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Shayshayni

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About Me

..Life is not about politics, life is not about religious pretense. Life is about love, plain and simple. It's about the world around you and your oneness with it.I am tired of seeing people going through their little lives content to live in complacency. I'm tired of seeing people standing around talking about what they think should be different when they could be out there DOING something different. I'm an endlessly optimistic person with a relatively good grasp on reality. I tend to daydream sometimes but, only in the pursuit of personal improvement. My idea of perfection is to always seek to be better than you are and that is what I strive to do with every breath in my body.I'm a creative individual and I dabble in a little of everything. I've been able to draw since I could hold a pencil. I also love to paint. Below is a link to some of my older art...sadly I am lacking a scanner to upload more as of now. THE LINK I'm also an aspiring singer/songwriter. I've always loved music and was raised on a very wide variety of genres. I've loved classical music since I was an infant and grew up on sixties rock and roll. I have a hard time sometimes adjusting to the sounds of today as I find that a majority of it is made in the name of the all-mighty dollar, so much of it is manufactured...and I just can't swallow that. It's always been about the art to me.I also sculpt, sew, cook, make jewelry...and anything else you can think of that is in any way creative...I just enjoy it. Bottom line, I enjoy the good things in life, the big life changing experiences and the little often overlooked ones...I love being alive. I'm open and honest and not very modest. I like to meet new people and make new friends. Just strike up a conversation, I'm sure we'll find something in common and if not, we'll have fun debating our issues anyway! *smile*And NOW for something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!The reality of the world is this; in order to have it, you must protect it. What care I for material wealth when our truest and longest lasting treasures are being squandered so that we might afford our flights of fancy?Our world is plagued with poverty, disease, atrocity and despair and yet our existence holds so much potential for glory, advancement and nobility. The potential of the human mind, of mankind -- is limitless and still people are content to lead their complacent, apathetic, fearful little lives.We need to break out, to take responsibility for our futures and look to one another for guidance, support and, if we can subside our pride, learn from each other and grow to meet our destiny. Because our history speaks volumes to the will of our race, it attests to our strength, our perserverance and to our compassion. Our plight is one of enormous proportions and has transcended religion, politics, race, sex, identity or even nation.Our situation is one that involves us globally and is everyones responsibility. Only when we are able to blur these lines from our vision can we expect to advance our understanding of our place in the cosmos. While our species is capable of great evil and while patterns can be seen throughout our existence, our ultimate fate still lies in our hands and I for one still have hope.Now, a little poetry...there's more in my blogSidewaysSideways is how I feel sometimes
like I'm living life outside the lines
that all my achievments fall through the cracks
and my voice is ignored due to faith that I lack
Each day I see people making mistakes
as if their mistakes are the only way
despite the fact that others have been therethey've told them repeatedly and they just don't care
to do it their way, blunders and all
is all that matters even if they should fall
and so here I sit
with a wise tongue twice bit
I offer my knowledge to help them to grow
but they keep doing it their way and reap what they sow
I cannot say I've never fallen before
and I've told them of this and yet their not sure
that the anguish and pain would all go away
if they would just listen to my hearts' dismay
of the world as it is, the beauty thats' squandered
for humanities sake we should all stop and ponder
is it all necessary, the pain and the tears
the agony spent pining over lost years
the drive to be perfect and never do wrong
and to sit on the sidelines for far far too long
Overwhelmed by their anger, their cries and their pain
they don't seem to bother unless something is gained
the blood and the carnage of which this worlds' swallowed
could have all been avoided if their hearts they had followed
they just need to relax, come to terms with their pasts
to not think that they're doomed and that this pain will not last
that punishments' paid in the guilt that they feel
and that love for themselves to their hearts they should yield
Sideways is how I feel sometimes
like I'm living life outside the lines
my wisdoms still here, it's all that I have
it's all waiting for you, you just have to ask.
~Shayshayni

My Interests

CURRENT MOON lunar phases activism, adult swim, adventure, affection, aliens, ambient, animals, anime, antiques, architecture, art, astrology, au naturale, autumn, bdsm, beadwork, being true to you, bisexual, body art, bubble baths, butterflies, camping, cartoons, cerulean blue, CHAI, classical music, coffee, college, comedy, comics, confidence, cooking, corsets, costume jewelry, crafts, culture, cynicism, dancing, documentaries, dress up, esp, face paints, faerie tales, family, feng shui, flowers, flying, freedom, furniture design, glass-blown items, graffiti art, gblt, ghosts, glow-in-the-dark, greek food, haikus, hair cutting, history, holistic medicine, honesty, horror movies, hot pink, imagination, incense burning, indian food, infowars.com, interior design, introspection, inu yasha, kissing, jewelry making, jungle, languages, latin music, learning, liberal, long hair, love, loyalty, lotion, magic tricks, make-up, mantras, martial arts, massage, meditation, metaphysics, monty python, mountains, museums, music, mythology, natural alternatives, nature trails, nudism, observation, occultism, online gaming, open mike nights, paranormal, painting, performing, philosophy, photography, piercings, poetry, polygamy, prisonplanet.com, prose, psychology, pursuit of knowledge, reading, real mail, religious study, road trips, robots, rock climbing, rpg's, scuba (self contained underwater breathing apparatus), sculpting, self-discovery, serial killers, sex, sexuality, singing, skydiving, sound experimentation, spirituality, superheroes, swimming, tai chi, tantra, tattoos, theatre, the first amendment, thinking, thrift stores, ti'juana flats, tomboys, travel, tree-climbing, truth, typewriters, victorian era, vintage, voicing your opinion, water, whatreallyhappened.com, whole world, writing, wondering, World of Warcraft, yaoi, yoga, zombies, zoos Remember, remember the fifth of November,
the gunpowder treason and plot.
I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason
should ever be forgot.

I'd like to meet:

I'm looking to meet artists, philosophers, hippies, hedonists, readers, writers, thinkers, protesters, advocates, anyone who can contribute a cohesive thought and who does not feel that agreement in all areas of life is a prerequisite for conversation or friendship. My life is mine to lead, as yours is your own.My freedom extends only as far as that it does not impose upon the freedom of another."The fault, dear Brutus, is not in the stars but, in ourselves." ~Cassius from Shakespeares "Ceasar""and thus I clothe my naked villainy with old odd ends pulled forth from holy writ. And seem a saint when most play the devil" ~Shakespeares "Richard III"On a more personal level, I've found him already. So, if you're still with me...and I hope some of you are...that you've found this perhaps refreshing and hopefully intriguing.

Music:

A - Ani DiFranco, Aphex Twin, Anoushka, Adam Sandler, Air, Aerosmith, Alanis Morrisette, A Perfect Circle, Audioslave, Annie Lennox, Amy Steinberg, Alicia KeysB - Beck, Beastie Boys, Beach Boys, the Beatles, the Bangles, Bjork, Blondie, Bach, Bon Jovi, Billy Joel, Bob Marley, Blues Traveler, Billie HolidayC - the Chemical Brothers, the Cure, Collective Soul, Cyndi Lauper, the Cocteau Twins, D - Devo, Dressy Bessy, Daft Punk, Danny Elfman, Depeche Mode, Deftones, Dido, Dead Can DanceE - Evanescence, Elvis, Enya, Enigma, Elton JohnF - Foo Fighters, the Fugees, Fatboy Slim G - Green Day, Garbage, Gorillaz H ? I - the Indigo Girls, Incubus, India Arie J - Jah Stone, Janis Joplin, John Williams, Jewel, Jimmy Eat World, Jamiroquai, the Juliana TheoryK ? Kitty, Korn, Kiss, Kate BushL - Loreena McKennit, Live, Lenny Kravitz, Loretta Lynn, Lisa Loeb M - Marilyn Manson (some of it), Massive Attack, Melissa Etheridge, Modest Mouse, Mozart, Moby, Madonna, the Moody Blues, Morcheeba, MC 500 Ft JesusN - Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Natalie Merchant, New Found Glory, Natalie Imbruglia, Neil Young, Norah Jones O - the Orb, Outkast, Orgy, Offspring, Ozzy Osbourne, Our Lady PeaceP - Portishead, Primus, Pink Floyd, the Pretenders, Porno for Pyros, Phil Collins, Prozzak, Poe, Paul Oakenfeld, Pat Benetar, Peter Gabriel, Prodigy, Presidents of the United States, Patsy ClineQ - Queen R - Rammenstein, REM, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Rolling Stones, the Ramones, Richie ValensS - Sigur Ros, Sarah McLaughlan, Souxie and the Banshees, Soul Coughing, Sheryl Crow, Soul Asylum, Sentinic, Smashing Pumpkins, System of a Down, Soundgarden, Savage Garden, Stabbing Westward, Static X, Switchblade Symphony, Supreme Beings of Leisure, SilencerT - Tool, Talking Heads, Tom Petty, They Might Be Giants, Tchaikovsky, the Temptations, Tracy Chapman, Tangerine DreamU ?V - the VerveW - Weird Al Yankovic, Weezer, the WallflowersX ?Y - YellowcardZ ?When the last eagle flies over the last crumbling mountain,And the last lion roars at the last dusty fountain,In the shadow of the forest, though she may be old and worn,They will stare, unbelieving, at the last unicorn...When the first breath of winter through the flowers is icing,And you look to the north, and a pale moon is rising,And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn,In the distance, hear the laughter of the last unicorn!I'm Alive!I'm Alive! When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning,And the future has passed without even a last desperate warning,Then look into the stars, where through the clouds a path is torn,Look and see her, how she sparkles, it's the last unicorn!I'm Alive!I'm Alive!

Movies:

#'s - 2001:A Space Odessey, 2010, 28 Days Later, 40 Year Old VirginA ? American Beauty, American Psycho, A League of Their Own, Almost Famous, Alice in Wonderland, Austin Powers (all three), the Adventures of Baron VonMunchausen, All That Jazz, B ? But I?m a Cheerleader, Big Fish, Bubba Ho-tep, Borat, BioZombie, Bowling for Columbine, Butterfly Effect, Brokedown Palace, the Breakfast Club, Big Daddy, Beetlejuice, Black Sheep, Being John Malkovich, Big Top Pee Wee, Brazil, Batman Begins, Buckaroo Banzai, C ? Clockwork Orange, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Clerks I&II, Chasing Amy, Caspar, Cast Away, Clue, Corpse Bride, Chronicles of Narnia:The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe, Casino RoyaleD ? the Dark Crystal, Donnie Darko, Dogma, Death to Smoochy, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Dirty Dancing, Dances with Wolves, Dr. Strangelove:Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, frank herbert's Dune, Detroit Rock City E ? Evil Dead (I, II and III), Edward Scissorhands, the Exorcist, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Ever After, Empire Records, Earth Girls are Easy, F ? Farenheit 9/11, Farenheit 451, Flight of Dragons, Fifth Element, Fantastic Four, Fight Club, Finding Nemo, Fantasia, Fried Green Tomatoes, Final Fantasy VII : Advent Children, the Fly I&II, Flash Gordon, Flesh Gordon, Flightplan, mary shelley's Frankenstein, G ? Gothika, Grease, Ghostbusters, Girl Interrupted, the Great Adventure, the Green Mile, the Goonies, Good Night and Good Luck, H ? Hannibal, Helter Skelter, Harry Potter (all of them), Hulk, Hackers, Heavy Metal, Heavy Metal 2000, Hero, Hotel Rwanda, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the Holy Grail, I ? iRobot, Interview with a Vampire, It, the Illusionist, I Shot Andy WarholJ ? Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, the JerkK ? Kill Bill Volume I and II, Kung Pow:Enter the Fist, Kinsey, Kung Fu Hustle L ? Legend, Labyrinth, Lord of the Rings (all of them, including the animations from the 70?s), Lemony Snicketts : A Series of Unfortunate Events, Little Shop of Horrors, the Life of Brian, Lord of War, Lucky Number SlevinM ? Memento, Monster, the Missing, the Matrix I, II, and III, Mary Poppins, Midsummer Nights Dream, Man in the Iron Mask, Mr Hollands Opus, Milo and Otis, Mary Shelly?s Frankenstein, the Meaning of Life, MunichN ? Nightmare Before Christmas, Natural Born Killers, Napolean Dynamite, Neverending Story I and II, Naked Lunch, Naked Gun (all of them) O ? One Hour Photo, Oliver and CompanyP ? the Powerpuff Girls Movie, Pulp Fiction, Pirates of the Carribean, Poltergeist I and II (III was a travesty), Pink Floyd:the Wall, Pi, the ProtectorQ - R ? Requiem for a Dream, Resevoir Dogs, the Ring, Red Dragon, Robocop, Raising Cane, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Run Lola Run, Red Eye, Reno 911S ? Seven, Secretary, Saw I&II, Sixth Sense, Star Wars (all of them), Spaceballs, Sleepy Hollow, Silence of the Lambs, Signs, Star Trek (any of them), Spiderman I and II, Secret of Nimh, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Schindler?s List, Superstar, Saving Private Ryan, Serpent and the Rainbow, Shaun of the Dead, Splash, Starsky and Hutch, the Seven Faces of Dr. Lao, Something about Mary, Silent Hill, Stargate, miyakazi's Spirited Away, Supersize Me, T ? THX 1138, Toxic Avenger, Trainspotting, the Truth about Cats and Dogs, Tommy Boy, To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Twelve Monkeys, Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesU ? Unbreakable, the Untouchables, Undercover Brother V ? Vanilla Sky, the Village, V for Vendetta, Voyages of Dr. Doolittle (not the Eddie Murphy one, the original)W ? Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Wizard of Oz, the Waterboy, the Wedding Singer, War of the Worlds, What the Bleep Do We Know?X - X-Men I and IIY - ...Z - ...

Television:

"To those who say, "People wouldn't look, they wouldn't be interested...""...they're too complacent, indifferent and insulated"...I can only reply: There is, in one reporter's opinion considerable evidence against that contention. But even if they are right, what have they got to lose? Because if they are right and this instrument is good for nothing but to entertain, amuse and insulate then the tube is flickering now and we will soon see that the whole struggle is lost. This instrument can teach. It can illuminate and it can even inspire.But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it towards those ends. Otherwise, it is merely wires and lights in a box.Good night, and good luck."
~Edward R. Murrow, portion of a speech given at Radio-Television News Directors' Association and Foundation banquet.Battlestar Galactica

Books:

Quantum Evolution, A Brief History of Time, 1984, Be Here Now, The Story of O, Our Name is Melancholy, Firebrand, The Passion of the Western Mind, On Bullshit...stuff that makes me think. I also enjoy a good fantasy novel now and then...particularly; the Harry Potter series. Just finished the Chronicles of Narnia for the first time since I was 10 and am now reading the complete series of The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy.

Heroes:

When all you do is look for a hero you fail to see the hero in the mirror.

My Blog

Never fails...

We all know that life constantly presents hurdles and there's that saying about how it will never give you more than you can handle.So, why do they fates seem to think I'm able to contend with the con...
Posted by Shayshayni on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:51:00 PST

Everything as it should be...

So, parts of my last entry were less than positive. I had lost my job and I was quite distressed in all honesty. I wasn’t even sure how we were going to make our rent payment. But, the cosmos kn...
Posted by Shayshayni on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:28:00 PST

It’s been a long time....

It’s been quite a significant span of time since I’ve had the time or energy to post a blog and a lot has happened in that duration. Spencer and I shared our first year anniversary and it ...
Posted by Shayshayni on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:16:00 PST

Best In-Laws EVER!!!

I can hardly believe the news I have received. It's phenomenal!When I got home this evening from work, Spencer told me that his parents called and that they said if I wanted to go to college that they...
Posted by Shayshayni on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:10:00 PST

Quote of the day

The world need's more people who do not have a price at which they can be bought. Who do not borrow from integrity to pay for expediency. Whose handshake is an ironclad contract. Who are not afraid of...
Posted by Shayshayni on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:46:00 PST

Lucky Florida Bastards

Your low of 41 degrees is my high. >.It's fracking COLD here! Took me 15 minutes to get the ice off my windsheild this morning just to go to work. Thank god for ice scrappers.That is all....
Posted by Shayshayni on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:31:00 PST

A Process

    Decided to do my hair today. It's a little funky, but I think it will work out well. I've got the bottom half and my bangs to be in purple and the rest in a cool brunette color. So,...
Posted by Shayshayni on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:32:00 PST

I am...

I am.........so drunk and so unbelieveably content! I love my job, I love my new apartment. My new roommate is by leaps and bounds better than my last one. My life is smooth. I'm enrolling in college ...
Posted by Shayshayni on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:36:00 PST

A new leaf

    So, I'm home and really starting to settle in my new apartment. It's so spacious compared to where I was living. Unfortunately, my previous roommate I believe has ripped me off on t...
Posted by Shayshayni on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:44:00 PST

California Vacation

Merry Chrismahannukwanzica, everyone!Things in California are quite good. We arrived Friday evening nearing midnight and things really haven't slowed down for a moment. The weekend was mostly uneventf...
Posted by Shayshayni on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 01:01:00 PST