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Shannon

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. --

About Me

I am in love. I always follow my heart. I love to learn new things. I live life to the fullest. I am successful in all I put my mind to. I always try to look at the world and smile. I love my family and friends - they are amazing. I have a wonderful boyfriend whom I found when I least expected it. I love you with all my heart Jake. You are amazing. I am kind. I love to laugh. I am open to new things. I am ready for anything. I am laid back and free spirited. I am always wanting to grow and experience. I want to make a difference in this world. I AM and always will be ME! It's a beautiful thing!

My Interests

Laughter, sunsets, sunrises, the feeling of warm sand between my toes, fresh cut grass, the smell in the air after it rains, snowflakes, bubbles, fruit smoothies, back rubs, lips, fireworks, clouds, the smell of roses, clear oceans that glow turquoise, exploring, my cats purring in my arms, motorcycles, mosh pits, amaretto sours, seeing old friends, making new ones, chocolate, vision quests, blue skies, good hugs, herbs and spices, garlic, red wine...Traveling, learning new things, meeting new people, music, movies, concerts, people, video games, hiking, biking, snowboarding, skiing, anything in the water or the mountains! TRAVEL!!! One of my deepest passions is to explore and travel the world. I will someday be able to say I have been all over the globe! As of yet I have been to Thailand, England, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, and Monaco. (And Maui too!) PHOTOGRAPHY!!! Taking pictures has always been just a hobby until recently. I have an urge to learn more about different aspects of picture taking. I will be exploring this avenue further and am very excited about learning all kinds of new things about lighting, angles, digital editing, etc. With how much I love to take pictures, you never know where I could end up! ;) ART!!! I have always loved art of any kind... Basquiat is amazing, van Gogh is spectacular, Dali -- wow!, my own art is still evolving & I have always loved my Mom's art -- she has been a true inspiration to me. MUSIC!!! Sound, rythmn, vibration... Music is awesome, I can't say that I don't like a certain kind because I am always open for something new. SPACE!!! What does exist in the great beyond? Where/what did we come from? Where are we going?

I'd like to meet:

Everyone! Well, maybe not everyone, but meeting some of the leaders of the world would be awesome -- I have a ton of questions and a few ideas!Jesus, Buddha, Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Dali Lama, the list could go on and on...Carpe diem! [Seize the day!]I love you Jake, with all my heart!

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Music:

(hed) pe 2 Live Crew 2 Skinnee J's 2Pac 36 Crazy Fists A Dozen Furies A Perfect Circle A Tribe Called Quest A.F.I. Aceyalone Aerosmith The Agony Scene Alice in Chains Alanis Morissette Alicia Keys Ani DiFranco Arch Enemy As I Lay Dying Atreyu August Burns Red Avenged Sevenfold Bad Religion The Beastie Boys The Beatles Beck Ben Folds Five Billy Idol Björk The Black Dahlia Murder Black Eyed Peas Black Sabbath Black Star The Bled Blues Traveler Bob Dylan Bob Marley Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Botch Brand New Burst Bury Your Dead Busta Rhymes Cake Chic Corea Children Of Bodom Chimaira CKY Coal Chamber Coldplay Common The Cranberries The Crystal Method Dead To Fall Death Cab For Cutie Deftones De la Soul Del Devildriver Dink DJ Fingaz The Doors Dr. Dre Dredg Dropkick Murpheys Duece Eazy-E The Eagles Elton John Elvis Presley Emery Eminem Erykah Badu Fear Factory Fiona Apple Fleetwood Mac Flobots Flogging Molly From Autumn to Ashes The Fugees Gang Starr Ginuwine Glass Casket God Forbid Gojira Gorillaz Gravediggaz Grateful Dead Green Day Guru Gym Class Heros H.I.M. Haste The Day Hawthorne Heights Heaven Shall Burn Hieroglyphics The Hurt Process Ill Niño Incubus Insane Clown Posse Jack Johnson James Taylor Jay-Z Jeru The Damaja Jimi Hendrix Jimmy Eat World Joan Osborne John Coletrane John Lennon Jurassic 5 Katatonia The Killers Killing Culture Killswitch Engage Korn KRS-One Lamb of God Lauryn Hill Led Zeppelin Lily Allen Limp Bizkit Little Feat Living Legends Mariah Carey The Mars Volta Marylin Manson Masterminds Mastodon Megadeth Merril Bainbridge Meshuggah Metallica Method Man The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Miles Davis Mindless Self Indulgence Minus The Bear Mos Def Mudvayne My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult NaS Nine Inch Nails Nirvana No Doubt Oasis Ol' Dirty Bastard Opeth Outkast Pantera Papa Roach Paul Simon Pearl Jam The Pharcyde Pink Floyd Pomeroy Porcupine Tree Portishead The Postal Service Presidents of the United States of America Primus Radiohead Rage Against The Machine Rahzel Rammstein Red Hot Chili Peppers Reel Big Fish Rise Against Robert Miles Rolling Stones The Roots Rusted Root Salt-N-Pepa Saul Williams Scars Of Tomorrow Scary Kids Scaring Kids Seal Sevendust Shadows Fall Shaggy The Shapeshifters Sheryl Crow Sister Machine Gun Skinny Puppy Slayer Slipknot Snoop Dogg Snot Spinal Tap Static-X Stone Sour Stone Temple Pilots Sublime System of a Down Talib Kweli Taproot Thursday Tom Petty TOOL Tori Amos Trick Daddy Type O Negative UB40 The Wallflowers White Zombie Wu-Tang Clan Xzibit ...and the list goes on.I love to feel the sound and vibration of music. Anything with a sick beat. Something that makes me bang my head. Even something that makes me drift off into a peaceful sleep. I like [almost] everything - not so much country, but I can appreciate talent when I see it! ;)

