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AsyaMena

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About Me

Living in happiness is the best revenge

My Interests

Supporting the Arts, Raising my sons (AKA the cutest kids on the planet), Staying spiritually centered, Enjoying life in general&transitionSpeed=4&transitionStyle=a&show Captions=1&albumID=1043761" width="445" height="230" name="slider" align="middle"/

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I scored a 91% on the "How New Orleans are You?" Quizie! What about you?

Music:

Everything under the sun! I love Stevie Wonder, Artful Dodger,The Roots, Fela Kuti, Robin Thicke, John Coltrane, DJ Quik, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Michael Jackson, Parliment Funkadelic, Sublime,Duke Ellington, Tito Puente, Rage Against the Machine, Amel Larrieux, Shakira, Chante Moore,DJ Louie Vega,Jill Scott, Incubus... you get the picture. My CD collection is SICK... over 800 strong!

Movies:

Love Jones, What Dreams May Come, Alice in Wonderland, Carmen Jones, all the Rodgers and Hammerstein Musicals, anything that used to be a Broadway play

Television:

I'm currently seeking a 12 step program for my addiction to trashy reality television...

Books:

The AP stylebook, Queen by Alex Haley, the Autobiography of Fredrick Douglass, anything by Stephen King

My Blog

Don't hate... it's so unattractive

In my short time on this planet (27 years and counting), I have learned that the only thing constant in life is change. Things go well, things go badly; people enter your life and people leave. Nothin...
Posted by AsyaMena on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 02:24:00 PST

Damn navy!!!

So Steven left last night for his 2 week training and I can't believe how much I miss him already. In the entire time I've known him, I have never gone 2 weeks without seeing him... probably the recor...
Posted by AsyaMena on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 01:16:00 PST

If you have to 'find' God, that means you think he left you

It seems to me that a popular life path is as follows:1) party your ass off, without regard to any of Life's consequences2) experience the fallout that occurs when you do so; legally, spiritually, emo...
Posted by AsyaMena on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 01:50:00 PST

Finding the happy place

When I was struggling as a new single mother, with a newborn I was still learning to take care of, going in and out of family (and criminal) court dealing with an abusive ex, and neglecting my needs s...
Posted by AsyaMena on Thu, 25 May 2006 12:00:00 PST

I can't sleep

I'm usually waaaay asleep by now, but I guess things have just piled up on my mind. Not to mention the fact that some deranged and apparently jet-lagged bird is chirping his ass off right outside my w...
Posted by AsyaMena on Thu, 18 May 2006 12:48:00 PST

Staying Home

Why is it that peole only tell you to be positive when negative shit is going on? You never hear anyone say "oh, you won the lottery? well, just be positive..." I don't understand that. If it was that...
Posted by AsyaMena on Fri, 24 Mar 2006 07:53:00 PST

Yay for February 15th!

It's the day afer Valentine's day and eveyone survived. I hate to sound cynical, but this year, Valentine's day just wasn't a big deal to me. I express my love for the people in my life every day...
Posted by AsyaMena on Wed, 15 Feb 2006 09:06:00 PST

Still alive...is it Valentine's time already?

January has come and gone and I'm glad to say I'm still here. Not that there hasn't been crazy drama, but I'm still here, still searching for that week of peace I've been looking for. I was originally...
Posted by AsyaMena on Fri, 10 Feb 2006 07:48:00 PST

My Decision

A lot has happend in the past week.  Probably more than has ever happened in a single week in a very long time. I am simultaneously looking for a job, a house AND being forced to close and change...
Posted by AsyaMena on Wed, 18 Jan 2006 04:35:00 PST

What the hell is wrong with me?

I'm in a funk. Not one of those short-term, 'you'll get over it' type things, but really, really depressed. Now here's the funny part: I have absolutely no reason to be. I have a beautiful, happy chil...
Posted by AsyaMena on Thu, 05 Jan 2006 01:53:00 PST