SARAH, THE PIRATE.
My name is Sarah and I live at the edge of the forest. I just turned 25. It wasn't as
hard as I thought it was going to be. For one thing, there were a surprisingly small number of entrance exams,
and it required absolutely no death defying stunts. Which is a shame because I practiced shadow boxing tigers for
HOURS.
I live in Chilliwack, BC which is about an hour and a half from Vancouver, or 45 minutes if you break all speeding laws. I just moved here from the Queen Charlotte Islands, where I worked in a Laboratory and frequently broke out into song with my cousins Max and Melissa. I miss them to pieces, but ... onto the next great adventure!
I've had a website since 1998, so I was this cool even back in high school, when I'd skip french class to
update my geocities page in the computer lab. While wearing overalls. And sporting super hot unbrushed hair. I didn't
officially become high school cool until I joined the debating club, wherein I once infamously referenced "penis enlarger"
to successfully win an argument.
I take pictures every single day. I've made a few movies
in my day, one of which I would describe as, "Very sad clown flipping pancakes." I was published in an anthology of poetry entitled Cinders.
I have a brother named Brad. He is hilariously offensive, awesome and My boyfriend is a VIKING. I work as a gardener, and I am slowly learning the latin names for plants. Watch me rock your world with my knowledge of equevaria, and my fierce hatred of phormium. My favourite plant so far is the wild bleeding heart, and yesterday I learned about euphorbia's poisonous properties. The best way to lose weight: make your main source of income physical labour, then inwardly battle the urge to nap daily versus firm abs and a tight ass. I am going to Mejico in 2009, and by God, I tend to AT LEAST wear hot pants.
Sometimes I have my grandmother's smile.available (Sorry ladies!) My dad is a minister who frequently sings spontaneously in restaurants. My mom is
a retired kindergarten teacher, who battled years of jam hands with much humour. I am also related to an axe murderer, who, according to familial legend, bought a round of drinks for everyone while they hung the rope up on the gallows. That's how we Sovereigns roll.
PICTURES THAT MEAN STUFF:
I love Mix Tapes.
Reading Is Sexy: The Bell Jar. Not Wanted On the Voyage. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Macbeth. The Golden Compass. The Sandman. BUST magazine. A Clockwork Orange. The Old Man and the Sea. Where the Wild Things Are. Alice In Wonderland. The Raven. The Faery Reel. Little Women. Poems: Annabel Lee. April Morning. Carmen de Boheme. Stopped by the Woods On a Snowly Evening. Daffodils.
I love movies: Amelie. Moulin Rouge. Return to Oz. Practical Magic. The Labyrinth. The Storyteller. Boondock Saints. The Meaning of Life. About A Boy. The Princess Bride. [ Office Space. The Lost Boys. Citizen Kane. The Bicycle Thief. Pulp Fiction. The Dark Crystal. Night of the Creeps. The Shining. Dirty Dancing. House on Haunted Hill. The Fifth Element. Beetlejuice. Fried Green Tomatoes. Slither. Little Miss Sunshine. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. my movie!. Planet Terror. Dawn of the Dead. Black Snake Moan.
Artists: Brian Froud. Genie McChane. Alphonse Mucha. Salvador Dali. Charles Vess. Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. Arthur Rackham. Georgia O'Keeffe. Emily Carr. Gustav Klimt. Johanna Ost. Photographers: Amy Nieto. Josh Mitchell. Elizabeth Patterson. James Nachtwey. Melissa Lyttle. Heather Champ. Annie Leibovitz. My dad. Harry Callahan. Robert Doisneau. Herb Ritts. Julia Margaret Cameron. Leni Reifenstahl. Liselotte Erikkson.
Music: Marianne Faithfull. Heart. Sinead O'Connor. Stevie Nicks. Jann Arden. Leonard Cohen. Led Zeppelin. Hole. The Cranberries. Sarah Harmer. Sarah Slean. Rilo Kiley. Jenny Lewis. Feist. Mazzy Star. Cyndi Lauper. The Be Good Tanyas. Veruca Salt. Jolie Holland. Fleetwood Mac. Emmylou Harris. Neko Case. Sigur Ros. David Bowie. Nelly Furtarded. The Tragically Hip. Ani DiFranco. Metric. Bob Dylan. CCR. Blind Melon. Janis Joplin. Cowboy Junkies. The Cure. Ben Harper. lisa loeb. Bat for Lashes. CocoRosie. Tears for Fears. Joni Mitchell. Le Tigre. Nouvelle Vague. Radiohead. The White Stripes. Black Sabbath.
Favourite Pirate: Pirate Jenny as sung by Marianne Faithfull. Favourite colours: Turquoise. Lilac. Light green. Orange.
Quote: "The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!"" - Jack Kerouac
"Well I replace you... WITH THE NIGHT!" - Sarah Silverman
"I got twenty-five dollars that says you wanna burn this woman down." - R.P. McMurphy
Things I Like: photography. post-midnight summer swims. reading. thrift stores. folklore. art. cemeteries. magic. writing. thursdays. poetry. road trips. oh god coffee yes please. the sea. yard sales. dragons. books. libraries. tarot. faeries. zombies. spells. music. dancing. adventures. ghosts. cupcakes. puppies. pirates. pirate ghosts. pirate zombies!. podgy. postcards. words. audio cassette tapes. partially edible kitchen experimentation. dreams. radio shows. polaroids. fresh air. constellations. starfish. whales. nicknames. spiral shells. the fog. jellyfish. seahorses. hats. sarah bernhardt. cameras. Things I Don't: jam hands. celebrity gossip. tapered pants.
Credits: Brushes by Miss M.