you know, i was avoiding this bit until fallingleaf called me out. so here it is-

when i was in high school my oldest brother came home from college and stuck 'til we have faces in my CD player. (i think that was right about the time 'patience' was being released.) you all know what happened next. otr just seeped into my life and wouldn't leave. each song uncannily decides to speak its mind when it coincides with the state of my life. otr cds have been known to crawl into my stereos and threaten to stay forever. i don't seem to mind.

the facts- i live in los angeles now, and work in the 'industry,' visual-creativity-wise. i like it more here than i expected, though i still miss tall green trees in the breeze, a good midwestern window-rattling thunderstorm, mom's chicken pot pie with homemade biscuit crust, and autumn. i get to have holiday snow- if i'm lucky -and chicken pot pie on my Christmas visits home to st. louis.

meanwhile, i get the pacific ocean, snowy mountains (good for snowboarding!), swimmin' pools and movie stars. my kittens, pagoda & mushu, make it bearable.

what else can i say. i'll give my favorites and go. feel free to stay and have a drink.

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movies: roman holiday, amelie, blade runner, raiders of the lost ark, punch drunk love, royal tenenbaums, lost in translation.
tv shows: six feet under, sports night, alias, conan
musicians: wilco, radiohead, elliott smith, glenn gould, brahms, otr
websites: fark, onion, pixelgirlpresents, boasas
comics: liberty meadows, frazz, get fuzzy, get your war on
color: blue
libation: pinot noir
dessert: warm brownie & cappucino. a cookie and cafe au lait will do. (so will a nutella crepe at the foot of the eiffel tower)
book: for the time being, annie dillard. franny and zooey or the hunchback of notre dame come second.
otr album: darkest night of the year (the first cd to play in a new home) second would be eve.

good bio
glad to have you in the orchard

well- hello there, miss lilblueriver.

i remember you from the list.

hope all is well!! good to see you here!

Hey you! I've been wondering who you were since you called Oncle Boo out a couple/few weeks ago here! And I still wasn't sure reading this until I read:





Very happy to see you here.

wow- you read the whole thing!

Nice to meet you, lilblueriver! Welcome to the Orchard!

what a wonderful spirit you have.

hello. welcome.
d.

Nice to meet you. Great bio.

I once saw Wilco in Lawrence, Ks. They were not so excited about the crowd. Jeff took a break from the stage. He came back looking as if though he had enjoyed some substances during his absence. Then he proceeded to throw a deli tray into the audience followed by the smashing of his guitar into the floor.

Good show though.

DJD

welcome to the orchard!

umm... wow. well. there you go. they make good music, tho...

Welcome.
I remember you from the list as well.
And you're a fellow coen bros fan!
Nice to make it official.

hi

Hey there....Welcome....

I'm checking out some of your work right now. I like what I see. Not that I have money to hire you, or anything, but I almost went into advertising myself (and I still have a web design job every once in a while). Good stuff. Welcome to the Orchard.

Hi Melanie, good to see you here!

A Brahms lover, good for you! Two of my all-time favorite recordings are Carlos Kleiber's 4th Symphony and John Eliot Gardiner's Deutsches Requiem.

Welcome to the orchard.

Woo! She has a name!

Melanie, I'm Becky. Nice to make a proper introduction.

Welcome, lilblueriver!!

wow- i got outed and someone tracked down my site? what's going on around here??

nice to meet you all, too. thanks very much for nice words and open arms. hopefully i won't start too many arguments in the movie forums.

Say, Melanie--I'm a midwest transplant to LA, too, so I can empathize re: the things you miss for sure.
you have good taste in movies/music/books/colors/food. welcome!

yay for midwest-to-LA transplants! nice to meet you. what part of town are you in?

I'm in the valley . . . Sherman Oaks. You?

Wow, someone who listens to me. Odd, that.

Welcome to the Orchard. You have a nice style of writing, btw, hope we see a lot more.

... and you some great pics on your site.

everybody's so generous.

i live in miracle mile, if you know where that is. wilshire/fairfax area.

Hello, hello, hello