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Alaina

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About Me

JD. Snow. Snowboarding. snow. fall. Oregon. cold and rainy days. traveling. music. sunshine. coffee. wine. books. cooking. movies. hiking. cold noses and rosy cheeks. the ocean. playing with my dog Delilah. tattoos(I have none yet, but have a growing number of what I will eventually have). cuddling. fireplaces. swimming. family. hiking. camping. babies noses. snow. fashion. piano. hymns. sunsets. green trees. flowers. foreign languages. snowboarding. boats. dancing. running. scarves. different laughs. silly faces. drawing. the Steelers. snow. JD.
I also want to learn to surf and wake-surf! I can wake-board and snowboard...BUT snowboarding is pretty much out on a regular basis now that I'm back in the land o' hot...and I want to learn something new!

My Interests

I just moved BACK to AZ from Oregon. I miss the northwest so! It's tough for me to be away from the mountains and my beloved snow. BUT, we believe we are where we need to be. EVEN if that means taking me back to the land of heat and sweat and brown-everything. :) But, I am on a journey, continually learning to have joy regardless of where I live, what I'm doing, etc.

I'd like to meet:

What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do. Bob Dylan (1941 - )
I'd like to meet Bob Dylan, Bono, Kat Von D, and I would've liked to meet Mr. Rodgers. Seriously. And anyone else who wants to meet me. Pretty much you can learn something from everyone.

My Space or Yours? Myspace Layouts and more at myspaceoryours.net!

Music:

Music is SO important. I love to sit back with a great drink and mellow out with some of my favs. There are so many amazing artists who are undiscovered, so I love to find new stuff and am always on the hunt...therefore my list consistently changes; here are some of my constants: Rocky Votolato, Counting Crows, Thrice, A Fine Frenzy, Van Morrison, The Faint, Floater, Sondre Lerche, Johnny Cash, Coldplay "Fix You" has such a great build up towards the end of the song...if you blast it, it'll change your day; David Crowder Band, Postal Service, my husband's off-tune singing :), Matt Kearny, Daft Punk, Leeland, Muse, no one will ever destroy my love of Steven Curtis Chapman, Bob Dylan has some amazing lyrics, so does Casting Crowns...there's so much more. Just depends on the mood and time. At the present moment I'm VERY into electro-rock. Oh yes! I also enjoy a very loud, blasting round of gospel now and then. How can you not like their pipes! Also, reggae is pretty outstanding on a sunny day!

Movies:

A Time to Kill, Pan's Labrynth, Amelie, Shawshank Redemption, JUNO rocked my socks off, Garden State, Little Miss Sunshine is hularious, I love documentaries... and Michael Moore's, "Sicko" was pretty incredible, Harry Potter Series (because I like the books), Lord of the Rings, Ever After, The Notebook, Girls Just Want To Have Fun for Girly movies.

Television:

Heroes. The Office. Greys. L.A. Ink (I wish I could look that hot), Scrubs, The Simpsons, Colbert Report is hu-larious, I get sucked into things but am not very good at following shows. The Steelers.

Books:

The Bible, Ender's Game, C.S. Lewis has great stuff (check out, 'Until We Have Faces', The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, The Hiding Place by Coery Tenbaum, Don Miller has great thoughts, Brian McClaren, the Harry Potter series sucked me in, I love classic literature and poetry, snowboard mags :)....I just love to read!

Heroes:

Jesus. This is a tough question. I don't like to think of people as heroes, but, as far as people go... I would have to say my parents I think. They have inspired me in ways to lengthy to describe here. I don't know...I think all people inspire me in different ways, and sometimes I tend to hold people on pedastools. No one is perfect, but everyone has something valuable to share. That's my philosophy I guess.

My Blog

Glass, Christmas music, and senioritis

A few things... So, a few nights ago, I cut my finger in a pretty bad way.  I was washing dishes...you know, trying to make the good ol' apt look nice...when I looked down to see my finger g...
Posted by Alaina on Thu, 08 Dec 2005 06:51:00 PST

some direction...

Well, for those of you that care....I sort of have a direction...sort of.  So, After graduation...one week!...I will be heading to Sandy, OR to be a full time snowboard/ski instructor.  (Ye...
Posted by Alaina on Sun, 04 Dec 2005 09:08:00 PST

Lesson Learned....

What a weekend.  Well, yesterday I woke up late, and got to work an hour and a half late....  lesson learned: keep alarm clock across the room, so I actually have to get up to walk and turn...
Posted by Alaina on Sun, 13 Nov 2005 02:07:00 PST

Issues..

I am taking the time to express my deep irritation with certain "type" in electronic communication.  I don't know about anyone else, but I do know that for myself, stupid one letter abbreviations...
Posted by Alaina on Tue, 08 Nov 2005 03:36:00 PST

Running in the rain....

Running in the rain..... Well, I just got  back from running...actually more like jogging....in the rain, or sprinkles.  It was so nice.  I might sound crazy, but I have always loved th...
Posted by Alaina on Sun, 06 Nov 2005 04:46:00 PST

Let it Snow Let it Snow Let it Snow!!!

Holy RAIN!!!  Do you know what that means???  SNOW!  I'm starting to feel the itch....Kara and I are going on Wednesday after classes.  This is going to be a good season....
Posted by Alaina on Sat, 05 Nov 2005 12:56:00 PST

frustration....?

So, I was thinking and talking with Rachy today about how chapel was amazing yesterday.  AND, about how so many people at MBC were PROBABLY offended, and thinking, "Rollins...you have the wrong t...
Posted by Alaina on Tue, 01 Nov 2005 12:45:00 PST

Some thoughts and a poem

ok, so I was just thinking...I LOVE SCHOOL.  Seriously.  I don't know what I'm going to do when I graduate this December, because I love it so much.  I was sitting in Pothen's class tod...
Posted by Alaina on Wed, 26 Oct 2005 05:03:00 PST

Bonhoeffer

So, I've been reading Dietrich Bonhoeffer lately. Some exerpts from his writings. Each New Day "Each new day is a new beginning in our life.  Each day is a self-contained whole.  Today is th...
Posted by Alaina on Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:21:00 PST

I need some serious help

ok, so it's now 3:26am and I have been putting off doing my homework for literally like 10 hours or something.  What the crap is wrong with me?!  I'm just sitting here...trying to escape the...
Posted by Alaina on Thu, 06 Oct 2005 03:32:00 PST