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rêver la largeur

planetaries@gmail.com — Mon, 18 May 2009 02:02:53 GMT

I have two Dreamwidth invite codes. Anybody want one?

Souhaiter que j'ai été fait de granit

planetaries@gmail.com — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:48:59 GMT

I've recently rediscovered my love for Daria. What a good show. Some kind soul has uploaded every single episode, plus the two movies, to YouTube. I suggest you watch it. I'd have to say, after South Park, Daria is my favorite animated show ever. It speaks to the angsty teenager that dwells within me.

Especially when, as is the case now, I'm living with my father. I'm stuck at his place for the time being, because, evidently, I'm out of control. Additionally, my mom's going to be out of town for a couple of weeks soon. The upside to my mother having a boyfriend: she leaves me alone more. The downside: I'm stuck at my dad's when she and Dee jet off to the Dominican Republic. The trip was supposed to be his honeymoon with his now ex-fiancée. Romantic, no?

le quartier chinois

planetaries@gmail.com — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:00:30 GMT

I'm watching Chinatown right now, and it occurs to me that Jack Nicholson was pretty attractive back in the day. I'm on a bit of a Polański kick right now. So far, I've watched The Pianist and Rosemary's Baby. Say what you will about Roman Polański, what with the having sex with children and all, but the man can make a damn good movie.

ETA: Watching La locataire. Good stuff.

Hope

planetaries@gmail.com — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:42:57 GMT

Obama is officially president!

Today, for American Government class, I had to write an essay about what's going on current events-wise. The first sentence of my essay was, "Today, Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States."

I'm so excited.

Bourrer des gens blancs comme

planetaries@gmail.com — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:32:37 GMT

A meme, by grrliz:

Bold the ones that apply to you (even if you're not white).

#120 Taking a Year Off
#119 Sea Salt
#118 Ugly Sweater Parties
#117 Political Prisoners
#116 Black Music that Black People Don’t Listen to Anymore
#115 Promising to Learn a New Language - See this post.
#114 America
#113 Halloween
#112 Hummus
#111 Pea Coats
#110 Frisbee Sports
#109 The Onion
#108 Appearing to Enjoy Classical Music
#107 Self Aware Hip Hop References
#106 Facebook
#105 Unpaid Internships
#104 Girls with Bangs - Well, I have bangs.
#103 Sweaters
#102 Children’s Games as Adults
#101 Being Offended
#100 Bumper Stickers
#99 Grammar
#98 The Ivy League - In an envious manner.
#97 Scarves
#96 New Balance Shoes
#95 Rugby
#94 Free Healthcare
#93 Music Piracy
#92 Book Deals
#91 San Francisco - I've never been there, but I think I'd like it.
#90 Dinner Parties
#89 St. Patrick’s Day
#88 Having Gay Friends
#87 Outdoor Performance Clothes
#86 Shorts
#85 The Wire
#84 T-Shirts
#83 Bad Memories of High School
#82 Hating Corporations
#81 Graduate School
#80 The Idea of Soccer
#79 Modern Furniture
#78 Multilingual Children
#77 Musical Comedy
#76 Bottles of Water
#75 Threatening to Move to Canada
#74 Oscar Parties
#73 Gentrification
#72 Study Abroad
#71 Being the only white person around
#70 Difficult Breakups
#69 Mos Def
#68 Michel Gondry
#67 Standing Still at Concerts - I'm a head-bobber.
#66 Divorce
#65 Co-Ed Sports
#64 Recycling
#63 Expensive Sandwiches
#62 Knowing What’s Best for Poor People
#61 Bicycles
#60 Toyota Prius
#59 Natural Medicine
#58 Japan
#57 Juno
#56 Lawyers
#55 Apologies — You'd think I was Canadian.
#54 Kitchen Gadgets
#53 Dogs
#52 Sarah Silverman
#51 Living by the Water
#50 Irony
#49 Vintage
#48 Whole Foods and Grocery Co-ops
#47 Arts Degrees
#46 The Sunday New York Times
#45 Asian Fusion Food
#44 Public Radio
#43 Plays
#42 Sushi
#41 Indie Music
#40 Apple Products
#39 Netflix
38 Arrested Development
#37 Renovations
#36 Breakfast Places
#35 The Daily Show/Colbert Report
#34 Architecture
#33 Marijuana - The idea of it.
#32 Vegan/Vegetarianism - Again, the idea of it.
#31 Snowboarding
#30 Wrigley Field
#29 '80s Night
#28 Not having a TV
#27 Marathons
#26 Manhattan (now Brooklyn too!) - Never been there, but want to go badly.
#25 David Sedaris
#24 Wine
#23 Microbreweries
#22 Having Two Last Names
#21 Writers Workshops
#20 Being an expert on YOUR culture
#19 Traveling
#18 Awareness
#17 Hating their Parents
#16 Gifted Children
#15 Yoga
#14 Having Black Friends
#13 Tea
#12 Non-Profit Organizations
#11 Asian Girls
#10 Wes Anderson Movies
#9 Making you feel bad about not going outside
#8 Barack Obama
#7 Diversity
#6 Organic Food
#5 Farmer's Markets
#4 Assists
#3 Film Festivals
#2 Religions their parents don’t belong to
#1 Coffee

