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Allie, Dearest

i dream in ink on pages

About Me

i dream in color
i live in numbers
i read
i love meeting new people
i like to stretch and to be stretched
just tell me no, and watch me do the impossible
i heart foreigners
i am plagued by allergies
i am ok with you.
i will change today, and then again tomorrow

there was once a girl,
who lost everything she had
until there was nothing else
left for her to lose
but after awhile
and after many transformations
she gained back
more than she had ever possessed
in the first place-

and you know what she did?

she
gave
it
all
away

My Interests

jesus christ | books | politics | divinity | humanity | all things inbetween

I'd like to meet:

the genius in you and me
the one we cannot see
everyone inbetween

This is the Truth:


in the game of life it's a good idea to have a few early losses, which relieves you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season. -- bill baughan

for a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin--real life. but there was always someobstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. then life would begin. at last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.

the tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.

a great secret of success is to go through life as a someone who never gets used up.

you fall in love with personality but you live with character.

adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience

we live by admiration, hope and love

when you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. but when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.

loving people live in a loving world.
hostile people live in a hostile world.
same world.

Music:

tom petty | paul simon | james taylor | miles davis | norah jones | neko case | sheryl crow | jewel | sarah mclachlan | natalie merchant | bob dylan | smashing pumpkins | collective soul | nirvana (sorry, but i love it) | foo fighters | the fray | hillsong & united | mike & the mechanics | madonna | 80's one hit wonders, of course (too numerous and brilliant to name here) | theme music

Movies:

metropolis | far and away | king kong | what a girl wants | pride & prejudice (bbc version) | drew barrymore movies | reese witherspoon movies | meg ryan movies | zach brach movies | john hughes movies | tom hanks movies | m night shyamalan movies
favorite movie couples..

Television:

AMC during the 90s | mr rogers' neighborhood | fraggle rock | dobie gillis | my three sons | patty duke | car 54 where are you | dragnet

Books:

the classics | christian history & philosophers | books on international politics | short story compilations | favorite authors: cather | cervantes | austen | bronte sisters | dostoyevsky | plato | lewis | augustine
and i'm behind barack obama. read his book, "my father's dreams"

Heroes:

martyrs | war generals | first aid workers | fathers
also

My Blog

phil collins from childhood

i've been listening to phil collins at work today.and this song came on, and all of the sudden i was a child again.the sound of this song is so beautiful--Separate Lives by Phil CollinsYou called me f...
Posted by Allie, Dearest on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:39:00 PST

the weak shall be strong

one of the scariest things to do, which is also one of the most wonderful... is take personality tests. this one is a strengthsfinder. i took it a few months ago, and now we're reviewing them... h...
Posted by Allie, Dearest on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:57:00 PST

heart transplant for happy

today, happy the metro went under the knifeit was scary for me. my neck was cold, and my fingers aren't big enough to fill up the pocket of my overcoat, so the cold air circulates right through.i stoo...
Posted by Allie, Dearest on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:33:00 PST

pics: two weeks of january = lovely

some random pics from the past couple of weeks.i forgot to take pictures.then forgot to upload the pictures i took.whoops.jacinda & lily do their thinglily does her thing...i was burying my face into ...
Posted by Allie, Dearest on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:35:00 PST

higher education. what a disaster.

IF i wanted to apply for financial aid,IF i wanted to finish my bachelor's...it would be REALLY helpful if...-my great-great grandfather had signed the declaration of independance-i plan on being a me...
Posted by Allie, Dearest on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:05:00 PST

little blisses and little kisses

this.is my niece.isn't she beautiful?!and she's wearing the princess skirt i made for her.playing a pink piano.now THAT is a girl after my own heart.and this is my youngest nephew..such a little man.h...
Posted by Allie, Dearest on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 10:24:00 PST

bill joel's "we didn't start the fire"

we heard this song the other night-- it's like a history lesson in a song. We Didn't Start the Fire Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnny Ray South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio Joe ...
Posted by Allie, Dearest on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 10:01:00 PST

poem: holy

what is new?is new this wooden chairthe empty table?i sit, i stare.i read, i feeli cry and smilethis feeling is beautiful.this place is holythis wooden chair,this empty tablemy body, my staremy book, ...
Posted by Allie, Dearest on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 08:39:00 PST

finding "it"

this last year has been pretty much amazing. i couldn't have special ordered anything like THIS.but in the end, we each sit in our shower, reflecting upon why the soap always slips away and hits the f...
Posted by Allie, Dearest on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 11:41:00 PST

for unto us a child was born: merry christmas

and people had all but lost hopegreed and oppression were kingapathy and disorder were priestand then, in the place where the animals were fedthey laid the onewho had agreed to take off the robes of h...
Posted by Allie, Dearest on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 11:57:00 PST