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Not A Pretty Girl

...and exhale.

About Me

.. I love making people happy ...not to the extent that it's detrimental or unhealthy, just in general. Many people have said my Jungian Archetype would be The Mother Figure, and I think that makes a lot of sense :)

I'm an [E/I]NFP (Myers-Briggs), meaning I'm [both Extroverted and Introverted], iNtuitive, Feeling, and Perceptive.

I get along best with people who are a little more talkative/extroverted that I am...it balances things out.

I love laughing. And crying. In general, I just think being able to feel emotions is pretty great.

I like to explore. And the more I explore, the more it hits me...Minnesota is dope

I'm a lover of music, bicycles, reading, learning, body art, D.I.Y culture, art, Spanish, simple living/healing, peace, love and other hippie shit.

I'm a terrible multitasker ...I blame my parents. They didn't let me play video games growing up.

My favorite shape is a circle. That's not trivial...I think circles are amazing, and I have some very circular/cyclical views on life.

I think touch, energy, and positive thinking are more powerful than we realize.

It's doesn't take much for me to have a great time

I am, and always will be, a Student. Learning is one thing I'll never grow out of. I'm interested in identity politics...in love with activism, feminism, queer theory, studying race, white privilege, class, gender...you get the gist.

I trust people easily, and warm up quickly...it will probably bite me in the ass someday.

My family means the world to me.

I'm NOT a fan of winter or the cold.

I'm terrified that I come off as pretentious or clingy.

I think being called a “radical” is a compliment.

And If I was rich, I would eat oranges every day.

In general, life is beautiful.

My Interests

Learning.
People.
Language.
Music.
Spoken Word.
Hip Hop Culture.
Activism and Social Justice.
Oppression.
Racism and White Privelege.
Feminism.
Gender.
Queer studies.
Culture.
Sociology.
Psychology.
Biking.
Rollerblading.
Badminton.
Walking.
Spanish.
Strong Women.
Thewords "Raleigh", "cliche", "demure", “stanza”, “synesthesia”, “undulate”, "caesura", "sanguinary", and "debutante".
Girls with short hair.
The City.
Art.
Collaging.
Theatre.
Dance.
Cirque Du Soleil.
Puppets.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
Friends.
Politics (it's a love/hate relationship).
Philosophy.
Black Holes.
Discussion.
Reading.
Myself (I'm trying to figure me out).
Creating alter egos.
Collecting pictures of random people that I find attractive/wish I knew/ wish I was.
Unique smiles.
'Exotic' Beauty.
Sparkly eyes.
Rainbow shit.
The Club Kids.
Scarves.
Fashion.
Volvox.
Citrus fruits.
The Power of Touch.
Alternative Medicine.
You.

(And it's your history too.)

I'd like to meet:

Just some cool ass people.
Anyone who would like to meet ME.
Anyone real.
Kind, honest, open-minded, friendly people. People with a sense of humor. People who like to talk, but don't mind silence. People who "get it". Intelligent people, by which I mean people who realize that intelligence can take on MANY forms. People who acknowledge their own privilege. People to share music with.
Strong womyn and grrrls.
Peacemakers, risk-takers, rule-breakers, patriarchy-smashers, gender warriors, word-wielders, and righteous babes.
Anyone who wants to change the world.
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Music:

Lots, including but not limited to:
A
Above & Beyond, The Academy Is, ADRIANNE, AFROCELTS, Alana Davis, Alanis Morissette, Alicia Keys, ALIX OLSON, Amelie, Amir Sulaiman, Andrew Bird, ANE BRUN, ANGEL, Angie Oase, ANI DIFRANCO, Anna Roland, Annie, ANNIE LENNOX, Antarctica, Anthony Rapp, Aqualung, Ari Gold, Assi Hallani, A Tribe Called Quest, ATMOSPHERE, Avalanches, AVENUE Q
B
B-52s, Babes in Toyland, Badly Drawn Boy, BASEMENT JAXX, THE BEATLES, BECK, The Be Good Tanyas, Belle & Sebastian, Ben Folds, Ben Kweller, Benny Benassi, Beth Orton, Betty Davis, Bikini Kill, Bitch & Animal, Bjork (some), BLACK EYED PEAS, Bobby Llama, Bob Marley, BONNIE RAITT, BRAD YODER, BRANDI CARLILE, The Bravery, Bree Sharp, BRETT DENNEN, BRIAN ENO, BRIANNA LANE, BRIGHT EYES, Britney Spears, Bronski Beat, BROTHER ALI, BT, Buffalo Springfield, Butchies, Bye Bye Birdie
C
Caesars, CAKE, Cale, Cansei de Ser Sexy, Carbon Leaf, The Cat Empire, Catie Curtis, CELINE DION, Charlotte Church, Cher, Chick Corea, Chk Chk Chk/!!!, CHRIS PUREKA, Christina Aquilera, Cirque Du Soleil, The Clash, Clear Static, The Cliks, Cocteau Twins, Coldplay, The Cranberries, Crazytown, The Culture Club, The Cure
D
DAMIEN RICE, Dandy Warhols, Daniel Bedingfield, DAR WILLIAMS, DAVID BOWIE, Death Cab for Cutie, THE DECEMBERISTS, DESSA, Devendra Banhart, Dido, Die Prinzen, Dire Straits, Dirty Sanchez, The Ditty Bops, Dixie Chicks, Dizzy Gillespie, The Donnas, Donovan, 3 Doors Down, Dresden Dolls, Duran Duran
E
Elf Power, Ella Fitzgerald, ELLIOTT SMITH, ELLIS, Ellis Paul, Elton John, EMBER SWIFT, Enon, Enrique Iglesias, Enya, ERIC WHITACRE, Erika Luckett, ERYKAH BADU, Esthero, EURYTHMICS
F
THE FAINT, Faithless, Falco, FEIST (Leslie Feist), FELA KUTI, Feloni, Femme Fatality, FISCHERSPOONER, Fleetwood Mac, Flobots, Flora Purim, FRANCESCA GAGNON, Franz Ferdinand, FROU FROU, THE FUGEES
G
Gabriel & Dresden, Garbage, Girlyman, Gillian Welch, God-des & She, GOLDFRAPP, Goo Goo Dolls, Guster, Gwen Stefani
H
The Hacker, Hanifah Walidah, Helicopters, Hollywood Undead, The (Olympic) Hopefulls, Hot Hot Heat
I
Imogen Heap, Imperial Teen, India Arie, Indigo, INDIGO GIRLS, In-Grid, INXS, Irene Marc, Iron and Wine, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, I Wayne
J
Jai Rodriquez, James Blunt, James Gallaway, JAMIROQUAI, Jerree Small, Jason Mraz, Jem, Jethro Tull, Jewel, The Jicks, Joan Jett, Joe Reilley, John Hiatt, Johnny Dangerous, John Prine, José Gonzalez, Joseph Arthur, Josh Groban, Juana Molina, Juanes, Julie Wolf, Junior Senior
K
KEVIN LYTTLE, Kevin Max, The Killers, The Kings of Convenience, King Sunny Ade, KINKY, Kinnie Starr, K-Os, Kraftwerk, KT TUNSTALL, Kym Tuvim
L
Lady Sovereign, Ladytron, LEAHY, Le Click, LEELA JAMES, Les Misrables, Le Tigre, LHASA DE SELA, Living Legends, Lola Ray, Lori Line, Lorna Bracewell, Los Enanitos Verdes, Louis Armstrong, LOUIS XIV, Lucas Martin &..the.mind.Robot, Luis Miguel
M
Madonna, Magnetic Fields, THE MAMMALS, MANA, Marc Anthony, MARIA ISA, Mark Knopfler, MAROON 5, Martina Topley Bird, Massive Attack, Matisyahu, MAZZY STARR, MAYDA, Me and Bobby, Meiko, Melissa Etheridge, Melissa Ferrick, Meshell Ndegeocello, M.I.A, MICHAEL FRANTI, Missing Persons, Miss Kittin, Moby, Modest Mouse, Morningwood, Morrissey, MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK, Mr. Airplane Man, Murmurs, MURS, Muse
N
Nanci Griffith, Naomi & The Courteous Rudeboys, Natasha Bedingfield, Neil Young, Neo Camerata, New Order, The New Pornographers, Nicole Kidman, Nocturnal Opera, NOISETTES, Nora Jones
O
OASIS, Of Montreal, OK Go, ORISHAS, Our Lady Peace, OZONE
P
Pamela Means, Panic! at the Disco, Papas Fritas, PATTI SMITH, PAUL SIMON, Peter Gabriel, THE PET SHOP BOYS, The Phantom of the Opera, Pink, Pink Floyd, The Pixies, P.O.S, Postal Service, The Proclaimers, Prophet Omega, PSALM ONE
Q
R
Rachael Brady, Ray Charles, RAY LAMONTAGNE, Regina Spektor, RENT, Reyes de la Calle, Rihanna, The Roaches, ROBBIE ROBERTSON, Robbie Williams, Robi Draco Rosa, Rob Thomas, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Ryksopp, RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
S
SADE, Santana, Sara Montiel, Sarah Bettens, Say Hi to you mom, The Scene Aesthetic, Scissor Sisters, Sean Paul, SERGENT GARCIA, Sesame Street, Sex Pistols, Shaggy, Shakira, Shankar Mahadevan, The Shining, The Shins, Shiny Toy Guns, SICK OF SARAH, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, Sigur Ros, Spearhead, Spoon, SONDRE LERCHE, St. Vincent, Straylight Run, Simon & Garfunkel, Sinéad O'Connor, Sleater Kinney, THE SMITHS, Smog, Smokey and Miho, Snow Patrol, Some by Sea, Something To Do, SPEARHEAD, STEVIE NICKS, Stevie Wonder, Sting, The Streets, The Strokes, Suzanne Vega, SWATI, Sweet Honey In the Rock
T
Talking Heads, TARKAN, TARTIT, Tegan and Sara, Télépopmusik, Terra Naomi, They Might Be Giants, Thunder Thighs, TINARIWEN, TOKI WRIGHT, Tom Ze, Tori Amos, Toshi Reagon, TRACY CHAPMAN
U
U2, Ulrich Schnauss
V
Vanessa German, Van Morisson
W
The Wallflowers, THE WEEPIES, Wicked, Widelife, Wilco, Wille Nelson, W-Inds
X
Y
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Z
Zuccero

