Alicia O - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Nurse, nature lover, and wanna-be nomad. Maybe someday: The Once Worldly Traveller. Live to use Mother Earth's plentiful wonders to the best of ability: the 3 R's. To attain eventual humbleness, to work the land, to drink the spring water everlasting, to care for the farm and maintain the house my father built with the help of his father. My mantra: 'always be suspicious of easy work.' As a lion I love laziness, even though it exists as an opposing force to thine self. Busy Busy Busy bodied at best. Aspiring musician, just figuring out what it is I want to do as opposed to what I do best. "Whatever happens next to me creates my personal sense of order. Whatever happens next to someone else will, necessarily, create a different sense of order and, therefore, a different sequence of events..." AND "Only the brave can achieve the certainties. The faint heart fails. His will falls short of his grasp..." AND "I regret that I blamed, so often, others - for faults and problems of my own making. And, if not of my own making, certainly of my own tolerance..." T. Findley.

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My Interests

singing, pretend guitar playing while rocking out, strummin' a gwitter; outdoor anything, camping, swimming, kickboxing and muay thai, hiking, running; writing, reading, scribling, painting, and creating books in which i paste scrap to; baking, aiding in the kitchen during cooking adventures; caring for others, visiting and relaxing with loved ones

I'd like to meet:

Elvis Presley, 40 years ago, right before the Comeback Special. My grandparents, once again.

Music:

Cake; Ani Di Franco; Sarah Harmer; Elvis Presley; Pearl Jam; Fiona Apple; Tori Amos; Kerri Ough; Elliott Brood; Violent Femmes; Sublime; Sue Passmore; Primus; Les Claypool; Dead Kennedy's; James Margeson; the Meters; Blind Melon; Alice in Chains; Jimi Hendrix; RHCP; Barenaked Ladies; Zappa; The Clash; The Beatles; and the list goes on

Movies:

I prefer a longer series compared to film. EXCEPT: An Inconvenient Truth (Al Gore), When the Levies Broke (Spike Lee). The movies I will never tire of: The Muppet Christmas Carol, The Breakfast Club, Bridges of Madison County, The Joy Luck Club, High Fidelity

Television:

The Sopranos, Twin Peaks, Six Feet Under, Roseanne, The Simpsons, The Family Guy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Carnivale, South Park, Discovery / National Geographic Networks (documentary form: especially related to Geographical locations / culture / wildlife)

Books:

Wuthering Heights; Gone With the Wind; Cider House Rules; Not Wanted On The Voyage AND Specific to authors: Timothy Findley; Douglas Coupland; John Irving;

Heroes:

Kerri Ough (soon to be Rock Star); Michelene Ough (novelist and poet); People who stand up in this world and take action against the suffering of people and the earth, be it politically or with artistic passion.

My Blog

Nearing the Saints

The full moon last night was bold. Driving home from Guelph the man shone brightly across the sky, overpowering the blah hue emitted from Toronto's lamp posts and cement towers (drawn from environmen...
Posted by Alicia O on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:31:00 PST

Springering

A favoured time of year for many folk alike. Awakened and enlightened, I rise from the most comfortable sheets and duvet known to humankind. Ferocious athletic fun in the morn, bullets of ...
Posted by Alicia O on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:29:00 PST

The Button on the Coat

It's 1% with a rooftop. Shingled well, no doubt. In my third year of university, community placement was the name of the nursing game for an entire semester. During this time I realized I ...
Posted by Alicia O on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:06:00 PST

SHOWTIME

yes it is. from Champion and Creature, to Kerri O, The Good Lovelies, and Elliott Brood, I'm in the mood for any musical event. la musique est so dear to me, i feel connected to ...
Posted by Alicia O on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:44:00 PST

Je crave le nature

Missing trees among trees living as a herd, fallen leaves unravelled from the blowing litter, and the inspiration derived from wilderness. I'm in need of a little stimulatio...
Posted by Alicia O on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:43:00 PST

Enjoying sisterhood, daughterhood, couplehood, friendhood, and cousinhood

I love keeping in touch with cousins. Needing to emulate what the 'O' side demonstrates through kinship and love has always been important to me. I only hope it comes as eas...
Posted by Alicia O on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 01:03:00 PST