Natasha Metzler

East Lansing High School, Earlham College, Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism

worker bee

Watergate/middle school break-ins, laughing, culinary adventures, the Chicago Cubs, vintage shopping, knitting, CD trading, honest burgers, public radio, slate, the onion, fish tacos

Authors: jd salinger, salman rushdie, peter carey, umberto eco, graham swift, charles willeford, jane smiley, margaret atwood, jk rowling Books: stranger things happen, when we were orphans, to kill a mockingbird, atonement, carter beats the devil, alice in wonderland, seabiscuit, lolita, high fidelity, life of pi, giovanni's room, the mambo kings

city of god, motorcycle diaries, repo man, clue, philadelphia story, out of the past, election, rushmore, bottle rocket, royal tennenbaums, the graduate, lost in translation, dr. strangelove, big lebowski, raising arizona, network, donnie darko, office space, casablanca, trainspotting, bandwagon, highball, kicking+screaming, pulp fiction, it's a wonderful life, eddie izzard dressed to kill, super troopers, holes, the natural, 12 monkeys, the 5th element, ghostbusters

anything british invasion, most motown, old-school country, joseph arthur, the shins, quasi, wilco, bright eyes, the clash, the pixies, aislers set, beaumont, built to spill, ted leo+pharmacists, british sea power, edison gower, sam cooke, bob dylan, gillian welch, REM, brian eno, beth orton

freaks and geeks, larry sanders show, arrested development, northern exposure, the simpsons, seinfeld, the office (u.k.), adult swim, buffy, angel, mr. show, sopranos, daily show, news radio, bewitched, the joy of painting, firefly, six feet under

Gemini

i was always the last kid to fall asleep at slumber parties

my first friend was a monkey

i have a Midwestern soul, a West Coast heart, and an East Coast brain

roy hobbs

lenny bruce

a puppy -- one that's good at jumping and swimming and possibly pointing

the a**hole who destroyed my building's satellite dish on NYE