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Isabella

I'm not a germaphobe, I just watch Oprah.

About Me

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep, loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen. -Elisabeth Kibler-Ross

Your Birthdate: January 11
Spiritual and thoughtful, you tend to take a step back from the world.
You're very sensitive to what's going on around you, yet you remain calm.
Although you are brilliant, it may take you a while to find your niche.
Your creativity is supreme, but it sometimes makes it hard for you to get things done.
Your strength: Your inner peace
Your weakness: You get stuck in the clouds
Your power color: Emerald
Your power symbol: Leaf
Your power month: November What Does Your Birth Date Mean?
Young Folks Lyrics

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My Interests

Consonants and vowels, marshmallow anythings (See's Scotchmallow Bars and Scotch Kisses, Peeps, Rice Krispy Treats, S'Mores, Snackwell's Devil Food Cookies, Hello Kitty Marshmallow Pies, Marshmallow Eggs), hiking to peaks, overstock.com, perusing the free listings on craigslist, tidepools, churros at amusement parks, learning to rollerblade, sushi, yoga/pilates, buying shoes, Disneyland's Dole pineapple whip float, music, taking pictures, Amazing Race, bargains, anything on the Food Network, collecting bags, wikipedia.org, books, traveling to new places, the rain, mangos, news websites, Dungeness crabs, rocking out on Guitar Hero, clipping coupons on Sundays, grocery stores, putting hydrogen peroxide on dirty things and watching it bubble, cheesy and buttery things, moisturizing techniques for my extremely dry skin, large bodies of water, psychology, ghost stories, page designing and layouts, analyzing bar behavior, compassionate doctors, regressing to my 5-year-old self and trying to survive as a real grown-up.

I'd like to meet:

Fun, spontaneous, compassionate, genuine people who aren't afraid to live, love and truly be. An openly honest person who wears their heart on their sleeve and has nothing to hide. Adventurous people who live like they were dying. People who love to laugh, try new things and let their inner child come out to play everyday.

Music:

Belle and Sebastian, Rilo Kiley, Postal Service, Coldplay, Cat Stevens, Ben Lee, Beatles, RHCP, Sondre Lerche, Angela's mixed-cd's, KCRW, XM Radio

Movies:

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, My Best Friends's Wedding, Trainspotting, Amores Perros, Amelie, Love Actually, Run Lola Run, Beauty and The Beast...

Television:

HEROES, Amazing Race, My Name is Earl, Jeopardy, Family Guy, The Simpsons and anything on the Food Network, National Geographic, Discovery Channel and E!.

Books:

Currently reading: Art School How to Paint and Draw, Wicked, Regeneration, Fast Food Nation and Anna Karenina. I like to read multiple books at once.

Heroes:

The entire cast of HEROES!!!! My MOM and DAD. People who've perservered through difficult obstacles and emerged a stronger person.

My Blog

It Will All Be Okay, It Will All Be Okay

Lila looked down the barrel of what was potentially the source of what she imagined would be her ultimate peace. The big white oval-shaped pills stared back at her. She reread the label over and ove...
Posted by Isabella on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 12:55:00 PST

Back to School, Back to Reality

As summer wanes and autumn slinks quietly upon us, the nights get distinctly cooler and the leaves gradually get crisper. The streets are less outspoken and with most of its inhabitants now locked up...
Posted by Isabella on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:38:00 PST

Hug Someone Today and Hug Like You Mean It

The world is divided into two groups. There are huggers and then there are non-huggers. As Americans we tend to maintain our personal space and hug accordingly. We don't embrace with our heart, we ...
Posted by Isabella on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:33:00 PST

I was shot by a radar gun this morning on the way to work.

Driving to work this morning, I noticed that there were a lot of motorcycled po-po's hiding out on the side streets.  Some had already pulled people over bright and early on a Wednesday morn...
Posted by Isabella on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:58:00 PST

My Celebrity Look-alikes

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Posted by Isabella on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:58:00 PST

Adjusting back to normal life after a month-long vacation is quite difficult.

I'm still trying to adjust back to normal everyday life and it's so hard.  I finally balanced my checkbook today.  I paid some overdue bills, organized some stuff and calculated up how ...
Posted by Isabella on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:01:00 PST

In regards to the last post...it's Coffeeshop not Internet Cafe.

I'm back at the same "coffeeshop" to check my email of course.  Just to tantalize your tastebuds without giving away too much I saw the Van Gogh museum today.  Amazing.  Then we had the...
Posted by Isabella on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:08:00 PST

I am in Amsterdam in an "Internet" cafe.

Hello.  Finally, a greeting I am used to.  Although I really liked saying Bon Jour and Au Revoir in Paris.  I heart Paris.  I finally made it to Amsterdam.  We took a 9am trai...
Posted by Isabella on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 01:33:00 PST

Ciao from Rome!!!

Ciao bella!!!  Hello my beautiful friends.  I am writing from  Rome in a little internet cafe.  It is our third day in Rome and we take a train out to Nice on the French Riviera&nb...
Posted by Isabella on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:26:00 PST

Touring Barcelona

Anna and I slept Saturday morning to Gerald's dismay.  We got up around 11am but Gerald had been ready to go since 8am.  Sorry Gerald.  We missed breakfast at the hostel so by the time ...
Posted by Isabella on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 04:25:00 PST