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Alexa ♥

Veritas Odium Parit.

About Me


Mother, wife, sister, daughter, granddaughter, niece, cousin, aunt, friend, lover, hater, hussy, equitable, spectator, participant, woman.

The quintessential social butterfly.

My Interests


Making the world safe for my daughter, history, cooking, booming bass beats, spine-tingling melodies, the art of lyricism, cocktails, criminology, sports and outdoor activities, tattoos, dance!

I'd like to meet:


myself in 20 years; Ewoks; people of substance; Jack Nicholson; Gina Gershon; Mickey Rourke (before his boxing days); McLOVIN.; Christopher Walken; wine connoisseurs; mythical creatures- & those with the 'magic touch'.

Music:


one word- RANDOM.

Every song I listen to usually has a correlation to a person in my life, a place that I have visited, or some situation I'm going through. Music is my outlet; without it I'd be lost.

Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Blondie, Patty Smyth, The Boss, Concrete Blonde, Pearl Jam, Wilco, Morcheeba, Alice in Chains, Hem, Sublime, Pearl Jam, Band of Horses, Jem, Dido, Tori Amos, White Stripes, Swollen Members, Cypress Hill, Living Legends, Dilated Peoples, Bob Marley, Eek-A-Mouse, Johnny Cash, Dusty Springfield, Butch Walker, Dwight Yoakam, Tammy Wynette, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Garth Brooks, Carole King, Pantera, Skid Row, Op Ivy, DK, Bad Religion. An eclectic mix that could go on forever really...

Movies:


True Romance, Boondock Saints, Chocolat, Edward Scissorhands, Fried Green Tomatoes, Teen Witch, The Boy Who Could Fly, Girl Interrupted, 28 Days,

Practical Magic, Labyrinth, Legend, The Peanut Butter Solution, The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking, The Little Prince, The Goonies, Cutthroat Island, Pirates of the Carribean, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Thelma & Louise, Gladiator, Feeling Minnesota, Cold Mountain, Riding in Cars with Boys, The Big Lebowski, Look Who's Talking, Kalifornia, Se7en, Hysterical Blindness, Reality Bites.

Television:


Jeopardy, Weeds, Dexter, Heroes, Dirt, True Crime docs, The Soprano's, The Food Network, Amazing Vacation Homes, Look What I Made!, Friends.

Books:


Merriam-Webster, Roget's, The Boxcar Children, The Celestine Prophecy, White Oleander, The Big Book, Fast Food Nation, Get Me Out of Here, Reefer Madness, The Little Prince, Sazia's baby book, The Joyful Child, The Second Wives Club.

Heroes:


Pippi Longstocking, Karen Walker.

My Blog

Accurate- if Im being honest.

Advanced Global Personality Test Results ..> ..> Extraversion |||||||||||||||||| 76% Stability |||||||||||| 43% Orderliness |||||||||||||| 53% Accommodation |||||||||||| 50% Interdependence ...
Posted by Alexa ♥ on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:57:00 PST

Tit for tat.

I have come to the conclusion that no matter the number of years that may have passed, sometimes.... the friends you make as a child, may always remain in your heart. People always go through "phases"...
Posted by Alexa ♥ on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 12:59:00 PST

Are you fucking kidding me?

This sums up the past 5 days. The amount of anger and sorrow I feel cannot totally be into words; and I'm pretty damn articulate. "All consuming"... that may work....  I will say this though- wi...
Posted by Alexa ♥ on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:28:00 PST

Talk about CHANGE!

As I type with one hand because I'm holding my daughter in the other, I am still amazed at how beautiful she is. These past 10 days have been the most draining, yet most fulfulling of my life. Be...
Posted by Alexa ♥ on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 06:31:00 PST

Cloud 9

Lately I have been more grateful than ever for all of the blessings in my life. I have a wonderful man in my life that loves me; I'm going to be a mother to a baby girl; I've started a new job that ac...
Posted by Alexa ♥ on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:33:00 PST

Sand slips through my fingers.

Today I've thought a lot about people I've met in my life, and who's still present and who is lost. With all of the world remembering the 9/11 disaster, it's hard not to think about those who are gone...
Posted by Alexa ♥ on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 12:05:00 PST

Our little girl..

Today we found out that we're having a girl!!! All signs indicated she is perfectly healthy- we were more than relieved. Her name will be Sasia Victoria Andrade. Sasia was kinda made up when I was res...
Posted by Alexa ♥ on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 04:15:00 PST

Loss

Two years ago today my best friend in the world, the person I trusted most- the woman I thought of as my mother, passed away. Vicki was the most inspirational figure in my life. She loved an...
Posted by Alexa ♥ on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 09:20:00 PST