It appears that I am extremely white. Well, I'd always suspected.

Films

planetaries@gmail.com — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:04:24 GMT

A movie meme; stolen from grrliz.

Bold the ones you've seen.
Put an asterisk after the movie title if you really liked it.
Cross it out if you saw a film and really didn't like it.
Underline the ones you own.
Add one more to the list that you think should be on it.

1. Pulp Fiction (1994) *
2. The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001 - 2003)
3. Titanic (1997)
4. Blue Velvet (1986) *
5. Toy Story (1995)
6. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
7. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
8. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
9. Die Hard (1988)
10. Moulin Rouge! (2001)
11. This Is Spinal Tap (1984) *
12. The Matrix (1999)
13. GoodFellas (1990)
14. Crumb (1995)
15. Edward Scissorhands (1990) *
16. Boogie Nights (1997)
17. Jerry Maguire (1996)
18. Do the Right Thing (1989)
19. Casino Royale (2006)
20. The Lion King
21. Schindler's List (1993)
22. Rushmore (1998)
23. Memento (2001)
24. A Room With a View (1986)
25. Shrek (2001)
26. Hoop Dreams (1994)
27. Aliens (1986)
28. Wings of Desire (1988)
29. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
30. When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
31. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
32. Fight Club (1999)
33. The Breakfast Club (1985)
34. Fargo (1996)
35. The Incredibles (2004)
36. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
37. Pretty Woman (1990)
38. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) *
39. The Sixth Sense (1999) *
40. Speed (1994)
41. Dazed and Confused (1993) *
42. Clueless (1995) *
43. Gladiator (2000)
44. The Player (1992)
45. Rain Man (1988)
47. Men in Black (1997)
48. Scarface (1983)
49. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
50. The Piano (1993)
51. There Will Be Blood (2007)
52. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad (1988)
53. The Truman Show (1998)
54. Fatal Attraction (1987)
55. Risky Business (1983)
56. The Lives of Others (2006)
57. There’s Something About Mary (1998)
58. Ghostbusters (1984)
59. L.A. Confidential (1997)
60. Scream (1996) *
61. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
62. sex, lies and videotape (1989)
63. Big (1988)
64. No Country For Old Men (2007) *
65. Dirty Dancing (1987)
66. Natural Born Killers (1994)
67. Donnie Brasco (1997)
68. Witness (1985)
69. All About My Mother (1999)
70. Broadcast News (1987)
71. Unforgiven (1992)
72. Thelma & Louise (1991)
73. Office Space (1999) *
74. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
75. Out of Africa (1985)
76. The Departed (2006) *
77. Sid and Nancy (1986)
78. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
79. Waiting for Guffman (1996)
80. Michael Clayton (2007)
81. Moonstruck (1987)
82. Lost in Translation (2003)
83. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)
84. Sideways (2004)
85. The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005) *
86. Y Tu Mamá También (2002)
87. Swingers (1996)
88. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
89. Breaking the Waves (1996)
90. Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
91. Back to the Future (1985)
92. Menace II Society (1993)
93. Ed Wood (1994)
94. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
95. In the Mood for Love (2001)
96. Far From Heaven (2002)
97. Glory (1989)
98. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
99. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
100. South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999)
101. Underworld (2003)
102. The Usual Suspects (1995)
103. High Fidelity (2000) *
104. Ghost World (2001) *

