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naynay

i know it sounds crazy, but i'm painfully sane

About Me

Laughter and tears are both signs of frustration and exhaustion, I myself prefer to laugh because there is less cleaning up to do afterwards..

My Interests

Traveling, Dancing, Hiking, Being Outdoors, Bouldering, Camping, Swimming,Ultimate Frisbee,Snowboarding, drinking green tea, Languages,Cooking,Service, Manual labor, Gardening, playing CRANIUM or any board games, Just straight up Playing in general...even hacky sac and horse shoes although i am not very skilled in those areas yet...alternative medicine, energy healing..

I'd like to meet:

Jesus, Ben Harper, Diane Stein, my spirit guide, my clone(that would be waaaaayyy too crrraaazzy), feminists, people who seek justice,peace, & social change, people that laugh and smile a lot, lovers of God, life, and nature

Music:

BEN HARPER, Jack Johnson, Bob Marley, Ani Difranco,IndiaArie, Radiohead, Weezer, Indigo Girls, Dixie Chicks, Shakira,Black Eyed Peas, 311, Moby, Bob Dylan, Dashboard Confessional, Counting Crows,Foo Fighters, Hot Club of Cowtown, Iron & Wine, Madonna, Nelly Furtado, No Doubt, Fiona Apple, Tom Petty, U2, Nirvana,Death Cab for Cutie, Matisyahu, Amos Lee, John Mayer, Coldplay, Jason Mraz, David Gray, Rage, Smashing Pumpkins

Movies:

Simon Birch,The House of Yes,Habla Con Ella, Rize, Bowling for Columbine, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Garden State, Napolean Dynamite,Rent, Spanish film & most scary movies and documentaries (esp. ones about dancing)

Television:

NO thanks.. just go outside and play..

Books:

Hope for the Flowers, The Little Prince, The Life of Pi

Heroes:

Mother Teresa of course.. and those who are not afraid of "actin da fool" you know who you are! Gwen Stefani for being the first chic rocker to do push-ups on stage.. you show 'em girrrll!! yyyeeeoooowww.:)

My Blog

Babel

If you haven't checked out the movie Babel, you should.Its quite clever, filled with many emotions of confusion, awe, bewilderment and its extremely thought provoking.Be prepared to pay close attentio...
Posted by NayNay on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 04:40:00 PST

Solace in my solitude

I am a dreamer.  In many ways, but in this particular way--i am referring to the series of dreams that i have on a nightly basis.  I think it has so much to do with our ability to proce...
Posted by NayNay on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:21:00 PST

Rest in Peace my 40GB BFF..

Ok.. so i have always joked around saying that i don't know what i would do once my ipod is gone.. Music has been my outlet and my coping skill for quite some time now.. i listen to my ipod on my dail...
Posted by NayNay on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 08:37:00 PST

I believe that children are our future..its not just a Whitney Houston song.

So it seems cliche to say "you don't know what you got til its gone," but we realize so much about ourselves when we can finally step out of our self portrait. What i am really talking about is my in...
Posted by NayNay on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 06:23:00 PST

Contra what?

Contra dancing is my new love!! I did some at Berea, but never realized how much fun it is!! Easy + Dancing = Mucho Divertido!! I'm Sold!!!!...
Posted by NayNay on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:06:00 PST

In my mind i'm going to Carolina

So I have been contemplating a career change for quite some time now.  I feel like i have just been waiting for a good opportunity to fall at my feet.  Which we all know never really happens...
Posted by NayNay on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:06:00 PST

the tragedy of teenagers brats and motorcyles

My first angry blog.....So I went to the movies tonight to see Return.  It was a mediocre movie, not scary, rather cliche.. but still i liked it.. The most annoying thing was the idiotic teenage ...
Posted by NayNay on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 08:59:00 PST

September, please....

So Sundays are supposed to be positive.. At least that is what i tell the kids that i work with.. and today for our positive group, i decided that a good conversation starter would be to think about t...
Posted by NayNay on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 09:11:00 PST

post Jeju English Camp

so i arrived safely back from jeju, south korea.. i feel blessed for the opportunity to meet some incredibly amazing people, to learn about myselft, my teaching ablilities, my flexibilty and adaptabli...
Posted by NayNay on Sat, 19 Aug 2006 09:51:00 PST

Korea, Korea beloved...or at least i hope so

 For those of you who keep asking where i have been lately.. here is the scoop...sooo.. i have been super busy the past few weeks trying to work overtime shifts and planning for a trip to teach a...
Posted by NayNay on Sat, 29 Jul 2006 10:08:00 PST