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- Location
- Oregon
- Relationship status
- None of Your Business!
- About me
- I guess to understand someone you have to know his or her upbringing. I was raised by a young single feminist philosopher in the inner city of Kansas City, Mo. It is where my mother started my political education and I formed my edge. Since I was an only child, I went everywhere with her. Rallies, classes, it didn’t matter. When I was 9 yrs old she met & married a tall, skinny folk singer/songwriter in a cowboy hat (actually, I met him first and introduced them). A year later we moved to Eugene, OR, and it is there where my heart lays. No matter where I am, Eugene is home, it is were I first tasted the sweetness of defying authority;)
Now, seeing that I was raised not only by a feminist student that also worked, but (later on)a musician as well. I had to learn some self-defense skills, like cooking! I guess that’s why I’m now a chef. I also learned how to mentally shut people out when they start droning on and on, but I’m not so sure that’s a good thing, the switch is now automatic and it gets me into trouble sometimes.
Yes I’m a chef, I specialize in pastries, but I can do anything, test me. I’m have been catering on my own as Dessert First! for almost six years now. When I’m not cooking I’m usually on the land driving a nail into something, using some kind of power tool, or goat wrestling. I am a political activist by day, a party grrl by night and am happiest when both are going on at the same time. I volunteer most of my free time to organizations that fight for the environment and social justice (equal rights, labor rights, the homeless, ect). The rest of my free time is spent either in jail or dancing the night a way….”it’s not my revolution if I can’t dance” –Emma Goldman
- Interests
- My passion is cooking, but I also love hiking/backpacking/camping, campfires w/marshmallows, music, dancing, mycology, gardening, eco-friendly/light footprint/sustainable building
- Organizations I belong to
- I don't belong to groups that would have me as a member
- My website
- http://myspace.com/muttz77
- Books
- I'll read anything by; Peter Matthiessen, Toni Morrison, Mary Brave Bird, Ward Churchill, Angela Davis, Alice Walker...there are so many to choose from, these are just a few of my favorites
- Music
- Jello Biafra, Johnny Cash, Epoxies, Ramones, Devo, Rancid, anti-flag, Offspring, Dead Kennedy’s, Mr. Bungle, Ministry, Authority Zero, the Soviettes, DOA, RX Bandits, the Reverend Horton Heat, Strike Anywhere, the Ataris, Bad Religion, Germs, D.I., Operation Ivy, Dropkick Murphy’s, No use for a name, Gogol Bordello, Flogging Molly, Dillenger Escape Plan, Decendents, Against me, Flaming Lips, the Lawrence Arms, Subhumans, Swingin’ Utters, NOFX, the Clash, Men's Recovery Project, Jackson Brown, They Might Be Giants ,Jazz Butcher, Iggy Popp, The Breeders, Billy Bragg, Horrorpops, Stranglers, Johnny Thunders, Manic Hispanic, Beastie Boys, Bloodhound Gang, Primus, Dead Milkmen, Sonic Youth, Bob Dylan.
- Movies
- The Edukators, Good Bye, Lenin!, Trudell: Independent Lens, Natural Born Killers, Sophie Scholl: The final days, Reds, Everything is Illuminated, Catch 22, Salvador, Real women have Curves, Amelie, the Inconvenient truth, The Education of Shelby Knox, Malcolm X, Train Spotting, But I’m a cheer leader, Jesus Camp, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Fargo, Boys on the side, What’s eating Gilbert Grape, Hustle & Flow, Saving Grace, The Virgin Suicides, Raising Arizona, , Sir! No Sir!, all the Star Wars, Night on Earth, Heathers, Who Killed the Electric Car?, The Evil Dead, Evil Dead II, and Army of Darkness
Anything by; Kevin Smith, Mel Brooks, Monty Python, or has Marilyn Monroe or Johnny Depp
- Heroes and influences
- I think the term “hero” is a bit cliché, we are all humans with the same capacity for greatness, and it’s all about the choices we make. The people I admire and respect are; first of all my grandmother who was not only a Rosie the riveter but also one of the first WAC’s (she was also known to go to bars after work and show off her well earned muscles), Harriet Tubman, Malcolm X, Mahatma Gandhi, John Trudell, The Suffragettes,Emma Goldman, Che Guevara (of course), Fidel Castro....I think you get the idea
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Pat
Seriously...
I am happy you have joined us here at A28! Since I've become an 'adult' LOL I tend to avoid "scary" movies...I have my own demons that I struggle with all on my own. :-) And, I love most of Tim Burton's work, especially with Johnny Depp, so I had preconceived expectations going in to see the movie...let's just say I was caught completely off guard by the dark side of this movie! :-) I went to the movie, looking for a nice 2 hour break from the reality of our country & our planet...
I guess if they didn't sing throughout the whole movie it would have been much worse for me to watch. :-)
Anyway, I will probably send you a personal message rather than take up anymore space on your comment board!
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laugh for peace
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