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Meg

...It's only life afterall...

About Me

I'm crazy about my little sister Kennedy.
I make the good mistakes more than once.
I'm all or nothing in relationships.
I only worry about things I can't control. Can't, yes.
I love songs with great lyrics.
I believe in trusting intuition.
I'm really laid back.
I believe that actions speak louder than words, but I still need to hear the words too.
I try never to take myself (or anything) too seriously.
Sarah McLachlan & Matchbox 20 (done!)would be my dream concerts.
Sometimes I'm incredibly optimistic; sometimes I'm the complete opposite.
I only see the best in everyone; it's both a blessing & a curse.
I never hold grudges.
I believe everyone deserves a second chance if they're truly sorry.
I love to cuddle.
I'm into double-thinking.
I don't believe in quick-fixes.
I realize how fortunate I am, & I remind myself daily so that I never take it for granted.
I don't believe that all is far in love & war.
I believe it's never meaningless to apoligize.
I have a thing for accents.
I take far too many pictures (according to other people).
Sometimes I get depressed.
It bothers me when people can't say they're sorry.
I believe one of the most important things in any relationship is communication.
I am rarely in the city in which I supposedly live.
I think as long as a person is well-intentioned & honest, they can't really go wrong.
I believe that for every negative, there is a positive, & vice-versa.
I don't like to lose touch with people.
When I ask 'how are you?' I listen for the answer.
I'm constantly trying to understand why people do the things they do.
I think that if something is "meant to be," then it will.
I'm beginning to identify my patterns of self-destructive behavior; but identifying them doesn't correct the problem.
I've learned to hate anti-depressants.
Sometimes I just want to be left alone.
I believe in going w/ the flow; whatever that means.
I think we should always forgive, but never forget.
I believe that you can find the good in everyone if you care to look.
I'm always losing things!They call me the "absent-minded professor."
I believe that in the end, people usually get what they deserve.
I think we tend to find things when we aren't looking for them.
I've been studying Taoism for nearly seven years.
I like to take care of people.
I believe that we always see what we want to see, & hear what we want to hear.
I write obsessively, & when I'm not writing, I'm thinking about what I would be writing if I was.
"I believe you can't appreciate real love until you've been burned."
I give everyone the benefit of the doubt, even when I doubt them.
I believe in putting as much positivity into the world as you can.
I'm bad at telling stories, but I'm good at writing them.
Fall is my favorite season.
I apoligize when I'm wrong.
I talk to K before she goes to school every morning.
It bothers me when people insist on being right, even if they are.
When I'm having trouble falling asleep, I sometimes write stories w/ borrowed characters in my head.
I take nothing & no one for granted.
I don't hate anyone.
I believe people always try to justify their actions to themselves.
People tell me that I'm funny.
I try to always live in the moment.
I have a dry/sarcastic sense of humor.
I believe there's always more to things than what we see on the surface.
"I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side."
I'd rather be w/ K than anyone else in the world.
My dream job would be a travel writer...(keep dreaming, right?)
I appreciate when books & movies end realistically.
A high school teacher changed my life.
The ticking of clocks makes me anxious.
I don't like it when people yell.
I don't watch sports, but I will always be a Steelers fan at heart.
I think there are many paths to the same destination, in terms of religion, & really anything else too.
I think far too much; I live in my head a lot of the time.
I think people should say what they mean, & mean what they say.
Some of my best ideas come to me in the middle of the night when a pen & paper are nowhere to be found.
Pittsburgh will always be Home to me.
I appreciate the simple things in life.
I don't like to be told what to do, even when it's said nicely.
"I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye."
I was raised Catholic, & I was even an altar-server for a couple years.
If I tell you I love you, know that I completely mean it because I don't say it unless I do.
I love when it storms, especially at night.
I'm not afraid of silence.
I've been in love with three people total (& one of them is K).
I never go to bed mad at someone.
I appreciate when people are real & flawed & genuine & honest.
Sometimes I like being alone.
I never paint my fingernails.
I'm not shy, I'm just quiet.
I believe that certain people come into our lives for a reason that we may not ever fully understand.
I pretty much collect quotes.
I'm loyal to a fault.
I'm done trying to live up to other peoples standards; I just do my thing.
I always tell people what they mean to me.
I don't know that I believe in coincidences.
When I fall in love, I never look back, even when I know I should.
I believe that most people that come into our lives have something to teach us if we look for it & are open to learning.
I'm easily entertained.
I twirl my hair all the time without even realizing I'm doing it.
I've lost a ridiculous amount of loved ones.
I was "born & raised" in Pennsylvania; but I "grew up" in Arizona.
I don't have any secrets. Ask me anything.
I've taken an anti-depressant for so long that I don't know if I even need it anymore, so I'm slowly weaning myself.
I seem to always fall for unavailable women.
I can reread books I really like.
I believe that happiness is partly a choice.
I like when people are moved by books.
I think K saved me, & in return, I'm saving her.
I always read w/ a pen so I can underline quotes & passages that I like in books.
I'd do anything for someone I care about.
I have never dated or slept w/ a boy, but am open to it (though it'll never happen).
I never have taken off the bracelet K gave me in 2006.
I love white wine.
I fly on airplanes so often that sometimes I forget where I'm heading.
I've been a vegetarian for eleven years.
I think kids are fantastic, & that adults could learn a lot from them.
I think selfish people are totally unacceptable.
I've learned that some people will never ever change.
I realize after many heartaches, that most of the time, I set myself up for it.
I've begun to realize that some people actually like it when people are mean to them.
I can't stand self-proclaimed martyrs.
I don't think we should allow another person to have control over our happiness, but I know most people do anyways.
I don't mind traveling alone.
I also don't mind going to the movies or restaurants alone, & I think that bothers other people sometimes.
I don't like to dance, but I love to watch people do it.
I believe you get what you give, even if you don't get it right away.
I try not to bother w/ things based in negativity.
I sometimes still dream in Spanish.
I'm like yin-yangs (& the meaning behind them).
If I ever get married, I'd like the wedding to be on a cliff at the Grand Canyon.
My favorite color is yellow.
I believe you can get most of the things you want by just being nice to people.
I think we should always remember where we came from.
I am probably too trustworthy.
I try to find the beauty in everything.
I think that in order to find yourself, you first have to lose yourself.
I like going for walks.
I can't understand racism; people are people.
Someday I want to drink hot chocolate & go ice-skating in Times Square, holding someone's hand.
I'm crazy about my two dogs.
I believe everyone is a constant work-in-progress.
I'm undecided on the ideas of fate & destiny, but I live as though I wholly believe in them.
I think naivete is relative.
I really appreciate polite people.
I don't really like hot weather.
I've never had a one-night stand because I think I'd feel empty in the morning.
I am what I call "spontaneously-planned."
I'm very much used to getting what I want (which can be a problem).
I believe in Karma & it's lessons.
I listen to music every single day.
I think the innocence of children leaves them too quickly these days.
I think old people are fantastic.
My grandparents all helped raise me.
I think the answers to life's problems are found in nature.
Being lost in Paris & not knowing French, was one of the more humbling situations I've ever been in.
I have two tattoos, so far, & I think I want more.
I get annoyed when people say they are going to call & then don't.
I believe that some people completely waste their life away.
I can't understand how some people say they don't like children.
I am terrified of becoming completely jaded; I'm presently only about 50%.
I'm totally into photo-editing software.
I believe that in the end, you'll only have yourself to answer to.
Someday I'll take K to eat ice cream on the Eiffel Tower; we've talked about doing it for years.
I love going to the movie theatre.
I collect snowglobes for my little sister; I travel & buy them, & she displays them in her room.
I need everything to mean something, & sometimes that's a problem.
I've learned that some people repeatedly make the same mistakes over & over, & sometimes there's no helping them.
I can't be in a relationship w/ someone who I can't have an intellectual conversation with or who doesn't like kids.
I love that all of ASU smells like honeysuckles in the spring.
I have trouble believing that this is all there is.
I try not to watch/read the news because it's all so negative.
I only eat Hershey bars & Oreos w/ peanut butter.
I think most everything comes full circle.
I'm drawn to children.
I've learned that saying 'I miss you' when you know you won't hear it back is just another way to torture yourself.
I've learned that trying to change anyone is a futile effort.
When I like or am in love w/ someone, I never have any interest in anyone else. That is both a blessing & a curse, depending on the situation.
Sometimes life just blows me away.
I question everything.
I always try to be reading a book.
I believe history always repeats itself.
I've always felt a decade older than I am.
I believe that if you "free your mind, the rest will follow."
I used to be fluent in Spanish, & I'm trying to regain that.
I don't mind riding buses as long as they come on time.
I used to be a a volunteer group that picked up the strewn belongings of immigrants who crossed the border that were left in the desert.
I love Europe, especially Dublin.
I think "life sucks for people who say life sucks."
I used to be in a lesbian sorority.
I am most awake at night.
I pay attention to politics, but only during election seasons; it's like a sport for me.
I'm a big family person.
I've never read a Harry Potter book, but I've seen all the movies.
I am probably too much of a people-pleaser; I like to make people happy.
I love trying to figure people out, but I'm not very good at it, apparently.
I'm a die-hard romantic, & I hope that never fades.
I sometimes worry I'm gradually becoming jaded.
I'm all about trusting your instincts.
I'm numb to goodbyes anymore.
I think everyone needs to be in touch with their inner child.
Cats, birds, & bugs creep me out.
I believe that real love never dies.
I'll try almost anything once.
I'm very introspective.
I've read almost everything Nick Hornby has written.
I love it when people are deep, & not afraid of it.
I always say the wrong thing.
I'm the world's biggest procrastinator.
I love when people can say what they feel, even if they're not very good at it; it's the trying that counts.
