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Ashley.Allyson

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About Me

-About Me-

i like experiencing life.
and analyzing and understanding.
and being spontaneous in the short term but overly planning the longterm.
and coastlines and mountain ranges.
and dancing in the rain, falling on the floor in laughter, and talking late into the night.
also rita's gelatis, cake batter ice cream with gummy bears, and grilled cheese.
and taking naps outside (or .. inside, too, actually).
i like asking a lot of questions, but being okay with not necessarily finding answers.
as well as taking pictures, and just generally trying to see things from new angles.
though i enjoy sunny days, my favorite weather is the excitement in the air just before a summer storm. or even a snowstorm, for that matter.
i really like challenging people.
i highly enjoy tv shows that are subtly witty.
but even more-so, i like lyrics and poetry that you don't fully understand the first time you read through them.
i could probably have bubble tea for every meal.
i love silence.
i believe that we would discover much more in life if we only listened.
and were still once in a while.
i pretty much love country line dancing.
and card games and board games and word games.
i'd take the countryside over the city anyday. i love driving on country roads with farms and orchards on either side with the windows rolled down and the music blasting. i'm definitely a wide open spaces kinda girl.
"I like to look for things no one else catches." (Amelie)
"Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating." (Eternal Sunshine)
"I need thinking time when someone asks me a searching question. I wonder why it seems to be so uncomfortable for many people to wait through the silence. People of all ages have deep feelings, and if we have the patience to wait through the silence, it's often astounding what people will tell us." (Fred Rogers)
"Why is a revolutionary only as good as his or her analysis?" "I think you should know what you stand for, not just what you're against. You should be able to show how things can be better." (Speak)
"Quiet people are often found to have profound insights. The shallow water in a brook or river runs fast: The deep water seems calmer." (James Rogers)
"Maria, these walls were not meant to shut out problems. You have to face them. You have to live the life you were born to live. " (The Sound of Music)
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My Interests


-Pastimes-
being spotaneous, swimming-surfing-jet skiing (really, anything with water involved), theatre adoration (including going to broadway as frequently as possible), deep talks about grammar & spelling (and overusing parentheses), investigating medical stuff, rita's & coffee dates, psychology, living in the countryside, being competitive over things that do not involve competition and being (probably too) passive in things that do, and going out for food of the late night variety.

-Music-
well, i'll never stop loving good christian alternative/rock music and fun, upbeat country songs. but thanks to miss lashley ruth, my musical selection may be taking a shift toward more poignant artists who would be likely to appear at coffeehouses and other such small venues.

however, i could listen to these for hours: goo goo dolls, james taylor, U2, ten shekel shirt, caedmon's call, little big town, dixie chicks, jars of clay, starfield, larue, rascal flatts, skillet, smalltown poets, derek webb, sandra mccracken, kendall payne, audio adrenaline, sara evans, shedaisy, lonestar, switchfoot, waking ashland, josh groban, handel, john rutter..

-Movies-
mostly those on the pensive side (think amelie, eternal sunshine, and the like), but the occasional chick flick is sometimes just what ya need, no?

-Television-
desperate & grey's .. but i am totally almost an original watcher. none of this post-superbowl stuff. i'm also partial to old sictoms (especially taxi, full house, and who's the boss?). and reality tv--but only the ones that actually help people, nothing with lots of drama.

-Literature-
blue like jazz, runaway jury, searching for God knows what, speak, the perks of being a wallflower, the traveling pants books, in the time of the butterflies, life's journeys according to mister rogers (yes, really), almost anything from the "psychology" section of bookstores, and everything lurlene mcdaniel will always hold a place in my heart.

I'd like to meet:

-I'd Like to Meet-
Julie Andrews, Lurlene McDaniel, C.S. Lewis, Donald Miller, Mr. Rogers, and Jesus Christ

My Blog

drift.

"...these things never happen when you are looking for them to happen. Life will reveal answers at the pace life wishes to do so. You feel like running, but life is on a stroll. This is how God doe...
Posted by Ashley.Allyson on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 09:43:00 PST

stop.

But love is something differentIt disregards the rulesYou call me a dreamerBut sometimes dreams come trueI need to be loved too muchI need to be held too tightI need to hear someone say,at the end of ...
Posted by Ashley.Allyson on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 08:21:00 PST

coming home.

this pair of singers came to dickinson two years ago. unfortunately, i wasn't here that weekend for some reason or other, but liz reminded me of them a few days ago. and i'm simply in love with thei...
Posted by Ashley.Allyson on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 11:44:00 PST

summer reading

sooo, here's what an entire summer of reading magazines in clinics did to me.. now i'm writing blog entries out of them! i mean, i do have a grand old time flipping through the pages ... but usually ...
Posted by Ashley.Allyson on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 10:41:00 PST

Life Soundtrack ... puuurdy funny.

oh lazy sunday afternoons, how i adore you ........thus, this surveyish thing that some girl or other i saw last week told me about. what you do is ya put your playlist on random and match up each of...
Posted by Ashley.Allyson on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 12:48:00 PST

protection

so today, walking home in a thunderstorm, i was struck by my false sense of protection. walking uncovered on the streets, i looked up at the lightning and upped my pace a bit. once i was to the part...
Posted by Ashley.Allyson on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 08:51:00 PST

random things

i love my friends a lot. i'm not sure what i ever did to deserve them (i.e. nothing, it's gotta be by grace alone).that being said, time for a survey. ha.45 of the most random things you probably ne...
Posted by Ashley.Allyson on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:49:00 PST

summer swim team = love.

so i've had this headache for over 24 hours now and i never get headaches. strange.also, i went to a swim meet tonight and it was just lovely ... and they have team tattoos! hehe. i miss coaching s...
Posted by Ashley.Allyson on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:29:00 PST

another survey from xanga

sooo this time my mom sent me a survey (lol, an interesting event).. thus, i'm filling it out for her and also putting it in here ;)1. FIRST NAME? ashley2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? mm .. just my...
Posted by Ashley.Allyson on Sun, 09 Jul 2006 06:35:00 PST

double-posts

so, i'm pretty sure i'm going to start double-posting my xanga entries ...(clearly xanga format is prettier, but i'm fairly sure most people don't go there anymore, so why not put it in more place tha...
Posted by Ashley.Allyson on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 10:30:00 PST