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Ophelia Descending

About Me


One little wench from NH, traipsing around the world in a meandering path toward whatever it is she thinks she's lost. Feel free to fall in step for a day or a year, or twelve...
You Are Surrealism

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 30/07/2006
Band Members: The Scorpion Queen..
Influences: "If I could find a real-life place that made me feel like Tiffany's, then I'd buy some furniture and give the cat a name."Claude Monet, Henrik Ibsen, NIN, Djarums, Johnny Walker Black, Anne Sexton, Ella Fitzgerald, Fred Astaire, August Strindberg, Charles Dickens, The Dresden Dolls, William Shakespeare, Hepburn(A+K), Janis Joplin, Truman Capote, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Fosse, Sophism, Jackson Pollock, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Studio Ghibli, Anton Chehkov, Antoni Gaudi, interesting vices, blatant honesty, courage, passion, mastering fears, gelato, english tea hats, adject-ifying nouns, singing the badass song, The Life Aquatic, german mushrooms, double espresso sans sucre, harmonization vs documentation, the politics of living, redheads, PANS LABYRINTH (if you haven't seen it, please do; it's utterly brilliant)
Sounds Like:
You Are the Swedish Chef
"Bork! Bork! Bork!"
Your happy and energetic - with borderline manic tendencies.
No one really gets you. And frankly, you don't even get you.
But, you sure can whip up a great chocolate mousse The Muppet Personality Test
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

So Proud

I can honestly say for the first time in my life, I am proud of my country.  I mean, in the heart pounding, palpable kind of way.  Don't get me wrong, I love where I'm from and the people I ...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:23:00 GMT

Canadian Tofurkey

Apparently Canada has a Thanksgiving too....and its today!!  So Happy Thanksgiving (round I)!  Hopefully by the time round II rolls around, my papers will be a little better in order, and I ...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:36:00 GMT

Hungry for ...sexism?

So I just have to say...I understand political discussions are difficult.  It can be trying to explain your political views to someone of an opposed view, and not be tempted to dip into the "your...
Posted by on Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:51:00 GMT

A Safe Place To Stand

I've been vaguely trying to pin down ink addiction, which lobe of the brain motivates an individual to pay another individual large sums of cash to stick them full of metal and blood.  I think, f...
Posted by on Mon, 19 May 2008 02:46:00 GMT

If I Still Lived in NH...

I would be hightailing it to Dover on the 31rst, to catch Brian from the Dresden Dolls in all his creepy-Cabaret-Emcee-on-crack-ish glory.  I am seriously obsessed with these guys...'Coin Operate...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:27:00 GMT

Frenchmen Can't Dance

So I went drinkin last night, surprise surprise, and my friend Guido took me to Hogs and Heifers, the real 'Coyote Ugly' bar.  In my intoxicated state, I decided this place would be a real laugh ...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:57:00 GMT

And really, who deosn't want a lil cupcake action?

So it's official, I have a new obsession, and it's pocket sized, fluffy, and ethically righteous.  No not a toy poodle...it's "Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World" by Moskowitz and Romero.  I...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:33:00 GMT

Lax-ness Pays in Spades

I feel like Ive been time warped...'its just a jump to the left'...no but seriously.  Am back in NYC, homesweetharlem, tangled, tattooed (oh yes folks, the needle phobe finally committed) and tot...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 22:23:00 GMT

Fried Rice in Madrid

Sometimes I am very glad to live in NYC. If only for the sake of a decent aisan market. You try making fired rice with molassess-y soya sauce and see how you fare. Chive pancakes are a little less ...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:42:00 GMT

The Best-est Thing Ever

Sad Kermit has a new NIN song!!  And it's even better than the last!!  Le Gasp!!
Posted by on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:51:00 GMT