When the mood strikes me, I make collages out of magazine clippings.
I think if you love someone, you say it whenever you feel it.
I daydream a lot.
I'm probably too introspective.
I usually sleep on airplanes.
I like doing stealthy good deeds.
I know my way around Pittsburgh better than any other city, even though I haven't lived there since I was 12.
I think it's so much better to give than to receive.
I don't know what I'll do when I don't have flight benefits anymore.
Time commitments scare me; I like to be open so I can come & go as I please.
Relationship commitments don't scare me.
I'm a writer, so naturally I crave experiences.
I'm fascinated with psychology.
I am full of useless trivia.
I don't really believe in strenuous exercise; I think the body works better when you work with it, rather than against it.
I'm excellent at geography.
I don't like to be told no.
I moved a ridiculous amount as a kid; which resulted in me switching schools a grand total of eight times before high school.
I am ambidextrous in most everything except writing.
I love traveling to historical spots.
As a kid, I always brought stray animals home, including squirrels.
I can't even begin to fathom how someone could truly be racist.
I like to bake (even if I'm not great at it).
In high school, I couldn't have cared less about who was Prom Queen.
I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by how they treat people they don't know.
I've learned that someone are just plain mean.
I was 18 my first time getting drunk.
I've broken my skull, nose, wrist, & toe.
I'm not so great at standing up for myself, but I don't think twice about standing up for someone I love.
I've never dated someone younger than me, & I don't plan on it.
I read and write to escape. That's probably also why I enjoy traveling.
My life is full of deja-vu moments.
I faux-married my dog as a little kid; K did the same to another dog of ours last year.
The striking parallels between K's personality & my own as a child fascinate, scare, & amuse me.
My mom's fiance was pretty abusive to me when I was a child.
I had pneumonia when I was 7, & was in the hospital for 8 days.
My step-family is Mormon; my real family is Catholic; I am neither.
I managed to get through both high school & college without ever taking a chemistry class.
I've been going to bars since I was like 18.
I'm not such a great driver.
I've always wanted to learn how to fence.
I have a photographic memory.
I'm extremely visual; I see things as a movie in my head when I remember them.
I think high school teachers can directly change lives; I know mine did.
I love Christmastime, but not Christmas.
I never liked trick-or-treating as a kid, but loved handing out candy & scaring people; K's the same way.
I love children's art.
When I was in Paris, I used more Spanish to get around than French or English.
Even though I was born at 3:27am, I'm not so much a morning-person, but I can pretend that I am.
I am a leg-tapper/shaker; I don't know why. Nervous habit?
I'm friends with Arizona senators & state representatives.
My mom tells me I sneeze like a baby.
On my dad's side of the family, three out of four of my great-grandparents were Irish (two were born in Ireland), & one was German. On my mom's side, all of my great-grandparents were Irish, but all were born in the US.
I believe your body tells you what it needs.
I was a squeaky-voiced, wicked smart, fiesty, bold, stubborn, little smart-mouth as a kid. Looks like I've changed a lot.
I really really like old people & children. It's everyone in between that confuses & frustrates me.
I played with my dollhouse until 8th grade, making up stories for all the people in it.
I always sleep with socks on.
When I was little I used to go into haunted houses alone at Halloween, because my sister would always chicken out.
When I was a kid, I was big into really scary movies; now I can't stand them.
Romantic comedies tend to bore me because they're usually very predicatable. I do have a handful of exceptions though.
I secretely read tabloids; but I never buy them.
I am the complete opposite of my sister Brenna in nearly everyway except genetics, & I'm fascinated by that.
The only chore I don't mind is vacuuming.
I think Kate Winslet is pretty much the most beautiful woman alive.
I think Jude Law is a very pretty man.
I pretty much walk everywhere.
I get seasick, even on cruise ships.
I'm fascinated by other cultures, & almost moved to Mexico, alone, when I was 15.
I taught myself Spanish.
I think older women are ridiculous attractive. And by older, I mean like ages 30-45.
I flatly refuse to play Games when dating, even though I've been told I should. I'd rather everyone just be upfront & honest & real. Why not?
Every day I worry about getting depressed again, because it's pure hell.
My younger sister is in the Army.
I ate ice-cream on the Eiffel Tower.
I have a step-sister & a step-brother that live in Florida. They are 15 & 11.
I really hate shaving my legs; I think it's incredibly annoying.
When I was a kid I desperately wished I had been a twin.
When my mom was pregnant with me, her doctor told her that I had spinobifida & that she should abort me; I owe my life to her getting a second opinion.
For years I was the only one who knew how to work my dads tv/dvd/vcr/tuner, etc. He'd call me in Arizona from Pennsylvania, every time he wanted to turn it on.
I never make just one New Year's resolution; I usually have a list of them.
I let K mix her play-doh colors together.
I can spend hours wandering bookstores.
I don't really like going to malls.
I went to a Catholic school for eight years.
My mom was younger than me when she was gave birth to me.
I saved my sister Brenna from being kidnapped at McDonalds when I was about six & she was about four.
My eyes get really really light blue when I cry; otherwise, they're just blue.
I didn't work during high school.
