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Amy

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About Me

retro layout powered by HOT FreeLayouts.com / MyHotComments"Out of sight, out of mind" when translated into Russian (by computer), then back again into English, becomes "invisible maniac." (Arthur Calder-Marshall)"Some people call me the space cowboy, yeah Some call me the gangster of love Some people call me maurice Cause I speak of the pompitous of love"Oh wait ... that's Steve Miller.As for me, I'm an emergency dispatcher, a sometime florist, a future therapist, a wife, a daughter, a sister, and an aunt."I belong to no organized political party -- I am a Democrat."(Will Rogers) It's hard to sum yourself up in so many words - Democrat, Catholic (well, sort of), feminist, musician ... maybe Steve Miller had it right after all. My husband tells me that I am drawn to "characters", and I guess it takes one to know one. I've never been overly worried about others opinions of me ... I'd rather have a good time, laugh with (and occasionally AT) my friends and enjoy my life. As Billy Joel (another sage philosopher) said, "I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints, the sinners are much more fun." Oh, and I can juggle -- if you ask me nicely, maybe even in the nude.We cannot kindle when we will The fire in that in the heart resides, The spirit bloweth and is still, In mystery our soul abides. (Matthew Arnold)

My Interests

When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations it is not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end. (Stephanie Meyer)He deals the cards as a meditation And those he plays never suspect He doesn't play for the money he wins He doesn't play for respect He deals the cards to find the answer The sacred geometry of chance The hidden law of a probable outcome The numbers lead a danceI know that the spades are swords of a soldier I know that the clubs are weapons of war I know that diamonds mean money for this art But that's not the shape of my heartI am not afraid of tomorrow for I have seen yesterday and I love today. (William Allen White)If you aren't going all the way, why go at all? (Joe Namath)Forever and a Day ... high up in the North in the land called Svithjod, there stands a rock. It is one hundred miles wide. Once every thousand years a little bird comes to this rock to sharpen it's beak. When the rock has thus been worn away, then a single day of eternity will have gone by. (Hendrik Willem van Loon)We pardon to the extent that we love. (La Rochefoucauld)Whoever named it necking was a poor judge of anatomy. (Groucho Marx)

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to meet these two characters again ...... Pat and E.V. Irving (aka "Gram" and "Gramps"). They taught me from a very early age that sometimes true love really IS forever. Hold a place for me at the bar guys ... and have my Shirley Temple with extra cherries ready.

Heroes:

A class act ... Hillary Clinton.

My Blog

My own version of LOST

Those of you who know me know I'm totally addicted to the TV show LOST. I think it appeals to the "desert island" fantasy we've all engaged in at one point or another. The other day I was letting my i...
Posted by Amy on Tue, 27 May 2008 06:29:00 PST

What’s the definition of CRAZY?

What is the definition of "crazy"? Well, I've spent many years and a LOT of money trying to figure out just that ... considering I have my BA in Psychology and I'm a third of the way to my Masters in ...
Posted by Amy on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:51:00 PST

The Grave Shift

It's interesting the effect that lack of sleep has on the body and mind. After a while things get so fuzzy that you start feeling a strange sense of clarity - it's almost an out of body experience. Of...
Posted by Amy on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:10:00 PST

Thoughts for the day ...

Never sleep with anyone crazier than you. Don't shit where you eat. And in the words of Billy Ocean ... when the going gets tough, the tough get going.  
Posted by Amy on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 04:43:00 PST

Self Respect

So, I spent some time with someone yesterday who, frankly, treats me like shit. I walked away from the encounter feeling somehow diminished, as if by allowing this behavior I have compromised somethin...
Posted by Amy on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 04:37:00 PST

20 Long Years

The year was 1987 ... the location, Glendale, California. The scene -- 650 people clad in red and black on the football field, getting diplomas. Yes, it's been TWENTY years since I graduated from high...
Posted by Amy on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:52:00 PST

Extreme fatigue and Computer screens

I woke to the sound of my alarm screaming in my ear at 2:30 this morning. I dragged my protesting body from beneath my warm covers and stumbled to the bathroom in the dark. Standing under the stinging...
Posted by Amy on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 02:35:00 PST