abandoned buildings, awkward beauty, b-horror, ballet, beadweaving, big eyes, bikini kill, blueberry pancakes, breaking waves, bright-lights-big-city, buckle shoes, buttons and barrettes, chamomile, cinema, close calls, coffee in the evening, conversations for days, counting stars, cuddlecore, dancin' shoes, dangly earrings, desert heat, do-overs, driving endlessly, echoing voices, escape artists, everything off-limits, fast cars, flawed if not free, flowing skirts, freeways, friction!, fruit!, grass stains, guilty pleasures, gypsies, hands and hand-holding, healthy obsessions, heretic pride, hidden treasures, him, holga, impulse, in bed all day, indulgence, infinity, ink, intrigue, inviting trouble, irony, karma, kissing at playgrounds, knitting!, l'amour, la nouvelle vague, lightness, literature, lo lee ta, love songs, matters of the heart, mischief, mix tapes, my love warriors, nick cave, ocean air, overpasses, paint splatters, painting with words, people/places/things, perfect fits, perfect wine, piano keys, poetic chaos, polaroids and photobooths, pretty pop, puzzle pieces, rabbit holes, rainbows in the dark, random acts of kindness, ribbons and bows, ridin' dirty, saying nothing at all, secrets, shake it-or-break it, shoegaze, skeleton keys, skin and bones, skipping, skipping records, slinksters, snail mail, snapshots, soaking in sunlight, staircases, staying alive, stitchin' & bitchin', stowaways, striped socks, sugar rushes, surrealism, sweetness, swirls and spirals, tangles of tangos, teenage fairies, the bad seeds, the beats, the bottoms of barrels, the lovely loveless, the tillies, torn jeans, ugly organs, urgency, used bookstores, vibrant flowers, vintage mirrors, vinyl, vivid color, warm evenings, whistling tea kettles, wires and waves, wishing for wings, wrecking like trains, xanadus and shangri-las.
Music
anyone who shows up on this list:
including but not limited to: the avett brothers, andrew jackson jihad, tilly and the wall, bikini kill, heavenly, tiger trap, go sailor, the softies, my favorite, the cure, the smiths, cocteau twins, ben folds (five), john frusciante, beat happening, the dresden dolls, amanda palmer, elliott smith, bratmobile, talulah gosh, mason jennings, rose melberg, azure ray, art in manila, cursive, the good life, mecca normal, bat for lashes, people eaters, fugazi, kimya dawson, the evening episode, bright eyes, desaparecidos, voxtrot, nick cave and the bad seeds, grinderman, slowdive, flowers forever, siouxsie and the banshees, the field mice, the faint, joy division, new order, los campesinos!, the jesus and mary chain, carissa's wierd, band of horses, the daysleepers, the mountain goats, plushgun, the secret history, +more.
Movies
jesus' son, through a glass darkly, masculin feminin, ma vivre sa vie, pan's labyrinth, pretty much everything judd apatow's done, breakfast at tiffany's, mysterious skin, battle royale, waking life, amelie, lolita ('97), wristcutters: a love story, +more.
Television
the discovery channel, animal planet, food network. and dexter. curb your enthusiasm, too, ftw.
Books
(or authors?) charles bukowski, francesca lia block, augusten burroughs, miranda july, sylvia plath, dorothy parker, douglas coupland, simone de beauvoir, jean-paul sartre, nick cave, rainer maria rilke, richard brautigan, theodore roethke, denis johnson, oscar wilde, bret easton ellis, vladimir nabokov, jamaica kincaid, muriel rukeyser, marge piercy, +more.
Heroes
ophelia's Details
Status:
In a Relationship
Hometown:
the desert.
