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~ Angie ~

30's the new 20...

About Me


There are some things that you know - intellectually - are bound to happen to you, but you never really believe that they will. For me, turning 30 has been one of them.
I must admit once the panic subsides I am somewhat excited about my 30s.
Don't get me wrong it's not because I have my life all figured out. Far from it. If you asked me 10 years ago where I thought I'd be at this point, I definitely would have said married, settled with kids and enough money saved up to buy nice things. Let's just say, my life is a bit different than I expected. However I've decided that this is not necessarily a bad thing. You see, what I didn't know 10 years ago that I do know now is that the journey to my 30s would bring changes I didn't anticipate.
Confidence is one of them. I finally have confidence and even moreso am comfortable in my own skin ~ who would of thought? I didn't have that at 20, 21 or even 25. I have that now.
The greatest change I've noticed on the way to my fourth decade (now I am getting carried away, huh?). I now have the utmost appreciation for my family and friends. It's different from my 20s, when I loved people because they helped me pick out an outfit for a date or because we could dance at the bar until 2 a.m or they were around because they always had been.
Now, I love the people close to me because they've watched me become who I am. They've been there for me through new jobs, new partners and new places to live. And they've helped me through those moments when I do worry about getting married and whether or not I've made the right life decision or choice. They have taught, more importantly shown me, the true meaning of unconditional love.
So when I blew out those 30 candles on my cake, those were the people who were around me. The party I threw was not for me, but for them in honor of all the fun we have yet to have.
I am teaching myself to say, 30, here I am and I am ok.
How to make a Angie
Ingredients:
5 parts success
5 parts self-sufficiency
5 parts instinct
Method:
Layer ingredientes in a shot glass. Add caring to taste! Do not overindulge!
Username:

I live not in dreams but in contemplation of a reality that is perhaps the future...
I am extremely optimistic. I am a strong believer in forgiveness, as I have needed it myself on an infinite number of occasions. I am also very realistic but definitely not always in reality.
Truly, I have the greatest set of friends in the world... they have and continue to teach me the meaning of unconditional love... they have loved me inspite of myself numerous times... If I know what love is, it is because of them... they are my home...
Finally, I am a firm believer that the only things in life I will regret, are the risks that I didn't take...I believe that sometimes there is no next time, no second chance, no time out, sometimes...it's now or never. ♠
♠ The Tattoo on my Lower back... Why we tattoo after a break up, I'll never know...♠
♣ Strength and No Regrets ♣
*You Are Animal*
A complete lunatic, you're operating on 100% animal instincts.
You thrive on uncontrolled energy, and you're downright scary.
But you sure can beat a good drum. "Kill! Kill!"

My Interests

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

Remember, our similarities... outweigh our differences...

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do." - Anna Eleanor Roosevelt

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. .. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us...

Be Strong, Stand Up, Make a Difference... NEVER let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." -Gandhi

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will...

I'd like to meet:


♠ Lisa Marie Presley, Julian McMahon, Kelly Carlson and Sean 'Diddy' Combs. ♠

♠ Life without passion, is unforgivable...♠

Music:

The two below are a must on my IPOD... the first - for undeniable reasons... there have been pretenders... there have been contenders... but there is only one KING!... the second, for lyrical content and of course for the obvious...

Someone turned the lights out there in Memphis. That's where my family's buried and gone. Last time I was there I noticed a space left. Next to them there in Memphis. In the damn back lawn.

Movies:

Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Madea's Family Reunion, Remember the Titans, Crash, Gia, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, What's Love Got to Do With It?, Clueless, Legally Blonde, Thelma & Louise, Boys on the Side, Waiting to Exhale, Up Close & Personal, Titanic, Meet Joe Black, Notting Hill, Where the Heart Is, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Now and Then, In Her Shoes, Lilo & Stitch, Gone with the Wind, War of the Worlds, Coal Miner's Daughter, Saw, Skeleton Key, Coyote Ugly, Terms of Endearment, Soul Food, Fried Green Tomatoes, Beaches, Walk the Line and Love Actually.

Isn't this what we all want?

Television:

Medium, House, CSI, American Idol, Without a Trace, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Beverly Hills 90210, Bewitched, The Golden Girls, Will/Grace, Friends, most anything on HGTV, The L Word and my favorite of all - Nip/Tuck.

Books:

Crossing Over - John Edward, One Last Time - John Edward, What If God Were the Sun? - John Edward, Bottom of the Ninth - Kirk Gibson, and lastly, Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell.

Heroes:


♥The standards were high and you met them.♥
My Grandma - For always having substantial faith in me and for believing in my dreams while teaching me that I could find in myself the strength and resolve to achieve them... I miss you more each and every day... more so hope you are proud of who I have become...
My Granny - For teaching me how to give of myself and that education, money, and privilege do not measure ones character or worth... I miss you more than words can do justice...
If you haven't already, you will lose someone you can't live without, and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of a beloved person. But this is also the good news. They live forever, in your broken heart that doesn't seal back up. And you come through. It's like having a broken leg that never heals perfectly - that still hurts when the weather is cold - but you learn to dance with the limp.

My Blog

I love Jesus but I drink a little...

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Posted by ~ Angie ~ on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 12:19:00 PST

The Gospel of Life...

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Posted by ~ Angie ~ on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 02:31:00 PST

This is the story of a girl ~

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Posted by ~ Angie ~ on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 02:00:00 PST

~ The L Word - Season 4 Promo - Phenomena ~

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Posted by ~ Angie ~ on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:31:00 PST

To the Religious Right...

You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.   And why is it,we have just enough religion to make us hate, but not...
Posted by ~ Angie ~ on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:17:00 PST

October 12, 2006 - Please wear black...

October 12, 2006 will mark 6 months until I turn thirty.  There I said it, the B I G  3  0.  There are some things that you know - intellectually - are bound to happen to you, but you...
Posted by ~ Angie ~ on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 09:32:00 PST

This year in America...

more than 211,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 43,300 die. One woman in eight either has or will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. In addition, 1,600 men will be diagnosed with ...
Posted by ~ Angie ~ on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 04:13:00 PST

Fear Of Flying...

Stumbled across this article yesterday... it was written a few days after September 11... I defintely felt that it was worth sharing.... When I read this it first made me laugh and then made me c...
Posted by ~ Angie ~ on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 07:23:00 PST

Take too many pictures...

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll br...
Posted by ~ Angie ~ on Sat, 10 Jun 2006 04:01:00 PST

There are many buses ahead of us yet....

Rosa Parks' legacy should be a reminder to us all that it is our responsibility and right to fight injustice and inequality with every breath and step that we take in hopes of making this world a bett...
Posted by ~ Angie ~ on Wed, 26 Oct 2005 06:51:00 PST