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Tracy the Kid

bat crazy bitch

About Me

I'm a writer.I'm finalizing my novel, which I'm really digging.I'm revising my play, which is a real trip.I like to paint.And draw.And I tell stories in many different ways.

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My Interests

people! people. just, people. then characters. literature. visual art. movies. music. i've finished a draft of my novel and am revising it, and working on short stories, a play, and poetry. authors i've studied with: rachel resnick, janet fitch, gina b. nahai, david scott milton, donald freed, tc boyle, david st. john, carol muske duskes.

I'd like to meet:

boys who wear nail polish!

Music:

tori amos. i'm not in the closet about that. polly jean harvey, bjork, HOOVER, the knife, cat power, martha wainwright, her bro, pulp, mazzy star, MIA, lady sovereign, gorillaz, Pulp (I looooove common people!!!) TV on the Radio, The ARCADE FIRE, misty dixon, depeche mode, SPARKLEHORSE!, the eels, the white stripes, that's right i LOVE tool and APC, pink floyd, led zeplin, radiohead, new order, mason jennings, that's right i LOVE dave matthews, morcheeba, nick drake, jeff buckley, breeders, dead can dance, alice in chains, beck, petshop boys, the STREETS (but I don't know WHAT the fuck that boy's new album is doing), Axiom Funck, Blackilicious, LADYTRON, cocteau twins, broadcast, johnny cash, neil young, the Who, portishead, black eyed peas, PATTI SMITH!, ani defranko, that's right I LOVE u2 (at least their old shit, sorry Lisa Merighi!) esp. The unforgettable fire and war and joshua tree..., massive attack, Moby, blondie, Spoon (thanks kay kay), Remy Zero, Zero 7, hee hee, Yann Martel (thanks grimm), outkast, BLUR, lamb, smashing pumpkins (RIP)

Movies:

heavenly creatures is my favorite film.

Books:

my horse and other stories: stacey levine.'night mother: marsha norman. a doll's house: ibsen.early grrrrl: marge piercy. time's arrow: martin amis. lust: elfriede jelinik. haunted: chuk palahniuk. the stranger: albert camus. the fairytales of hans christian andersen, specifically, the red shoes and the snow queen. alice's adventures in wonderland and through the looking glass: lewis carroll. a room of one's own, jacob's room, mrs. dalloway, the yellow dress, the woman in the looking glass: a reflection: virgina woolf. lucy: jimaica kincaid. the overcoat, the nose: nikolai gogol. lolita: vladimir nabokov. city of glass: paul auster. the beauty myth: naomi woolf. last but not least...ariel and the bell jar: sylvia plath.

Heroes:

The Dutchess of Wonderland

My Blog

one word for my friends

on myspace or otherwise... sister lisa:  prism karen hurwitz: twilight stephanie parent: shadow laura richter: laser cyn gauld: thread drew smith: bridge matt cunningham: key alice barden: harves...
Posted by Tracy the Kid on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:38:00 PST

happiness is..

the dream i had last night. i had a dream that noodles were comin out of the zit on my face. that's right. it started with vermacelli.  then, i kept pulling one out, then another...they were all ...
Posted by Tracy the Kid on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:20:00 PST

so everyone thinks i've lost it

maybe i have...but that's why there's laura fucking richter. yes, laura, i am on my way. laura and i write for 12 hour stretches with her cats:  otis and jasper. we 'mutually ignore' each other, ...
Posted by Tracy the Kid on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 06:30:00 PST

Toward a Socialized University

USC is a microcosm for the Nation. I was livid when I received a survey from the provost's office on some new entrepreneurial 'innovation' tool called Stephens.  Because all the questions were ge...
Posted by Tracy the Kid on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 08:48:00 PST

Kali's French Fry

warm up before i start writing. sometimes i really hate food. i hate the feeling of being full unless it's RIGHT before bed and i don't care what the assholes say about that, (hi Rad, does Barry talk ...
Posted by Tracy the Kid on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 06:00:00 PST

funny funny funny

our PWA meeting lasted for FIVE hours. it all started when Erica started talking about AA stories. there was a guy (ok, it's not funny, but it is) who got high and called a pizza man and put his finge...
Posted by Tracy the Kid on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:52:00 PST

400 Bloody Pages...

someone make it STOP.   the novels out of control.   well, i'll trim off 200 pages of 'FAT'. yes. i think it's best to BARF up 400 pages and not think about them, let the subconcious RULE th...
Posted by Tracy the Kid on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:41:00 PST

Ecstacy

MOCA ECSTACY SHOW. 2006.Several installtions, of course, long lines on a Sunday.Jesse and Matt and I didn't want to wait in lines to see dumb 'attraction' installtion.See, there was this one room that...
Posted by Tracy the Kid on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:56:00 PST

attencion attencion, les hombres

attention men: or, i should say boys. attention: WOMEN. our society does NOT know how to reconcile gentleman and empowered woman. NOPE. here's the deal. boys, MEN we meet are all PUSSIES. not ...
Posted by Tracy the Kid on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:08:00 PST

'boys love girls with long hair'

is as true as 'girls have low libidos'. at least, in my experience. second i cut my hair, i got an overload of testosterone-minded attention.
Posted by Tracy the Kid on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 12:06:00 PST