ellieherrity - ProfilesArchive

About Me

own nothing! possess nothing! buddha and christ taught us this, and the stoics and the cynics. greedy though we are, why can't we seem to grasp that simple teaching? can't we understand that with property we destroy our soul?
own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. let your memory be your travel bag. use your memory! use your memory! it is those bitter seeds alone which might sprout and grow someday.
look around you - there are people around you. maybe you will remember one of them all your life and later eat your heart out because you didn't make use of the opportunity to ask him questions. and the less you talk, the more you'll hear....
aleksandr solzhenitsyn - the gulag archipelago

My Interests

thinking, creating, and general merrymaking.

I'd like to meet:

you are a marshmallow

Music:

i'm stuck in a music rut. i want to be that person who is always finding new bands, but i just don't have the time anymore. so i keep going back to the old standbys....weezer, sparta, the postal service and death cab for cutie, pedro the lion, the dismemberment plan, of montreal, cursive and the good life, mineral and the gloria record......

Movies:

i love my netflix!

Television:

i have a few shows that i like to watch, but the only one i get really upset over if i miss is mythbusters. they have the best job EVER.

Books:

a list of books as i finish reading them. the newest on top.bugatti queen - miranda seymour
small steps - louis sachar
putting a face on grace - richard blackaby
the tale of despereaux - kate dicamillo inkspell - cornelia funke (2nd time) slouching towards bethlehem - joan didion

Heroes:

love the home movies.
rent them.
now.

My Blog

surrender

i've officially given up on blogging here at myspace.i haven't figured out yet if it is just myspace being lame or user error, but i have yet to get my photos to post with my blogs.i'm also tired of d...
Posted by ellieherrity on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:34:00 PST

garden

this weekend i planted an herb garden. i've been buying fresh herbs at the grocery store for various recipes and realized that it was getting really expensive. so this weekend i went out and bought pa...
Posted by ellieherrity on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:25:00 PST

music

don't be afraid to bask in my unparalelled coolness, but i'm seriously considering learning how to play the.....accordion. that's right folks, you heard correctly, the accordion. i am newly enamored w...
Posted by ellieherrity on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 01:12:00 PST

seasons

i can't decide which season is most becoming of my hometown.when asked, i generally say that my favorite month is november, because fall is such a wonderful time of year. plants start getting ready fo...
Posted by ellieherrity on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:21:00 PST

drought

i have just been relieved of a 24 hour media-technology drought.the fine folks at charter communication, who provide us with cable and high-speed internet, apparently had some kind of malfunction and ...
Posted by ellieherrity on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 02:55:00 PST

irish fair

well, this WAS a photo blog about my day at the irish festival, but myspace is stoooopid and wasn't uploading my photos.dang.so if you would like to read what i was GOING to say, you can visit my blog...
Posted by ellieherrity on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:57:00 PST

exercise

yesterday i was out jogging through my neighborhood (that's right folks, i said i was jogging. i solved my shin splint problem and decided to start it up again. i walk more than i jog, but a person's ...
Posted by ellieherrity on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:20:00 PST

explanation

to all my friends who have not heard from me in many days...i have not been attacked by a rabid house-cati have not fallen ill with the ebola virusi have not been inducted into a strange cul...
Posted by ellieherrity on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:23:00 PST

tired

i'm tired.i've spent the past few days on the verge of tears.my sister is a diabetic and at least once a month goes into diabetic shock to the point that the paramedics need to be called.yesterday it ...
Posted by ellieherrity on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:00:00 PST

regrets

i've been listening to the podcasts of rob bell's sermons at mars hill and in one of them he said something that i just can't stop thinking about. he posed the question that if something happened and ...
Posted by ellieherrity on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:58:00 PST