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A bit more about massdistraction...
| Hometown: |
St. Paul, MN |
| Occupation: |
support specialist, writer, hipmama, long-time vegan |
| Interests: |
my son,
photography,
scrabble,
travel,
reading,
writing,
NaNoWriMo,
music,
movies,
blogging,
veganism,
graffiti,
street art,
toys,
random weird stuff,
people who are awesome at life
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| Favorite Books & Authors: |
Margaret Atwood,
Kage Baker,
Michael Chabon,
Neil Gaiman,
Ariel Gore,
Anne Lamott,
Ursula K LeGuin,
Philip Pullman,
David Sedaris,
Lemony Snicket,
Neal Stephenson,
Banana Yoshimoto (specific books: Door in the Hedge,
A Handmaid's Tale,
Stardust,
American Gods,
Cryptonomicon,
Snow Crash,
Hyperion series,
Between Silk and Cyanide,
Tales from Earthsea,
Dune series,
The Codex Seraphinianus,
His Dark Materials trilogy,
Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Klay),
Robin McKinley
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| Favorite Movies, Stars & Directors: |
Hot Fuzz,
Shaun of the Dead,
anything Joss Whedon's been involved with,
Koyaanisqatsi,
The Princess Bride,
Amelie,
In the Mood for Love,
Happy Accidents,
Double Happiness,
Monsoon Wedding,
Ikuru,
Antonia's Line,
Samurai Fiction,
Wild Zero,
Anna Magdalena,
Strictly Ballroom,
The Big Lebowski,
Almost Famous,
Someone Like Hodder,
Wings of Desire,
Brazil,
Kill Bill,
My Neighbor Totoro,
Cowboy Bebop
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| Favorite Music & Artists: |
Unbroken,
Santogold,
Low,
Botch,
Threadbare,
The Misfits,
The Cure,
Blonde Redhead,
Manitoba,
Jawbox,
Refused,
Sigur Ros,
Neko Case,
Fugazi,
Mirah,
Los Crudos,
Kristin Hersh,
Ted Leo,
Magnetic Fields,
Flaming Lips,
New Order,
The Pixies,
Wire,
Ry Cooder,
Le Tigre,
Zap Mama,
Bjork,
Cocteau Twins,
The Thermals,
His Hero is Gone,
Tragedy,
Call the Police,
Mountain Goats,
Andrew Bird,
M.I.A.,
Signal to Trust,
Nina Simone,
TV on the Radio
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Testimonials
sheelarofthenorth says:
"i want sharyn to take all the photos for every thing i ever bake.
EVER.
and she gets free samples 4 life!"
bakelitebrite says:
"She sees art and design in everything and makes it look damn good!"
Princess Valium says:
"After all this time on Flickr, I can't believe nobody has written a testimonial about Sharyn. So I'll be happy to do so.
I love her work, whether it's on her blog or in her photos. It's vibrant, personal, funny without being facile and candid.
Her sense of color and framing makes you feel like you're eating a bag of Skittles in a ball pit at the Chuck E. Cheese.
I love the glimpses she shares as a hipster mom. I like her photos so much that they even make me want to go to Minnesota in the dead of winter because it looks like so much fun."
timdawks says:
"What can I say about Sharyn? She always finds a way to turn even the most mundance moment into an explosion of (to steal from Flickr) interestingness. I have been reading her stuff over at massdistraction.org for years, and I am never disappointed. Her photos rock, and so does her prose. She is a storyteller extraordinaire!"
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