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Carissa

To Thine Own Self be True

About Me


My Interests

Having dinner together as a family, New York City Architecture, Carter and her day at preschool, Cappuccino's with lots of foam, Desserts from Blue Smoke, Obssesive cleaning, Hanging out with my friends and their kids, Barnes and Noble story time on saturdays, Reading when I have the time, New music, Old music, Laughing with my brother, Playground time, Babies, God and being thankful for my blessed life!

I'd like to meet:

Gwen Stefani and Jack Bauer, he kicks ass!

Music:

Modest Mouse, Interpol, Ben Harper, Coldplay, The Killers, Citizen Cope, Bloc Party, Simon and Garfunkel, Gorillaz, Aimee Man, Fleetwood Mac, DJ Shadow,Justin Timberlake, David Grey, Michael Buble, Jack Johnson, The Postal Service, the Garden State soundtrack is really good, a little Pink Floyd but not all, Keane, old school Beastie Boys, Dave Matthews, do I need to keep going?

Movies:

Garden State, Reality Bites, Singles, When Harry Meet Sally, Grosse Point Blank, Magnolia, High Fidelity, The Cutting Edge, In Good company, Groundhog Day, Star Wars, Annie Hall, Go, State and Main, Meet the Parents, Shrek 2, Deuce Bigalow, Indiana Jones, Opportunity Knocks, The Family Stone, Madagascar, What About Bob?, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and 10 things I Hate About You.

Television:

Grey's Anatomy and 24

Books:

20,001 baby names! I know it's really exciting I also just started Treasures from the Heart (The Value of Godly Character) by Cheryl Ford

Heroes:

I have 3 hero's: My husband for working over 40 hours a week while going to school fulltime and also managing to be a great husband, father and friend. My older brother Justin for his devotion to his family and hardwork to just stay afloat. My little brother Trevor for taking chances and lving life to the fullest even if it means the future is uncertian.

My Blog

Gratitude

I am grateful that I live in New YorkI am grateful that it is a beautiful sunny dayI am grateful that Carter is taking a napI am grateful for cold iceteaI am grateful for spri...
Posted by Carissa on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 12:20:00 PST

Mediocrity

Do you ever feel like you can't do anything right?  That has been happening to me a lot and the funny thing is I am trying to do everything right and on time and it's just blowing up in fron...
Posted by Carissa on Fri, 12 May 2006 11:08:00 PST

Blah...

I Feel So Blah...anyone else feel the same?...
Posted by Carissa on Mon, 06 Feb 2006 11:44:00 PST

I still like James Frey

Ugg my sweet boy James Frey is getting ripped on left and right, poor guy.  Shame on Oprah for being so self righteous.  James Frey rocks whether he fabricated some stuff in his book or not,...
Posted by Carissa on Sat, 28 Jan 2006 07:55:00 PST