ex·pa·ti·ates (ĭk-spā'shē-āts')
1. Speaks or writes at length: she expatiates on the subject until everyone else runs away.
2. Wanders freely.

tracy. 26. aquarius. only child. florida girl. liberal democrat. can be found: procrastinating. running with scissors. being afraid of the dark. spending money she doesn't have. talking too much, too fast, and too loudly. feeling cautiously optimistic. winning arguments. feeding her ipod. wasting away in margaritaville. fumbling through basic html coding. enjoys: random acts of kindness. tragic heroes. hating george bush. possibly hating dick cheney even more. RENT. writing. writing. writing. reading. writing more. broadway. watching too many movies. and too much television, for that matter. gratuitous swearing. gratuitous anything, really. damning the man; saving the empire. pop culture. feeling infinite. is: a total insomniac. a carrie. enfp. ravenclaw. blogger. starbucks devotee. somewhere between obsessive and compulsive. more neurotic than any five woody allen movies. music whore. pete wentz enthusiast. favorite fruit is chocolate-covered cherries and seedless watermelon. cries at movies. and movie trailers, sometimes. looks for (and usually finds) the beauty in everything. won't stop believing, because journey said not to. attempts to come across as more cynical than she actually is...and is probably less naive than she appears. rarely speaks about herself in the third person, despite what this intro might lead you to believe. doesn't sweat the small stuff. never met a gadget she didn't covet, eventually buy, and then end up breaking. loves the beach. loves live music. loves to dance. hates hypocrisy, narrow-mindedness and pickles. can't think of anything else.

rock, pop, alternative, indie, broadway, mika, blake lewis, stereophonics, robbie williams, ryan adams, bright eyes, stars, rufus wainwright, blue october, jack's mannequin, something corporate, butch walker, emiliana torrini, antony and the johnsons, placebo, regina spektor, pixies, mike doughty, arcade fire, the new porographers, old 97's, rhett miller, air, rachael yamagata, our lady peace, sondre lerche, neutral milk hotel, andrew bird, sigur rós, sia, massive attack, fall out boy, panic! at the disco, the academy is

pulp fiction, memento, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, almost famous, adaptation, being john malkovich, goodfellas, casino, the departed, little miss sunshine, crash, kill bill vol. 1 & 2, confessions of a dangerous mind, matchstick men, reservoir dogs, vanilla sky, american beauty, the others, mulholland drive, minority report, sin city, the big lebowski, a beautiful mind, as good as it gets, fight club, 25th hour, 21 grams, blow, say anything, all of kevin smith's movies except jersey girl, all the frat pack movies, charlie kaufman, martin scorsese, cameron crowe, quentin tarantino

friday night lights, the oc, the office, dexter, prison break, heroes, my so-called life, weeds, dead like me, sex and the city, arrested development, pushing daisies

invisible monsters (and everything by chuck palahniuk), memoirs of a geisha, i lucifer, the amazing adventures of kavalier & clay (and everything by michael chabon), lamb: the gospel according to biff christ's childhood pal (and everything by christopher moore), breakfast of champions (and anything by kurt vonnegut), sex drugs and cocoa puffs: a low culture manifesto (and anything by chuck klosterman), dangerous angels (and anything by francesca lia block), in her shoes (and anything by jennifer weiner), the divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood, she's come undone, i know this much is true, girlfriend in a coma (and anything by douglas coupland), on the road, the harry potter series, the perks of being a wallflower, lucky, the lovely bones