What are your favorite
...TV shows?
Dexter, Robot Chicken, Monty Python, Arrested Development, Dr. Who, Venture Brothers, Walking Dead, 30 Rock, The Office, Flight of the Conchords
...movies
V For Vendetta, Labyrinth, In Bruges, Nightmare Before Christmas, Boondock Saints, My Neighbor Totoro, Black Swan, Army of Darkness, Breakfast Club, Dark Knight, Pan's Labyrinth, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Kill Bill, Lord of the Rings, Silence of the Lambs, Zombieland, Pulp Fiction, Dead Alive
...favorite music/ musicians?
Punk, ska, indie, glam rock, and classic rock. Big fan of David Bowie, Magnetic Fields, Counting Crows, Simon & Garfunkel, Noah & The Whale, The Beatles, Midnight Oil, Kimya Dawson, The Who, Streetlight Manifesto, Barenaked Ladies
...books?
Yes, please. All sorts. I'm not picky.
A few favorites though would be the Sandman Chronicles, Lord of the Rings, Where the Wild Things Are, Count of Monte Cristo, Harry Potter, Brave New World, The Thief Lord, Discworld, The Sex Lives of Cannibals (which is in fact about neither of those things), Fables, and anything by Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, or Terry Pratchett. Or, just, ya know, anything I can get my hands on.
...plays?
Into the Woods, next to normal, The Pillowman, Urinetown, Amadeus, Les Miserables
Who are your favorite performers?
Eddie Izzard, David Bowie, Christopher Lee, Johnny Depp, Cate Blanchett, Johnny Rotten, Mitch Hedberg, Mata Hari, Natalie Portman
Other people I admire:
Emperor Joshua Norton I, my dad, Banksy, Nicola Tesla, Cory Doctorow
Likes...
Tailcoats & corsets, heights, indie music & culture, urban exploration, afternoon tea, gargoyles, contact juggling, weirdness in general, birds, witty comebacks, rain, causing chaos with friends, frogs & koalas & cats (oh my), most of Europe, sewing, good writing, rollercoasters, mythology, obscure history, sushi, leather jackets
Dislikes...
Unnecessary drama (drama is for stage, NOT for life!), bad puns, hipsters with ironic mustaches, pretentiousness, scorpions, angry hardcore fundamentalist Christians, Walmart, Rococo art, posers, bureaucracy, sparkly vampires, intolerance, bros, blueberry pie
A little bit about me...
I am short, blonde, neurotic as hell, snarky, and vaguely tea-obsessed. The rest, you are cordially invited to figure out for yourself.
What is the craziest / stupidest thing you've ever done?
...which one, exactly? I do a lot of stupid shit.
What is your fondest memory about Rocky?
Monika riding the mechanical bull at the DePaul show!
People who knew me in High School thought I was...
A goth, a complete bitch, a crazy artist, just plain crazy, a dyke, a militant feminist, a nerd, annoying as hell, or an evil supergenius poised to take over the world.
*HINT* At least one of the above is true.
If they were making a movie about my life I would like to see my part played by...
Cate Blanchett FTW
One thing I think that you should think too.
Think whatever you want, just so long as you are thinking. Too many people don't.
You can quote me.
When life gives you lemons, make apple juice. Then sit back and let them wonder how the hell you did it. ~ anonymous
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. ~ Dorothy Parker |