 My favorite diaries:
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inarticulate profile - diary |
| comments: Superlative domestic drama, written by a pro. |
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oneblackbird profile - diary |
| comments: Fan-fucking-tastic. Every entry a gift. |
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hodgson profile - diary |
| comments: ¡What an imagination this pocho has on him! |
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midnighthope profile - diary |
| comments: Dean's list and drag queens and bull whips, ¡oh my! |
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throcky profile - diary |
| comments: I wish she were my mother. Or writing coach. Or both. I need the aura of respectability she conveys. |
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riatsala profile - diary |
| comments: "I am like a great coffee: the lively sparkle on the palate is acidity." (true!) "Unlike coffee, however, I inspire not so much addiction as surfeit, followed by total abstinence." (false, false, false!) |
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sooner profile - diary |
| comments: Snarky! |
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fleeting-gem profile - diary |
| comments: Hell Ay in a fake Prada handbasket |
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itrymybest profile - diary |
| comments: ... and she has natural talent, to boot. |
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rampion profile - diary |
| comments: Good times. Good times. |
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jessicam profile - diary |
| comments: Two words: lubricious glue |
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espagnola71 profile - diary |
| comments: Habla castellano! |
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waterstain profile - diary |
| comments: "now 20% better than spontaneously combusting" |
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in-my-life profile - diary |
| comments: Never-prosaic prose. |
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insilico profile - diary |
| comments: Still the sharpest tool in the shed. |
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theshivers profile - diary |
| comments: Because I can't stop. |
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eyesonthesky profile - diary |
| comments: Riquísima. |
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la-the-sage profile - diary |
| comments: I love LA! |
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autumnal profile - diary |
| comments: Stunning. |
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troilus profile - diary |
| comments: The Norton Anthology of Diarylandia. |
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floor-corn profile - diary |
| comments: I am entertained! |
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mawm profile - diary |
| comments: Because she's a lot like someone else I know |
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lady-pilot profile - diary |
My favorite music: |
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Juanita Reina |
| comments: Charles Nelson Reilly on estrogen. |
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Los Panchos |
| comments: These guys are (were) great, especially if you like boleros, which Eydie Gorme and I do. |
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Elvis Costello |
| comments: Meandering melodies and bitterly clever, if meaningless, lyrics |
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Pixies |
| comments: Cheaper than hypnosis, and much more fun! |
My favorite movies: |
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Now, Voyager |
| comments: Bette Davis is transcendent in this otherwise poorly acted melodrama. |
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All About Eve |
| comments: I have a secret thing for George Sanders. Well, at least it used to be a secret. Another Bette Davis triumph! |
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Memento |
| comments: Neuron-tangling fun! |
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House of Games |
| comments: More twists and turns than the Kama Sutra. |
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Pride and Prejudice |
| comments: The Colin Firth version, claro! This is a cheap, if time-consuming analgesic. |
My favorite authors: |
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Martin Amis |
| comments: I'm thinking Time's Arrow here, not London Fields, etc. |
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John Barth |
| comments: Metafiction with a heart of gold. |
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A.S. Byatt |
| comments: Runs circles around her sister Margaret. |