I designed my first tattoo.
I have a genetic blood disorder (from my mother) than makes me more susceptible to blood clots, & because of that, I can't take birth control (not that I need it anyways! ha).
I have a picture with Barack Obama.
I don't believe in yelling at children (or anyone else for that matter); I think you should just talk things out.
I was one of only three white children in my classes all through in elementary school; never phased me, but my parents always talked about it.
I am the only Democrat in my family; my mother is in beliefs, but is a registered Republican because of her husbands insistence on it.
Everyone in my family cried when I told them I am a lesbian. My sister Brenna wouldn't look at me for a week; my mom was accepting of it, but cried for a week; K cried for like ten minutes, was weird about it, then never cared about it again after that & became my biggest fan; my grandma still thinks it's a phase, but loves me nonetheless; my dad doesn't know yet.
I wasn't in love with the person that I first had sex with, but she was in love with me.
I was given a private tour of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, & I trekked up the 543 steps & up the series of spiral staircases to the top of it's dome (best view in London).
I don't like sci-fi.
I have no memories of my parents being together.
I had no interest in going to prom in high school because I couldn't go with who I really wanted to go with as my date (a girl), but my friends made me go anyways, two years in a row.
My dad's "adopted" family is Italian, & I grew up around them, so i feel culturally Italian-American as well as Irish-American. & spending the last decade in Arizona has made me feel a tiny bit Mexican-American as well.
I was in the White House on my 20th birthday.
As a kid, I was basketball, softball, & bowling teams, & also took gymnastics, ballet, & piano lessons. I didn't like basketball. I did gymnastics for three years, softball for two, and the rest for one year each.
My mom was my 3rd grade basketball coach.
My grandma was my 4th grade English teacher.
I like to share good books with people.
I always pick chocolate over vanilla (except in icing).
I think how people treat children & animals says a lot about them.
My dad taught me how to play poker when I was just a little kid.
Both of my dad's parents died in Florida of heart problems.
I don't think anything is black & white; it's all shades of gray.
I can understand homophobia, but that doesn't mean I agree with it.
I still have everything past girlfriends have given me; it's mainly a collection of jewelery & shirts.
I think teachers should be paid more, & athletes less. Teachers spend 1/3 of the every day for 2/3 of the year in a room with your child.
I won't let K play with toy guns, with the exception of water guns.
Every girl I've ever dated is strikingly similiar in physical appearance, gestures, & speech patterns. It's fascinating to me.
I am obsessive about my hands being clean.
I believe in smothering children with kisses & hugs.
When I lived in Pittsburgh, a tornado came down our street & uprooted trees.
By age 21, a total of three people have asked me to have children with them; one was a boy, one was a friend, & the other was a gf. I turned down all three.
I only have four biological first cousins; but I claim seven because of my dad's "brother's" kids.
I'm legally not allowed to drive a vehicle at night without my glasses.
I drove drunk only once, & it was in the Texan countryside.
The only thing my (divorced) parents have in common besides my sister & I, is they both have a great sense of humor.
As a kid, I enjoyed playing with boys more than with girls.
As a kid, I spent much of my time running around the neighborhood with friends, getting into all sorts of trouble.
I was a finalist in a spelling bee in 7th grade. I've always had a knack for spelling.
I have a chicken pox scar beside my right eye & a scar on my left hand from a curling iron incident.
I can't eat grilled cheese sandwiches without either kethcup or tomato soup.
I liked to hang out in closets with flashlights as a kid; I'd read a lot in there.
I'm excellent at memorizing things. I used to be really proud of this, until I found out that memorization is the lowest form of intelligence. Ha.
Although I lived in Pennsylvania for 12 years & have spent much time at ski resorts, I've never skied.
I can't ever remember a time when I didn't know how to swim.
I'm not sure what I believe happens to us after we die.
I've smoked marijuana a handful of times, but have never been high.
When I was a kid, I asked my grandma why God hadn't waited for me to be Jesus' mother.
The girls I've dated have been so ridiculously beautiful that I can't believe I actually dated them.
I refuse to carry a purse; I usually carry a bag thingy w/ me.
I've been journaling since I was about ten years old.
I think kids in elementary school thought I was a big dork because I was so quiet.
My sister Brenna & I used to look so much alike that we passed for twins quite often.
Ellen DeGeneres waved to me.
I was obsessed with Whoopi Goldberg & Elizabeth Montgomery, as a child.
I used to watch 'The Practice' and I'd write down their closing arguments & memorize them. I'm weird.
I love electronics & gadgets & whatnot.
I was the best biology student (had the highest grade) in my high school.
Dates I'll never forget: Jan 21, June 26, Dec 2, Mar 14, Aug 7, Feb 25, Oct 8, May 10, Apr 23, Apr 30, May 20.
I've never even tried seafood.
I love gardens.
I'm obsessed w/ K.
I've studied all the world's major religions.
I'm so deep that I think it scares people sometimes.
I'm a big family-person.
I believe that a lot of "people use thought to not participate in life."
I believe that Fear can ruin us.
I believe that Love can set us free.
I never have regrets, only lessons.
I'm writing a book.


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MyHeritage : Family tree - Genealogy - Celebrity

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MyHeritage : Celebrity Morph - Building a family tree - Geneology



My Interests

Writing, traveling, Taoism, psychology, photography, screenwriting, Europe, Native Americans, Chinese philosophy, conspiracy theories, the theory of relativity, physics, gender studies, the Holocaust, reading, British royalty, history, England, mental illnesses, linguistics, documentary films, cancer, etc.
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I'd like to meet:

Well dead or alive it would be, all of my great-grandparents, more of my relatives in Ireland, Rosie O'Donnell, Leisha Hailey, Natalie Portman, Jon Stewart, Kate Moennig, Zach Braff, Erin Daniels, Jude Law, etc. I dunno. I saw Ellen DeGeneres in March, so I'm pretty content. (See pic above).

Music:

Pretty much anything w/ good lyrics

But I really love: Matchbox 20, the Indigo Girls, Sarah McLachlan, Damien Rice, Sigur Ros, Duncan Shiek, The Moldy Peaches, Alanis Morissette, Justin Timberlake, etc.

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"I'm so afraid to love you, but more afraid to loose; clinging to a past that doesn't let me choose." -Sarah McLachlan

"The less I seek my source for some definitive, the closer I am to fine." -Indigo Girls

"We all begin with good intent, when love was raw and young. We believed that we could change ourselves, that the past could be undone. But we carry on our backs the burden time always reveals, in the lonely light of morning, in the wound that would not heal." -Sarah McLachlan

"And the best thing you've ever done for me, is to help me take my life less seriously. It's only life after all." -Indigo Girls

"And so it is. Just like you said it would be. Life goes easy on me, most of the time. And so it is. The shorter story; no love, no glory; no hero in her sky." -Damien Rice

“I am a stop along your way. I am the words you'll never say. I crossed the great beyond of fear. I opened my eyes and saw us there; what a view. You went there too.” -Indigo Girls

"I never would have opened up, but you seemed so real to me. After all the bullshit I've heard, it's refreshing not to see, that I don't have to pretend; she doesn't expect it from me." -Sarah McLachlan

"So what makes me think I can start clean-slated? The hardest to learn was the least complicated." -Indigo Girls

"I thought we could make it. But I know I can't change the way you feel. I leave you with your misery, a friend who won't betray. I pull you from your tower. I take away your pain and show you all the beauty you possess, if you'd only let yourself believe that we are born innocent." -Sarah McLachlan

“I want to say that underneath it all you are my friend. And the way that I fell for you I'll never fall that way again. I still believe despite our differences that what we have's enough. And I believe in you and I believe in love.” -Indigo Girls

"Free your mind, the rest will follow." -En Vogue

“What I won't give to have the things that mean the most not to mean the things I miss. Unforgiving the choice still is, the language or the kiss” -Indigo Girls

"I'm so tired but I can't sleep; standin' on the edge of something much too deep. It's funny how we feel so much but we cannot say a word. We are screaming inside, but we can't be heard." -Sarah McLachlan

"All you gotta do is scratch beneath the surface & it's fool's gold." -Indigo Girls

"Shouldn't be so complicated. Just hold me & then, just hold me again. Can you help me? I'm bent. I'm so scared that I'll never get put back together. Keep breakin' me in, & this is how we will end, with you and me bent." -Matchbox Twenty

“I'm always struck that much harder by the power of suggestion. By now I know the answer's always in the question.” -Indigo Girls

“You're as sweet as you ever were. A slight sickness of regret washes over me. And in the end that's all I get.” -Indigo Girls

"Spend all your time waiting, for that second chance; for a break that would make it okay. There's always one reason to feel not good enough." -Sarah McLachlan

“I don't regret & won't forget, a single thing that we went through. But there are the last tears I'm gonna cry for you. & you believe that in the end it all works out right, & I might, if not for you." -Indigo Girls

“Oh don’t waste too much time planning, or you'll get rug ripped out. & the only way you'll be satisfied is learning to live with out. But some plan for the kingdom of heaven, & some take their chances & bet lucky seven. I don't know what to believe, I just show up and breathe anymore." -Indigo Girls

"Years later I think, that I would have been much more alive, to have taken you up on your offer & taken that drive." -Indigo Girls

"Well everything that's come before us leads us to where we are now. & that’s simple, I know, so why can’t I let go of the feeling that I’m lost somehow?" -Indigo Girls

"I wish her insight to battle love's blindness; strength from the milk of human kindness; a safe place for all the pieces that scattered; & learn to pretend there's more than love that matters." -Indigo Girls

"The power of truth is the fuel for the flame, so the darker the ages get, there's a stronger beacon yet." -Indigo Girls

"If the world is night, shine my life like a light; in the kind word you speak, in the turn of the cheek, when your vision stays clear in the face of your fear, then you see turning off a light switch is their only power. When we stand like spotlights in a mighty tower, all for one & one for all, then we sing the common call." -Indigo Girls

"I'm a psychic & a laywoman; I see love & I like to make it happen." -Indigo Girls

"Now the parking lot is empty, everyone's gone someplace. I pick you up & in the trunk I've packed a cooler & a two-day suitcase. ‘Cause there's a place we like to drive way out in the country, five miles out of the city limit, we're singing & your hand's upon my knee." -Indigo Girls

"Jump in. Forget about the sharks, & swim." -Indigo Girls

"You know the things that I’m afraid of, I'm not afraid to tell. & if we'd ever leave a legacy it's that we loved each other well." -Indigo Girls

"You don't want me calling you up, all melancholy, sick from love. You prefer it uncomplicated. Things are tricky now, I bet you hate it. Your mind's eye finds the exit sign, and you're off in perfect fashion." -Indigo Girls

