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About
I'm going grey at 23.
things I like
postmodernism, outsider art, the best show on wfmu, the culture of catholicism, the episcopal church of the united states, eating disorder recovery, third-wave feminism, literacy, special education, human development, gastronomy, knitting scarves (and occasionally other, more complicated, things), semicolons, the chicago cubs, liberation theology, coffee addictions, helping people, being snarky in a nice way, dark beer, a preferential option for the poor, anglo-catholicism, funny haircuts.
things I do
root for the cubs and the bears, read lots, work with the most interesting kids, st. john's episcopal church, work toward the UN's Millennium Development Goals, not as much volunteerism as I'd like, try to raise awareness of various and sundry things about which people should care more
things I hear and love
the hold steady, the hold steady, the hold steady, the zombies, art brut, pavement, stephen malkmus, cat power, the modern lovers, the new pornographers, a.c. newman, joanna newsom, mirah, magnetic fields, wu-tang clan, sufjan stevens, pixies, t. rex, starlight mints, patti smith, beirut, the moldy peaches, little wings, thanksgiving, the watery graves of portland, the roots, billy bragg, sergio mendes, pretty much anything on k or marriage records, diplo, other stuff that's really tasteless and awesome.
things I read
flannery o'connor, john irving, jonathan kozol, camus, nathaniel hawthorne, charles bukowski, julia alvarez, wallace stevens, dorothy parker, chinua achebe, william blake, gwendolyn brooks, pablo neruda, tracy kidder's mountains beyond mountains, young adult novels and children's lit, books about crafting, books about being anglican, books about how fundamentalism is sort of kind of ruining the Bible, and metafiction.
things I would watch again and again
amelie, angels in america, beyond the valley of the dolls, big fish, blazing saddles, breathless, broken flowers, buffalo 66, the cabinet of dr. caligari, caddyshack, center stage (you can fast forward through the parts where they don't dance), city of god, dancer in the dark, DiG!, dr. strangelove, eternal sunshine, girlfight, goodnight &; good luck, hairspray, junebug, the laramie project, the life aquatic, little miss sunshine, the producers (mel brooks), rushmore, spellbound, taxi driver, this is spinal tap, to kill a mockingbird, twelve angry men, valley of the dolls (it makes me all weepy), the virgin suicides, a very long engagement, waiting for guffman, and rear window is my favorite movie of ever (I have been known to neglect important things in favor of enjoying its oh-so-diagetic sounds.)
things I watch to pass the time
30 rock, the office, grey's anatomy, lost, six feet under, weeds, arrested development, mr. show, nova, pov, wide angle, antm, project runway, top chef..
briancantrell says:
best cake slinger I know
posted Feb 14