Movies:

300 40 Year Old Virgin A Christmas Story A River Runs Through It Ace Ventura Pet Detective Aladdin Alien All Dogs Go to Heaven American Beauty American Pie American Psycho Anchorman Apollo 13 Army of Darkness Back to the Future Batman Begins Battle Royal Beauty and the Beast Better Off Dead The Big Lebowski Blades of Glory Blazing Saddles Blow Braveheart Breakfast Club Caddyshack Chasing Amy Citizen Kane Crash The Crow Clerks Clockwork Orange Dazed & Confused Death Becomes Her Dirty Dancing Dodgeball Drop Dead Fred Dumb and Dumber Event Horizon Evil Dead The Exorcist Face Off Far and Away Fast Times at Ridgemont High Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas The Fifth Element Fight Club French Kiss Gandhi Ghost Rider Ghost World Girl Interrupted Go Good Will Hunting The Gonnies Grandma's Boy Hackers Half Baked High Fidelity Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Hook How High Innocent Blood Jackass Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Kill Bill Kung Pow The Labryinth Like Water for Chocolate The Little Mermaid Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Lord of the Rings Lost in Translation Love and a .45 Made Magnolia Mallrats Marie Antoinette The Matrix Medicen Man Memento Monster's Inc. Monty Python & the Holygrail Moulin Rouge Mulholland Dr. Napoleon Dynamite Natural Born Killers Neverending Story The Nightmare Before Christmas Ninth Gate Ocean's Eleven Office Space Old School Pi Pirates of the Caribbean Pretty in Pink The Princess Bride Pulp Fiction Requiem for a Dream Reservoir Dogs Run Lola Run Saw Scarface Scary Movie The Secret The Shining True Romance Shrek Sin City Sleeping Beauty Snatch Some Like It Hot Sooper Troopers Spaceballs Spiderman Stargate Star Wars Superman Swingers Toy Story Trainspotting True Romance Unbreakable The Wall Wedding Crashers Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Zoolander ...and the list goes on.

Television:

24 [adult swim] The Colbert Report CSI The Daily Show Family Guy Grey’s Anatomy House King of the Hill LOST Seinfeld The Simpsons South ParkI love the History and Discovery channel.

Books:

1984 A Clockwork Orange A Course in Miracles Bread Givers The Da Vinci Code Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas High Fidelity House of Leaves Junkie Lord of the Files Naked Lunch ...and the list goes on.I love poetry:Edgar Allan Poe E. E. Cummings Emily Dickinson Langston Hughes Maya Angelou Oscar Wilde Robert Frost Saul Williams Shel Silverstein Sylvia Plath Walt Whitman William Blake William ShakespeareI love non-fiction, there is so much to learn! All we have to do is explore it! :)

Heroes:

My amazing parents, wonderful friends, and the great minds that once were, are, and will be.

My Blog

Yay!!! :) New things a happenin'...

I am proud to announce that I just got a new job! I will be working at the best steakhouse in the country!! W00t!! :) Take a guess where! Just thought I would share my excitement with everyone.I hope ...
Posted by Shannon on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 01:07:00 PST

My Mini-Gallery: Part IV

So today I decided to go through and find all my paintings that were hiding away in my portfolio downstairs. I took some nice photos of the "masterpieces" and here they are for you! :)Enjoy! And plea...
Posted by Shannon on Mon, 14 May 2007 10:55:00 PST

My Mini-Gallery: Part III

Here are a sampling from my sky/landscape shots... all are from colorado except 'Thai Sunset', the last photo, which you can see water and boats. :) Gotta love home. *Be sure to check the high-resolut...
Posted by Shannon on Sat, 12 May 2007 11:32:00 PST

My Mini-Gallery: Part II

This is dedicating to all the living creatures out there... animals, plants, bugs, you, me... everyone, everything. :)*Be sure to check the high-resolution images in my gallery at sridge.deviantART.c...
Posted by Shannon on Sat, 12 May 2007 11:56:00 PST

My Mini-Gallery: Part I

Here are some of the fractals and flames I have been creating. It is so fun! Enjoy!*Be sure to check the high-resolution images in my gallery at sridge.deviantART.com! Some images are also in my photo...
Posted by Shannon on Sat, 12 May 2007 07:23:00 PST

The Cost of War: another perspective...

Some of you may have seen the bulletin that I posted, but I felt this was something that needed to be posted on my page in black and white. Don't be too alarmed, it is after all only $456 BILLION of A...
Posted by Shannon on Sat, 12 May 2007 01:46:00 PST

Halo 3 Beta?!! That's right, I got it! ... hehehe...

Because my gaming clan, PMS, is amazing, I was able to get on the "friends and family" release of the H3 beta... which means... tonight, yours truly is going to be playing for a loooong time! (Along w...
Posted by Shannon on Sat, 12 May 2007 05:28:00 PST

deviantART.com

I am proud to say I finally did it! I added myself to deviantART.com, and am in midst of updating my gallery. It is exciting to be involved in such a large community of artists of all walks of life an...
Posted by Shannon on Tue, 08 May 2007 02:21:00 PST

The Dandelion Revolution

So why is it that every year we spend hours upon hours weeding our lawn and garden? No matter what, they revolt, send an uprising, and it can turn out to be quite beautiful! :)Enjoy... The Dandelion R...
Posted by Shannon on Sun, 06 May 2007 05:08:00 PST

My [not quite a quarter] Personal Holiday Wish List

My [not quite a quarter] Personal Holiday Wish List 1] Jake to be here on the 27th! Already came true, or kinda... He is flying in tomorrow night after his full day of classes. I pick him up at 11:5...
Posted by Shannon on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:08:00 PST