Movies:

My all-time favorite movie is
Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

There’s so much meaning packed into it.

Pedro Almodovar films.
Good horror/thriller flicks.
Run Lola Run. All Over Me. Rabbit-Proof Fence. If These Walls Could Talk 2. The Devil's Backbone. Bad Education. Little Otik (Otesánek). Kundun. To Live (Huozhe). Karmen Gei. Melvin Goes To Dinner. The Shawshank Redemption. The Chorus. Pan's Labyrinth. Frida. Paris Is Burning. Life Is Beautiful. Wit. Mindwalk. Boys Don't Cry. L.I.E. Bad Seed. Playing By Heart. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Love Actually. Edge of Seventeen. The Ladykillers. Notes on a Scandal. Gia. Zoolander.

Television:

The X Files (R.I.P)
The L Word
Project Runway
Family Guy
LA Ink (every once in a while)
Will & Grace…
...I really don’t watch much T.V.

Books:

Current favorites: Anything by Audre Lorde, June Jordan, or Bell Hooks.
Poetry by Alix Olson, Staceyann Chin, Ani Difranco, Sylvia Plath, Langston Hughes, Pablo Neruda, and ee cummings.
Plays by Federico Garcia Lorca.
"Cunt" (Inga Muscio), "Symposium" (Plato), "Metamorphosis" (Franz Kafka), "A Modest Proposal" (Jonathan Swift), "Things Fall Apart" (Chinua Achebe), "Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim" (David Sedaris), "Fraud" (David Rakoff), "Middlesex" (Jeffrey Eugenides), "Stone Butch Blues" (Leslie Feinberg), "The Great Gatsby" (F. Scott Fitzgerald), "Naked Lunch" (William S. Burroughs), "Fingersmith" (Sarah Waters), "Chocolat" (Joanne Harris), "The Chronicles of Narnia" (CS Lewis), "The Crucible" (Arthur Miller), "The Taming of the Shrew" (Shakespeare).

Heroes:

This crazy kid She's kind of a big deal.

My Blog

Las Girlfriends

Tip the barmaid in tight jeans.She's my friend.Been to hell and back again.I've been there too. Girlfriend, I believe in Gandhi.But some nights nothing says itquite precise like a Lone Starcracked...
Posted by Not A Pretty Girl on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:01:00 PST

On Failure to Launch

When I first found out I'd be going to New York City, I saw it as an opportunity. One year, that's all, and then I'll come back home. Such a great opportunity for you! (I'll miss my family.) I'm s...
Posted by Not A Pretty Girl on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:29:00 PST

Not to dwell

Lonely nights like this make me want to loose my mind. Almost make me want to write you and tell you everything in a blind burst of foresight. But my tongue is tied to figures of speech and subtle ...
Posted by Not A Pretty Girl on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:36:00 PST

Listing

Some things I would love to have in my ultimate apartment* DJ table and spinning/scratching records* Book Collection* Bike Hanging on your wall like art :).  Maybe in a frame!* Kick wheel and ki...
Posted by Not A Pretty Girl on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 10:44:00 PST

"I..."

I Live: randomlyI Work: on mental, emotional, spiritual and physical self development.I Talk: when I have something important to sayI Wish: I had more motivation and life direction.I Enjoy: exploring ...
Posted by Not A Pretty Girl on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:47:00 PST

Cruel and Clumsy

You've been low You've been thinking about the last time but I know there's still a window that leads outside... Sweet air through the summer screen Tall grass and warm stones, Where are you tod...
Posted by Not A Pretty Girl on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 03:01:00 PST

Stolen from Kayti: Music shuffle deal

Put your iTunes (or other music player) on shuffle. Skip to the next song for each answer. No cheating. How am I feeling today?Shameless - Ani DifrancoWill I get far in life?The Battle - (Gladiator s...
Posted by Not A Pretty Girl on Wed, 03 May 2006 11:43:00 PST