"As much as nothing, everything's changed. I'm soaking in it, it falls like rain." -Indigo Girls

"It feels like her; it feels like no fear; it feels like no doubt; it feels like inside out. The ashes stir. She's saving me. I don't really think she knows it." -Indigo Girls

Movies:

All Aboard Rosie's Family Cruise, About Schmidt, About A Boy, Garden State, The Bucket List, Imagine Me & You, Pay It Forward, Matchpoint, American Beauty, The Last Kiss, If These Walls Could Talk 2, V For Vendetta, Boys Don't Cry, Saved!, Mean Girls, The Emperor's Club, Fools Rush In, When Harry Met Sally, Closer, Notting Hill, The Recruit, Million Dollar Baby, Shopgirl, City Of Angels, Love Actually, Hate Crime, Christmas Vacation, My Best Friend's Wedding, Stepmom, Borat, Shrek, I Think I Love My Wife, Loving Annabelle, The Bucket List, etc.
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"Some things are true whether you believe in them or not." -City Of Angels
"I wanna be with her more, I wanna be with her all the time, and I wanna tell her things I don't even tell you or mum. And I don't want her to have another boyfriend. I suppose if I could have all those things, I wouldn't really mind if I touched her or not." -About A Boy
Luce: Don't forget me.
Rachel: I won't remember anything else.
-"Imagine Me & You"
"This isn't a conversation about this being over, it's, it's... I'm not, like, putting a period at the end of this, you know, I'm putting, like, an ellipsis on it, cause I'm- I'm- I'm worried that if I don't figure myself out, if I don't go like land on my own two feet, then I'm just gonna to mess this whole thing up, and this is too important. I gotta go... you changed my life in four days. This is the beginning of something really big. But right now, I gotta go." -Garden State
"That's life. If nothing else, its life. It's real, and sometimes it fuckin' hurts, but it's sort of all we have." -Garden State
"Ideas are bulletproof." -V For Vendetta
"You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it." -V For Vendetta
"Yes it is. I want you to be happy. More than anything else I wanted to be the cause of happiness in you. But if I'm not, then I can't stand in the way, you see? Because what you're feeling now, is the unstoppable force. Which means that I've got to move." -Imagine Me & You
""Is it meaningless to apoligize?" "Never."" -V For Vendetta
"I don't want to lie. I can't tell the truth. So it's over." -Closer
"You don't know the first thing about love, because you don't understand compromise." -Closer
"I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss from her mouth, one touch of her hand, than eternity without it. One." -City Of Angels
"Of course I'll forgive her. I have forgiven her. Without forgiveness we're savages." -Closer
"Oh, as if you had no choice? There's a moment, there's always a moment, "I can do this, I can give into this, or I can resist it", & I don't know when your moment was, but I bet you there was one." -Closer
"So, I can hurt now, or hurt later." -Shopgirl
"Some nights alone he thinks of her. & some nights alone, she thinks of him. Some nights these thoughts occur at the same moment. & Ray and Mirabelle are connected without ever knowing it." -Shopgirl
"I'll give you anything you ask for - as long as it's not something I don't want to give." -Love Actually
"There had been times when he knew, somewhere in him, that he would get used to it, whatever it was, because he had learnt that some hard things became softer after a very little while." -About A Boy
"Some people are too scared or something to think things can be different. The world's not exactly...shit. I guess it's hard for people who are so used to things the way they are - even if they're bad - to change. 'Cause they kind of give up. And when they do, everybody kind of loses." -Pay It Forward
“You know, the ancient Egyptians had a beautiful belief about death. When their souls got to the entrance to heaven, the guards asked two questions. Their answers determined whether they were able to enter or not. ‘Have you found joy in your life?’ 'Has your life brought joy to others?’” -The Bucket List
"Don't tell me how sorry you are for me, just tell me how you are going to stop that from happening." -Pay It Forward
"Everything that's meant to happen does." -American Beauty
Dan: You've ruined my life.
Anna: You'll get over it.
-Closer
"I know we're all pretty small in the big scheme of things, and I suppose the most you can hope for is to make some kind of difference, but what kind of difference have I made? What in the world is better because of me?" -About Schmidt

Television:

Pretty much anything as long as I'm laughing, learning, or both.
Work Out, The L Word, Friends, Will & Grace, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, Jeopardy, Everybody Loves Raymond, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, The Simpsons, King Of Queens, Saturday Night Live, etc.
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"We need, like... rules of un-attraction." -Alice to Dana, from The L Word
"Dana, most girls are straight until they're not. And then... sometimes they're gay 'til they're not. And then there's the ones that never look back." -Alice to Dana, from The L Word
"You know what this means? It means I can never be gay again. I cannot be gay!" -Alice to Shane, from The L Word
"Life is like being a trapeze artist. Working on the trapeze is like fucking up. I mean, you're up there, fifty feet above the ground. You know? And you deliberately let go of the only security you have, to go flying through the air. And in that moment, everything's lost. You could live or you could die but you've taken that risk. And grabbing that bar again is like getting a second chance, so you grab it. And you fucking swing on it, and then you do it all over again." -Robin to Jenny, The L Word

Books:

The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, Shopgirl, On Love, The Catcher In The Rye, The Great Gatsby, The Romantic Movement, The Tao of Pooh, What Brings Me To You, The Te of Piglet, The Giver, A Prayer For Owen Meany, Brave New World, Things Fall Apart, A Million Little Pieces, How To Be Good, Angels & Demons, Tao Te Ching, Everything I Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten, Tuesdays with Morrie, The Five People You Meet In Heaven, Entries From A Hot Pink Notebook, About A Boy, Shopgirl, Oliver Twist, I'll Love Your Forever, The Corrections, Celebrity Detox, & a million more.
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"Love wins. Love always wins." -Tuesdays With Morrie
"As Ray Porter watches Mirabelle walk away he feels a loss. How is it possible, he thinks, to miss a woman whom he kept at a distance so that when she was gone he would not miss her. Only then does he realize that wanting part of her and not all of her had hurt them both and how he cannot justify his actions, except, well, it was life." -Shopgirl
"So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning." -Tuesdays With Morrie
"Your memory is a monster; you forget - it doesn't. It simply files things away. It keeps things for you, or hides things from you - and summons them to your recall with a will of its own. You think you have a memory; but it has you." -A Prayer For Owen Meany
"Yellow is my shorthand for real, for true, for beauty. Yellow means what is good with our world." -Celebrity Detox
"Believe what you feel. What you know, inside, is real." -Celebrity Detox
"There are no mistakes. Faith or fear. Remember to breathe." -Celebrity Detox
"If you are good at stand up, and I think I was - you make yellow. Chris Rock does. So does Ellen DeGeneres. They tell life's common experiences from their own truth point. Truth. The truth. What is it and how much can you compromise before it goes?" -Celebrity Detox
"He had committed himself to the following of a grail." -The Great Gatsby
"Gatsby's wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy's dock....his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that it was already behind him." -The Great Gatsby
"It is invariably saddening to look through new eyes at things upon which you have expended your own powers of adjustment." -The Great Gatsby
"He wanted to recover something, some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy. His life had been confused and disordered since then, but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly, he could find out what that thing was." -The Great Gatsby
"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter--tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther.... And one fine morning-- So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." -The Great Gatsby
MY FAVORITE QUOTES
"Meg, you're my sister. I'd love you anyway." -Kennedy
“If I gave a basketball player the rule book today & they read it tonight, will they be a better basketball player tomorrow who really understand & loves the game?” -Anderson
"We do what we do, until we decide to do something else." -Kelly
"Life is full of trade-offs." -Emily
“Remember that even in structures of conformity one can be creative, unorthodox, & nonconformist.” –Anderson
"Not much you can do except sit back & let life happen." -Kelly
"There is no greater illusion than fear." -Lao-Tzu
"Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires." Lao-Tzu
"When spring comes the grass grows by itself." - Lao-Tzu
“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” -Lao-Tzu
"By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try, the world is beyond the winning." -Lao-Tzu
"If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve." -Lao-Tzu
"Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like." -Lao-Tzu
"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." -Lao-Tzu
"Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small." -Lao-Tzu
"The words of truth are always paradoxical." -Lao-Tzu
Robin: So, um... you don't want to be in a relationship? Jenny: No, I don't. Robin: You just wanna sleep with people. Make them fall in love with you, so you can fuck with their heads. Jenny: No, that's not what I want. Robin: Well, that's what you did.” -The L Word
"Superior leaders get things done with very little motion. They impart instruction not through many words, but through a few deeds. They keep informed about everything but interfere hardly at all. They are catalysts, and though things would not get done as well if they were not there, when they succeed they take no credit. And, because they take no credit, credit never leaves them." -Lao-Tzu
"Which direction should I go?" asked Alice? "Well, where are you trying to go?" replied the cat. "I don't know," said Alice. "Then it doesn't really matter which direction you go, does it?" The cat said before he disappeared. ~Alice in Wonderland
"So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be." -The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
Teacher: "Do you always think this much, Charlie?" Charlie: "Is that bad?" Teacher: "Not necessarily. It's just that sometimes people use thought to not participate in life." Charlie: "Is that bad?" Teacher: "Yes." -The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
"We accept the love we think we deserve." -The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
"I walked over to the hill where we used to go and sled. There were a lot of little kids there. I watched them flying. Doing jumps and having races. And I thought that all those little kids are going to grow up someday. And all of those little kids are going to do the things that we do. And they will all kiss someone someday. But for now, sledding is enough. I think it would be great if sledding were always enough, but it isn't." -The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
"It's kind of like when you look at yourself in the mirror and you say your name. And it gets to a point where none of it seems real. Well, sometimes, I can do that, but I don't need an hour in front of a mirror. It just happens very fast, and things start to slip away. And I just open my eyes, and I see nothing. And then I start to breathe really hard trying to see something, but I can't. It doesn't happen all the time, but when it does, it scares me." -The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
"Everyone else is either asleep or having sex. I've been watching cable television and eating jello." -The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
"If I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won't tell them that people are starving in China or anything like that because it wouldn't change the fact that they were upset. And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesnt change the fact that you have what you have." -The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
"I’m going to write it down because maybe if I do I won’t have to think about it. And I won’t get upset." -The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
"I don't know if you've ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or just not exist. Or just not be aware that you do exist. Or something like that. I think wanting that is very morbid, but I want it when I get like this. That's why I'm trying not to think. I just want it all to stop spinning." -The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
"I wish someone would just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense." -The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
"If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am. And I don't want them to carry it around inside. I want them to show me, so I can feel it too. I want them to be able to do whatever they want around me." -The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
"I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there." -The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
"I couldn't believe that Sam actually got me a present because I honestly thought that the "I love you" was it." -The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
"Things change. And friends leave. And life doesn’t stop for anybody." -The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
"I remember going to sleep last night, and I realized something. Something that I think is important. I realized that throughout the course of the evening, I wasn't happy about Craig and Sam breaking up. Not at all. I never once thought that it would mean Sam might start liking me. All I cared about was the fact that Sam got really hurt. And I guess I realized at that moment that I really did love her. Because there was nothing to gain, and that didn't matter." -The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
"Please believe that things are good with me, and even when they're not, they will be soon enough. And I will believe the same about you." -The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
"I tried to notice as many details as I possibly could. Her long hair and her thin wrists and her green eyes. I wanted to remember everything. Especially the sound of her voice. And I closed my eyes because I wanted to know nothing but her arms." -The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
“I would die for you. But I won’t live for you.” -The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
"Charlie, don't you get it? I can't feel that. It's sweet and everything, but it's like you're not even there sometimes. It's great that you can listen and be a shoulder to someone, but what about when someone doesn't need a shoulder. What if they need the arms or something like that? You can't just sit there and put everybody's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You just can't. You have to do things. Like take their hands when the slow song comes up for a change. Or be the one who asks someone for a date. Or tell people what you need. Or what you want. Like on the dance floor, did you want to kiss me?" -The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
“If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am. And I don't want them to carry it around inside. I want them to show me, so I can feel it too. I want them to be able to do whatever they want around me.” -The Perks Of Being A Wallflower

