betsy for craft talking, and phil for sassiness and anna for looking at lovely little things, and peter & pygar for early morning harassment and general bothering, and yeah...

Music:

DOS ONE, JOHNNY CASH, CARL PERKINS, NINJA TUNES STUFF, LIVING LEGENDS, SCOTT H BIRAM, NPR, WANDA JACKSON, TEMPTATIONS, OLD TWANGY COUNTRY, HOWLIN WOLF, AND JUSTIN NORTH... and lately emmylou harris, gram parsons, lee perry, link wray & hank williams and sloan

Movies:

BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S, HARD BOILED, LOVE & DEATH, LUIS BUNUEL, ANYTHING FELLINI, why is it so hard to think of this stuff? MOVIES WITH DANCE BATTLES, OCEAN/NATURE DOCUMENTARIES & movies made by Jeff

Television:

THE OFFICE, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, DA ALI G SHOW, BOOMERANG!!!!, JUSTICE LEAUGE, BATMAN, ROBOT CHICKEN, antiques roadshow, all the michael palin travel shows, bbc documentaries about animals, earl, and cooking with julia reruns on pbs. heros i love and america's next top model

Books:

DOSTOYEVSY, LEMONY SNICKET, RAYMOND CHANDLER, ROALD DAHL, HEMMINGWAY, ADRIENNE RICH, GRAHAM GREENE'S "TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT", "TRIOMF", "CLOUD ATLAS", "JONATHAN STRANGE & MR NORRELL", "FOUCAULTS PENDULUM", VIRGINIA W, SYLVIA PLATH (but only lately actually), BETTER HOMES & GARDENS, AGATHA CHRISTIE, and now i get to add faulkner and thomas pynchon

Heroes:

MY MOM, BATMAN, IAN (my kickass brother), and justin north

My Blog

life altering / life affirming

two things happened the other day 1) a very wise but impractical woman told me that she knew that when i was ready to change, i would and 2) i was walking down the street sucking my tummy in and ...
Posted by Deva on Sat, 29 Apr 2006 10:46:00 PST

pink

this has been a year of firsts for me. which is sort of impressive as the year is still so young... (besides the glaringly obvious for those in the know these are my 2006 firsts) FIRST YOGA CLASS: fir...
Posted by Deva on Fri, 10 Feb 2006 07:46:00 PST

crazy jackie in the photobooth

well after four long, long months i saw my lovely miss jackie again... waving at traffic (is that you? is that you? is that you?) / the bimbo and mo / the boys at the next table / the food / the eatin...
Posted by Deva on Sat, 04 Feb 2006 07:26:00 PST

ugly quilt

currently sewing the top of a purple & green pastel floral print quilt - is most heinous baby-vomit quilt ever and am excited! its a nine patch pinwheel / checkerboard and i ran out of&n...
Posted by Deva on Thu, 03 Nov 2005 07:26:00 PST

dead pontiff

have much admiration for the pope, not The Pope in general but specifically for this one...read evan's blog comment response for perfect description of his dying...must agree... apparently, someone...
Posted by Deva on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

warm and fuzzies

must say that i woke up this morning actually smiling...not sure if that was the result of the sunshine or the birds or THE FACT THAT THE VERY FIRST DAFFODIL I SEE THIS SPRING IS IN MY VERY OWN YARD A...
Posted by Deva on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST