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ali

ali_mae

About Me

i am the boss of me.

My Interests

pinball, bubble tea, children: birth to age 7, WFMU, blowing up my own spot,distortions and bastardizations of the english language, watching and snooping, the male gaze, hermit crabs (AMIT: rip, buddy!), fish tanks, black top street hockey, skeletons, botanicas, brainlock, needlepoint, sunshine, making stuff, cultural appropriation, procrastination, phases

I'd like to meet:

ghouls.zombies.skeletons. amanda hugnkiss?

Music:

i got an ipod now. i like podcasts, particularly when i am sick of everything i have. my favorite podcasts are deadbeat radio and modern products on EVR. and WFMU, but i already said that.

Movies:

just one of the guys, heavy metal parking lot, coming to america, decline of western civilization II: the metal years, jesus christ superstar, REPO MAN, downtown '81, buffalo 66, fear and loathing in las vegas, the shining, american movie, and the first half of boogie nights until things begin to decline...

Television:

shows i like to watch to disassociate when nothing else is working: PROJECT RUNWAY, rock of love, the office, new york noise, south park, weeds, robot chicken, metalapocalypse, squidbillies,shin chan, aqua team, arrested development,twin peaks.

Books:

i like books, especially when i can hear myself reading instead of thinking.

Heroes:

kill your heroes?

My Blog

you know what i need?

someone to answer many (all) of my technology questions, especially pertaining to: my computer (clearly there are many subcategories to this course of inquiry), pda/phone, digicam, and mp3 player (ip...
Posted by ali on Mon, 07 Aug 2006 02:13:00 PST

amit RIP

i am just writing to let you all know that i lost a very dear friend yesterday. my beloved pet, amit, died. he is now in my freezer with his old tankmate, JR, awaiting a jersey funeral, or when scienc...
Posted by ali on Sun, 28 May 2006 08:39:00 PST

demeter weighs in/ spilling seed

my gardenia is beginning to bloom because it is becoming springtime. i thought i could boss my plant around by watering it and putting it by the window with lots of sunshine and will it to bloom. nope...
Posted by ali on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 08:20:00 PST

put in my place

no green sprouts poking through the soil. NOT A ONE. i have been diligently watering them. not overwatering them, although historically i have been known to over-do it. 'it' in a broad sense. no bl...
Posted by ali on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 08:19:00 PST

playing god

i want to make plants out of seeds inside my apartment by the windows. yes, i found out that windows filter out the UV light that plants like, even the direct sunlight i get. when you are playing god,...
Posted by ali on Tue, 21 Feb 2006 07:50:00 PST