Still looking for what might fit.

Please be gentle. If you care to, please offer suggestions, comments, and the like.

I love "love".

I have a soft spot in my heart for tough broads and dames. It's like there's a little piece of home with me. This nostalgia also extends to Hells Angels, hard-drinking Irishmen, and those who suffer from extended hard luck.

Things that make me happy: dancing, fat kids, tattoos, monkeys in human clothing, flea markets, photography, dive bars, Fire King Jadite.

I have a severe fear of heights.

When I see a Siberian husky on the street, I cannot restrain myself from running up and begging the owner to let me pet him/her. The husky. Not the owner.

That which doesn't kill you, dot dot dot.

Alas
I believe
I might have become
a great writer
but
the chairs
in the library
were too hard
(Diane DiPrima)

How beautiful is love
and the fruit thereof
Holy holy holy
a kiss and a star
(Tuli Kupferberg)

Stars are out and there is sea
enough beneath the glistening earth
to bear me toward the future
which is not so dark. I see.
(Frank O'Hara)

I DJ about town, and sometimes kids ask me, "bookishrogue, what would you put on a mix?" Recently I made a mix for my dear friend Hilary, entitled "Hilary's Quiet Mix". It's a mix that is more subdued than sad, those I suppose if she is ever sad, she could put this on and wallow for a bit:

• "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Theme" by Jon Brion
• "Anthems for a 17-Year-Old Girl" by Broken Social Scene
• "The Girl From Ipanema" by Stan Gilberto
• "Sea and The Rhythm" by Iron and Wine
• "Young Urban" by Ambulance Ltd.
• "Wave of Mutilation (from PUMP UP THE VOLUME)" by The Pixies
• "Wonderwall" by Ryan Adams (covering Oasis)
• "Go or Go Ahead" by Rufus Wainwright
• "Politics, Music, and Drugs" by Slow Reader
• "I Won't Share You" by The Smiths
• "Needle in the Hay" by Elliott Smith
• "Such Great Heights" by Iron and Wine (covering The Postal Service)
• "Wild Horses" by The Sundays (covering The Rolling Stones
• "In The Aeroplane Over The Sea" by Neutral Milk Hotel
• "I Do Believe" by Cat Power
• "Make Love to Me Forever" by Snow Patrol
• "The Good Times are Killing Me" by Modest Mouse
• "Golden Brown" by The Stranglers
• "First Day of My Life" by Bright Eyes
• "Breathe Me" by Sia
• "My Mother Was a Chinese Trapeze Artist" by The Decemberists

Please send me your favorite stuff to check out. I love it.

I need a new record player. Mine was confiscated by the National Guard at LAX when they thought it was a bomb. I was strip-searched by a woman with a gold tooth. I had a semi-automatic weapon pointed at my face. Maybe someday I'll node about it, but it's too traumatizing to approach now.

JohnnyGoodyear was the first person to welcome me to e2, and made me feel at home. Others followed. Thank you.

I just made IWhoSawTheFace's homenode. In the words of Paris Hilton, that's hot.