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candace teal

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough - Mae West

About Me



"And I want to beg you, as much as I can, dear sir,
to be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves
liked locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue.
Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given
you because you would not be able to live them.
And the point is, to live everything.
Live the questions now.
Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer."
Rainer Maria Rilke

My Interests

Some people just have good souls, and it's so obvious. I'm lucky to have found them.

I'd like to meet:



Music:

is the direct cause of the perpetuation of the species. Music and doctors, that is. Doctors are cool.♥ In a sense we're the same, struggling to save face. It's a question of scope: how far you're willing to go to make rights of your wrongs, despite the risk involved. It's a question of faith,'cuz if we wait until we've all been burned to ash to tell the truth about the shit buried in our past, we'll split a taxi to that firepit way down south. So, let's rise up and open our mouths. ♥ Kevin Devine and The Goddamn Band, No Time Flat

Movies:

define people. Go and rent Vertical Ray Of The Sun. Do it now. Please.♥ Nino is late. Amelie can only see two explanations. 1 - he didn't get the photo. 2 - before he could assemble it, a gang of bank robbers took him hostage. The cops gave chase. They got away... but he caused a crash. When he came to, he'd lost his memory. An ex-con picked him up, mistook him for a fugitive, and shipped him to Istanbul. There he met some Afghan raiders who took him to steal some Russian warheads. But their truck hit a mine in Tajikistan. He survived, took to the hills, and became a Mujaheddin. Amelie refuses to get upset for a guy who'll eat borscht all his life in a hat like a tea cozy. " ♥ Amelie

Television:

is highly overrated. But I love House. And The West Wing. ♥ Sam: "We believe in the ERA. . . . How can you have an objection. . ." Ainsley: "Because it's humiliating. A new amendment we vote on declaring that I am equal under the law to a man? I'm mortified to discover there's reason to believe I wasn't before. I'm a citizen of this country. I'm not a special subset in need of your protection. I do not have to have my rights handed down to me by a bunch of old white men. The same Article 14 that protects you protects me. And I went to law school just to make sure." Sam: "...I could've countered that but I had already moved on to other things in my head." ♥ The West Wing, Season Two, "17 People"

Books:

preserve us. Christopher Moore's Lamb is amazing. Be a nerd - start with David Edding's The Pawn of Prophecy and trail after Garion. I enjoy books that poke fun at political parties. Anything by Kahlil Gibran. He makes me feel intelligent. The Gin Girl by River Jordan should be held on high. Heckedy Peg (she lost her leg) was my favorite book as a kid. Douglas Adams is a god. At least once in your life, read Absolute Trust In The Goodness of the Earth by Alice Walker. Preferably when you are ready to open up to the cosmos. Oh, and have an unabridged version of the Complete Works of the Brothers Grimm. Not because of Heath Ledger, but because it speaks of "going out into the world, and seeking your fortune". Follow suit, whatever that fortune might be. Read, love, and soak up Luke White.♥ "Life is all rocks and canyons, and every point is accessible from every other point. Bridges are conveniences, not necessities, and only by burning them can we abandon false hope and move. The enemy you guard against never was; the home you hope to return to has long ago been abandoned by those you love." ♥ Luke White, Burn/Walk

Heroes:

are everywhere you look. Vincent Vega and Joan Cusack.... I wrote that meaning two separate entities, but now.. wouldn't their kid be COMPLETELY FUCKING WHACKED? That'd be great. He would probably kill us all.

My Blog

la la la la la

I no longer lament the lack of sheet rock between my apartment and those near me - someone upstairs is taking a bath, and this afternoon, without the college students and their thumping bass, it sound...
Posted by candace teal on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:46:00 PST

I Am Coffee Grounds.

A new form of insomnia, stylized by yours truly. I can't seem to sleep, lately. I'm pretty tired, but always find an excuse not to sleep.Today, around 3.00AM, I decided to take a bubble bath and soak ...
Posted by candace teal on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:04:00 PST

This is me, 3 AM on a Friday morning...

I didn't know all of this.The largest flea market in Northwest Florida. The Red Hills Steeplechase. Watermelon Festival. Sunday morning people watching at Bruegger's Bagels. I've lived here for nearly...
Posted by candace teal on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:46:00 PST

Empty

It's like dragging your fingers over a clouded window...You get glimpses of things, through the marks that you've made, but the images are fuzzy, and it's hard to make out what it is you're seeing.I'v...
Posted by candace teal on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:18:00 PST

For various reasons, having mostly to do with impish glee, this interests me greatly

5 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Apocalypse Could Actually Happen By David Wong, TE Sloth We found out recently that if you try to leave a little kid in a graveyard late at night, he'll ...
Posted by candace teal on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:24:00 PST

Tolstoy


Posted by candace teal on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 02:25:00 PST

A E I O U

I was highly enjoying having "Be Like You" from The Jungle Book as my 'space song, and decided to research other Disney songs I'd forgotten to see just how much fun could be had. A...
Posted by candace teal on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 09:40:00 PST

We mustnt dwell... no, not today. We CANT. Not on Rex Manning Day!

It might be the autumn rush in the air, or the feeling of time slipping by, but I'm missing high school. All of our shitty cars, going out to lunch, the swim team. God, the swim team. Ridiculous. I've...
Posted by candace teal on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 08:59:00 PST

Everything Is Beautiful [Part Deux]

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Posted by candace teal on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:35:00 PST

Youve got to hold me tight.

Today was gorgeous and sunny, and deciding on my favorite part will be hard; it was either rejoicing in the burnt red tree tops along State Road 20, or kissing Keith in the driveway. Re-connecting wit...
Posted by candace teal on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:54:00 PST