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Morgan

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About Me

I believe in fate, the power of wine and weekly massages. I have absolutely no restraint when it comes to chocolate, sushi and malls. Activism is cool. So are empathy, kindness, compassion, recycling, saving the environment, taking a stand for what you believe in, being yourself, and marimba dance parties at lunch. Actually, that goes for any dance party, anytime. This layout is from iloveyourspace.comI love lovity love love music, dancing, singing, my iPod, Broadway (the shows AND the street - in NYC), the beach, carousels and ferris wheels, flip-cup, happy hour, Hurricane football, playing (coaching, watching, dissecting, and listening to) soccer, sleeping, shopping, indie/foreign films, the holiday season, fresh flowers, eating out, fires in the fireplace, red wine, sushi @ RAIN, Freddie Ljungberg, lazy days, hot sake, cold sake, the color pink, the color red, afternoons at Molbak's, candles, weekends in Miami, skiing, the Cloud, fall leaves, photography, 8am beers at the OB, Liberals, Alki (God's Country), the airport, paisley and argyle, cheese, hiking, getting a new Vogue or Vanity Fair in the mail, trips with the Shircle, driving with the windows down, RENT, reading, karaoke, the Methow Valley, playing tennis, Gloria Estefan, baking cookies, gardening, painting, the US Women's soccer team, a night in the kitchen with wine and Opera, Netflix, long letters/emails, Saturday mornings, my mom, your mom (jokes), mojitos and Cuban food, the Dalai Lama, volleyball, concerts, travelling, Zeta Tau Alpha, high heels, museums, the Flames, Monty's, singing in the shower, celebrity gossip, The Northwest School, other people's blogs, a new favorite song, coffee, art of every kind, volunteering, fishing, making new friends (and keeping the old), and LOVE, the greatest of all things...
You Should Learn French
C'est super! You appreciate the finer things in life... wine, art, cheese, love affairs.
You are definitely a Parisian at heart. You just need your tongue to catch up... What Language Should You Learn? *****************************I end up seeing a lot of scenery****************

My Interests

US Women's soccer. Bring it.Photography. Soccer. Travelling. Art. Music. Gardening. Cooking. Learning new things and meeting new people. Miami football.Henri Cartier-Bresson

I'd like to meet:

The Dalai Lama. Jon Stewart. Barak Obama. Jennifer Saunders. Gloria Estefan (again). Jonathan Larson. Kristine Lilly. Johnny Depp. Ewan MacGregor. Freddie Ljungberg. The Love of My Life.

Music:

I love it all.
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Movies:

Gone With the Wind, Almost Famous, English Patient, Chocolat, Motorcycle Diaries, League of Their Own, Moulin Rouge, RENT, Sound of Music, Pollyanna, Annie, the Making of We Are the World, Footloose, Dirty Dancing, Sense and Sensibility, Spice World, Saving Grace, Rabbit-Proof Fence, Les Choristes, Goonies, Little Mermaid, Mariners Magical Season, Balseros, Ballet Russes, Microcosmos...I L-O-V-E documentaries and indie/foreign films.

Television:

Sex and the City, the Inspector Lynley mysteries, Prime Suspect, Ab Fab, Bleak House, Masterpiece Theatre, pretty much anything on BBC or PBS, and I am ALWAYS up for a good soccer game.

Books:

Gone With the Wind, To Kill A Mockingbird, The Alchemist, Secret Life of Bees, Junie B Jones, Circle of Friends, The Great Gatsby, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Memoirs of a Geisha, all JA Jance, Sue Grafton, and Patricia Cornwell, and of course, Harry Potter. These days though, I'm consumed by all historical fiction.I also love me some poetry, cookbooks, and all my rags: Vogue, Vanity Fair, New York, People, etc."i thank You God for this most amazing day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes." E.E. Cummings

Heroes:

The Dalai Lama. Gloria Estefan. The G. Julia Child. Musicians and artists and teachers. Ordinary people who live extraordinary lives. My Pa...


"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions." -Dalai Lama

My Blog

Gloria's Comeback Performance video

I totally just found this video on youtube and was sooooo excited...I remember watching the American Music Awards when I was in 6th grade and during this moment in the show, totally bawling, 'cuz Glo...
Posted by Morgan on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 11:14:00 PST

Important Guidelines for Driving in Miami

1. Turn signals will give away your next move. A confident Miami driver avoids using them.2. Under no circumstance should you maintain a safe distance between you and the car in front of you, because ...
Posted by Morgan on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:51:00 PST

Gloria and Emilio...

Gloria and Emilio Estefan Announce $1 Million Gift to HelpThe Miami Project to Cure Paralysis Launch Human Clinical Trials Program The Gloria Estefan Foundation gift will advance trials in humans ...
Posted by Morgan on Thu, 06 Apr 2006 10:33:00 PST

Proud to Be A 'Cane (Faculty Strike for UNICCO Workers)

Fired University of Miami janitor leads strike over benefits CORAL GABLES -- For four years, Zoila Mursuli toiled in the shadows, scrubbing toilets, sweeping floors and emptying trash on the graveyard...
Posted by Morgan on Wed, 01 Mar 2006 11:12:00 PST