kara
Los Angeles, California
About
i like achewood and rice pudding. i like sci-fi and alt comics.
i don't like mosquitos or soup skin.
i am shy around strangers. i have an irrational fear of snipers.
More Things I Like:
film, puzzles, spelunking, assorted nerdery, games, photography, gadgets, comics, archaeology, things that are cute, music, architecture, delicious ripe pears
Things I Avoid Like the Plague:
seafood, dolls
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Feb 14, 2009
FIDM Costume Design Show Premiere
Elaine invited me to this exhibit, which she helped put together. Every year FIDM holds an exhibition of costumes from the movies nominated for and Academy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design. All of the costumes were far more intricate and beautiful in …
Feb 13, 2009
book cover redesigns
m.s. corley has redesigned the covers of the harry potter and lemony snicket books to look like penguin classics. i love this style and wish these books with these covers actually existed. alas.
Feb 13, 2009
inauguration week
The first week of January I got a phone call from my mom, telling me that she and my grandma were going to send me to the inauguration and the Illinois State Society Inaugural Gala! Two weeks later I was on a plane meeting up with my mom, aunt, and cousin's family in …
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Recent plays (2,021)
- ♫ Gavin DeGraw - Crush
- ♫ Gavin DeGraw - Belief
- ♫ Gavin DeGraw - Chemical Party
- ♫ Gavin DeGraw - Nice To Meet You Anyway
- ♫ Don Henley - End of the Innocence
- ♫ Django Reinhardt - Night and Day
- ♫ Django Reinhardt - Swing 48
- ♫ Django Reinhardt - Anniversary Song
- ♫ Django Reinhardt - Djangology
- ♫ Django Reinhardt - Vous et Moi
Film
Out of Sight, the Game, Clue, Indiana Jones Trilogy, LOTR, the Big Lebowski, Sneakers, Rear Window, Wargames, Gattaca, Resident Evil, Fast Cheap & Out of Control, Any Given Sunday, Kissing a Fool, eXistenZ, Groundhog Day, Seven, Tommy Boy, the Limey, Witness, the Fifth Element, Brick, the Prestige, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Once, etc.
I Also Listen To:
+/-, Aloe Blacc, Arrah and the Ferns, Ryan Auffenberg, Bajofondo Tango Club, the Bees, Ben Folds Five, Andrew Bird, Blockhead, Breakestra, Harry Connick, Jr., Consequence, Graham Coxon, Devin Davis, Diplo, the Ditty Bops, Lupe Fiasco, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Glue, David Holmes, Husky Rescue, Jonny Lang, the Libertines, Nouvelle Vague, Psapp, Ratatat, Josh Rouse, Saltillo, Soul Position, Spoon, the Streets, Tom & Joy(ce), the Weakerthans, Weezer, the Wreckers, Kanye West, etc.
TV
Heroes, House, Firefly, Futurama, Bones, Battlestar Galactica, CSI, ST:DS9, ST:TNG, Pushing Daisies, Coupling (UK), Æon Flux, Family Guy, Peep & the Big Wide World, Monk, Numbers, Californication, MythBusters, Twin Peaks, Dirty Jobs, the Closer, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, How I Met Your Mother, Chuck, the Big Bang Theory
Books
The Gun Seller: Hugh Laurie, Invisible Monsters: Chuck Palahniuk, His Dark Materials Trilogy: Philip Pullman, Naked Pictures of Famous People: Jon Stewart, Stiff: Mary Roach, How to Breathe Underwater: Julie Orringer, Alexander McCall Smith, Charles Stross, Agatha Christie, John Bellairs, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, Neal Stephenson, Richard Dawkins
Comics
Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron: Daniel Clowes, Y the Last Man: Brian K. Vaughn & Pia Guerra, Scott Pilgrim: Bryan Lee O'Malley, Runaways: Brian K. Vaughn, Fleep: Jason Shiga, The Walking Dead: Robert Kirkman, Fables: Bill Willingham, Bill Watterson, Chris Ware, Adrian Tomine, Jeffrey Brown, Seth, Jhonen Vasquez, Ivan Brunetti, Jason
Sundance Kid, Jun 5, 2007:
Its cool, u were actually my first invite. Yeah, that is exactly why I made the group, no one ever posts anything on other pages, I only want people who are going to comment otherwise what is the point, I want to get illustrators, writers, critics and loads more people there and want people to argue and get involved!
Sundance Kid, Jun 5, 2007:
Thanx for joining the "love comics" group, now you just have to wait for some more members, spred the word.