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Carmela Banana [take me to Walden pond]™

And I say, go ahead and laugh all you want, but I got my philosophy (keeps my feet on the ground). A

About Me


Sam: What is 'Tiramisu'?
Jay: You'll find out.
Sam: Well, what is it?
Jay: You'll see!
Sam: Some woman is gonna want me to do it to her, and I'm not gonna know what it is!
<[i>-Sleepless in Seattle.]
"I am so clever that sometimes
I don't understand a single word of what I am saying."
-Oscar Wilde
[+]Positives:
unconditional faith. jesus. friends/debbies. family. music. New York City. road trips. art (painting, sketching, making collages, sewing, spray painting, etc.). Catholicism. good books. hugs. summertime. rain. romance. surprises. sailing. ice-cream. reminiscing on memories (preservation of the ‘good times‘). late-night conversations. kisses. gigs. meeting eccentric people. tattoos. piercings. sushi. nutella. smiling so much, it hurts. laughing so much, it hurts. christmas. history. driving just for the sake of driving. open-mindedness. innocence. courage. honesty. Tetris. chocolate. drummers. hookahs. the original Mighty Morphing Power Rangers. chivalry. reuniting with old friends. closure. chai tea lattes. parks. writing. learning about the unusual. cuddling. babies. the elderly. inspiration. Cafe Coco. hoodies. random (but sincere) ‘i love you’s’. silence. epiphanies. giraffes. feeling healthy. the city. simplicity. Thoreau’s Walden. movies. validation. humor. mentors. plastic jewelry. photographs. cats. antiques. trust. grandparents. volunteer work. gyros. running through the fountains at the Bicentennial Capital Mall State Park. dreams (ambitions). being care-free. showers. tiramisu. magic. creativity. sincere happiness. LOVE.
[-]Negatives:
cynicism. fakies. boredom. egotistic people. poor hygiene. colds/the flu. ignorance. chaos. eggplants. zombies. burning cookies. liars. migraines. procrastination. overtly bold boys. capital punishment. abortion. feeling unproductive. lack of funds. plagiarism. writer’s block. self-doubt. over-working. eating too much to the point of feeling guilty. pollution. bad movies. unnecessary discrimination and stereotypes (labeling). trying to swim. disrespecting life. ridicule. addictions. broken speakers. giving up. purple. stubbornness. plastic spoons. sporks. losing loved ones. the smell of fish food. opossums. being tickled. cocaine. sell-outs. hopelessness. . .
WORD.
PS - There's more to life than Myspace - if I don't always respond, it's nothing personal. . . seriously.
Currently. . . [if you care, I update this section regularly! See what I've been up to.]
Things To Do:
-try to book a show for Jojo's band here in Murfreesboro.
-rewrite psychology notes.
-find someone to go see Regina Spektor with Nov. 14 =)
-organize my closet.
-buy a new fish.
One day, I'll be back here again - I promise. . .
and I'll be fine again.

My Interests

"HATE is EASY;
LOVE takes COURAGE."
--Unknown

"What would life be
if we had no courage
to attempt anything?"
--Vincent Van Gogh

Everything Life has to offer.

-
-COVECREST [Tiger, GA]
-SEARCH [251 & 255]
- retreats ♥
- art
- music
- volunteer work
- writing
- literature
- traveling
- sailing =)
- FRIENDS ♥
- etc.
(I'll add onto this later.)

I'd like to meet:


My heroes. <[b>JESUS, especially.] Um.. Regina Spektor. Criss Angel. Curtis Stone.

comment.

Music:



"It stung like a violent wind
that our memories depend
on a faulty camera
in our minds."
--Death Cab for Cutie <[/i>What Sarah Said]

Death Cab for Cutie
[In alphabetical order. . .]
+44
4 Non Blondes
Abigail Grush
AFI
A Perfect Circle
The Academy Is...
Aerosmith
Airline
Alanis Morissette
Alkaline Trio
All-Time Quarterback
Amos Lee
Angels & Airwaves
Aquabats
Aqueduct
Aqualung
Armor For Sleep
Army Of Anyone
As Tall As Lions
Aveo
Badly Drawn Boy
Baumer
The Beach Boys
The Beastie Boys
The Beatles
Beck
Ben Folds
Ben Harper
Ben Kweller
Ben Lee
Beth Orton
Bic Runga
Bjork
Black Sabbath
Blackout Pact
Blink 182
Boss Martians
Box Car Racer
Carbon Leaf
Cartel
Cat Power
Cat Stevens
Chiodos
Chris Tomlin
Circa Survive
City And Colour
The Classic Crime
The Clientele
Coldplay
Coheed and Cambria
Copeland
Corey Crowder
The Cranberries
Crossfade
Damien Rice
The Darkness
Dashboard Confessional
Dave's Son
Dave Matthews Band
David Bazan
David Bowie
Death Cab for Cutie [and any of BenGibbard's side-projects]
The Decemberists
Deftones
Depeche Mode
Early November
The Eels
Eisley
Elliot Smith
Enjoy The Zoo
The Fall Of Troy
Fall Out Boy
Falling For Yesterday
Family Force 5
Finch
Flee The Seen
Foo Fighters
Framing Hanley
Fratelli
The Fratellis
The Fray
Frou Frou
The Future Of Forestry
Gary Jules
Geoff Moore
Gomez
Goo Goo Dolls
Gorillaz
The Grates
Gregory and the Hawk
Guster
Gym Class Heroes
Harvey Danger
Haste the Day
Hawthorne Heights
Her Space Holiday
High Flight Society
Hole
The Human Abstract
Ima Robot
Imogen Heap
In Pieces
Ingrid Michaelson
Injected
Interpol
Iron & Wine
It Dies Today
Jack Johnson
Jake Smith
James Blunt
Jamisonparker
Jenny Lewis [& The Watson Twins]
Jessamine
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Jettie
Jewel (pre-hussy)
Jim Noir
Jimmy Eat World
John Mayer
John Vanderslice
Jonezetta
Josephine Collective
Journey
Kenny Chesney
KISS
The Killers
King Of Like Spitting
Korn
KT Tunstall
Lifehouse
Ligion
Lily Allen
Little Champions
The Long Winters
Look What I Did
Loriene
Madonna
Mae
Maroon 5
Marvin Gay
Mates Of State
Matt Costa
Matt Maher
Maxeen
Me Without You
Meat Loaf
Meg & Dia
Menomena
Michael Smith
Mike Swift
Mindy Smith
Modest Mouse
Mommy And Daddy
Motley Crue
My Chemical Romance
My Epiphany
My Morning Jacket
NIN
Nada Surf
Nellie McKay
New London Fire
New Radicals
Nick Drake
Nirvana
No Doubt
Norma Jean
Our Lady Peace
Ours
Over It
Paper Rival
Paramore
Patience
Pea Soup
Pearl Jam
Phantom Planet
Phish
The Photo Atlas
The PiNK SPiDERS
The Pixies
Plain White Ts
Post Office Gals
The Postal Service
The Pretenders
Pretty Girls Make Graves
The Prom
The Ramones
Rascal Flatts
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Red Umbrella
Regina Spektor
Relient K
The Revolutionary Hydra
Rilo Kiley
Rise Against
The Rocket Summer
Rocky Votolato
STARS
Saosin
Saves The Day
Secret Lives Of The Freemasons
Seether
Self
The Sex Pistols
Shinedown
The Shins
The Showdown
Simon & Garfunkel
Slow Coming Day
Sly Cats
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smiths
Sneaker Pimps
Snow Patrol
Sophia
The Sounds 12
Sparklehorse
Sparks Fly From A Kiss
The Special Goodness
Starlight Mints
Stars Of Track And Field
The Static Age
Story of the Year
Straylight Run
Sublime
The Submarines
Sugarcult
Superchic[k]
Switchfoot
System of a Down
TAIT
Taking Back Sunday
Taylor Swift
Tears For Fears
Tenacious D
They Might Be Giants
Third Eye Blind
This Busy Monster
This Providence
Tim McGraw
Toby Mac
Tori Amos
Tourmaline
Towhee
Travis Morrison
Ugly Casanova
Unwritten Law
The Used
The Valley Arena
Velvet Revolver
The Velvet Underground
Vendetta Red
Viva Voce
Weezer
What Made Milwuakee Famous
The White Stripes
Wilco
The Working Title
(and the list goes on... and on..) Bleh... I'll finish some other time. I'll just randomly insert other various artists as I think of them :]

Movies:


"Oh, it's nobody's fault
but my own!
I was looking up. . .
it was the nearest thing to heaven!
You were there. . . "
--Deborah Kerr as "Terry McKay" <[/i>An Affair To Remember (1957)]
An Affair to Remember
Disney Movies [the -CLASSICS-]
The Notebook
Dead Poets Society
Labyrinth
Notting Hill
Robot Monster (1953 - a MUST SEE!!)
Frankenstein
Donnie Darko
Goonies
Pay It Forward
Bicentennial Man
Pride & Prejudice
[4 hr. A&E version...]
Fight Club
Garden State
Second-Hand Lion
Goodfellas
The Lion King
Pulp Fiction
Princess Bride
Girl With A Pearl Earring
Love Actually
Beauty and The Beast
Runaway Bride
Crash
The Skeleton Key
Closer
Big Daddy
Happy Gilmore
Killing Me Softly
. . .etc.
[**note** If I even tried listing all of my fav. movies, my fingers would fall off...so I won't even bother...] I like a little bit of everything. Disney movies are a favorite. Always.

Television:



"Breathe. Let go.
And remind yourself that
this very moment
is the only one you know you have for sure."
--Oprah Winfrey [September 2002]

Oprah
the local news
Miami Ink
Mad Mad House
Aqua Teen Hunger Force (LOL,..I know...only when Im in the mood to act like a doof..)
Beyond Belief
20/20
A&E Presents...(esp. the "Pride and Prejudice" series!)
What Not to Wear
late-night/early morning music videos on VH1
some anime..
Sailor Moon's a classic.
Inuyasha
Stand Alone Complex
Full Metal Alchemist
etc.
(I don't watch much TV, obviously. mostly late-night shows.)

Books:



"The finest qualities of our nature,
like the bloom on fruits,
can be preserved
only by the most delicate handling.
Yet we do not treat ourselves
nor one another thus tenderly."
--Henry David Thoreau [Walden]

WALDEN
Frankenstein
anything JANE AUSTEN (Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Emma, and Mansfield Park are some of the many. . .)
the Harry Potter series
Fahrenheit 451
The Portrait of Dorian Grey
Mitch Albom's works [Tuesdays with Morrie, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, etc.]
Brave New World
The Giver
Rebecca
The Secret Life of Bees
Speak
Tale of Two Cities
The Great Gatsby
Footprints In The Sand (a series of poems by the poet Javan)
Meet Me Half way (another series of poems by Javan)
anything by Shel Silverstein (WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS!!)
etc. ...I love to read.
Sometimes.

Heroes:


"Yes, I am with you always,
until the very end of time."
--Jesus Christ
JESUS
Mary [BLESSED virgin, mother of Jesus]
Thoreau
Mother Theresa
Princess Diana
Oprah
Mom, Dad, Nikki & Eann
Angie Bosio
Kara Christian
Brittany Smith
Nick Internicola
my REAL FRIENDS [the DEBBIES ] .
acquaintances, not so much. . .
Ms. Bobbi
Mr. Bud and Miss Helen
Tom Ward
Alan Kaplan
Cameron Clapp
Michaelangelo [the turtle, not the artist. . .]
Anyone willing to go above and beyond the norm. to better the world in which we live in. ♥
Chad Bush. I MISS YOU :( [a lot.]
Je vous verrai bientôt. [TRANSLATION: See you soon.]
"Vous êtes étonnant."
"I know for certain that we never lose the people we love, even to death. They continue to participate in every act, thought and decision we make. Their love leaves an indelible imprint in our memories. We find comfort in knowing that our lives have been enriched by having shared their love." -Leo F. Buscaglia

My Blog

the concept of memories.

i was riding home with becca today, and i started spacing out. i was trying to grasp the concept of memories. it was so overwhelming for me. its crazy to think that something most of us have is strong...
Posted by Carmela Banana [take me to Walden pond]™ on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:52:00 PST

help me?

when it feels like all inspiration has been drained from your system, HOW DO YOU FIND INSPIRATION AGAIN?? [i really want to know. be honest and raw.]...
Posted by Carmela Banana [take me to Walden pond]™ on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:34:00 PST

daryl holton.

The Covenant of the TENNESSEE COALITION TO ABOLISH STATE KILLING. . .: We will use our anger at injustice as a nonviolent force for change. We will refuse to return assults, verbal or physical, of tho...
Posted by Carmela Banana [take me to Walden pond]™ on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:09:00 PST

shirl.

"You're here for a reason." I should've studied all day for my exam - I have a math exam 8AM, less than 8 hrs. from now. Instead, I went to see Patience play for the millionth time. Hardly anyone...
Posted by Carmela Banana [take me to Walden pond]™ on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:17:00 PST

in search of BEAUTY, i’m finding SELFISHNESS.

with everything new coming up for me, i'm feeling more and more angst building up. it's not even like a second rebellion or anything. i'm over my rebellious brat phase.i'm just not getting out of life...
Posted by Carmela Banana [take me to Walden pond]™ on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 10:23:00 PST

maturity vs. progress.

Ahh. . where to start? Things are happening so very fast for me. I'm anxious, excited, and scared. . all at the same time. I'm moving out to Murfreesboro on the 20th of this month. . . I can count the...
Posted by Carmela Banana [take me to Walden pond]™ on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:06:00 PST

"not being known doesnt stop the truth from being true."

sometimes i just get so overwhelmed with thoughts. i dont even know where to start. this isnt one of those blogs with a purpose. . . i don't know what itll lead to. im just typing.lets start shallow.i...
Posted by Carmela Banana [take me to Walden pond]™ on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 10:06:00 PST

self-evaluation.

Last night was a good night. The benefit concert went on without a hitch, and we had a decent turn-out. We raised $3000 for Petit Guave, Haiti, and I couldn't be prouder of my friends and the adults w...
Posted by Carmela Banana [take me to Walden pond]™ on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:05:00 PST

one of those nights when you want to sleep, but just cant.

"I don't think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that still remains." --Anne FrankSo I've been really proud of myself lately.I've gotten super good at getting myself through not-so-good situati...
Posted by Carmela Banana [take me to Walden pond]™ on Mon, 28 May 2007 12:50:00 PST

Dear God,

Dear God,Thank you for helping me get through another semester. Summer couldn't be here at a more perfect time. I really needed a break, and now I can focus on things that really matter to me, i.e., T...
Posted by Carmela Banana [take me to Walden pond]™ on Sat, 19 May 2007 09:02:00 PST