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My Interests

I enjoy reading nonfiction and well written memoirs, poetry, and im beginning to unravel and appreciate the treasure of good fiction novels; music, proofreading (weirdest thing to enjoy), yoga, taking pictures, ganj, traveling, Writing.. poetry as well as prose- drafting my first novel at current, bathing :o), picnics, sightseeing, camping, hiking, painting, crafts, Spirituality, singing, Nature, being outdoors, live music, eating/vegetarian, playing games (boggle, tetris, card games, and board games), animals (my dog Princess), and the Beach; The Beach is Love.

I'd like to meet:

a lot of historical figures of the past, leaders from around the world, spiritual healers, monks, etc., MLK Jr., Ghandi, and other peace activists, Jimmy Carter, and various writers, artists, and musicians that are inspiring and have made a profound impact on me as well as a great many others...and Chloë when she's older

Music:

I like singing and trying to play instruments. Some of my favorite musicians include: Glassjaw, Dave Matthews Band, 2PAC, Mum, Dillinger Escape Plan, 311, Mice Parade, Bob Marley, Duran Duran, RHCP, Norah Jones, Muse, The Counting Crows, Phish, Fleetwood Mac, Incubus, Bush, The Jazz Mandolin Project, Alien Ant Farm, Ensemble, Ani Difranco, Damien Rice, Animal Collective, Elton John, Sigor Ros, System of a Down, The Cure, Dispatch, Weezer, The Deftones, The Dylan Group, Billy Joel, The Beatles, John Mayer, Silverchair, Layhill, Coldplay, Nina Nastasia, Talking Heads, Bright Eyes, Giddy Motors, Jimmie's Chicken Shack, Sarah McLaughlan, Sublime, The Shins, VinnyVegas, The Used, John Frusciante, String Cheese Incident, Feist, Tenacious D, Pink Floyd, Programme, U2, No Lindsay, The Postal Service, Foehn, Fleetwood Mac, The Police, Day Station, Firewater, Alanis Morissette, Radiohead, Tool, The FooFighters, Rush, Wonderboy, Regina Spektor, Set Fire to Flames,..and the list goes on.

Movies:

Big Fish, Garden State, Office Space, The Matrix, Dogville, Donnie Darko, Boondock Saints, Shawshank Redemption, Devil's Advocate, I Heart Huckabees, What Dreams May Come, Kill Bill, PulpFiction, Powder, AI, Fight Club, The Sweetest Thing, Eternal Sunshine.., Vanilla Sky, Closer, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Shrek, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Science of Sleep, Down By Law, Buffalo '66

Television:

Jeopardy, Lost, Real Time with Bill Maher, and Discovery Channel Programs.

Books:

Conversations With God, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, The Glass Castle, A Million Little Pieces, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, The Giver, Bhagavad Gita, The Communist Manifesto, Tao de Jing, I Ching, Angela's Ashes, 1984, Life of Pi, The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, Edna St.Vincent Millay Collected Lyrics, Just Peace, Running With Scissors (and lots of children's books that are great)

Heroes:

Chloë

My Blog

I'm Blue

Ok, so I've decided that if McCain wins in November, I am going to leave the country...or at least try.  No more war, no more tax breaks for rich people while ignoring the shrinking middle class,...
Posted by my name is mud on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:19:00 PST

Presidential Election 2008

Vote for President this year!If you need help deciding which candidate to vote for, visit this site to take the free quizUpdate: I've been informed (thank you) that Kucinich is dropping out of the ele...
Posted by my name is mud on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:08:00 PST

Life and Death

As much as life is confusing and bewildering at times, death is completely inconceivable.  It's hard to wrap your head around the concept of not living; both personally as well as in terms of oth...
Posted by my name is mud on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:21:00 PST

My Bundle Has Arrived

Chloe Aliza Tonon was born via cesarean at 1:21 a.m. on Thursday, May 24, 2007 at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore.  She weighed 8 lbs. 3.5 oz. and was 20 inches long.  She is healthy and w...
Posted by my name is mud on Tue, 29 May 2007 02:51:00 PST

Impending Labor

Well, still no baby.  I am 38 weeks pregnant today, 2 weeks from my due date.  The midwives and doctors at the Center for Advanced Fetal Care at Mercy don't want me to go all the way to my d...
Posted by my name is mud on Tue, 15 May 2007 03:06:00 PST

4:20

Happy 4.20 party people.  I celebrated by being sober and going to two doctor appointments in Baltimore.  I have gestational diabetes, so I've been seeing an endocrinologist once a week and ...
Posted by my name is mud on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 06:50:00 PST

Moving Along

I finally got a replacement vehicle.. a Volvo 850 GLT.. pretty sweet.  And we're moving into our new apartment this weekend!  Hoorah!  Happy Superbowling.
Posted by my name is mud on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 10:25:00 PST

It's a Girl!

I found out that we're having a girl today!  I have a video clip on CD and several pictures but unfortunately I'm not technologically advanced enough to be able to insert them into this blog wit...
Posted by my name is mud on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 08:36:00 PST

Baby Update

So we went last Wednesday (which was also my birthday) for the anatomy sonogram at Mercy.  This was the sonogram in which, the sonographer (the person who does the sonogram) looks at the images o...
Posted by my name is mud on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 01:36:00 PST

Incongruence and Symmetry

 InCongruence and Symmetry       What was once a simple dream is now a far deeper ambiguousity What words mean what I mean, what understanding is so solid it will...
Posted by my name is mud on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 02:57:00 PST