Trixie Ballantine

Marlboro College, Emerson College, New England School of Photography

Marlboro College, Attended 1994 - 1999, Class of , Bachelor's Degree, writing/literature

dork, mum, dorky mum

sticking my gum in the sand so that it's crunchy when I chew it, dogs, empty buildings, the colors red and green, hugs, onomatopoeias, listening to french music, ginger, pickshas, puns, pumpkins, cows, ketchup potato chips, abreving words, drinking wine, playing boggle, doing crosswords, fantasizing about rainy mornings when i don't have to get up to go to work, fantasizing about working on a farm and living in a bright airy plant-filled house in the country

comix (a la Jimmy Corrigan), unbearable lightness of being, lilibet, poetry of Frank O'Hara, photo books (eggleston, arbus, epstein, sternfeld etc...), jonathan safran foer, hilma wolitzer, etc...etc...

The Graduate, Serpico, Wet Hot American Summer, Buffalo '66, Koyaanisgatsi, Destry Rides Again, Annie Hall, Hedwig and the Angry Inch

greg brown, iron & wine, owl & the pussycat, andrew bird, belle & Sebastian, The Decemberists, Brian Eno, The Delgados, Graves, Etta James, Jeff & Tim Buckley, jolie Holland, Jonie Mitchell, Nico, The Kinks, Kris Kristoferson, malvina reynolds, apples in stereo, marlene dietrich, bobby conn, t.rex, france gall, stevie wonder, arab strap, big star, rufus, yo la tengo, Roky Erickson, most of Radio Helsinki's playlist, The Police, Eddy Arnold, bobby dylan, daniel lanois, willie nelson (did i already say that?), ella, billie, nina, i like all types, it takes all types...

sha na na, fishing with john, things you get on dvd (new fave is arrested development, but i also like 6 Feet Under, Queer as Folk and hell, a bunch of series)

hotheaded and silly all at the same time.
I am the least fancy person I know.

I like to skinny dip and stick my feet in the pond silt. But those little ropey vines that wrap around your legs kinda' freak me out.
And I'm not going to lie to you. Though I never eat them, I love Fruity Pebbles.

I also love kale.

guidos and hookers
geeks and artists
lovers and fighters
people who mean it.