I'm lookin' for an easy goin' feller or gal to be my special gentleman/lady friend. Casual but respectful. Hang out, enjoy the city, share with each other, be friendly, and possibly bone. Everybody just mind their gosh darn p's and q's and nobody get to bein' a dick and we'll all be just fine. Ya hurd?

I live in New York to continue to pursue music, though not as a day job. I write the music and lyrics and sing for my noisy, punk, country band, Shit Show. In fact, I write music and lyrics, listen to music, and read all day. I also live in New York to bask in the diverse glory that is all the music, art, people, food. Fuckin' live FOR it, more like.

I nanny for a living but I hope to get my MA/PhD in Literature and go on to teach university. Woot.

I love to listen to and analyze music.

i love to read and analyze literature and poetry.

I love to watch movies and analyze them.

I love to cook and experiment with and try out new recipes.

I love to write.

I love to bone (with many exceptions...oh...oh...oh, so many).

Am I good at any of these things...eh...who knows.

Bitch, your hair is cray. (Natural strawberry-blonde, y'all.)

Damn, your ass is tall. (5'10". Suck it, nerds.)

Shit. Eloquent as all get out. (Shucks.)

Your modesty is radiant. (No doubt.)

How about favorite authors? Great!
1. Beckett
2. Faulkner
3. Shakespeare
4. Homer
5. Nabokov

Book I'm reading now:

Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood. FUCKING. GREAT.

Last killer book I read:

Faulkner's (SWOON) As I Lay Dying

Favorite movies? No prob. On the tip of my gosh darned tongue, ya sunuva...

1. Chinatown
2. Wayne's World
3. Taxi Driver
4. The Conversation
5. The Tenant

Favorite shows? Television is often painfully asinine but I'm pretty trashy and, thus, there are many exceptions that I get down on makin'. Like:

1. Arrested Development (This is perfection. From beginning to end. Fuck off right now if you don't agree. Seriously. Go find a way to sit on your own face because I won't ever. OH GREAT I BLUE MYSELF.)
2. Twin Peaks (Whatever if this comes as douchey; shit's fucking great.)
3. 30 Rock (Pre-Season 4. Check yourself.)
4. Parks and Recreation
5. The Andy Griffith Show (Not kidding.)

Favorite music. A list compiled with love and effort in alphabetical order (with mega-favs in all caps): abbey lincoln, al green, alanis morisette, alice cooper, ARETHA FRANKLIN, b-52s, BAD BRAINS, THE BEACH BOYS, THE BEATLES, beck, the bee gees, bikini kill, bill evans, BILLIE HOLIDAY, BILLY STRAYHORN, BING CROSBY, BJORK: YESTERDAY, TODAY, FOREVER, black flag, blondie, BOB DYLAN, BOB MARLEY, booker t and the mgs, buck owens, BUDDY HOLLY, the buzzcocks, the byrds, cannonball adderly, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, THE CARTER FAMILY, charlie parker (blerg), CHET BAKER, the clash, conway twitty, COUNT BASIE, THE CRAMPS, crass, creedence, DAVID BOWIE, DEAD KENNEDYS, DEVO, dinah washington, DOLLY PARTON: YESTERDAY, TODAY, FOREVER, dr. alimantado, DUKE, EDITH PIAF, ELLA ELLA ELLA, ELLIOTT SMITH, elton john, ELVIS COSTELLO, ELVIS PRESLEY, FIONA APPLE: YESTERDAY, TODAY, FOREVER, fleetwood mac, flipper, FRANK FRANK FRANK, fugazi, the fugs, GERSHWIN, the germs, GRAM PARSONS, urrrrly green day, HANK WILLIAMS, harry james, hole, husker du, THE STOOGES, BACH BACH BACH BACH BACH BACH BACH BACH BACH BACH eternally MAY HE CARRY ME TO A HIGHER PLACE, JAMES BROWN (OH MY GOD YEAH), JEFF BUCKLEY, JIMI HENDRIX, JOANNA NEWSOM: YESTERDAY, TODAY, FOREVER, BRAHMS, COLTRANE, JOHN LEE HOOKER, JOHNNY CASH, JONI: YESTERDAY, TODAY, FOREVER, JUDY GARLAND, THE KINKS, LED ZEPPELIN, LEONARD COHEN, lou reed, LOUIS LOUIS LOUIS, lyle lovett: yesterday, today, forever, MADONNA, MARVIN GAYE, merle: yesterday, today, forever, MICHAEL JACKSON, MILES MILES MILES MILES MILES MILES MILES MILES MILES MILES MILES MILES MILES MILES MILES MILES MILES MILES MILES AGAIN MILES, minor threat, MODEST MOUSE, mohammed rafi, MOZART MOZART MOZART MOZART MOZART MOZART MOZART AGAIN MOZART MOZART, nancy wilson, new york dolls, NINA SIMONE, NIRVANA, NO DOUBT, biggie, ORNETTE, OTIS, PATSY, patti smith, pavement, peggy lee, pere ubu, PIXIES, the pretenders, PRINCE, PiL, QUEEN, radiohead: yesterday, today, forever, THE RAMONES, the rat pack (AHAHAHAHA), ray charles, red hot chilli peppers (back in the day...so fun!), the replacements, RICK JAMES, the stones, the ronettes, ROXY MUSIC, ROY ORBISON, SAM COOKE, SARAH VAUGHAN (urrrrly), SEX PISTOLS SEX PISTOLS SEX PISTOLS SEX PISTOLS AGAIN AGAIN, the slits, SLY SLY SLY SLY SLY SLY SLY SLY SLY SLY SLY, the smiths, sonic youth, sonny rollins, spice girls, STEVIE!!!, the sugarcubes, suicide, sun ra, SWANS, T. REX, TALKING HEADS, television, MONK, THROBBING GRISTLE (AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!), TLC, TOM WAITS: YESTERDAY, TODAY, FOREVER, townes van zandt, tribe, van morrison, THE VELVET UNDERGROUND, weezer, THE WHO (way back in day back in the day to who's next), WILLIE NELSON: YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND FOREVER, wire, wu-tang, X, x-ray spex, YOKO, and so so so so so so so many more! everyone should go through their collections and revisit old and new loves! woo-ha.

I love all food but I really try to cook only organic and local food. But I fucking love everything and am super duper open minded. My favorite food is fish and chips, though. That's bangin.

1. Water.
2. Other people.
3. Something to live for (art and a job or a pastime, one day a child, ANYTHING to get me up in the morning).
4. Exercise.
5. Food (I know I COULD live without it but it...it...it's just so good.)

Music. Literature. Poetry. The body. The past. Patterns. Music again.

playing music, out listening to music, hanging with my ladyfriends, quite possibly unaware that it's Friday (a la The Dude).

This is in no way a big deal for me to share but it's personal and hygienic: I do not shave my legs or armpits for many reasons that I'd be happy to share and discuss. Boom. Suck on that.

You're a good dude or lady! If you can be both casual and open and loving AND show the same respect that we're expected to show long-term partners. If you're a good communicator. If you're an artist of any kind.