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Alison G.

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

24 year old Canadian ex-pat lady with an interest in Louis Theroux, nesting porn and domestic terrorism.My boyfriend is the city of Toronto, and don't you ever forget it.I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

tattoos, knittin', feminism, photography, higher education, mild forms of body modification, bike riding, music, karma, zoloft, cross-stitching, pugs, travel, languages, retro modern, shoes, purses, natalie dee, diy, vintage canadiana, horror movies, yoga, design, drums, singing, vintage sex books, mild kink, shibari, cats, cuteoverload.com, muzak, antiracism, soul, rock and roll, corsetry, librarianship, research, southern culture, burlesque, homoeroticism, American boys, antipoverty, embroidery, vintage dresses, sewing, shoppin', MAC makeup, eyeliner, men with accents, pro-choice activism, dancin', taking my own picture, narcissim, vanity, boys with awesome haircuts, possums, self-deprecation, doing what I'm not supposed to do, Sneaky Dee's, Kensington Station, bartenders, Aboriginal studies, postcolonialism, film theory

I'd like to meet:

overintellegent underachievers, intellectual snobs, people who speak German, indie fucks, people with cats/pugs, radical feminists, critical thinkers, anti-racist activists, professors with sweater vests, hipster librarians, knitters, crafters, tattooed bitches, the boys in the band, rock n' roll souls, E. Edward Grey, Al Green, fellow renegade librarians, the poor bastard whom I will slam into.

Music:

Depeche Mode, Manic Street Preachers, "Too Drunk to Fuck", Rolling Stones, Ladytron, Joy Division, Pulp, Louis XIV, Groove is in the Car, Marion, New York Dolls, Ol' DB (David Bowie), Seu Jorge, New Order, the Rapture, anything but Burlington punk, Siouxsie Sioux, Scissor Sisters!, Martha and the Vandellas, The Sonics, the Supremes, The RAVEONETTES!, the Ronettes, Metric, INXS, Ike and Tina Turner, Prince, Jamiroquai, the Temptations, misogyny rock, Al Green, Goin' Steady, Aretha Franklin, Velvet Underground, Yazoo, The Ronettes, the Bridal Party, Tori Amos, KYLIE MINOGUE, Human League, Madonna, house, disco, electro, the Klaxons, Morrisey, bands that wear cat masks and hit each other over the head with random objects, Kaiser Chiefs, Clarence Carter, Sam and Dave, Tracey Thorn, Basement Jaxx, garage rock, amber-eyed soul, glam, The Smiths, Howlin' Wolf, Albert King, Etta James, '80s retro ultra new wave, The Stone Roses, Cockney Rebel, T-Rex

Movies:

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Thesis, The Killing Fields, Lost In Translation, Ravenous, Splendor in the Grass, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Muriel's Wedding, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Breakfast on Pluto, the Exorcist, Ginger Snaps, Aliens, horror, documentary, drama, anything Almodovar, anything with Franke Potente, Short Bus!, Dirty Dancing, Some Like It Hot, Secretary, 28 Days Later, Rosemary's Baby, FUBAR, The Descent, zombie porn

Television:

Grey's Anatomy, Degrassi (all seasons/series), the passionate eye, HGTV, The First 48, Miami Ink, American Justice, Much Music, Are You Being Served?, Nighty Night, League of Gentlemen, Absolutely Fabulous, South Park, the IT Crowd, Little Britain, Golden Girls, Sex and the City, the L Word, How Not To Decorate, Ugly Betty, 'Allo 'Allo, Hetty Wainthrop Investigates, Peep Show, Shameless

Books:

The Truth About Stories, Race Against Time, e. e. cummings, Sylvia Plath, bell hooks, Globalization and its Discontents, The Bell Jar, Pink Think, The Female Eunuch, Vagina Monologues, Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction, In Cold Blood, Bodily Harm, King Leopold's Ghost, Margaret Atwood, Sue Townshend, Howard Zinn, Peter Robinson, true crime, mystery, history, feminism, Spiderman Loves Mary Jane, blah blah blah.

Heroes:

Courtney Love, Madeline Albright, my mother, my father, Gloria Steinem, Ida B. Wells, Brody Dalle, Margaret Atwood, Lesia Nicolov, Thom Driscoll, Cat Davie, Claudia Calabro, ANA MATRONIC, Stephen Lewis, Angela Davis, Frida Kahlo, Pussycat Dolls, Pete Burns, Beatrice Arthur, She-Ra, Mrs. Roper, Dorthanche, Jane Tennyson, Steve Biko, Betty Davis, S. Astrid Bin, Al Green"An individual has not started living fully until they can rise above the narrow confines of individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of humanity. .... Every person must decide, at some point, whether they will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. This is the judgment. Life's most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?" Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

My Blog

Im addicted (to porn).

Nesting porn. Blogs about babies (specifically triplet babies), stroller websites, baby slings, children's departments at posh department stores, wedding magazines (which are infinitely disturbing an...
Posted by Alison G. on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:08:00 PST

pass me my hat.

I'm sick. It turns out that fire tornados, a combination of the scariest natural disasters. I can't style my new hair cut. I am hiding in my bed from the world for a few days to recover.I am also s...
Posted by Alison G. on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:40:00 PST

no philosophy degree req.

Latest addition to the manifesta:- Bitch-slap them with love.
Posted by Alison G. on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:47:00 PST

Glam rock-electro-dance pop, I love you.

Last night I went out to a Northern Soul/Motown/funk night in Manchester City Centre. Le wow, kids, le wow. I am slightly ashamed at how little I actually know about soul music, as I used to conside...
Posted by Alison G. on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 12:12:00 PST

Self-induced ailments

The current playlist:Rolling Stones - Wild HorsesKaiser Chiefs - RubyTravis - Writing To Reach YouFutureheads - Hounds of LoveNeko Case - FavouriteFeist - 1234Depeche Mode - Enjoy The SilenceOasis - L...
Posted by Alison G. on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 03:21:00 PST

true drunk love

Dear US Dollar, Suck it.Sincerely, Canadian DollarDear Canadian Dollar, We are at par. Let's make babies. It is only logical.Love, US DollarDear US Dollar, No way. The Pound Sterling and I...
Posted by Alison G. on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 06:51:00 PST

Revelations d’Angleterre, partie une

1. People keep asking me if I'm "okay". My initially reaction was yeah, don't I fucking look okay? I mean, do I look like I'm sick, weepy, or dying? After a few days I realized that asking if I'm o...
Posted by Alison G. on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:51:00 PST

while Lesia goes to meet Gowan...

I'm going round the Chinese Chippy for tea. Sagittarius:"Trying to be a first-rate reporter on the average American newspaper," wrote media critic Ben Bagdikian, "is like trying to play Bach's St. Ma...
Posted by Alison G. on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:42:00 PST

there is nothing I need (’cept the function to breathe)

... and a new hair straightener from Boots.SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21) It seems like you've just settled for having to dig in your heels for a few chilly months' hard work, Sagittarius, when suddenly....
Posted by Alison G. on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 04:30:00 PST

second blog post in a day but I can do whatever the fuck I like

Suddenly I'm the biggest Bruce Cockburn fan ever. If there is one thing that you get from me, dear readers and trolls, it's that this man's music is the best thing to come from Canada other than mapl...
Posted by Alison G. on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 11:01:00 PST