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RuthieTwoShoes

devoted but surly (I dreamt that was my tagline last week)

About Me



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My Interests

MUSIC, TRAVEL, DEVELOPMENT ISSUES, history and current conditions of post-Communist Eastern European countries and ex-Soviet Republics, especially the Baltic Countries and Poland, philosophy, natural science and geology, politics, public health, art

I'd like to meet:

Any weird people who want to trade homemade mix CDs

Music:

Current Favorites: Neko Case, psychedelic music, 60's and 70's Turkish pop, Acid Mothers Temple, Flaming Lips, Magnolia Electric Co., Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Dungen, anything from the Tzadik label, the Ethiopiques series, Neutral Milk Hotel, Joanna Newsom, Devendra Banhart, Alice Coltrane, Klezmer Perennial Favorites: Nina Simone, the Band, Joni Mitchell, Betty Carter, Billie Holiday, Wayne Shorter, Davis & Coltrane & Monk, Van Morrison

Your Daddy Is George Clinton
What You Call Him: Daddy Dearest

Why You Love Him: He takes you to Disneyland Who's Your Daddy?

Movies:

Werner Herzog movies: Aguirre: Wrath of God, Jeunet movies: Delicatessen, City of Lost Children, Amelie, film noir

Television:

The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, Red Dwarf, Firefly, Twin Peaks

Books:

Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov, Nostromo by Joseph Conrad, William Faulkner, literary journals, Isabel Allende, David Sedaris

My Blog

Living in Louisiana for a few months

The Baton Rouge, Louisiana office of my company needed help, and my office was a little slow at work, so they asked if I'd be willing to work in Louisiana for 2 months.  I got here Monday and the...
Posted by RuthieTwoShoes on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:21:00 PST

summer camp

I...I was standinYou were thereTwo worlds collidedAnd they could never,Never, tear us apart!.. ...
Posted by RuthieTwoShoes on Wed, 02 May 2007 05:42:00 PST

I have had it.

I have had it I have had it I have had it.
Posted by RuthieTwoShoes on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:14:00 PST

hahahahahahahaha

NEW YORK - The Easter season unveiling of an anatomically correct chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ, dubbed "My Sweet Lord" by its creator, has infuriated Catholics preparing to observe some of the...
Posted by RuthieTwoShoes on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:37:00 PST

it's friday

thank god it's friday thank god it's friday thank god it's friday why can't every day be friday thank god it's friday thank god it's friday thank god it's friday thank god it's friday thank god it's f...
Posted by RuthieTwoShoes on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:16:00 PST

i can't live without

CURRY!
Posted by RuthieTwoShoes on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 05:00:00 PST

the wet part

Someone was telling me there are three parts to a Minnesota winter: The dark part The bitter part And the wet part. With 10" of snow falling on Saturday night, and the temperature hovering around 35 ...
Posted by RuthieTwoShoes on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:41:00 PST

a lovely update on last week's book find

I had a glorious time this week finding homes for all the books I rescued last weekend.  Some of the books were amazingly perfect fits with many people I talked to.  These books were given t...
Posted by RuthieTwoShoes on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 12:31:00 PST

kick ass score!

People in my apartment complex (upwards of 150 apartments in 6 buildings) regularly throw out all kinds of great stuff.  I've gotten a bunch of NICE furniture (lamps and tables) from our well-kep...
Posted by RuthieTwoShoes on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 02:54:00 PST

holding this to watch again

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Posted by RuthieTwoShoes on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 02:30:00 PST