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alyssa jeanette

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About Me

"Emptying the mind of all conscious processes of thought and filling it with the spirit of God unmanifest brings one ineffable peace, and attunes the soul with the Infinite." ~Gandhi on Quaker silent worship
"The Quaker historic testimonies to equality, simplicity, peace, integrity, challenge us to alleviate suffering and seek positive social change." ~Quaker Peace and Social Witness booklet.
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My Interests

non-violence, birthmothers, cats, family, travel, peace, music, women for women international , mahatma gandhi, god, quakers walking, human rights, amnesty international, hiking, meditation, feminism, npr , microbrews, equality , exercise, diversity, trees, equal rights, strength training, hope, rats, rain, psychology, healing, my friends, finland, christian egalitarianism , social psychology, wine, animals, community psychology, camping, prayer, russia, cultures, russian language, voluntary simplicity, jesus, spanish, reading, singing, social democracy, music, economic justice , social justice, faith, dancing

I'd like to meet:

Jesus...Gandhi...and Ewan McGregor!(ok, so I have a shallow side)

Music:

I have an eclectic taste in music. My favorite bands that I listen to ALL the time are Muse, Coldplay, and Depeche Mode. I'm a big fan of most 80's "new wave." I like the smiths, cake, johnny cash, the clash, air, andres segovia, godspeed you! black emperor, the pixies, mogwai, tears for fears, led zeppelin, thompson twins, black eyed peas, rolling stones, duran duran, gorillaz, erasure, adam ant, keith green, royksopp, the black heart procession, christopher parkening, postal service, jeff buckley, stone temple pilots, inxs (classic INXS with Michael Hutchence), alice in chains, outkast, mozart, the cure, radiohead, bauhaus, echo and the bunnymen, nick drake, peter murphy, pete krebs, david bowie, interpol, guns n roses, sigur ros, ladytron, death cab for cutie, new order, violent femmes, etc, etc.

Movies:

strictly ballroom, napolean dynamite, donnie darko, monty python and the holy grail, death to smoochy, LOTR, labyrinth, v for vendetta

Television:

It's a rare occasion when I watch TV, but I LOVE Arrested Development (the greatest show EVER!!!). I also like the simpsons, futurama, and scrubs.

Books:

What can I say? I love to read. the social animal , why not women?, a testament of devotion, the social legacy of communism, daily readings with soren kierkegaard, frankenstein /the modern prometheus, the chronicles of narnia, crime and punishment, blue like jazz, mere christianity, ten lies the church tells women , a soviet odyssey, anarchy and christianity, equal to serve, subversion of christianity, freedom of simplicity, waking the tempests: ordinary life in the new russia, the people called quakers, spiritual classics, women's activism in contemporary russia

Heroes:

my mom:-)

My Blog

my (and Kierkegaard's) view on love...

The Duty of Love"Only when love is a duty is it eternally secure.  The sense of duty drives out all doubt and anxiety, because it excludes all possibility of change; whereas love based on emotion...
Posted by alyssa jeanette on Mon, 07 May 2007 12:14:00 PST

AD Love

This is my favorite Arrested Development episode ever.  This clip doesn't do it justice, but it's still funny...Get this video and more at MySpace.com...
Posted by alyssa jeanette on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:50:00 PST