Lauren Buckland

Tufts, SMFA, UCLA

bike and ped planner

Los Angeles Walks, Bikesummer 2005, Los Angeles Bicycle Coaliton

drawing, plants, small fuzzy animals with big eyes, interesting conversations, bicycling, grand visions of the future, new food, motorycles, NPR in the morning, roller skating, writing, comic books, ecovillages, people watching, riding the bus in LA, cozy rooms, dark chocolate, oysters, champagne and other decadent foods, collecting things

Just finished Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and feel very happy that I eat local produce.

crickets chirping, thunderstorms, tuvan throat singing, electronic music with random clanky sounds and a slight melody, Dusty Springfield, The Magnetic Fields, Chemical Brothers, The Quiet American, This American Life (ok not music technically), Postal Service, Coco Rosie, old U2, most funk, early eighties dance hits

The Office (BBC), PBS, Simpsons, Conan, So You Think You Can Dance

Although I subscribe to the scientific method, I'm a sucker for serendipity. My roommate in LA interpreted hip-hop lyrics for me. Through her, I have discovered that I probably don't have It, and if I did, I certainly wouldn't know how to shake It like a saltshaker. I am fascinated by huge natural events like earthquakes, thunderstorms, tornadoes and hurricanes. Whenever I'm in public, people come up to me and start conversations. This occasionally gets me into trouble. I moved to Los Angeles to study alternative transportation and now live in Berkeley to use alternative transportation. I have many ideas, but difficulty putting them into action: I think I need someone to delegate work to. Or maybe someone to go to work for me so I can do everything else I want to do. A friend described me as being soft on the outside but with a hard edge underneath. Not sure if that's desireable.

Current projects:

• culling the old and infirm from my wardrobe
  
• thinking about making movies and sound art
  
• wedding plans for next April
  
• sewing 1940's style aprons
  
• organizing and redecorating
  
• finishing knitted arm warmers for Keri and knitted socks for Micah
  
• traveling too much for work
  

A geologist who will fly me over the Bay Area and point out fault lines. Smart, happy people, especially if they are kind of smart-ass. Cyclists. A hiking buddy. Anyone with a passion for something and a willingness to share that passion. People who do their own thing, without worrying about looking dumb, and perhaps even relishing the fact that they might look dumb. Someone who thinks about old things in new ways. People who will inspire me to be more creative. Someone to make dinner with.