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corrie

annacorrie

About Me


Prayer, by Mary Oliver.

It doesn't have to be
the blue iris, it could be
weeds in a vacant lot, or a few
small stones; just
pay attention, then patch

a few words together and don't try
to make them elaborate, this isn't
a contest but the doorway

into thanks, and a silence in which
another voice may speak.

My Interests

elephants, rocks, sign language, theology, arts and crafts, books, green, garlic salt

I'd like to meet:



Music:

REM, sufjan stevens, psalters, mewithoutyou, devotchka, romantica, cory chisel and the wandering sons, caedmon's call, spaghetti western string company, mates of state, rocky votolato, patsy cline, sigur ros, american analog set, rufus wainwright, neutral milk hotel, morphine, yo la tengo, wilco, havalina rail co, iron&wine, people like solomon burke, otis redding, wilson pickett (RIP). currently listening to: the Once soundtrack.

Movies:

MUSICALS!
Mandi and i are on a musical binge. this is what we have seen since fall 2005:
-pirates of penzance
-the king & i
-oklahoma
-state fair
-fiddler on the roof
-mary poppins
-sound of music
-crybaby
-west side story
-brigadoon
-7 brides for 7 brothers
-annie
-chicago
-willy wonka & the chocolate factory (old)
-south pacific
-bedknobs & broomsticks
-grease
-grease 2
-hms pinafore
-lil shop of horrors
-singin in the rain
-on the town
-popeye
-into the woods
-jesus christ superstar
-an american in paris
-anchors away
-the wizard of oz
-sweeney todd (new favorite)
-kiss me kate
-godspell
-moulin rouge
-the wiz
-gigi
-joseph & the amazing technicolor dreamcoat
-cats
-how to succeed in business without really trying
-covergirl
-42nd street
-willy wonka and the chocolate factory (new)
-top hat
-chitty chitty bang bang
-holiday inn
-white christmas
-the phantom of the opera
-meet me in st. louis
-rent
-annie get your gun
-bye bye birdie
-the producers (old)
-the 10 commandments
-the producers (new)
-the gay divorcee
-Hairspray
other stuff:
little shop of horrors, LA Story, high fidelity, jesus christ superstar, reality bites, stuff by tim burton, wes anderson, christopher guest, the coen brothers, and movies about war, history, or mobsters. and um, musicals.
new favorites are Into The Wild and Once.

Television:

the x-files, the sopranos, six feet under, lost, arrested development, the office, big love, creature comforts.

Books:

the freedom of simplicity, a prayer for owen meany, the book of common prayer, AHWOSG, the poisonwood bible, the time traveler's wife, the story we find ourselves in, amusing ourselves to death, native son, the red tent, everything by david sedaris, chaim potok, or rob bell, traveling mercies, middlesex, stiff: the curious lives of human cadavers, the corrections, girl meets god, extremely loud and incredibly close, the tipping point, the ragamuffin gospel, the color of water, the BFG and other roald dahl books, the scent of god, the devil in the white city. currently reading: Bodies in Motion and at Rest.

Heroes:

those that love well.

My Blog

'tis the season (or, my halls have been decked)

today i was reminded of what i called Christmas Sweatshop: last year's holiday craft sprint to make cd's, cards, and gifts in a very compressed amount of time. this year i am thankfully ahead of the ...
Posted by corrie on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 11:58:00 PST

snippets of things

surprisingly, it's been snowing for hours. windy snowing, blowing sideways and all that. it's not quite cold enough to stick, but it sure stings the cheeks when you step outside to talk on your cell p...
Posted by corrie on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 03:16:00 PST

reading, oxford, windsor, new york... home.

hey everybody,i've been home for a few days, which has been marvelous! i wanted tosend out one last email, since the last week of my trip was definitelythe best!last sunday was a long day of travel so...
Posted by corrie on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 04:34:00 PST

london, northumbria, edinburgh

hello everyone, this is my last night in edinburgh before taking the train down to reading to the boiler room. here's what's been goingon...i spent 4 days in london and it was great. the jet lag took ...
Posted by corrie on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 04:32:00 PST

new jersey, philadelphia, new york

travel update 1 today is my last day in the states, so i thought i would send out anupdate about my time on the east coast...NJ/PAi flew into NJ last wednesday and several modes of publictransportat...
Posted by corrie on Sat, 17 Jun 2006 10:19:00 PST