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About Me

a few of my favorite things:hot showers. anything that makes me sweat. the ocean. seasons and fires in fall and winter. willamette valley pinot noirs. cozyness. music with lyrics that put words to my hurricane thoughts and a melody that vibrates under my skin. kissing. the first time he holds my hand. seeing something beautiful for the first time and being present enough to take it in. cobblestone streets and old buildings. art that is made more for the aesthetic pleasure than a message. people making art because they have a message...i know, i contradict but juxtoposition makes things more interesting, n'est-ce pas? french. the language, and french anything really: pastries, l'amour, traditions, those tall trees that are everywhere in france that i can't find here, entertaining guests, the sky in the morning, l'histoire du peuple et pays, the cathedrals... a good poem, kim addonizio or bukowski will always do. being in love and relishing every second of it. freckles. noses. tall boys. very old men that dress in wools suits and caps. humble, beautiful people. italy and ireland. not knowing what i'm doing and still doing it well. people who are confident enough to be themselves even when it's unpopular. my family, all seven hundred extended members. fresh bread. hearing about people's dreams. seeing people accomplish them. winning things i work for and losing gracefully when i recognize i didn't work hard enough. being naked in a river. old farmhouses. history. hope. my mother and her heart of gold ten times the size of her six foot frame. the fact my brother is fifteen and still cuddles with his family. falling asleep listening to the voices of people i love. laughing....laughing hard. children and the natural intelligence/intuition they navigate the world with. bisous.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars... -Jack Kerouac

My Blog

for the language geeks:

the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. can you tell me why that's a cool sentence? i'll give you a cookie.
Posted by on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:48:00 GMT

the problem with travelling

is that you'll miss something no matter where you are. today, i miss eugene, oregon. i miss people from everywhere. i'm going to france at the end of the summer and i feel like that...
Posted by on Sat, 24 May 2008 00:30:00 GMT

microfiche

makes some friggin beautiful melodies. san franciscans, demand more shows. roz and i were impressed with the music's ability to inspire thoughts we missed thinking. without lyrics e...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:03:00 GMT

my new favorite poet

annalynn hammond When It's Good I fold out like a flower opening, fresh petals revealed. Then I shoot out long tendrils and they catch the clouds. Each rise and fall of my chest is a ...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:52:00 GMT

summer of robin

what do you love?he askedit would be so much easier to saywhat i do not love,i answered,there are less thingshe continued looking at the dancing blue skybehind a curtain of bright green leaves made go...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:40:00 GMT

To Begin With

I handed him a strand of hairhe twirled it between his fingersand marveled at the shineI pulled more outone by oneand gave each to himhe kept losing them I gave him my eyessmooth and blue and whi...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 11:00:00 GMT

the tapestry

i think i can let go and survive. i think i will not break, not even crack. i read some stranger's blog tonight and i liked it more than i like my own. i am bored with my beliefs and...
Posted by on Tue, 02 May 2006 22:06:00 GMT

secrets.

http://postsecret.blogspot.com/ a project where everyone creates an anonymous postcard with a secret they hide...what would you put on a card?
Posted by on Sun, 11 Dec 2005 07:30:00 GMT

google and narcissism

ummm, so i feel really cool right now and i wanted to share my narcissism. nice, huh? i just read a literary blog that gives advice on all that is literary, including the exposure that is ...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Nov 2005 09:11:00 GMT

almost a haiku, but not at all

i took all the softness from his landing and dared him to fall
Posted by on Sat, 26 Nov 2005 10:05:00 GMT