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linda-lu

I utter and I am, and across the boundary of words,without speaking, I approach silence.

About Me


for those of you who know me at all, nothing i could possibly say here would come as a surprise. however, for those who may not.... let's see.... passionate, questioning, seeking, loving, sensitive, dramatic, looking, listening, hoping, praying, wondering, trying, failing, trying again. God has yet to stop my heart... so it must be beating within me for a purpose that only He and His glory can know... i just keep putting one foot in front of the other, waking up, and meeting my day with all the possibility of hope that one who has seen hopelessness can possibly appreciate. for that, i will mourn, and for that, i will always be grateful.i sing, act, dance, read, write, pray, question, stumble, fall, and get up to do it all over again in my very next breath. i just recently moved to Pennsylvania... and truth be told, i'm pretty terrified... but in a good way. fear can be a good motivation. but so can hope.... i am here, now. and i've got a ways to go, but i try to stay in the moment and enjoy what i have here in front of me and also remember that light moves...

My Interests


My apartment smells of rich mahagony...

You are Bettie Page
Girl next door with a wild streak
You're a beauty with a unique look
and the people like you are cultish about it What Famous Pinup Are You?

I'd like to meet:


people with no agenda. people who are honest, open, love to talk and listen equally. all sorts of people. out-going. shy. timid. crazy. all of it. i love it all. i just find people interesting... so long as it's not all about them. you know?

Top 5 people to grab a drink with:
Bono, Eddie Izzard, Eddie Vedder, Kevin Spacey, and Kate Winslet

Music:

aral, louis armstrong, the beatles, belle and sebastian, benjamin gate, brahms, jason robert brown, johnny cash, the chieftans, coltrane, copeland, the cure, miles davis, the darkness, damien rice, placido domingo, the doors, renee fleming, ben folds, ella fitzgerald, the fray, green day, david gray, imogen heap, diana krall, led zeplin, mae, jack's mannequin, justin mcroberts, mozart, mxpx, maureen o'flynn, nickel creek, nirvana, pearl jam, pedro the lion, pink floyd, norah jones, cole porter, puccini, queen, simon & garfunkel, schubert, sondheim, switchfoot, tree63, U2, weezer, etc. etc...

Movies:


adaptation, amadeus, amelie, american graffiti, american history-X, anchorman, best in show, braveheart, cyrano de bergerac (the 90's version), eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, ferris bueller's day off, fight club, garden state, high fidelity, joe versus the volcano, kill bill (both of them, but especially vol.2), mansfield park, memento, monsoon wedding, moonstruck, murder by death, persuassion, pi, pride & prejudice (BBC version), pumpkin, rear window, rebecca, resevoir dogs, requiem for a dream, rocky horror picture show, say anything, sense and sensibility, soap dish, so i married an axe murderer, silence of the lambs, singin' in the rain, star wars (IV, V, & VI), strictly ballroom, this is spinal tap, velvet goldmine, waiting for guffman, wayne's world, the wedding singer, west side story, when harry met sally, and on and on....

Television:


don't watch that much... some good fav's though: the simpsons, family guy, arrested developement, buffy, the golden girls (yeah, that's right), jeopardy!, iron chef (if you don't know, i can't tell you), jem and the holograms, she-ra, he-man. yep.

Books:



Donald Miller - BLUE LIKE JAZZ

Anya Seton- THE GREEN DARKNESS

A.S. Bryant- POSSESSION

Truman Capote- IN COLD BLOOD

John Eldredge- CAPTIVATING and WILD AT HEART

C.S. Lewis- SCREWTAPE LETTERS

Beth Moore- BREAKING FREE

Heroes:


my parents, my big sister, stuart and ann ostrow, king david, Jehovah Yir'eh

M.C. Escher
Your portrait by Escher would be Open and raw, you would let your true self show for your portrait.
And even if your painting turned out a bit dark, it would be honest. What Artist Should Paint Your Portrait?

My Blog

in a moment, in the blinking of an eye

this evening, for the first time since it happened, i cried.  Marshall died over a week and a half ago, but i had been able to keep tears away... not knowing exactly how i was feeling about it al...
Posted by linda-lu on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 07:38:00 PST

napkin at a cafe

thursday morning in new york city.  thanksgiving.  it was cold and wet, the grey sky mulling over my thoughts outside the tall windows of the cafe.  i had come to wait, to sit and journ...
Posted by linda-lu on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 10:03:00 PST

it's the light that awakens

as i read this morning, i got to learn a bit about winter, spring and the rejuvination of life.  my quiet time lead me to read over John 1:1-5 which speaks of God being the light in men's lives, ...
Posted by linda-lu on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 10:21:00 PST

seulement Dieu sait

ever since i was young, i have had a propensity to mourn deeply, fully, and to what i have come to find at times to be a fault.  always mourning the days lost when holidays ended, ...
Posted by linda-lu on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 08:37:00 PST

it's raining outside

it's raining outside and i absolutely love it.  these are times that i generally relish... sitting and listening to rain.  but the day has been a difficult one, and i am not at home.  g...
Posted by linda-lu on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 07:17:00 PST

dylan referenced shamelessly

there are times in your life when you know things are shifting.  it can be obvious like the death of a loved one, the start of a new relationship, the venturing out on an exciting adventure of so...
Posted by linda-lu on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 08:00:00 PST

streets of my neigborhood

as i walk the streets of my neigborhood in the early evening light, my memories seem to travel past me.  i would say that they come from nowhere, but that isn't quite true.... the scent of a flow...
Posted by linda-lu on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 07:54:00 PST

from SURFACING

The winter here is cold and bitterIt's chilled us to the boneWe haven't seen the sun for weeksToo long, too far from home I feel just like I'm sinkingAnd I claw for solid groundI'm pulled down by the ...
Posted by linda-lu on Sun, 19 Mar 2006 04:28:00 PST