Maria

auspex/avian monomaniac/sensoryjunkie/psychosomat

www.friendster.com/unholylegion, www.wrcmn.org, ww.alexfoundation.org, http://www.wildlifesciencecenter.org, http://www.raptor.cvm.umn.edu

making the world a better place, animals & behavior (esp. birds/ ornithology), etymology & language (esp. italian/french/german), being in water/swimming, pinups (esp. elvgren&friends), culture & travel, humanities, humanist & postmodern thought (esp. existentialism), playing w/cadavers, bellydancing, mermaids, the virgin mary, vintage ads (ca. 1900-preWWII), inebriants (esp. coffee)& endorphine-like rushes from tattoos/body piercings/hardcore exercise, being read to, making out, volcanoes, ruins, abandoned dwellings, trains, scottish accents, watching guys shave, mohawks, cooking, making love to guitars, stringed instruments( esp. dobros, upright basses, banjos, cellos), art:deco/ nouveau/Bauhaus/modernism/surrealism, the feeling of a broad-faced grin creeping across your face that you just cannot stop, laughing so hard that it feels as if your insides are beginning to shift&your abdominal muscles hurt when you breathe, dancing until nothing really matters anymore&almost collapsing from exhaustion &/or dehydration

in my to-be-read stack:'Killing Yourself to Live'-Klosterman, Indecision'-Kunkel, Animals in Translation'-Grandin, Never Cry Wolf'-Mowat, 'Red-Tails in Love'-Winn, 'A Wing in the Door: Life with a Red-Tailed Hawk'-Phillips McQuay, The Click That Does the Trick'-Deutsch, the Scent of Your Breath'-Melissa P. || STANDARD FAVS: dictionaries, philosophy, Dante Alighieri, Aristotle, Boccaccio, Bukowski, Gaius Julius Caesar, Camus, Chomsky, Joseph Conrad, De Martino, Gramsci, Bell Hooks, Kafka, Kerouac, Nietzsche, Paglia, Plato, Sartre, David Sedaris, Hunter S. Thompson. Unamuno, Virgil, Naomi Wolf; Dog Heaven'-Rylant, Jane Eyre'- C.Bronte, [Little] Miss Spider/Little Biddle Books- Kirk, Le Petit Prince'- St. Exupery, Pinocchio'- Collodi, 'The Parrots of Telegraph Hill'-Bittner, 'Penguin Planet'-Schaffer, 'Sex, Drugs, & Cocoa Puffs'-Klosterman; HELLBOY & SPIDERMAN comics; all books written about Nick Drake in Italian

Amelie, AmoresPerros, ApocalypseNow, BottleRocket, BridgetJones'sDiary, Cho colat, a ClockworkOrange, Cristo si e Fermato a Eboli, Daytrippers, Dazed&Confused, EternalSunshineoftheSpotlessMind, laFe mmeNikita, FacingWindows, unaGiornataParticolare, Gladiator, Godfathertril ogy, Goodfellas, GoodnightandGoodLuck, leGrandBleu, InJuly, L.A.Confidentia l, LadriDiBiciclette, LastTemptationofChrist, theLimey, LockStock&TwoSmoki ngBarrels, LostInTranslation, MarchofthePenguins, Memento, Moonstruck, Next StopWonderland, PartyGirl, PlanetoftheApes(1968), PrimoAmore, thePrincess& theWarrior, theProfessional, RomaCitta'Aperta, ReservoirDogs, RunLolaRun, R ushmore, theShining, SlidingDoors, SouthPacific(1958), StarWars trilogy, Trainspotting, UmbrellasofCherbourg, WestSideStory;italian neorealism ||BYDIRECTOR: ALMODOVAR (AllAboutMyMother, TalktoHer, HighH

