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Abita

The mystery of life is not a problem to solve, but a reality to experience. -Thoreau

About Me

I am in a constant changing tide.

My Interests

..Biking and bussing around town, climbin dem rocks, seeing the atmosphere change with every sunset, watching chickens hatch, glaciers, sweet life sustaining rain that keeps our creeks full, mountains, movies I've never seen or heard of before, the air felt off fresh moving water, surprises, watching meteor showers, big tall trees, sitting under waterfalls, the way the wind sounds when rustling through the trees, movies I've seen a million times, jumping off cliffs, --tierra, sol, aire y agua--the fundamentals of all life.

I'd like to meet:

The raincloud that's going to fill up our creeks.

Music:

Yes please.

Movies:

..Film festivities, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Chumscrubber, Money Pit (the homeowner's guide to remodeling), What Would Jesus Buy?, The Revolution Will Not Be Tevised, Before the Music Dies, Dark City, Rounders, The Game, Stand by Me, Edward Scissorhands, Secretary, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, The Professional, Flight of the Navigator, Can't Buy Me Love, Napolean Dynamite, Crybaby, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Labyrinth, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, When Harry Met Sally, Wet Hot American Summer, La Cité des enfants perdus, Freeway, Zoolander ..

Television:

It's big brother, don't trust them.

Books:

The Runaway Bunny, The Giving Tree, Tuesday, Stellaluna...Tom Robbins, David Sedaris, Barbara Kingsolver, John Irving, Tom Wolfe, Robert A. Heinlein, Gabriel García Marquez, The Mists of Avalon

Heroes:

Those who say what they mean and mean what they say.

My Blog

round and round the seasons go

Summer's fun, but I forgot how much I love Austin in the fall.
Posted by Abita on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:16:00 PST

Love, and do what you like.

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle....
Posted by Abita on Wed, 09 May 2007 10:25:00 PST

my pops

My father never ceases to amaze me.  I always tell people that he's like a big kid, and in many ways he is.. but it's only in the most beautiful and pure ways. His house is never lacking in fresh...
Posted by Abita on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 04:29:00 PST

cat news spreads

Well, the troubles of the cat world have spread over here..  About a month ago we started noticing a new black and white fluffy cat looking in our lliving room window.  It seemed pretty brav...
Posted by Abita on Sun, 26 Feb 2006 06:56:00 PST