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ashley

I am here for Friends

About Me

"I do not wish to treat friendship daintly, but with roughest courage. When they are real, they are not glass threads or frostwork, but the solidest thing we know."

My Interests

I like: the Indianapolis colts, the Fighting Irish, Indiana Hoosier Basketball, and the Atlanta Braves. working with kids. reading books of all sorts. music. working on my house. Anything vanilla. being outside. working out when I have the energy. the smell of lemon, fresh laundry, and coffee.

I'd like to meet:

The Glass family

Music:

Bright Eyes. the verve. nirvana. Radiohead. Otis Redding. the shins. rachael yamagata. regina spektor pedro the lion. Arcade Fire. the strokes. frank sinatra. desparecidos. maria taylor. over the rhine. neva dinova. the features. damien rice. the white stripes. imogen heap ray lamontagne. feist. wilco. Wolf parade.

Movies:

An American Tale/ Alfred Hitchcock Movies/Tennessee Williams plays that were turned into Movies/ Splendor in the Grass/ Harvey/ Mr. Smith Goes to Washington/ To Kill A Mockingbird/ An Affair to Remember/Casablanca/ Closer/ The Talented Mr. Ripley/ Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind / Say Anything/ Amelie/ All the Real Girls/ African Queen/ In America/ Magnolia/ The Painted Veil/ Moulin Rouge/ Mad, Hot, Ballroom/Charlie and the Chocolate Factory/Virgin Suicides/The Departed/ The Very Long Engagement/ Pan's Labyrinth/ A Scanner Darkly/The Prestige/ Empire Records/ Reality Bites/ etc

Television:

The Wonder Years. Friends. SNL. I Love Lucy.Grey's Anatomy. The Daily Show.

Books:

The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Johnny Got His Gun. 1984. The Bible. American Tragedy. The Awakening.Great Expectations. Shakespeare.The Beautiful and Damned.Catcher in the Rye. Nine Stories. Blue Like Jazz. The Outsiders. Tess of the Dubervilles.Franny and Zooey. There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom. Confederacy of Dunces. Anne of Green Gables.Crime and Punishment. "A Good man is hard to find." Wise Blood. The Violent Bear it away. etc. etc. etc.

Heroes:

Jesus and my dad.

My Blog

Before the Law

Before the law stands a doorkeeper. A man from the country comes to the doorkeeper and asks to be admitted to the Law. But the doorkeeper informs him that he cannot grant him admittance at this time. ...
Posted by ashley on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 03:36:00 PST

O-fficial

Life is kind of crazy right now. First of all, I've been waiting for weeks to finally know for sure, but I guess ( so yeah, I know I don't sound all that sure) that I will be working at a new pla...
Posted by ashley on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 04:03:00 PST

"On Forgiveness"

C.S. Lewis-        As regards my own sins it is a safe bet (though not a certainty) that the excuses are really not so good as I think; as regards other men's sins agains...
Posted by ashley on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:23:00 PST

February 14

Not a Matter of Opinion, Mere Christianity C.S. Lewis               'I am trying here to prevent anyone from saying the really foolish thing ...
Posted by ashley on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:59:00 PST

This makes me sad

I had never heard of this guy before yesterday morning, and I know nothing about wrestling, but I have study a little bit about the stress of having students with severe disabilities or illnesses and ...
Posted by ashley on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:17:00 PST

Saltalamacchia and other reasons to be happy today

Reasons today was great: 1.) I got to spend the day with one of my favorite people 2.) Chipper hit a homerun and Franceour played well too 3.) I had a hot dog covered with relish and cole slaw 4.) It...
Posted by ashley on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 07:51:00 PST

Home

I haven't stayed at my house in like a week.Carla and I went to Murfreesboro last weekend to visit friends and then I've been at my parents swimming and going to class.Which is great. But it's really ...
Posted by ashley on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:27:00 PST

April 28th

In honor of April 28, 1984, I thought I would write a quick reminder of the memories I have of two of my best friends. Here's my top ten moments of "making memories" with Can and Cryss Gilbert:  ...
Posted by ashley on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 04:48:00 PST