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I work in the Biological Sciences department at the University of Santa Cruz; GO SLUGS!

On my own time, I draw, paint, do photography, scrapbook, sew, lino-cut, print, embroider, garden, sculpt, read, and take naps with my cats.

Favorite color: green

Favorite ice cream: haagen dazs sticky toffee pudding

Favorite beverage: martinelli's cranberry apple sparkling cider

New... well, old/revived obsession: roller skating and hula hooping. useless bit of trivia, this year (2008) is the 50th anniversary of the hula hoop.

Secret wish: that I had a pet skunk

Portis Head, Jack Johnhson, Coldplay, Beck, G. Love and Special Sauce, Tom Petty, Pink Floyd, Bob Seger, and so many others...

Lamb, The Secret Life of Laszlo Count Dracula, Another Roadside Attraction, Middlesex, Tipping the Velvet, The Beach, Perfume, The Corrections, The Virgin Blue

Scrubs, Miami Ink, Food Network, LA Ink, Flight of the Conchords

White Oleander, Predator, Almost Famous, The Mummy, Life as a House, Stand by Me, Enemy at the Gate, Pirates of the Caribbean, Hot Fuzz, The Boondock Saints, Van Wilder, The Elephant Man, Napolean Dynamite, The Lost Boys, The Notebook, Austin Powers, Wayne's World, Nightmare Before Christmas, Eagle Vs. Shark The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Amelie

I have very particular taste in a loose sort of way...

I love burlesque images, vintage circus images, dark and edgy sometimes disturbing images; love vintage posters and advertisements, some whimsical items, illuminated manuscripts, face playing cards (especially jokers), photos of shoes hanging on phone wires, rik rak...

Seals and sealing wax...

I LOVE skunks, mushrooms, and owls. No-bake cheesecake, spanish olives, and fresh homemade bread with butter. I like the colors orange and brown, dandylions, and rununculas, peacocks and sea horses. I like trees and opossums, earrings and Etsy.

I love Dia de los Muertos... all things skeleton/skull. I love devil images (any and all), I have a collection of smashed pennies. I love rocks and collect a tiny bit (about a film container full) of sand from every place I've been. I love true retro things... I think roller skates are cute and did I mention that I love skunks?! :)

I like pinecones and old children's books. I love illustrations.

I love stencil/graffiti art, tattoos, satyrs, and alice in wonderland. I love vintage pin-ups, and old cartoons, sock monkey's and snails. Iron on/sew on patches are a favorite thing, succulents, octopi, kracken, and anatomical hearts.

I love stories, myths, and fairy tales. The Krampus especially.

I love christmas stockings. I love scarves and beanies even though the weather here doesn't call for them often.

I love aprons and cute monsters. Fat quarters of fabric and soft bodied dolls with carved wooden heads. little boxes and containers. pillows. cake plates. flower pots. ribbon.

Misha Gordin, Vladimir Kush, Kay Charao, Douglas Fey, Larry Boos, Arunas Zilys, Daniel Work, John William Waterhouse, James C. Christensen, Michael Godard, Jose Guadalupe Posada, Michael Hussar, Marilyn Minter, Artemio Rodriguez, Dave McKean, Brian Doogan, Lucia Johnson, Hilarie Tasche's birds, Nisfornate from Etsy, John w. Goldman