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Malia

astigmatic

My Interests

Music:

David Bowie, Belle and Sebastian, The New Pornographers, Aqualung, Jeff Buckley, Mogwai, Aphex Twin, The Distillers, Weakerthans, Dengue Fever, Explosions in the Sky, Tunng, The Decemberists, The Smiths, Pavement, Descendents, Sonic Youth, Kimya Dawson, The Rolling Stones, Pinback, Ours, The Magic Numbers, Simon & Garfunkel, Wilco, Jose Gonzales, Union of Knives, New Radio, Sean Lennon, The Format, Camera Obscura, Tortoise, Bonny Prince Billy.

Television:

pbs

Books:

Catch-22, Nemesis, Franny and Zooey, Hardboiled wonderland and the end of the world, Asimov, Bradbury, cookbooks with pictures.

Heroes:

My Skarland family. My family family.

My Blog

sometimes it happens.

I feel really happy and smart today, without doing anything to deserve such feelings. You should too.
Posted by Malia on Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:48:00 PST

dear ventilation system,

is it really necessary to bring voices from two rooms over and around the corner into the space right above my head? and foot/dead body/cooked vegetable smells? we need to talk.
Posted by Malia on Thu, 01 Dec 2005 08:59:00 PST

In general,

there really is nothing to say. So why?
Posted by Malia on Thu, 17 Nov 2005 07:54:00 PST

meat is the answer.

the other day, i dug up my internet bookmarks from high school and compared them to my current set. i believe i've become more complacent and boring in these last 2 or so years. i blame myself. today...
Posted by Malia on Thu, 13 Oct 2005 05:05:00 PST

GAYZER BEAMS

I took apart an empty polaroid film cartridge and confirmed that the batteries are inside. the metal thing that pushes the film to the top makes a good picture holder. Also, I found a pair of women's ...
Posted by Malia on Fri, 30 Sep 2005 12:37:00 PST

n00dz?

last night i dreamed i was at the beach and there was a house on stilts just offshore. the people in the house were having a party. as part of the festivities, they pushed giraffes off the balcony and...
Posted by Malia on Wed, 28 Sep 2005 05:00:00 PST

I think i can live with that.

Hee hee! I read a chain letter (oh noes!) and it asked me to make a wish. I wished for bears. Now, if i don't forward it to a zillion people, the opposite will come true! Imagine that... Life with no ...
Posted by Malia on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

The secret lives of fishermen

At work, there is a marine VHF radio so we can talk to the fleet. Today, I overheard: Fisherman (sounding somewhat stupid): Hey, Jerry! Try the secret channel! Jerry (slightly annoyed): If it was a s...
Posted by Malia on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

yarr.

i had an awesome dream about being a pirate. i was really tiny, like a kid or a little person. my job was swabbing the deck, and when we got into battles with other pirate ships, i would always have t...
Posted by Malia on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST