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little petacchi

...a hint of hippie and a smidge of organic...

About Me


"it doesn't matter what you do
or where you live
there are no boundaries
if two people are destined to be together"
"he has the most beautiful smile
which will appear at the most unexpected moments
it is one of those smiles that is like the sun breaking through
and if it is ever directed at you
you never forget it"
"it's the magic of risking everything
for a dream no one sees
but you"
"mountains are not stadiums
where i satisfy my ambitions to achieve
they are cathedrals grand and pure
the houses of my religion
i approach them as any human goes to worship
on their altars i strive to perfect myself
physically and spiritually
in their presence i attempt to understand my life
to exercise vanity, greed, and fear
from the vantage of their lofty summits
i view my past, dream of the future
and with unusual acuteness
i experience the present moment
that struggle renews my strength and clears my vision
in the mountains i celebrate creation
for on each journey
i am reborn"
"oh momma ain't it good to be alive"
"our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate
our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure
it is our light not our darkness
that frightens us most
we ask ourselves
who am i to be
brilliant
gorgeous
talented
famous
actually
who are you not to be"
"when all your desires are distilled
you will cast just two votes:
to love more
and to be happy"
"she told him stories
he taught her how to fly"
"and as a smile of inner recognition spreads across your face
you know
without knowing how
that a passionate
never-ending journey
has begun"

My Interests


living, feeling, loving, Sam, cycling, smiling, the summer, sociology, lifting, writing, learning, music, white rice, passion, hats, the environment, sweating, fate, laughing, soul, running, men with salt-and-pepper hair, fairs, watered down gatorade, trees -- esp. weeping willows, festivals, hiking, camping, the fiddle, the sound of airplanes in the summer, organic farming, to-go cups, volunteering, going out to lunch, the smell of rain, three8ers, biting, cheddar cheese, patchouli, the cereal club (3 boxes), peace,
other people's art, animals, golden retrievers, west highland terriers, thunderstorms, decaf coffee, el toreo, bumper stickers, blonde spikes, dunkin donuts, making people CDs, over-analyzing, inverted peens, existentialism, feminism, political/environmental/social activism, exhibitionism, old cars (1978 cross-country rambler wagon; 1957 chevy nomad; late 1940s ford woodie), my family, pool, football weddings, small children (not in a gross pedophile way)

I'd like to meet:



"be yourself
above all
let who you are
what you are
what you believe
shine through in every sentence you write
every piece you finish"

Music:

Jackson Browne, Angie Aparo, Railroad Earth, John Cowan, Sam Bush, Bruce Hornsby, Paul Simon, Robert Matarazzo, Nickel Creek, Dolly Parton, Maroon 5, John Legend, Sam Cooke, Bela Fleck, O.A.R., Rod Stewart, Billy Joel, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Taylor Hicks, Jarvis Church, Van Morrison, Bob Seger, Natalie Macmaster, Elton John, David Grisman, Stuart Duncan, Rockwell Church, Granian,
Guster, Gillian Welch, John Lardieri, Savage Garden (closet fan), Ryan Adams, Matchbox Twenty, Alison Krauss, Journey, Phil Collins, Fleetwood Mac, U2, John Denver, Justin Timberlake, Gaelic Storm, Counting Crows, Tom Petty, Mark O'Connor, Dolly Parton, Pat McGee, Keith Urban, Bluegrass, Irish music -- esp. Irish Fiddle Tunes...you know, you know...

Movies:

"Peter Pan," "Troop Beverly Hills," "Billy Madison," "There's Something About Mary," "True Love," "The Wizard of Oz," "Home Alone," "Ladykillers," "Mary Poppins," "Garden State," "Basic Instinct," "The Usual Suspects," "Erin Brockovich," "Sister Act," "The Wiz"

Television:

"Our culture is starting, without much questioning or critical evaluation, to acquire a kind of 'computer consciousness'...both video games and home computers create a similar view of the world for millions of people...both convey the notion that reality is a function of programming, and children as well as adults pick up a certain type of vocabulary from their use. The general result, I suspect, is a vast subculture that lives entirely in its head, that sees reality as essentially neutral, value-free, and especially disembodied, a form of pure mental process." Morris Berman

Books:

...oneness by rasha...whenever i can't see past the colors, reading it always helps remind me that everything -- everything -- happens for a reason and proceeds exactly as it should...

Heroes:

"at any given moment life is completely senseless... but viewed over a period it seems to reveal itself as an organism, existing in time, tending in a certain direction" ...Greg Wells (7/16/05)...ride fast for me buddy

My Blog

the reasoning of politicians always evades me

It truly offends me that we can spend billions of dollars to continue an "unjust," at best, war, but we can't spend half as much to provide health insurance to low-income children in our own...
Posted by little petacchi on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:48:00 PST

pledge this, bitch

she sat in the chair next to me and condescendingly glanced over me as if i couldn't see her doing iti wanted to ask her what she thought, but i didn't need toi'm sure it went something like"how unpro...
Posted by little petacchi on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:44:00 PST

ten

i didn't want to forget what it felt like the night before you came the anticipation so raw so real so beautiful and though it's torturing me i don't want to forget what it feels like now that you're ...
Posted by little petacchi on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:27:00 PST

hold to a dream

people ask me if i've met the man of my dreamsthey always seem shocked when i placidly reply nobut i'm just being honestthe man of my dreams wasn't anywhere near as perfect as youhe didn't throw himse...
Posted by little petacchi on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 02:49:00 PST

some day we'll be together

of all the things i've had to learnliving in the moment has always been the hardest lessonwhat will happen when you leaveyou haven't even arrivedand i can't stop thinking about when you're gone i can ...
Posted by little petacchi on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 05:56:00 PST

oceans apart day after day, and i slowly go insane

i heard your laugh todayechoing gently between my earsif i didn't know betteri might have turned to see if you were hiding behind meit's so easy to confuse the caress of the wind on the back of my nec...
Posted by little petacchi on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 10:12:00 PST

15 hours in a world weighed down with water

some mornings your smile is the only light dancing across my roomother mornings your spirit some days your laugh is the only noise playing sweetly in my ears other days your voice some nights you...
Posted by little petacchi on Sun, 06 May 2007 10:34:00 PST

won't you take me please

"OUT ALONG THE EDGES OF THE NIGHTSOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE DAWN AND THE LIGHTHE SAID LOVE'S NOT JUST A PICTURE IN A BOOKAND THEN HE MADE ME TAKE ANOTHER LOOK SWEET RELEASEHE'S LETTING HIS LOVE SHOWSW...
Posted by little petacchi on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 06:50:00 PST

per neighbor's request -- amended: quindici del mio numero uno

1) What's the person's name?peter pan2) How did you meet this person?ciao how are you what is your nameyo he was talking to youwhothe germanhuh? eeeeeeeeeeee3) How old were you when you first met?234)...
Posted by little petacchi on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 04:22:00 PST

it's so hard to come by, that feeling of peace

as i stood outside this morning listening to the sound of the rain meeting the gutter and the birds breathing melodies that are so easily forgotten i heard your voice and in that moment everything was...
Posted by little petacchi on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 04:23:00 PST