Heroes:

EVERYONE!..“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves…Great acts are made up of small deeds…If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading…If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve….Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like…The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself; the more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete…To lead people walk behind them…” Lao-Tzu
And I'm kind of partial to Anderson. If I could be something even remotely similiar to him, that'd be amazing.
Oh, and Ellen. Just because. But also because she's is a true civil rights pioneer without even wishing to be. And because she has worked her way to the very top honestly and by being true to herself. Ro pretty much rox too. She's brilliant and has the guts to speak up despite getting the Righties all fired up. She doesn't seem afraid to speak her mind, and to be the lone voice of reason. And Barbara Walters is just fantastic and so worldly....highly impressive ladies.

My Blog

As Long As They Should Have

How long until your birthday?few monthsHow was your first kiss?alcohol-induced, sadly.Do you have any relatives in the military currently?my sister is in army boot-camp...my uncle is in the air force....
Posted by Meg on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:41:00 PST

Apparently

How long have you lived in your current home?1 yearLook above your computer screen, what do you see?a wallYour profile picture, where was it taken?pennsylvaniaWhat are your Birthday plans?i never make...
Posted by Meg on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:22:00 PST

i i i

I am...just meI know......hell, what do i knowI love it when...people are real and flawed and genuine.I am know for...being quiet and nice i guessThe nickname I'm embarassed of is...'the absent-minded...
Posted by Meg on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:26:00 PST

If I Had To

1) If you HAD to get a tattoo, where would you want it?already have two....but if i HAD to get another itd prob be on my hip... maybe numbers or something. not sure.2) If you HAD to dye your hair a co...
Posted by Meg on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:09:00 PST

Never Say Never

Can you fill this out without lying?yeahWhat's the last thing you put in your mouth?oj Have you ever kissed anyone named Matthew?nopeLast person you rode in a car with under the age of 20?KCan you pla...
Posted by Meg on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:55:00 PST

7 Deadly Sins

WRATHWho did you last get angry with? prob my motherWhat is your weapon of choice? mmm, words.Would you hit a member of the opposite sex? noHow about the same sex? noWho was the last person who got re...
Posted by Meg on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:19:00 PST

Whatever really

Where is the next place you will travel to?england...then germany, italy, and spain. starting this weekend!Why did you kiss the last person you kissed?because it felt right at the momentHave you ever ...
Posted by Meg on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:36:00 PST

Not So Easily

Was the last person you kissed younger or older than you?-older. they've all pretty much been older.Would you change anything about yourself if you could?-my impatience maybeDo you get along with girl...
Posted by Meg on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:00:00 PST

Miserable Megs

1Where do you go to shop for clothes? wherever i feel like 2Do you buy your own groceries? i hate grocery shopping, but when im outta food at my place, i run to the store and grab a few things. i en...
Posted by Meg on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:10:00 PST

Quizzard

What is the closest main road to your house?university drCould you go out in public looking like you do now?im already in publicWhich one of your friends lives closest to you?lots!What did you do last...
Posted by Meg on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:53:00 PST