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Rose of Sequoya

Never be someone's slogan because you are poetry.

About Me


"It's beauty that captures your attention; personality which captures your heart."
My name is Carisa. Some people call me Risa, some call me CW. I'm a gamer girl and writer at heart. I don't have many friends, but the ones I do have usually find themselves as unwilling subjects for my writing experiments. I graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in English. I write as much as I read. I don't watch a lot of TV anymore but I am a HUGE movie fiend. My roomie, Em (Marina) and I are both big fans of movies based on our favorite comics. I'm also a big comedy fan. Eddie Izzard, Dane Cook, Janeane Garofalo, Carlos Mencia, The Blue Collar Comedy Guys (especially Bill Engvall) -- they all have their treasured place on my movie shelf or in the favorites file on my computer's hard drive. I'm open to meeting anyone who's a big fan of comedy and sarcasm.
I've also been bitten by the photography bug so don't be surprised if you see more pictures of the Gang posted up soon. :)
"Sanity is a madness put to good use." - George Santayana
"Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia." - E.L. Doctorow
The Black Angel
People Iced: Sixteen
Car Bombs Planted: Seventeen
Favorite Weapon Shards of Glass
Arms Broken: Thirty
Eyes Gouged: Fifteen
Tongues Cut Off: Two
Biggest Enemy: The Arm Breaker
Get Your HITMAN Name
AWSOME-GAME

My Interests

My interests vary depending on what mood I'm in. I'm huge into researching supernatural legends and myths. A majority of my researching always centers around symbolism, theology, werewolves, vampires, and other darker aspects of world cultures. I'm a writer both by nature and by career. I love reading and watching a lot of comedy. My favorite types of books are filled with fantastical smart-assery and unique plot lines. I also love taking pictures of my beautiful friends and family who fill every ounce of my life with love and chaos.

You are Bettie Page

You're a famous beauty - with a unique look
and the people who like you are cultish about it.
What Famous Pinup Are You?

Your Inner Muse is Thalia
You are most like this playful muse of comedy.
Life is all about laughter to you, and you're a natural comic.
You make people laugh until their sides split.
And you're always up for some play time! What Muse Are You?

Your Aura is Yellow
Your Personality: Life's too short not to have fun. Your bright energy brings joy and laughter to those around you.

You in Love: A total flirt, you need a lot of freedom to play. But you'll be loyal to that one man who makes you feel safe.

Your Career: You love variety in a job, and you probably won't stick with one career. You would make a great professor, writer, or actress. What Color Is Your Aura?

You are a Lavender Rose

You represent love at first sight and enchantment.

Your vibe: intense and intriguing

Falling in love with you is: deep and meaningful What Color Rose Are You?

You Belong in London
A little old fashioned, and a little modern.
A little traditional, and a little bit punk rock.
A unique woman like you needs a city that offers everything.
No wonder you and London will get along so well. What City Do You Belong In?

Your Love Quote
Love is like pi -- natural, irrational, and very important. What Love Quote Suits You?

I'd like to meet:


From John O'Donohue's "Beauty"

". . .A world without beauty would be unbearable. Indeed the subtle touches of beauty are what enable most people to survive. Yet beauty is so quietly woven through our ordinary days that we hardly notice it. Everywhere there is tenderness, care and kindness, there is beauty. Despite our natural difficulties with our parents, each of us has in our memory moments of deep love we shared with them. Perhaps it was a moment in which you became aware of some infinite tenderness in the way your mother gazed upon you, and you knew that her heart would always carry you as tenderly as it carried herself. . .

. . .In Greek, the word for 'the beautiful' is to kalon. It is related to the word kalein which includes the notion of 'call'. When we experience beauty, we feel called. The Beautiful stirs passion and urgency in us and calls us forth from aloneness into the warmth and wonder of an eternal embrace. It unites us again with the neglected and forgotten grandeur of life. The call of beauty is not a cold call into the dark or the unknown; in some instinctive way we know that beauty is no stranger. We respond with joy to the call of beauty because in an instant it can awaken under the layers of the heart a forgotten brightness. Plato said: 'Beauty was ours in all its brightness ... Whole were we who celebrated that festival' (Phaedrus). . .

. . .Beauty does not linger, it only visits. Yet beauty's visitation affects us and invites us into its rhythm, it calls us to feel, think and act beautifully in the world: to create and live a life that awakens the Beautiful. A life without delight is only half a life. Lest this be construed as a plea for decadence or a self-indulgence that is blind to the horrors of the world, we should remember that beauty does not restrict its visitations only to those whom fortune or circumstances favour. Indeed, it is often the whispers and glimpses of beauty which enable people to endure on desperate frontiers. . .

