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Clarissa

It's all @ME

About Me

I love music. Everything from old country (Kenny, Dolly, Dottie)to Death metal (depends on who gets on my "I wanna put my foot up your !@#" you @!#$ list. I am all about me and my guitar. That would be the biggest thing to say about me. href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm15c3BhY2UuY2 9tL01vZHVsZXMvSU0vUGFnZXMvU2VuZElNLmFzcHg/ZnJpZW5kaWQ9MTMxMD AwMDc5">..span.blacktext12 {background-image:url("http://www.myspacelayouts.org/layouts /Retro/Retro_1/network.jpg") !important;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:c enter center; a:active, a:visited, a:link {

My Interests

Playing guitar. Hanging out with my daughter.

I'd like to meet:

Maya Angelou, Oprah, Slash, Lenny Kravitz, Jimmy Page, Joe Perry. Lauren Hill. I have a lot of guitar guru's I praise, so this list could go on allll dayyy.

Music:

I love everything from Elvis to Run DMC. Pantera (Dimebag, R.I.P.), Ozzy, Sabbath, Hendrix, Beastie Boys, Run DMC, Metallica, Staind, Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, Billie Holiday, Linkin Park, Rage Against the Machine, Audio Slave, Anything guitar heavy that rocks. So many, my collections' large.

Movies:

Jackie Brown, Resivour Dogs, The Usual Suspects, The Omen (original), the Final Conflict, Delores Claiborn (sometimes being a bitch is all a woman has to hang on to), anything Whoopi Goldberg, Raw (I love you EDDIE), anything Tarantino, Scarface (I'm in love with Al Pacino), Lakawana Blues. Many others.

Television:

The First 48, Jeopardy, Scarborough Country, Anderson 360. I'm a cable news junky. Court Tv too.

Books:

Anything Maya Angelou, Salt, The Upper Room, Paradise, Bag of Bones, A Rage to Survive (Etta James biography), Don't Block the Blessings (Patti LaBelle), I could go on for days, I have a library in my closet.

Heroes:

My grandmother, My aunts. My daughter. My daughter has taught me more than I thought a person could ever learn from a six-year-old.

My Blog

My bestest buddy

I have to give Matt some props. Matt is my best friend. God love him for putting up with me. And no, I'm not "taking her side" when I agree with things about you she says, I'm being gender biased, dea...
Posted by Clarissa on Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:16:00 PST

Have you tried/We are Americans

You know, I was just writing a friend. Trying to sum up the Presidency of Barack Obama. This blog is not in regards to that. That is a whooole, other blog. I got to talking about prejudice, Americans,...
Posted by Clarissa on Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:57:00 PST

No no Jasmine (Darn Saleslady)

Just had to share this. Okay, for those who don't know about my daughters' new fixation with trying to be older and mature. Not fas, mature. We just moved into a new neighborhood, and she's made new g...
Posted by Clarissa on Sun, 02 Nov 2008 10:11:00 PST

Eldra DeBarge

I was recently made aware that Eldra DeBarge is having personal struggles again with his addiction and legal issues. I went to a website of an "entertainment" writer, I will not disclose, and was disg...
Posted by Clarissa on Sat, 01 Nov 2008 03:48:00 PST

Hallows Eve Chiller for you Buoys and Ghouls!

This is 100% a true story. Years ago, when I was in the hospital in Lafayette (it was the week Susan Smiths's children, Anthony and Michael were missing. either '93 or '94), a ghostly thing happened. ...
Posted by Clarissa on Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:54:00 PST

Cancer(s)

I recently learned a dear, very well loved friend (although lots of years have passed between us), has been diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. That's the easy way to say it. I took the time to send awa...
Posted by Clarissa on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:21:00 PST

Hot sauce, confession.

Okay, another survey response. This sounds horribly horrible. But, after hurricane Katrina, I was reading this book called Salt. It's a very good book. It's under the culinary arts books. It's more hi...
Posted by Clarissa on Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:02:00 PST

Never ever after

I will never ever after again. Money, love, sex, all are too complex for many to handle. I've tried it. Doesn't seem to be working for me. I haven't found what I truly need in a lover, partner, friend...
Posted by Clarissa on Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:06:00 PST

Last time I cried, bulletin answer

Alrighty, here goes this: I had a question about the last time I cried. Tuesday, my husband got all cranky because we were shopping and I was all into my bathroom decor. I had this with him last week...
Posted by Clarissa on Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:05:00 PST

Yes, I sprayed lysol in her eyes

Okay, confession time. When Tomia and I were little girls, maybe 4-5, I sprayed lysol in her eyes. I know it may sound like I was too little to remember something that early in life, but it turned out...
Posted by Clarissa on Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:36:00 PST