Bonjour

planetaries@gmail.com — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:46:48 GMT

"They danced down the streets like dingledodies, and I shambled after as I've been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes 'Awww!'"

– Jack Kerouac, On the Road

About Me: Hi, I'm Zoë. I'm 16 years old, and I live in America, near New Orleans. I adore music, movies, my friends, and animals. I have a dry sense of humor. I'm rather eccentric, and a little offbeat. Most people find it endearing. My first concert ever was Whiskeytown when I was four. I think Little Richard just might be the coolest person ever. My dream is to someday live in New York, California, or Europe and work in film.

Music: Adam Green. Amy Winehouse. The Beatles. Ben Kweller. Beulah. Bright Eyes. Built to Spill. Cake. Charlotte Martin. The Cure. Damien Rice. Death Cab for Cutie. The Distillers. The Donnas. Eels. Eisley. Elliott Smith. Émilie Simon. Feist. Garbage. Green Day. Jeff Buckley. Jimi Hendrix. Joseph Arthur. Kings of Leon. The Kooks. Led Zeppelin. M.I.A. The Moldy Peaches. Nirvana. Placebo. Rasputina. Regina Spektor. Rilo Kiley. Ryan Adams. Something Corporate. Tegan and Sara. Travis. Uncle Tupelo. The Unicorns. The Velvet Underground. Veruca Salt. Weezer. Wilco.

Film: All I Wanna Do. American Beauty. Arsenic and Old Lace. Borat. Cabin Fever. Chasing Amy. Clerks. The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys. Dazed and Confused. Dead Poets Society. Dogma. Donnie Darko. Election. Elephant. Garden State. Ghost World. Ginger Snaps. Heathers. High Fidelity. I ♥ Huckabees. Idiocracy. Igby Goes Down. In Bruges. Interview. Juno. Knocked Up. Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain. Little Miss Sunshine. Mean Creek. My Own Private Idaho. Mysterious Skin. Saved! Smiley Face. Superbad. Teeth. Trainspotting. The Virgin Suicides.
• 2008 list, 2009 list

Television: 30 Rock. Arrested Development. Better Off Ted. Bones. Boy Meets World. Castle. The Colbert Report. The Daily Show. Damages. Daria. Desperate Housewives. Dollhouse. Freaks and Geeks. Fringe. Glee. Gossip Girl. Heroes. House. How I Met Your Mother. Important Things. Mad Men. Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. Life As We Know It. Lost. Numb3rs. The O.C. The Office. Queer As Folk. Skins. The Soup. South Park. Strangers with Candy. That '70s Show. Trailer Park Boys. Undeclared.
• 2009 list

Books: America the Book. Assassination Vacation. The Catcher in the Rye. The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim. Geek Love. A Great and Terrible Beauty. Harry Potter. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I Am America and So Can You! Infinite Jest. Jane Eyre. Lord of the Flies. The Lovely Bones. Me Talk Pretty One Day. Memoirs of a Geisha. Naked. Naked Pictures of Famous People. New Rules. On the Road. The Outsiders. The Partly Cloudy Patriot. Pride and Prejudice. Running with Scissors. A Separate Peace. To Kill a Mockingbird. When You Are Engulfed in Flames. Wigfield. The Wordy Shipmates. Youth in Revolt.
• 2009 list

Journal: My username was formerly zoe591 and bluerhapsody. I write mostly about my life, friends, family, school, movies, and music. My journal is locked because I like to know who's reading it. I'm not super picky, but please comment with a bit about yourself to be added.
Update: I don't post very often anymore. I mainly use this journal to follow communities.