I sing la bohème electric.

One (1) Scrappy Indie Chick: This model comes equipped with changing hair color, scuffed Chuck Taylors, ever present headphones, and a soft smile. Must be fed junk food, caffeine, and kisses at the corners of her lips on a regular basis. Fully capable of ballroom dancing, ripping on B movies, spouting random facts, driving until the road runs out, singing in the shower, and staying up late for (unspecified). Also comes with one one scruffy dog, one ferocious kitten, the ugliest betta in the fish store, and an irrational fear of centipedes.

Warning: May cause butterflies, optimism, laughter, or fear (of ghosts, centipedes, and/or ghost centipedes). Not intended for those under 20 years of age. Not intended for private sale or consumption. Does not play well with other Rumpi. Batteries not included, see email for more details. Also may contain hints of pretentious hipster fanaticism. Actual truth may vary.

***NOTE: Due to work and school, I have less time to write messages on here. The best way to reach me is on AIM with sadutwostep!***

I'm currently working on a journalism/anthropology degree, and working for the man (intern). Most of the time I can be found studying, working on my house/garden, or learning to ride my bike. I'm also working on my body and keeping my head down and hopes up. I'm about as lost as I am found, but I figure that's all part of the thrill, right?

...er, right? Guys?

More about the internship, I'm currently the project manager for the wonderful boys at Pretty Penny Productions and the F-Stop down in Five points. I'm also playing with my latent passion for polaroids by messing with my new baby, the Holgaroid. I'm planning a project with some emulsion onto cross processed 35mm, and if you know what any of that means, I salute you! Got any questions/comments/advice for me?

Listening, yoga, laughing, understanding people, learning to ride my motorcycle, horseback riding (yeehaw), cattle roping, traveling, picking up languages, being empathetic, cooking, being optimistic in the face of cold hard life, studying, and finding my car in the parking lot.

The fact that I'm mouthing the words to whatever my headphones are blaring. Possibly some air drums.

Edit: I've been informed my high heels, hair, and camera also make the cut.

1) The Wallflower at the Orgy, The Trap: Selling Out to Stay Afloat, Respect in Inequality, The Short Bus, Hairstyles of the Damned, Generation, American Gods, The Dresden Files, The Sun Also Rises, Electroboy, The Watchmen, Four Past Midnight, Neuromancer, the complete works of Ray Bradbury, Where the Wild Things Are, Me Talk Pretty One Day, The Dark Tower, Ordinary People, Running with Scissors, Choke, Possible Side Effects, Chronicles of a Death Foretold, The Myth of Happiness, Happier, The Shining, Black House, And Then We Came to the End

2) Yojimbo, Lars and the Real Girl, Persona, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Searchers, Wild Strawberries, La Dolce Vita,Tommy, A Fist Full of Dollars, Ordinary People, Shopgirl, Rushmore, The Darjeeling Limited, Donnie Darko, The Great Escape, Casablanca, The Life Aquatic, Anchorman, Seven, Slither, Serenity, Arrested Development (all seasons), The Fifth Element, The Reanimator, Natural Born Killers, Knocked Up, Superbad, Juno, Fay Grim, The Neverending Story, Sin City, Pirates of the Carribean, Star Wars, I (heart) Huckabees, all 3 Indiana Jones movies, Transformers (the original and the recent one!), What Dreams May Come, Mirror Mask, Pan's Labyrinth, Pulp Fiction, Boondock Saints, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, American Psycho, The Shining, They Live, Big Trouble in Little China, Escape From New York, No Country for Old Men, Running Man, Running with Scissors, Orange County, any cheesy scifi.

3) The Weakerthans, Massive Attack, Cheap Trick, Arctic Monkeys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Atmosphere, Miles Davis, Depeche Mode, Liquido, The New Pornographers, Vivaldi, Yoko Kanno, OK Go, Regina Spektor, The Rolling Stones, Atmosphere, Ted Leo/The Pharmacists, The Beatles, Keane, The Who, A Fine Frenzy, Slayer, Aerosmith, Against Me!, The Hold Steady, Spoon, The Almost, Garbage, Ben Folds, Elliot Smith, Nick Drake, A Band of Horses, The Academy Is, DJ Krush, Chemical Brothers, Kaiser Chefs, The Dandy Warhols, Alice in Chains, NIN, Billy Joel, David Bowie, The Beatles, Cake, King Diamond, Feist, Brand New, Sheryl Crow, Rufus Wainwright, Common, Aesop Rock, etc.

4) Italian, Thai, Chinese, Indian, American, anything edible.

Music, my sense of humor, something about air/food/water/shelter, touch, hope, and the kindness of strangers.

The state of the growing economic disparity and what impact it has on our society, the future, and why that fucking bug still won't get out of my house.

Oh, and www.freerice.com

Hanging out with friends or on the road.

I laugh at the jokes on popsicle sticks.

You can answer this question: How much does a polar bear weigh?

or

You can name the triple reference in the first line of my profile.