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Courtney

RAZORS PAIN YOU; RIVERS ARE DAMP; ACIDS STAIN YOU; AND DRUGS CAUSE CRAMP. GUNS AREN'T LAWFUL; NOOSES

About Me


I KNOW I AM BUT WHAT ARE YOU????Layout Provided By FreeCodeSource.com - Myspace LayoutsI am a WIFE and MOTHER first and foremost.Myspace Contact TablesWHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER: I've had a chronic pain condition for almost 7 years (from surgical mishap where doctor punctured intestine trying to remove gallstone from my common duct). What's funny is they took my gallbladder out in 1983! Of COURSE I still produces gallstones without it...I always have to be the one in a million that does. I also suffer from Post-Herpectic Neuralgia and Chronic Shingles. Fortunately, the former is on the right side and the latter on the left... unfortunately it's like having pain in stereo. Then again, my clothes brushing against my skin is painful.HA! They say laughter is the best medicine so thank the universe I have an amazingly awesome and hilariously funny husband and son (and massive amounts of morphine) to keep me from losing hope(AND MY MIND).We are blessed with 3 cats: Abby is the mama (named after A. Hoffman of course),she came in from the cold knocked-up one night and never left...POOF! She Disappeared from the world at large and then gave us: Karma, who has a twin sister named Tye-Dye (and we gave the third kitten Beso to my friend) and they all keep me company when the guys are at work and school.We had a great dog named Bubble but she retired to Arizona this year with our BFF Peet because she had horrible hip pain during both the cold winters and humid summers in NJ.Too bad dogs can't find humor as well as they find each other's asses;alas no,and we miss Bubble terribly. The latest news is that she has cancer, but she's not in any pain so far. I hope for her sake she passes in her sleep. After all, she is 91 in dog years. I'm dealing by going with the "no news is good news" philosophy...thank the goddess for Peet.I spend most of my time researching cures and reading. If I read one more article that has "my" cure at still 5 - 10 years from being used day to day I WILL DEFINITELY scream! Cures that are yet to be invented and have something to do with brain scan and neuroreceptor technology. I try to live in the moment and appreciate each day that we have a roof over our heads, clothes on our backs, food in our stomachs and love in our hearts...not to mention good health insurance...a disgustingly rare thing in America.Reading, hanging with friends good enough to come to visit me in/on my Living Room office/couch, reading, watching telly and playing on my laptop are among the things I like to do now. Of course, before my little accident (and parenthood)I was a major party animal and bar-fly but reading was always my downtime.My brother and son and I also suffer from Bipolar Spectrum Disorder so I spend a lot of time educating myself about that as well. There are great groups on myspace so you can "meet" other people struggling with similar issues. My brother wasn't diagnosed until he was 35, so my son is very lucky to have been diagnosed at 8 and now almost 4 years later he is able to understand and manage the intricacies of his disorder and thus will hopefully have a much happier childhood than my poor brother.My own BP is mild by comparison. It is very hard to fight the depression when you spend so much time alone and in Pain. Thankfully, my shrink makes house calls for me because she's also a neighbor and friend.My poor husband! Not so much happiness for him (right now anyway)...but I hope with all my heart they cure me for HIM as much as for me, if not more so. Despite all the doom and gloom above, I feel like the luckiest woman in the universe with the loyalist, most supportive husband. He works so hard every day and then comes home and puts up with me grousing and our son's highs and lows. We are STRONG thanks only to an amazing support system and all our LOVE! We are a great team, and there is no "I" in team.

My Interests

THIS DEREK & CLIVE VIDEO OF A "CHEEKY" HORSE RACE IS HILARIOUS (for those who aren't from uk, "poof" means gay and "wanker" means...oh hell, use your imagination).WATCH ME!Myspace Layouts
I ADORE My husband and son, books, books and more books.Music. Art. Living vicariously through my healthy friends. Artists with authentic vision and talent.Honest people.People who pick up their own garbage rather than throwing into the environment.MY BIGGEST PET PEEVES ARE LITTERING AND LYING AND HYPOCRITES AND PREJUDICE. ..

