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Valerie

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

Oh, I relocated to Centreville, VA to live with my lovely boyfriend Robert.
I still drink too much coffee.
I still hate bad grammar.
I still have two younger sisters and one younger brother, whom i love more than anything.
I'm still short.
I still wear flippies and high heels.
I still get inked.
I'm currently trying to publish a children's book.
And I still love the occassional spindrift of destiny.

I'm dating the man that most women dream about and his name is Roberto.
One day we will have a pug named Kubrick.
We are unstoppable.

"I'm becoming more and more myself with time. I guess that's what grace is. The refinement of your soul through time."

My Interests

culture.

I'd like to meet:

maya angelou. dave chapelle. william faulkner. nietzsche. toni morrison.

Music:

all of the above.

Movies:

waking life. ray. frida. the nightmare before christmas. finding nemo. monsters inc. eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. edward scissorhands. home movies.

Television:

the office. curb your enthusiam. weeds.

Books:

the cube. the tao of pooh. the anatomy of dependence. the hug therapy book. the princess bride. portrait of jennie. absalom, absalom. beloved. the sun also rises. the color of water. east of eden. the human stain. all i need to know i learned from my cat. great expectations. the yellow wallpaper.

Heroes:

booda. duncan russel.

My Blog

San Juan equals whoa.

Hey guys.  Update what? I just turned 21 and I'm surprisingly not an alcoholic (yet). Robert took me to San Juan for my birthday and I had the most amazing four days/five nights of my life. ...
Posted by Valerie on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 05:12:00 PST

Like Cement It Doesn't Dry

I prepare for the alleys walked without youthat sneak and snake their way through this eternal city(I know that there is something eternal about you and mebut the words have yet to find their way to m...
Posted by Valerie on Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:13:00 PST

It rains a lot here.

Tiptoeing on ruins olderthan I can imagineas I try to talk myself out ofmissing you.You warned me thatI might. (I only do when the beauty of this city is too much and I need someone to share it w...
Posted by Valerie on Thu, 29 Sep 2005 08:29:00 PST

Such a dumbass.

Funny how some people turn out to be the polar opposites of the people you thought they were. And by funny, I mean as hilarious as a car crash.
Posted by Valerie on Tue, 20 Sep 2005 03:27:00 PST

La vita nuova.

How about I start by saying that I am completely in love with Rome?  I love the streets paved with dialects, the buses seated with quiet smilers, the buildings painted with ancient stories, the w...
Posted by Valerie on Tue, 13 Sep 2005 07:29:00 PST

Not even the rain.

If daisies cannot explain, then neither can I.Voglio vederti stasera.Dancing in the city rain-making airplanes and thinking about futures-laughing till dizzy.Cur?The intimacy of sheets and sweathaunt ...
Posted by Valerie on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

swing.

playgrounds remind me of you. imagining you as a child- your first scraped knee. dirt, blood, and tears. i wonder if you dreamed of me as i wished for you. drawing awkward pink hearts on the sidew...
Posted by Valerie on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

A New Year's Harangue.

Ludic kisses traveling down my neck like the coquetry of sparrows. Frenetic fireworks ignite in explosions of orange and red and blue and green and white and Im at a loss for words to explain how pe...
Posted by Valerie on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Pulchra.

Everything makes sense in these sheets. I find myself drawing sketches of Spain across the your naked velvet skin. Quarter notes dance down the dips of your hips as I trace them with my voice. I p...
Posted by Valerie on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Rose of Sharon.

Ninety-sixty-one.  I picture her; saddle shoes dangling from the front porch of a place that meant home.  Knees scraped.  Cheeks blushed.  Blonde curls laced with innocence and des...
Posted by Valerie on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST