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About Me

I LOVE *playing in the rain *sipping dark sumatra in a dimly lit coffee house *standing in the middle of a crowd, letting the bass of a great song at a live show shake me alive again *camping and hiking *writing in response to life *reading a good book under the shade of a tree *seeing fireflies through the eyes of a child *sewing and crafting *new friends and new adventuresliving * loving * laughingLayout made by danceashleydance. [anuptaphobia.]

My Interests

loving ~ serving ~ beautifully struggling through this mess that is life ~

I'd like to meet:

Music:

Feist, Cat Power, Manchester Orchestra, The Cat Empire, Rosie Thomas, Lily Allen, Denison Witmer, Brand New, Damien Rice, Something Corporate, Bradley Hathaway, Amos Lee, Copeland, Bright Eyes, Ben Harper, Still Remains, Haste the Day, The Psalters, Josh Garrels, mewithoutyou, Mae, Postal Service, Underoath, yellowcard, lovedrug, anathallo, etc....

Movies:

i love funny ~ happy ~ thought provoking ~ beautiful ~ classic ~art ~ foreign ~ musical pictures on a screen.

Television:

project runway, one tree hill (don't tell anyone,) October Road

Books:

theology and poetry, a good memoir, anything that is beautiful, challenging or thought provoking

Heroes:

My dad is my hero, to be like him is something i feel like i can only hope to be. the most selfless, Christ-like, example of love.

My Blog

just to say hello

i am now here in joliet, IL for those of you who are trying to keep up :) on the path, once again of finding a full time job but working the PT to stay slightly ahead of the maddening debt...
Posted by Hollie on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:18:00 PST

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GUS!

today is gussy's birthday!! he is 2 years old :) my my my.......they grow up so fast.... *sniff* *sniff* seems like just yesterday i came home from work and the little brown puppy was sitting on...
Posted by Hollie on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:05:00 PST

live FIERCE dude!!

i'm movin on; movin fierce!!dancin through the firebreathing in the snow, deep breathes can't keep me downnosirEEwe will prevail :)a song of absolute freedom rings throughout the WORLDgentle chimes, ...
Posted by Hollie on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 06:09:00 PST

intricacies

i am taken backand try to look forwardi promise i see each intricate detailwish i was there right nowin transit i sitwaitinghoping for you to see me ; as i see the worldi once was lostbut now know whe...
Posted by Hollie on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:51:00 PST

desperately mourning hope.... again

We lay to rest our hope for the future of yet another church.a people that have no room to love no room to reach out to the worldto witness the same attitude in a body of "believers" so many times is ...
Posted by Hollie on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 05:50:00 PST

get some

As I lay in my bed The cool breeze of an artificial air blows over And I ponder I can see her face W...
Posted by Hollie on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:36:00 PST

cuz ive been there too

sometimes when i look into the face of a friend i can see that they don't feel free. i've felt like that too. i pray that peace flows in. josh garrels~you should check his music out. beau...
Posted by Hollie on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:10:00 PST

black coffee

The sun falls below the horizon Just enough to change the sky From blue to brilliant turquois...
Posted by Hollie on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:26:00 PST

uninspired scribble revised

I use to like the 'romantic comedy.' These days they make me feel depressed and lonely. I wish a movie didn't have an effect like that on me. I should stop watching them And then there i...
Posted by Hollie on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 09:40:00 PST

a crushed spirit tonight

the weight of depression has fallen hard again. i can't breathe. when will my life start, as i watch yours move quickly on. a harsh sound brings me back to reality, otherwise in a state of satura...
Posted by Hollie on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:52:00 PST