Fatal Bazooka feat Yelle - Parle à ma main
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UNIVERSAL! XO

I'd like to meet:

....Whoopi Goldberg, Rosie O'Donnell, The Dali Lama, Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, Barak Obama, David Bowie and Iman, John Dunning, James Lee Burke, Michael Connelly, Russell Simmons, Nelson Mandela and Amiri Baraka.

If they were alive: Patricia Highsmith, Jack Kerouac, John Lennon, Virgina Woolf, Sylvia Plath, Elizabeth I, Abraham Lincoln, Rosa Parks, William Faulkner, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Mother Teresa, Ghandi, Dorothy Parker, Gustav Klimt, Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte.

Music:

MUSIC TO MY EARS: THE FINAL DAYS OF BUSH!!!!!David Bowie, New Tupac/Biggie Video (genius!), Jay-Z, LL Cool Jay, Air, Phoenix, Pink, Fat Boy Slim aka Norman C.,Afrocan, Blue October, All American Rejects, KISS,Peter Gabriel,The Killers, Ludacris, Mary J. Blige ("Runaway Love" Video with both previous two artists is another very special one) Christina Aguilara, Turin Brakes, Queen, Indigo Girls, Gemma Hayes, kd Lang, Pink, Ramones, KT Tunstall,Roisin Murphy, Fergie and Black Eyed Peas, Melanie, Donavan, Van Morrison, Massive Attack, Beth Orton, Chemical Brothers, Coldplay, Pussy Cat Dolls, Nirvana, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Snoop Dog, Ian Hunter, Mott the Hoople, The New York Dolls, The Band, Kansas,The Beatles, B-52's, Aerosmith,U2 Pixies, Grateful Dead, the Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Rolling Stones,Busta Rhymes, Usher, Grandmaster Flash, RUN DMC, Eminem, Soundmaster T, Shakira, soundtracks to "Hair" and "Godspell" (Broadway versions).
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YELLE "JE VEUX TE VOIR"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsrN3qxX2Yw

Movies:

The Talented Mr. Ripley, Hair, Godspell, Halloween, How to Get Ahead in Advertising, Withnail and I, Best in Show, Natural Born Killers, All That Jazz, Caberet,EVERYTHING by David Lynch, Pulp Fiction, Like Mike, Good Morning Vietnam, The Quiet American, The Virgin Suicides,Lost in Translation (as a director Sofia rocks), Big Fish, Beetlejuice,Fahrenheit 911, Moulin Rouge, Trainspotting, everything by Alfred Hitchcock and all Monty Python.

Television:


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The Simpsons, South Park, The View, Run's House, Dexter, Medium, Heroes, The Gilmore Girls, Weeds, Little Britain, Wire in the Blood, BBCAmerica's Mystery Mondays and Thriller Thrusdays, Masterpiece Theatre, Mystery!, Big Brother, Survivor, America's Next Top Model, Project Runway,Workout,Surreal Life, Flavor of Love, Best Week Ever, Bad Girl's Club, So You Think You Can Dance, Daily Show, Veronica Mars, Real World, Road Rules, Law and Order Criminal Intent, ABC and CBS soaps, Sopranos, The L Word,The Closer, CSI, Without a Trace, Footballer's Wives, Las Vegas, Lost, Grey's Anatomy, Top Chef, Top Design.

Books:

Anything by: James Lee Burke, Patricia Highsmith, Michael Connelly, John Lescroat, Val McDermid, Chuck Palahniuk, Jeffrey Deaver, John Connelly, Joseph Finder, Alafair Burke, Margaret Maron, Stephen White, Elizabeth George, Julian Barnes, Jeanette Winterson, Angela Carter, Lisa Gardner, Lisa Scottoline, Ian McKewan, Harlan Coben, Sujata Massey, John Dunning, David Liss, Virginia Woolf, Dorothy Parker,Anne Perry, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, John Banville, Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, William Faulkner, Ian Rankin, Penelopy Lively, Anita Shreve, Toni Morrison, George Pecanalos, Walter Mosely, Antonia Frasier, TC Boyle, Margaret George, Zadie Smith, "The TAO of POOH," "The Te of Piglet" Benjamin Hoff, Mary Wolstonecraft, Mary Shelly.href="http://www.myspace.com/isupport"
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Heroes:



MY HUSBAND NICK, MY SON BEN, MY THERAPIST, MY FRIENDS (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO...) PEET, SABINE, MANDY, MARIE, CHRIS AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO IS NOT AFRAID OF TELLING THE WHOLE TRUTH! PEOPLE WHO LEARN FROM (AND ADMIT)THEIR MISTAKES.WHOOPI GOLDBERG AND ROSIE O'DONNELL.Myspace Layouts
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TOWELIE SAYS: "HEY KIDS, WANNA GET HIGH? HEH HEH. DON'T FORGET YOUR TOWEL!"THIS IS NOT A PIPE, Rene MagritteTHE PINE TREES, Gustav KlimtWHAT DO THOMAS JEFFERSON, ABE LINCOLN, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, WINSTON CHURCHILL, VIRGINIA WOOLF, MARK TWAIN, ERNEST HEMINGWAY, CHARLES DICKENS, LEO TOLSTOY, ANNE SEXTON, GOETHE, BEETHOVEN, HANDEL, ISSAC NEWTON, MAURICE BERNARD AS SEEN BELOW IN ORDER HAVE IN COMMON?IF YOU SAID THEY ALL HAD BIPOLAR DISORDER, YOU WOULD BE AS SMART AS THEY WERE.IF ANYONE KNOWS OF MORE ROCKING BIPOLAR PEOPLE SEND PHOTOS TO MY COMMENTS AND IF THEY ARE NOT TOO big I WILL ADD THEM AND LEAVE THEM UP ON MY PAGE FOR OTHER'S TO SEE. Peace Out for now.

My Blog

Writing’s back...

As most of my friends know, back when i had a "professional" life i considered myself a "writer".  All the jobs i've had have one thing in common:  i wrote.  From press releases, to mag...
Posted by Courtney on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:57:00 PST

To Lithium or not to Lithium that is the question...

My psychiatrist, my psychologist and now my son, want me to consider Lithium.  I know how well it works for my son Ben, but Prozac has always been enough to handle my depression with Valium alway...
Posted by Courtney on Thu, 10 May 2007 08:55:00 PST

Depression

Friends: (you know who you are) sorry if I am not getting back to you like I like to but I am in a seriously depressive phase and not really well enough lately to even put the computer on my lap much ...
Posted by Courtney on Tue, 01 May 2007 08:51:00 PST

I had a Panic Attack Last Night

For years I've had my highs and lows.  I have general anxiety and unfortunately, it is one of my son's most disturbing co-morbid disorder (damn genetics).  I have watched my husband (who gen...
Posted by Courtney on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 01:29:00 PST

Parents: Be Truthful with your Children

I am so sad for my friend and her daughter.  What's worse is I agree with the daughter for the most part. Respect your children people.  Talk to them like they understand even when all they ...
Posted by Courtney on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 07:09:00 PST

CRAZY...

I think I've just gone crazy.  I have been on myspace for hours now downloading images that represent who I really am; what I really like.  BUT, this is madness...I feel like a junkie with a...
Posted by Courtney on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:33:00 PST

MY SPACE! My Friends!

Though I am still trying to figure out how to CHANGE THE DAMN FONT on my page, I did add a bunch of new funnies for your viewing pleasure if your surfing and want some place to go next. Peace and...
Posted by Courtney on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:15:00 PST

"ED": I am crying as I write this.

I just stumbled onto one of the most disturbing pages I have ever seen.  Pro-Anorexia pages by the most disturbed young women I have ever witnessed.  After 44 years of living with and eating...
Posted by Courtney on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 11:07:00 PST

my celebrity look-alikes

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Posted by Courtney on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 03:48:00 PST

Rosie O'Donnell: The 99.9% Factor

If don't watch The View you should start recording it.  If you read "Entertainment Weekly" this week you'll know why.  Ken Tucker wrote what I would have written if I had his job, and the bo...
Posted by Courtney on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 01:57:00 PST