"this country is run by extremists because the moderates have shit to DO." -jon stewart
"of course i learned how to keep my head up/cause i know there is this side of me/that wants to grab the yoke from the pilot/and just fly the whole mess into the sea." -the shins
"there's a lot of places i like... but i like new orleans better." -bob dylan
"today is what you make, and how you make it/ the step is yours to take, but can you take it?" -andrew lippa, "the wild party"
"i just want to play on my pan pipes/ i just want to drink me some wine/ as soon as you're born, you start dying/ so you might as well have a good time." -cake
Music
wilco, luna, ryan adams, fountains of wayne, death cab for cutie, the shins, steve earle, lucinda williams, garbage, ivy, blondie, cake, morphine, lyle lovett, lauryn hill, olu dara, pixies, big star, pretty much all new orleans music (www.wwoz.org), the beatles, led zeppelin, janis joplin, bob dylan, jimi hendrix, buddy holly, the doors, patsy cline, tom waits, fleetwood mac, grant lee buffalo, velvet underground, townes van zandt, johnny cash, mazzy star, belly, and i have a newfound appreciation for springsteen after seeing his set @ jazz fest 2006 w/the seeger sessions band... wow... it was the closest thing to a religious experience i've ever had.
Movies
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Little Miss Sunshine, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Down by Law, Waiting for Guffman, Spinal Tap, A Room With a View, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Moonstruck, West Side Story, The Blues Brothers, The Royal Tenenbaums, True Romance, Almost Famous, Flirting, Amateur, Team America: World Police, The Big Lebowski, Dazed and Confused, Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, Princess Bride, Empire Strikes Back, I Am Trying To Break Your Heart, Rouge, Thelma & Louise, Empire of the Sun, Radio Days, Hedwig & the Angry Inch, Y Tu Mama Tambien
Television
my newest favorite thing is the arts channel, channel 4 on cox in NOLA. also Top Chef, Family Guy, South Park, The Daily Show, Chappelle's Show, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, The Simpsons, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Reno 911!, Home Movies, Dog Bites Man, the food network
Books
Confederacy of Dunces, Green Grass Running Water, Emma, Sense and Sensibility, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, The Lord of the Rings, Dracula, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Brothers Karamazov, anything by Edward Gorey, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, The Bean Trees, On The Road, Ceremony, anything by Edgar Allen Poe
Which Nightmare Before Christmas Character are you?
You are Sally! You are the voice of reason, but it seems nobody listens. You try and save the day but end up getting saved. Hey, at least you get Jack right? Take this quiz!
i don't want to grow up... ever. i love new orleans fiercely. music is the air i breathe. if i ever have a debilitating injury that prevents me from ever dancing again, just take me out back and shoot me between the eyes. someday i'll quit my day job.
top three reasons i'm cooler than your mom:
3. i once took a road trip to the grand canyon with two guys that i'd just met in a bar
2. i spent a summer working as a singing waitress in paris
1. i rode a bike from washington, DC to san francisco for habitat for humanity
Which Sondheim show are you?
You are COMPANY! You are driven by romantic notions, often weighed down by realistic concerns and trapped in a tangle of friends, dreams, and facts, which leave you unsure and alone though surrounded by people all the time. You need to be more decisive before you attempt finding lasting happiness. Take this quiz!
Good seeing ya last night. I hope it wasn't too obvious I was kind of drunk. I had just come from a wine and cheese event. I remember yelling, "Hey, there's Trina!"
ummm...your new title...we need to talk about this. i'm picturing you sporting floral print moo moos with your hair in sponge rollers-- not cool, friend. see ya soon!
Oh Trina Bella! Thanks so much for sharing the photos - they were gorgeous and you looked mahvelous...and the flowers were beautiful! Congratulations!!!
