User:TheKarenThing

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They Might Be Giants is this user's favorite band. This user lives in Newton, MA. This user's AIM screen name is thekarenthing. This user's favorite John is John Flansburgh. This user's favorite album is Flood. This user's favorite Venue Song is Asheville. This user plays keyboard.

Hello there! I'm Karen, your quasi-average High School student. I like pink hair, Hufflepuffs, Speech (specifically Extemp), activism, and of course, TMBG. I discovered them fairly recently from an IndieFeed Podcast (which in turn I discovered thanks to an awesome friend) episode released a bit after The Else, featuring Take Out The Trash. Since then, I have developed quite an obsession. Also, I'm a huge news junkie, liberal but most certainly open-minded, so feel free to talk!

Favorites

TMBG Songs

• Purple Toupee
• Women And Men
• The Shadow Government
• The Guitar
• Birdhouse in Your Soul
• Museum of Idiots

Books/Works of Literature

• Empire Star by Samuel R. Delany
• A Handbook to Luck by Cristina García
• America: The Book by Jon Stewart
• Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
• A Soldier Dreaming of White Lilies by Mahmoud Darwish
• Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett (not the one by John Knox!)

Movies/TV Shows

• Promises
• Night on the Galactic Railroad
• Persepolis
• Leila Khaled: Hijacker
• Good Bye, Lenin!
• The Mighty Boosh
• The Daily Show

People (Fictional and Real)

• Leila Khaled
• Comet Jo
• Leon Trotsky
• Fred Weasley
• John Flansburgh
• John Linnell
• Doctor Worm

Random TMBG Stuff

I sadly admit that...

I have so far never been to a TMBG concert. That time they came to Northampton, I felt I had to stay home because my grandfather at that time was very sick, and Northampton is about a 2 hour drive from the metro Boston area. Also, I'm your typical stereotypical Asian and worry about my grades a lot.

Also, I haven't purchased Long Tall Weekend or Mink Car. I've listened to several tracks one way or another, which makes me feel pretty guilty inside.

I proudly boast that...

I have been to the high school of John and John. As a member of my High School (Newton South) Speech Team which in turn is a member of the Massachusetts Forensic League along with Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, I attended the annual Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School Tournament. Granted, the school had been rebuilt since John and John went there, but I was still pretty giddy. Yay?

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