The Basics

Name Shannon
Age 28
Location

Los Angeles, CA
About Me Goofy comic book editor living in sunny Los Angeles. I adore fabulous evenings with fabulous friends, indie comics, old Hollywood dames, embarrassing pop culture of all kinds and luscious dumplings. BE MY FRIEND.
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Lesbian
Website/Blog/Tumblr http://shanito.tumblr.com
Looking For Queer Friends in my Area
Relationship Status In a Relationship

What I Like

Favorite Writers

Sarah Vowell, David Sedaris, Sappho, Virginia Woolf, ee cummings, JK Rowling, Lucy Knisley, Jeff Smith, Chynna Clugston, Terry Moore, Craig Thompson
Favorite Books

Assassination Vacation, The Commitment, The Symposium, Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs, Harry Freakin' Potter, Blankets, Bone, Blue Monday, The Once and Future King, Jurassic Park, Hopeless Savages
Favorite Queer Books

Strangers in Paradise, Potential, Fun Home
Favorite Movies

The Little Mermaid, Amelie, Clueless, classic Hollywood musicals (especially anything featuring Julie Andrews), animated Disney features, Josie and the Pussycats, The Incredibles (and anything Pixar's made BECAUSE I'M HUMAN and a huge animation geek), Princess Mononoke (Studio Ghibi…same deal as Pixar), shitty teen movies (especially those made between 1994-2003)
Favorite TV Shows

Pushing Daisies, Daria, 30 Rock, iCarly, Skins Gen. 2, Alias, Parks and Recreation
Favorite Music

+ Moonpools and Caterpillars
+ Late 90s/early 00s pop-rock of a pop-punk/soulful alternative persuasion
+ Old-school Alanis
+ Anything with a banjo/harmonica/fiddle and an attitude
+ Those motherfucking Goo Goo Dolls
+ Gals singing anything raw/gorgeous/badass
+ Hollywood musical soundtracks
+ That shit your starry-eyed/too-innocent 13-year-old cousin plays when she daydreams in her room.
+ Something Corporate…especially the 9-minute piano-rock masterpiece that is "Konstantine"
+ That one song Rogue Wave sings about the eyes
+ Third Eye Blind when it gets LOUD
+ Jimmy Eat World…especially "Kill"
Favorite Sandwich

The Godmother from Bay Cities Deli in Santa Monica
Favorite Thing on Autostraddle.com

FEELINGS.

Who I Am

Virtues Talkative and outgoing in a way that eases awkward situations | Knows intimate details about the Babysitter's Club | Can babble in a decent way about (some) fancy literature (thanks English degree!) | Somehow manages to keep Adorable Studious Girlfriend around |
Vices High School Musical 3: Senior Year | The music of Taylor Swift | Teen movies from the 90's | Burrata Cheese |
Are You Out To Your.... Member(s) of Immediate Family, Close Friends, School/Work, It's Complicated
Preferred Underpants Traditional Girl's Underpants