velvet

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About me

Gender Female
Occupation Life
Location United States
Interests finding new music, books, portrait photography, making things grow, climbing, dancing barefoot in my kitchen, messing with my kids' heads, skimboarding
Favorite Movies Casablanca, Harold and Maude, anything from Pixar animation (Toy Story... Bugs Life... Monster's Inc.... Finding Nemo... The Incredibles... Cars), Shanghai Noon (or nearly anything w/Jackie Chan), The Lover, The Hudsucker Proxy, Oh Brother Where Art Thou?, Chicago, The Age of Innocence, Bladerunner, The Matrix, the Lethal Weapon franchise, Sliding Doors, Love Actually, the Die Hard franchise, Rat Race, Indiana Jones (the 1st and the 3rd), Star Wars trilogy (original), Lord of the Rings trilogy, Repo Man, any Wallace and Gromit, Chicken Run, The Princess Bride, Amelie, Wings of Desire (and more as I think of them...)
Favorite Music Beastie Boys, Blink-182, Bobby McFarren, Boiled in Lead, Brave Combo, Buddy Guy, Chet Baker, Chieftains, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Cocteau Twins, The Cramps, Crystal Method, Cut Chemist, Dash Rip Rock, Dave Brubeck, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Down to the Bone, Dr. John, Echo & the Bunnymen, Ella Fitzgerald, English Beat, Fatboy Slim, Green Day, Herbie Hancock, Jamiroquai, Jurassic 5, Kenny Neal, Koko Taylor, L7, Leon Redbone, Loreena McKennitt, Louis Armstrong, Louis Prima, Luscious Jackson, Nina Simone, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Ok Go, Paris Combo, Poi Dog Pondering, Prodigy, Professor Longhair, Propellerheads, Ramones, Ray Charles, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Replacements, Royal Crown Revue, Shellyan Orphan, Shriekback, Sister Machine Gun, Smashing Pumpkins, Southern Culture on the Skids, Stereo MC's, Sting, The Sundays, Talking Heads, Terrance Simien, The The, Timbuk 3, Tinsley Ellis, Tito Puente, Uncle Bonsai, Vince Guaraldi, Violent Femmes (and more)
Favorite Books fiction, non-fiction, are there any other kind?, I just love love love books.

Never mind the turtle. Don't you think you're sure to win?

I'm sorry, were we racing?