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ami

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About Me

"The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“The way to find out about happiness is to keep your mind on those moments when you feel most happy, when you are really happy — not excited, not just thrilled, but deeply happy. This requires a little bit of self-analysis. What is it that makes you happy? Stay with it, no matter what people tell you. This is what is called following your bliss.” ~Joseph Campbell~ "In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher." Dalai Lama"It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come." Dalai Lama"My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness." Dalai Lama

My Interests

My interests include dancing, listening to music, camping, nights out with friends, photography, reading and just about anything that captures my curiosity.

I'd like to meet:

Past and present - John Lennon, Fidel Castro, Helen Keller, Frank Sinatra, Eva Gardner, Einstein, Tricky, and that cute bloke who's always at this one pub I go to.
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Your Brain is 66.67% Female, 33.33% Male
Your brain leans femaleYou think with your heart, not your headSweet and considerate, you are a giverBut you're tough enough not to let anyone take advantage of you! What Gender Is Your Brain?

Your Reputation Is: Sweet Girl
While you're well known, there's nothing to worry about.
You're reputation is mostly good - as good as any rep can be. What's Your Reputation?
Your Birthdate: September 2
You're so intuitive, it's like you have a sixth, seventh, and eighth sense.
You connect with others freely and easily - and you tend to have many best friends.
Warm and caring, it's hard for you to close your heart to anyone.
Affection is like air for you - you need to give and receive it to survive.

Your strength: Your universal compassion

Your weakness: Your unpredictable mood swings

Your power color: Mauve

Your power symbol: Butterfly

Your power month: February What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

Music:

I love music and it would be impossible to list all my favorite bands. Lately I've been listening a lot to Blur, The Streets, OutKast, Yeah yeah yeahs, Radiohead, Queens of the Stone Age, Dead Can Dance, Beastie Boys, Elvis Costello and various local groups.

Movies:

LA Confidential, High Fidelity, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fog of War, Mystic River, LOTR, Contact, just to name a few.

Television:

HBO - Sunday night
You Are a Dreaming Soul
Your vivid emotions and imagination takes you away from this world
So much so that you tend to live in your head most of the time
You have great dreams and ambitions that could be the envy of all...
But for you, following through with your dreams is a bit difficult

You are charming, endearing, and people tend to love you.
Forgiving and tolerant, you see the world through rose colored glasses.
Underneath it all, you have a ton of passion that you hide from others.
Always hopeful, you tend to expect positive outcomes in your life.

Souls you are most compatible with: Newborn Soul, Prophet Soul, and Traveler Soul What Kind of Soul Are You?

Books:

The River, The Art of Happiness, Cold Mountain, Poisonwood Bible, Identity, Confederacy of Dunces, The Cold Six Thousand, Enders Game, Dark Tower Series, Dune, The World According to Garp and whatever else I can get my hands on.

Heroes:

Joe Strummer, Steven Hawkins, Oprah, Helen Keller, Thomas Jefferson and Hendrix. For attractive lips, speak words of kindness...For lovely eyes, seekout the good in people.For a slim figure , share your food with the hungry.For beautiful hair, let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day.For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone...People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, re claimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms.As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands; one for helping yourself, and the other for helping others.A Poem By Audrey Hepburn

My Blog

Sometimes you just have to check yourself

Today has been one of those days where I've been reflective about my life and the people around me.  I'm generally a loving, accepting, passionate and considerate person but I've discovered that ...
Posted by ami on Wed, 09 May 2007 07:02:00 PST

Check out this video: Jimmy Cliff

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Posted by ami on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:29:00 PST

What I'm working on

Forgiveness Meditation The act of forgiveness is one of the great gifts of spiritual life. It enables us and the world to be released from the sorrow of the past. Forgiveness is an act of the heart, ...
Posted by ami on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:50:00 PST

Something to think about

"When you love someone you do not love them all the time, in exactly the same way, from moment to moment. It is an impossibility. It is even a lie to pretend to. And yet this is exactly what most of u...
Posted by ami on Thu, 01 Dec 2005 11:59:00 PST

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JOE REPUBLICAN

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JOE REPUBLICAN Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought...
Posted by ami on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Sad time for my family

My cousin committed suicide. She was suffering from Lupus and was in constant pain. I believe that she became severely depressed because of her pain and that she couldn't work. About 6 years ago, her ...
Posted by ami on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Women over 30

Women over 30Andy Rooney CBS 60 Minutes: Women over 30Andy Rooney says:As I grow in age, I value women who are over 30 most of all. Hereare just a few reasons why:1. A woman over 30 will never wake yo...
Posted by ami on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Which Tarot Card Are You?

You are the Wheel of Fortune card. The Wheel ofFortune continues one of the major themes ofthe major arcana: balance. Here the universaltendency towards balance is described by theLaw of Karma. Karma ...
Posted by ami on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

This land is your land

Ahhh, election year. A year full of political satire and humorous cartoons. Here's one of my favorites. Click on "this land" and have fun. http://www.jibjab.com/default.asp...
Posted by ami on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

How I Got Into Heaven...

Three men were standing in line to get into heaven one day. Apparently it had been a pretty busy day, though, so Peter had to tell the first one, "Heaven's getting pretty close to full today, and I've...
Posted by ami on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST