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alma

Sunshine Through Laughter

About Me

I am a Registered nurse for over 20 yrs. I have emcee'd several shows in the bay area, I starred in a short film that played in SF at the Castro theater. I was in 3 plays at the Dominican University fringe festival spring 2007. I am a writer, perfomer, drag king/queen, lap dancer,If laughter is the best medicine, then we should have comedians on our insurance plan. Sunshine through Laughter! healing, growing, evolving, loving, giving, learning

My Interests

writing, performing, comedy, acting, road trips in my westfalia, traveling,shopping,meeting new folks, dancing, singing,

I'd like to meet:

I want friends, who respect me and encourage me on my journey to heal myself and the world.People who are Sane, Happy, and Present, who want to be better in all aspects of their life. People who want to heal.

Music:

from hip hop to opera

Movies:

All of me, Yentyl, Victor/Victoria, Sound of Music, Better than Chocolate

Television:

I dont watch TV

Books:

Conscious Loving, The Comedy Bible, If You Could See What I hear, letting go, the four agreements,

Heroes:

People with courage. to have fear and do it anyway takes courage

My Blog

I’ve been dead for some time now

I 've been dead for time now. Yes its true, I died in a car accident 7 months ago. I was rear ended on the freeway in my stalled van. No, I'm not really a zombie , its just that my body has been save...
Posted by alma on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:49:00 PST

I ve seen enough ( this got published!!!!!)

No! I can't work as a nurse, anywhere!, never, not now, not anymore. I am done. It has been enough pain and suffering in my face. Call me crazy, bipolar, PTSD, ADD, call me anything you want, but I c...
Posted by alma on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:30:00 PST

work can kill you sooner than expected

After 22 years of working with sick and tired,  and homeless ,  jailed,  disabled,  abused, addicted,  dying,   psychotic,  suicidal, , monolingual, t...
Posted by alma on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:27:00 PST

what do you have?

 What do you have in your life that is worth the destuction of mother earth. What do you have that destroys her, even more affects her air that she gives us to breath, her soil that grows our foo...
Posted by alma on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 05:00:00 PST

trying to be the person my psychiatrist medicates me to be.

The doctor says Im sick and disabled.   I am mentally ill, not normal.  Sick, so I am to take these pills.    My friends say I'm brilliant, radiant, intelligent, hillario...
Posted by alma on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 05:00:00 PST

Imagine you are in Iraq

Close your eyes and imagine yourself  living in or just visiting  Iraq.  Imagine  you take a bus from teh airport, thinking to yourself is there a bomb on this bus?  will...
Posted by alma on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:31:00 PST

dear broken and wrecked

I know how your pain feels.  I know it is hard to feel the pain.  I know you will heal and make space in your life for something new to fill it up, even for a moment at a time.  You wil...
Posted by alma on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:24:00 PST

letting go

Letting go of so much these days. Painfully, willingly I let go, of everything. Allowing  there to be space for new ,loving, peacefull energy to take its place.  There cannot be room for new...
Posted by alma on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:43:00 PST