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karenalayna

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About Me

eclectic. open-minded. poet. love philosophy.faith.ideas.change.hope.quiet.absence. independence.Africa. would like to live anywhere other than the states. i'll be happy: in a shack, with a pen, my spirit and mind, love, and peace. flowers layout @ HOT FreeLayouts.com MyHotComments
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My Interests

people, music, philosophy, nature, writing, reading, photography, society/culture, peace, coffee, poetry/literature, harmonicas, health--running and organic foods, traveling to: Africa, Nepal, Costa Rica, Italy, Latvia, Scotland, and England.

I'd like to meet:

Jack Kerouac, Simone Weil, Gandhi, and anyone who ever had a voice.

Music:

arcade fire, feist, mates of state, sufjan stevens, elliot smith, innocence mission, billie holiday, fiona apple, over the rhine, damien rice, bob dylan, rufus wainwright, amos lee, ray lamontagne, postal service, death cab, aimee mann, dredg, modest mouse, jets to brazil, catpower.

Movies:

Swing Kids, Dead Poets Society, Good Will Hunting, Little Miss Sunshine, Garden State, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Pride and Prejudice, Little Women, Serendipity, Anne of Green Gables, Requiem for a Dream, Waking Life, Life as a House, Spaceballs, Empire Records, Zoolander.

Television:

take home chef, the dog whisperer, the colbert report, the daily show, the office, the o.c., the gilmore girls, and real world.

Books:

On the Road, Nervous Conditions, Story of an African Farm, Play it as it Lays, Divine Discontent, the Bell Jar, 1984, the Book of Disquiet, Brave New World, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, the Writing Life, Living By Fiction.

Heroes:

my dad, my mom, my sister, my youth pastor, my beautiful friends.

My Blog

who could hang a n a m e on you?

Because I'm In Love With Julie And I Thought I'd Be Way Cool If I Filled This Out! :)1. name: karen alayna thimell2. single or taken: single3. sex: female4. birthday: july 8, 19866. siblings...
Posted by karenalayna on Tue, 20 Dec 2005 02:15:00 PST

two drifters off to see the world

the plans for the next month and a half:-columbia, missouri: tellers, the winery, bonne femme river, cindy&caty-norman, oklahoma: moving into the house with Liz, intersession-and fall will begin. wri...
Posted by karenalayna on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 04:05:00 PST

you smashed it with your e y e s- what i'm lookin' for

And i'm trying to catch a breath through the air of deathCan't see the sun for the clouds, those dirty clouds plans thoughts fear too much freedom the lack of rhythm steals my heart away and still som...
Posted by karenalayna on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 05:50:00 PST

all that you are is a wall between myself and me

i once heard:A wise woman kisses, but never Loves; Listens, though does not believe; and Leaves before she is left.  Safety over vulnerability i wish i heard:nothing but peace.   I...
Posted by karenalayna on Mon, 13 Feb 2006 02:15:00 PST

so once israel love came and wewereallafraid

tomorrow i'm leaving for Norman.  most of my things are still together from Missouri.  i'm getting sick of this back-and-forth ness though... but maybe that's a good sign?  here's hopin...
Posted by karenalayna on Thu, 12 Jan 2006 05:46:00 PST

i love life, and life itself could use some mercy now

Back in T-Town... :the recents-Cindy and I made each other cds.  no1 is the same song on both cds.-my brother's latest idea is to go to real-estate school-Julie, I think I know what I'm getting y...
Posted by karenalayna on Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:17:00 PST

a flat fine line like the Wichita skyline

Well I didn't go to Wichita; however, I did go to Kansas City... out on a whim, at the very least.  After my Spanish final: "Come to Columbia!"-me."No, you come to Kansas City." - Julie"Okay."- ...
Posted by karenalayna on Fri, 16 Dec 2005 02:49:00 PST

some bridges are falling down, some bridges are still around

I'm taking the knife to the books that I own And chopping and chopping and boiling soup from stone.Things I have loved i'm allowed to keep.I'll never know if I go to sleep. bridgestwisting steepworn ...
Posted by karenalayna on Wed, 14 Dec 2005 03:36:00 PST

i wish i had a river i could skate away on

Somedays aren't yours at all,They come and goAs if they're someone else's daysThey come and leave you behind someone else's faceAnd it's harsher than yoursAnd colder than yours It's not that I do...
Posted by karenalayna on Wed, 14 Dec 2005 03:34:00 PST

the very there-you-are-and-where-are-you of poetry itself

Prayer of the ProdigalIf I defy your Love, it is notthat Im so vain to think myself the first.It happens that Love pains me,with the tattered rags of spring.Her blossoms shattered across the park pat...
Posted by karenalayna on Sat, 10 Dec 2005 08:02:00 PST