Music:

Imogen Heap; Sherwood; All-American Rejects; Bowling for Soup; Panic! At the Disco; Snow Patrol; Fly Leaf; Korn; Linkin Park; Snake River Conspiracy; Breaking Benjamin; System of a Down; A Perfect Circle; Evanescence; Foo Fighters; Chevelle; Rob Zombie; Papa Roach; Beth Hart; Anna Nalick; Dave Matthews Band; Maroon 5; Black Eyed Peas; My Chemical Romance; KT Tunstall; Powerman 5000; Incubus; Disturbed; Jem;

Movies:

Evil Dead 1 & 2; Army of Darkness; Batman Begins; Constantine; Much Ado About Nothing; Murder By Numbers; Just Friends; Dogma; Family Guy Movie: Stewie Griffin the Untold Story; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; The Matrix Trilogy; The X-Men Series; Pirates of the Carribean Series; Johnny Mneumonic; A Series of Unfortunate Events; Bewitched; Practical Magic; Something's Gotta Give; Dodgeball; Down With Love; Speed;

Television:

Ghost Whisperer; Numb3rs; Poirot; Murder, She Wrote; Matlock; Ghost Hunters; Haunted Castles; Everybody Loves Raymond; SNL; Mad TV; Reno 911; Law and Order; Charmed; Vicar of Dibley; Absolutely Fabulous; The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.

Books:

Beauty; Conamara Blues; Going Postal; Batman: The Complete Knightfall Series; The Intellectual Devotional; The Harry Potter Series; The Hobbit; The Lord of the Rings Trilogy; Twilight; New Moon; Demon in my View; In the Forest of the Night;

Heroes:

Erma Bombeck, Stephen King, Tim Burton, Bruce Campbell, Eddie Izzard, Danny Bhoy, Dane Cook, Terry Pratchett, Shel Silverstein, William Shakespeare, John O'Donohue, Edgar Allan Poe, Bette Midler, My Mother, My Father, My Brother and Sister-in-law, My Friends, and anyone who fights for the rights and advancement of the deaf, disabled, and truly needy, as well as those who support laughter and comedy as the best form of therapy.

My Blog

Yes. I am a hater.

Why is it difficult for humans to see the hunters of other species as anything other than evil? They hunt them, kill them, and parade them through the streets like trophies from a non-existent war. It...
Posted by Rose of Sequoya on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:00:00 PST

Arts Festival and more

The Festival of the arts is this week. I hope all of you plan on attending. I'll be working the Cox Drink trailer near the entrance on Sunday from 10:30 to 2:00. Be sure to come out and see me if you ...
Posted by Rose of Sequoya on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 05:18:00 PST

A random rant that would make Kevin Smith proud

I know it's been a while since I've posted on here, and I do apologize, but it isn't without some purpose that I have avoided being the blog whore I once was, and yes, having a love life and a good jo...
Posted by Rose of Sequoya on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 05:14:00 PST

Brief postage....

Today is Friday and the last day of the class portion of our Tech Training. Monday we go out the floor for our applied learning and on the 11th, we will be released to the floor as fully-trained Techs...
Posted by Rose of Sequoya on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 02:16:00 PST

Carisa's Celeb Look-a-likes

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Posted by Rose of Sequoya on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:52:00 PST

Chris' Celebrity Look-alikes

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Posted by Rose of Sequoya on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 09:50:00 PST

Natural Prozac

I have been inindated with happiness to the point that all I want to do is pass out. lol. Someone shoot me before I become the annoyingly perky one. // For the record. I love you. //  ...
Posted by Rose of Sequoya on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 04:58:00 PST

Return of the Odd One

I'll post more on this when I have the chance, but for right now, be glad I'm able to access the internet from work. lol. I am in total surreal mode....and it ROCKS. I am the most blessed person ...
Posted by Rose of Sequoya on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 02:04:00 PST

Ripley's....

The entire week, I have been happy. Screw that. MORE than happy. I've been complete. Peaceful. I never knew it would end up being this easy to find a spot on the ledge where I could see how far I have...
Posted by Rose of Sequoya on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 06:29:00 PST

300

Screw Republican and Democrat. Vote Spartan.
Posted by Rose of Sequoya on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 11:36:00 PST