AislersSet, AmAnSet, ArcadeFire, F.Aubele, Beatles, BlackHeartProcession, Bl ack Angels, BRMC, BJM, BrokenSocialScene, JeffBuckley, Calla, CarterFamily, J.Cas h, P.Cline, Clinic, Coldplay, CowboyJunkies, CCR, DeadMeadow, DJCam, Doves, Nic kDrake, FlamingLips, FooFighters, Fugazi, Galaxy500, Gangof4, GearDaddies, As trudGilberto, AlGreen, Hall&Oates, PJHarvey, JohnHartford, BillieHoliday, Jo lieHolland, Interpol, Jamiroquai, theJam, Jawbox, Jayhawks, JAMC, JonathanFir eEater, JoyDivison, Juneof44, Kinks, Kinski, SondreLerche, LesSavyFav, LeTig re, Liars, Low, Luna, LorettaLynn, DeanMartin, MassiveAttack, CassMcCombs, Ste veMiller(pre1974), Morcheeba, Morphine, MBV, CarlOrff, BethOrton, CharliePar r, LizPhair, PinkFloyd, Pogues, Portishead, Prince, Radio4, Radiohead, Recoys, ReindeerSection, Replacements, Ride, R

Salad Fingers by David Firth (http://www.fat-pie.com/flash.htm); on Nation Public RADIO: 'This American Life', 'Car Talk'; Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Bobby's World, da Ali G Show, EastEnders, Family Guy, Growing Up: Penguin, Harvey Birdman, Law & Order, Mad About You, Nature, Nova, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, Project Runway, Rescue Me, Scientific American Frontiers, Second Hand Stories, Six Feet Under, Twin Peaks, the Venture Bros.; any BBC/CBC/PBS reality show (e.g., 1800s House, Manor House, Frontier House, Quest for the Bay, Colonial House)

Cancer

one day i am gonna grow wings/a chemical reaction--radiohead

i've got God my father jumping down my throat/i've got the Virgin Mary naked on my bed/& i got sweet Lord Jesus living in my head--bjm

highly intelligent yet completely daft, loquacious yet contemplative, philanthropic yet egoistic, late despite earnest attempts to be on time, graceful yet clumsy, eloquent yet inarticulate, impulsive yet prudent, erratic yet centered, passionate yet analytical, intense yet reveling, cheeky yet timid, refined yet profane, mischievous yet gracious, temperamental yet sprightly, saturnine yet incandescent, trend setting yet indifferent, outlandish yet acclimatized, diligent yet distracted, restless yet calm, opinionated yet open-minded, blunt yet sincere, strong yet weak, social butterfly w/ extremist antisocial &/or reclusive tendencies

think too much; i'd like to be able to turn off intellectual capacities yet retain basic body functions. am idealist/dreamer/romantic/perfectionist to fault & easily enthralled by philosophical discussions. have impulse control issues & am hyperactive.

as a state of mind--unburdened by all the practicalities of modern life--i'd be that which is induced by slinky, hip-shaking psychedelic music w/ lots of distortion from multiple guitars & more pedals than can be viewed in one field of vision. swimming naked in the ocean=non-inebriated bliss. if i could add any appendage to my body: wings.

help rehab injured wildlife. live w/ husky/border collie mix & 2 small parrots who speak/quasi-comprehend italian & english, perform complex cognitive tasks, & are madly loved. was fluent in french&german. am debatably fluent in english&italian. haven't finished ba in italian&linguistics; instead became certified vet tech (i.e., veterinary: nurse+lab tech+anesthetist+pharmacist). was planning to do grad work at MIT in psycholinguistics: studying parrots' cognitive & communicative abilities, may instead apply to vet college so can legally play w/ & fix insides of live animals instead of just cadavers

http://www.myspace.com/sodiumglow

those who comprehend that:the quintessence, basis, & intendment of life is love in all its forms (& not just in some trite free-love/nonobligatory way); our imperfections & idiosyncrasies make us beautiful--not just our abilities & attributes; we're intrinsically all the same: wondrous, imperfect beings; our paradigms are a result of cultural conditioning; national borders are but imaginary, politically imposed restrictions--not definitions
those who: value life, love, honesty, experience, intelligence, art, beauty, instinct, sensation, & integrity above money & power; cannot fit themselves into these tiny boxes

someone for whom i'd immediately, & without 2nd thought, be willing to part with 1 of my kidneys, were they only in need

people that can make my knees week, heart pound, chest heave, &, without effort, induce me to truly FEEL & THINK

people who break the mould w/o trying

greyhounds, penguins, snakes

my very own brad wood/david rawlings

sexy geniuses