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An Epiphany A Minute
Extraordinary Machine
Basic Account, Created on 14 May 2003 (#1059830), Last updated on 18 February 2010 [Gift]
- Name:
- Extraordinary Machine
- Location:
- California, United States
- Website:
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- Interests: (146)
- alice walker, alternative press, ani difranco, anxiety, art, beat writing, being real, ben folds five, better than chocolate, bitch and animal, broadcast journalism, burt's bees, butch, butch-femme, butches, cake, camping, changing rooms, chemistry, civic journalism, cooking, copy editing, creativity, dar williams, david sedaris, deadlines, dorothy parker, drag kings, dykes, eddie izzard, editing, editorials, ethics, fat, female masculinity, feminism, femme, femmes, first amendment, fishnet stockings, foia, freedom forum, freedom of information act, friends, frugality, funk, gardening, garters, gender, gilmore girls, happy sex, headlines, high fashion, high heels, hiking, honest women, honesty, humor, ice skating wipeouts, indigo girls, investigative reporting, iron chef, irony, janeane garofalo, jeanene garofalo, john mayer, jon stewart, journalism, journalists, karma, kids in the hall, kirtan, kissing, laughing, lesbians, lesbolicious, lipstick, liz phair, lounging, lucinda williams, lucy kaplansky, lyle lovett, m*a*s*h, mac cosmetics, making out, mangos, margaret atwood, mary janes, meditation, melissa ferrick, molly shannon, muckraking, new wave, news, newspapers, npr, objectivity, organic produce, outlet stores, paul simon, photojournalism, poynter, print journalism, pro-choice, queer, queer as folk, radical femininity, reading, relationships, rem, reporters, reporting, romantic comedies, sarah waters, sarcasm, self-improvement, shoe whores, smart women, soft butches, soulbelly, sources, spj, steve zahn, subverting the dominant paradigm, tarot, tea, thai food, the beatles, the butchies, the smiths, they might be giants, this american life, thrift stores, toshi reagon, trading spaces, used books, vintage, vintage clothes, wally lamb, weezer, what not to wear, willie nelson, women, women's studies, writing, yoga
- Bio
- I am a red-haired, blue eyed girl in San Francisco. I'm a freelance writer and editor, focusing on sexual health, mental health, body image and weight issues. I'm trying to find time to write fiction and have a life on top of it. I live in a house with my 69-year-old landlady and her three neurotic little yippy dogs. And after years of flailing, I'm getting my shit together.
And now two quotes I would apply not just to writing but life in general:Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way. --E.L. Doctorow
Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is the main obstacle between you and a shitty first draft. -- Anne Lamott
Having said that, most of this journal is not about lofty goals. It's about my daily life (duh), my girlfriend, MUNI, my garden, my ever-changing plans, my friends, my food, my relationships and my fears. It's a good time.