this is really lame, just a heads up.  i don’t feel like changing it just now but i’m not going to delete it either.

my name’s tessa.

i secretly love people who call me tess.

21.

13 piercings, 2 tattoos.

i play guitar and sing.

you can find me on youtube at www.youtube.com/misstessarose

i’m studying psychology at uc santa cruz.

graduating in june.

i have no idea what i’m doing after that but i’m hoping to stay here and/or travel.

i love cats. (and can’t wait til i have a permanent place of residence and enough money to have one again.)

i’m a feminist.

femme.  queer.

i love music.  so much music.  arg where to start?

hmmm some favorites: elliott smith, tegan and sara, the smiths, bob dylan, stars, the beatles, radiohead, the doors, cat power, joni mitchell, olivia broadfield, bon iver, shawn colvin, best coast, iron and wine, morrissey, cocorosie, simon and garfunkel, the cure, the cranberries, ani difranco, cut copy, edit, explosions in the sky, fleetwood mac, le tigre, metric, leona naess, gregory and the hawk, modest mouse, beth orton, pixies, local natives, pomplamoose, rolling stones, sia, tristin prettyman, mazzy star, taylor swift (no shame), kt tunstall, yeah yeah yeahs, pink floyd, the xx, patty griffin, sigur ros, brand new, sufjan stevens, sheryl crow, eva cassidy, amy millan, coldplay… to name just a few.

i feel like some of those are a terrible representation of what i listen to, but oh well… take a look around my blog and find out for yourself.

i sing in an a cappella group.  (alto 2 represent!)

we’re called the hightones.

you can find us on youtube at www.youtube.com/ucschightones

or on facebook at www.facebook.com/hightones

i’ve openly loved the ladies since i was 13.

born in seattle.

raised in portland.

high school in socal.

college in santa cruz.