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Vanessa. Person.

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About Me

I eat, sleep and breathe music. It's become so cliche to say, but it's the absolute truth. I want nothing more than to make a difference in some way. I want to save someone from something...or something from someone. Great writing has the power to make my jaw drop with just one perfectly constructed sentence. When I feel the itch, I make art with my own two hands. Everything else is a blur right now.
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You should probably click at least one of the links below if you have a soul:
Feed the Hungry.
Save the Rainforest.
Rescue Animals.
Fund Books for Children.
Fund Free Mammograms.
Save Darfur.

My Interests

.:MUSIC:. (and all that entails)
Wonderful people
Photography
Art that speaks
Writing
Learning
NPR Junkie
Animal welfare
Activism
Buddhism
Reading and escaping
Instruments
Road trips :sigh:
Politics
Running, tennis, yoga
Being outdoors: parks, camping, hiking, etc.
Body mod
Philosophy
Record players
Girl crushes
History dweeb
A good conversation with a side of coffee
Facial hair on men
Happyness. Oh yes.

I'd like to meet:


This is a magical man.

Music:

is almost everything…
Modest Mouse
The Beatles
Cursive
TV on the Radio
Ani DiFranco
Glassjaw
Anything with Mr. Jonah
My Morning Jacket
Ryan Adams
Blood Brothers
Feist
Death Cab For Cutie
Brand New
Cloud Cult
PJ Harvey
Deftones
Murder By Death
Bob Dylan
Midlake
Quasi
Flaming Lips
Tom Waits
Neutral Milk Hotel
The Colour Revolt
Jeff Buckley
Drums and Tuba
Anything with Mr. Doughty
Decemberists
Bjork
M. Ward
At The Drive-In
Grizzly Bear
The Shins
The Roots
Sean Lennon
Radiohead
Frog Eyes
Devendra Banhart
Bright Eyes
Gnarls Barkley
Damien Rice
mewithoutYou
Billie Holiday
The Dresden Dolls
Sufjan Stevens
Pixies
Refused
Q and Not U
Jay-Z
The Cure
Elvis Perkins
Pavement
Kings of Leon
Mastodon
Sleater-Kinney
Saul Williams
Van Morrison
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Mars Volta
Regina Spektor
Manchester Orchestra
and oh so very much more…

Movies:

Amelie
Ghost World
The Edukators
Life Aquatic
Sicko
American Splendor
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
High Fidelity
Planet Earth
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
The Chronicles of Narnia
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
Adaptation
Little Miss Sunshine
Pulp Fiction
March of the Penguins
Borat
Wet Hot American Summer
Pan's Labyrinth
American Psycho
Royal Tennenbaums
SubUrbia
Lovely and Amazing
Very Bad Things
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
Best in Show
Buffalo 66
Edward Scissorhands
Supersize Me
Forrest Gump
Sideways
Punk Attitude
Dog Day Afternoon
The Secretary
Motorcycle Diaries
American Hardcore
Anything Woody Allen
Trainspotting
Deathproof
Darjeeling Limited
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Anchorman
Man on the Moon
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Shopgirl
A Very Long Engagement
Election
Slums of Beverly Hills
Junebug
I’m a big fan of documentaries
…and so on and so forth.

Television:

Six Feet Under
Weeds
Adult Swim/Cartoon Network
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The "L" Word
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Big Love
Conan O’Brien
The Office(s)
Kids in the Hall
Lost
TLC/Discovery Channel/Animal Planet

Books:

Anything Dave Eggers touches.
The World According to Garp
Middlesex
On The Road
Autobiography of a Face
Langston Hughes
Music for Torching
Naked Buddha
I Know This Much is True
Emily Dickinson
Animal Liberation
Naked Lunch
Hemophiliac’s Motorcycle
Not Without My Daughter
Poisonwood Bible
Stories of Truman Capote
Oversoul Seven
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Persepolis
You're An Animal, Viskovitz!
Ishmael
Lying
Notes From Underground
Everything is Illuminated
Love is a Mix Tape
Animal Farm
No One Belongs Here More Than You
Les Miserables
Velocity
Said the Shotgun to the Head
Virgin Suicides
Great Jones Street
Three Cups of Tea
Waste Land
Daniel Clowes comics
Biography: Truman Capote
Post Secret series
Sweat:The Story of the Fleshtones,America's Garage Band
We Band of Angels
The Great Midland
Rolling Stone Magazine(religiously)
Yes, I ♥ me some reading!

Heroes:

My Mother
My Grandmother
Dave Eggers
Hannah Hoch
Ralph Nader
Miss DiFranco and Miss Harvey
Peter Singer
FDR
Educators
Innovators
Chasers

My Blog

I know what I know what I know.

Picture Survey- go to Google Images- put the answer to the question in the search field- choose one picture from the first page- answer the question- no words, just a picture for each 1. The age you w...
Posted by Vanessa. Person. on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:06:00 PST

How can a train be lost? Its on rails.

The last week: Sunday to Sunday.  So much goodness. -Decemberists-moving, inspiring, perfect sound live, and so very lucky I got to see them before they canceled the rest of the tour.  That ...
Posted by Vanessa. Person. on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 01:17:00 PST

Roscoe: Born in 1891

It's all going to be ok.  I wish that I could convince everyone of this, but I know I can't.  So, for now, I can just assure myself that things are grand.  I have no intention of preach...
Posted by Vanessa. Person. on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:47:00 PST

gobble-dee-guk

Despite the date (which is technically over with now.  Hooray!), I am feeling....soooooooo happy.  I feel like I am about to conquer the world, and I cannot wait to dust myself off and start...
Posted by Vanessa. Person. on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:42:00 PST

Small Potatoes.

I was told to blog, so I suppose I should obey...:ahem: -I loathe sleeping in a basement.  I cannot wait to have a skylight over me, shining down on me in the mornings.  Seriously.  It'...
Posted by Vanessa. Person. on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:50:00 PST

Things (maybe)

Umm...so, I'm going to just spew for a couple minutes while I wait on my late dinner... -I went an entire year and a half without even a tiny cold.  Until now.  Yes, I had the hardcore, anno...
Posted by Vanessa. Person. on Fri, 11 May 2007 07:50:00 PST

"It's not like I'm some modern punk, dickhead. It's an obvious, 1977 original punk rock look."

So, I've seen these around...and it gives me something to do if you want me to do it.  If you want to.  So, leave your name or any comment and I'll do it.  Or maybe I'll delete this bef...
Posted by Vanessa. Person. on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 11:10:00 PST

Snickerdoodle.

Happy Birthday.   My mom was better than your mom.  That's a fact.  Awkward?  That's ok.  I'm not dwelling, I'm celebrating how ridiculously lucky I was to know her.  I f...
Posted by Vanessa. Person. on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 01:31:00 PST

Put into context.

"...but she was concerned and I was concerned.  I wanted to fly to her, or bring her to me, and I will always curse my hesitance to do so.  She was in Seattle and I was here in Atlanta, and ...
Posted by Vanessa. Person. on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:41:00 PST

I did not cheat. Nope. Sure Didn't.

IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?So, here's how it works:1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)2. Put it on shuffle3. Press play4. For every question, typ...
Posted by Vanessa. Person. on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 04:55:00 PST