Zodiac Sign:
Libra
Occupation:
long time lover, part time time traveller.
ophelia's Schools
Metropolitan Arts Institute
Phoenix,AZ
Graduated: 2005
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Major: Creative Writing
Minor: Theater, Dance
2002 to 2005
ophelia's Companies
Beverages And More! Concord, California US "temprepl" & More! - Replenishment
June '06 - February '07
Starbucks Coffee Emeryville, California US Barista
May '07 - December '07
Rasputin Music Berkeley, California US Cashier, indie assistant, rubber-band shooter
02/08/08 - now
ophelia is trying not to make this trip to LA a self-rescue mission. Too much weight... Posted at 2:51 AM Mar 19 view more
I speak in song and find solace in poetry. I love mysterious bruises, pink lips, skirts and tights, torn up t-shirts, big eyes and bigger hearts, accidental rhyme, swingsets at two am, screaming and sweating, dancing at bus stops and singing without hesitation, beads and charms, paint and canvas, ink stains and picture frames, coffee and cigarettes, tuning you out, knitting my days and nights away, being called Babydoll, philosophizing with my Other Half, giving and receiving mix tapes and CDs, sunshine, taking pictures of everything I find gorgeous (which may or may not be gorgeous to anyone but me), picking your flowers and pinning them in my hair, dressing like a girl but spitting on the cement, conversations that go on forever, writing letters I never send, hiding away from people, driving too fast, tea parties with no one but myself, sand in between my toes, dressing up and dressing down, sewing, sleeping twelve hours, making love in the morning, stepping on your heels, baking cake and cookies and putting creepy sayings on them with icing, carpet instead of wood floors, trying to be as optimistic as possible, knowing when to go out and knowing when to stay in, coughing up colors, believing in karma, believing in other people more than I do myself, holding onto hope, beating your odds, rooting for the underdog, DIY.
I read books about girls wishing for wings, about how people in L.A. are afraid to merge, about walking through fire, about constellations and conspiracies, tulips and suicide notes, and everything in between. I am never without a book, paper and a pen. I write to breathe, to decipher everything - my mind, your mind, our collective mind; our motives and our longings, our desperation. To capture moments that may or may not be of any importance whatsoever but EXIST.
I listen to girls singing to boys about their unending love (my love is bigger than an ocean and my heart swims in a sea of devotion) and boys building treehouses for girls (i have built a treehouse, nobody can see us, it's a you-and-me-house), about nights of the living dead (and i feel so alive and i feel so alive and I FEEL!) and southern angels with insomnia (i can't sleep, i can't speak to you), badasses singing about motorcycles and attitude (i don't care about the state of my hair), girls kicking major ass (ain't got no candy for you!) and everything in between.
Who I'd like to meet: riot grrrls, lost girls, space boys, people who will say something new or say nothing at all, readers, knitters, artists, dreamers, barrel kids, long-time lovers and part-time time travellers, dancers, girls armed with tambourines and paint brushes and copies of Le Nausée, zinesters, flowers, record stores, mix cassette makers, the girl who came into work gushing over the Cocteau Twins box set with me, beat boxers. oh, and rose melberg and andrea vaughn. and amanda palmer, please, obviously.
Hey Babydoll, how are you? I think Im going to work on writing you another letter soon, it's been rolling around in the back of my mind lately. I wanted to see how youve been since LA. We need to see each other soon, I always peek my head in Rasputins to look for you whenever I'm in Berkeley. I want to escape Starbucks for a little bit and find some magic or a silly time. Oh! I know you like Bat For Lashes, have you heard their song "Daniel"? Hopefully that isnt like their single and Im not sounding like an idiot. So nice though. Im going to take off though, this is turning into a long winded comment, hope youre doing well sweetheart! Take care of your heart! Love You!
well all i can say is ur beutifull and im sure you will push through cuz ur strong even when u dont think so. and i miss u dearly. im gonna get my ged and my friend tianna was out there 4 art skool and im totaly convenced i need to go be there for awile and maybe end up living there lol. as long as i save up money im defently gonna take a trip out there. =]
You're welcome! It was a nice surprise seeing you out last night. I'm glad you had a great time. Heh, sorry about that fat ass sitting on your jacket though. : )
