Stormi D
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Advertising |
| Occupation | Consultant |
| Location | San Francisco, CA, United States |
| Introduction | To thine own self be true, even when it sucks. |
| Interests | Old-school Step Aerobicizing, Pilates, daydreaming, active bitching, passive napping, playing the either/or game, avoiding both CAs and mustard bum, procrastinating, completing all three SF Chronicle Sunday crossword puzzles in record time, filling in Pixie Pit online Scrabble boxes, bumbling through a mid-life crisis, great food plus Cheezits & Butterfingers, Scorpion bowls at Trad'r Sams, good red wine but also Gouder, people watching, live entertainment (as long as it's less than 90 minutes), reading, piggy-bank blue/pink sunsets, living a regret-free life, NyQuil, massive rain/thunder/lightening storms, anything ocean/beach-related, the perfect kiss, watching world unfold and being able to unfold with it, being a drama queen, things that can't be explained by reason, BIG MON-AYYY or giant MegaMillions (whichever comes first), Mr. Black, celebrity gossip, traveling to worlds that are not my own (real & imagined) - especially on a Dragoman truck, avoiding "the vortex" at all costs, pirate speak, recognizing the moments of perfect contentment - even when they're small, figuring out the magic formula for happiness . . |
| Favorite Movies | LOTR (all of 'em), An Officer and a Gentleman, Grease, Man Facing Southeast, A Star is Born (with Streisand/Kristofferson), Jesus Christ Superstar, Blair Witch Project, The Shining (original), Saturday Night Fever, It's a Wonderful Life, No Country for Old Men, Slumdog Millionaire, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, This Boy's Life, Diary of a Mad Housewife, Donnie Darko, Flight of the Conchords |
| Favorite Music | Rock from my high school days (Aerosmith, Blondie, Elton John, The Cars, Cheap Trick, KISS, Journey, Pink Floyd, Lover Boy, Foreigner, Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, The Babys, Nazareth, Sweet) stuff from my still-formative years (Chili Peppers, Tom Petty, Donny Iris, Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music, Joe Jackson, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, REM, G&R, Yaz, Peter Gabriel), The Man in Black, non-acid jazz, Jesus Christ Superstar soundtrack, Kings of Leon, Into the Wild soundtrack, Nickelback |
| Favorite Books | A Prayer for Owen Meany, The Hobbit/LOTR/Silmarillion, The Shining, Einstein's Dreams, James and the Giant Peach, The Kite Runner, The Glassblowers' Children, The Little Prince, Blindness, Giant Golden Book of Elves and Fairies (not for stories but for Garth Williams' illustrations), Life of Pi, The Wind's Twelve Quarters (specifically The Others Who Walk Away from Omelas), my own journals, Rant, The Strange Life of Ivan Osokin, Sorry Please Thank You Stories, anything by Haruki Murakami, The Buddha in the Attic |
That can't really be a fish you're standing on, can it?
Why is a duck?