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Ali

So it turns in simple ways, now the weeks go by like days...

About Me

Excellent sense of direction, yet always lost. Future owner of your favorite coffeehouse. Striving for the perfect blend of whimsical and grounded.

My Interests

dark coffee- dark chocolate- sunshine- fog- snow- laughing until you cry- crying until you laugh- fresh paint- penny lane- green- keys- coffeehouses- airplane letters- "cold pizza"- lyrics- maps- world cultures- black bean burritos- pop culture- ambition- empathy- indian food- rivers- music...ah, music. San Francisco (city of my heart)- Greenbrier County, WV (my forever home)- Tennessee (where I lay me down to sleep.)

I'd like to meet:

These guys:..

Music:

Wilco, Josh Ritter, Rilo Kiley/Jenny Lewis, Bob Dylan, Damien Rice, David Gray, She & Him, George Harrison, Rocky Votolato, Ryan Adams, Katie Herzig, Stevie Wonder, Butch Walker, Beth Orton, John Legend, Paul Simon, Kyle Andrews..........etcetcetc.

Movies:

Forgetting Sarah Marshall. The best movie I've seen in a long time.

Television:

is getting disappointing.

Books:

Eat Pray Love, How To Kill a Rockstar, God-Shaped Hole, If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things, High Fidelity, The Kite Runner, A New Earth, What Is The What, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, The Things They Carried

Heroes:

Skippy. She was my baby, my friend, my teacher, and my sunshine; a survivor of monumental proportions.

My Blog

slip-slidin away...

I really feel that the New Year is a very refreshing yet melancholy time. It's a great time to take control of certain areas in life because it sort of provides the illusion of a clean slate. But it a...
Posted by Ali on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 06:23:00 PST

my new man

His name is Clarence. He is a little black dog. His head is too big for his body, so he falls forward sometimes. I am smitten.
Posted by Ali on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:50:00 PST

still beating

Today it has officially been two months since my dear Skippy passed away. Josh Ritter released a new album, and this song nearly stole the air from my lungs. It plucked at all the right nerves to brin...
Posted by Ali on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 07:11:00 PST

divided

I just read a very disturbing article regarding the whole Michael Vick alleged dog-fighting situation. I would like to preface this by saying that dog-fighting is beyond evil- it's something that I ca...
Posted by Ali on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:30:00 PST

into the mystic

It snowed!!!!!...
Posted by Ali on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 09:06:00 PST

Jesus, etc.

I was there! ...
Posted by Ali on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:43:00 PST

disposable dixie cup drinker

"Music is my saviorI was maimed by rock and rollI was tamed by rock and rollI got my name from rock and roll..."*JEFF TWEEDY NIGHT!!!*
Posted by Ali on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:49:00 PST

The best church sign EVER.

"Stop, Drop, and Roll won't work in Hell."HA!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Ali on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 10:23:00 PST

the consequence of actually feeling

"Every asshole says he loves somebody. What you feel only matters to you. It's what you do to the people you love. That's what matters. That's the only thing that counts."-(Tom Wilkinson),The Last Kis...
Posted by Ali on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 07:16:00 PST

why my boyfriend is better than yours :-P

I had to unscramble the letters on the index cards to find out what my present was... (T-I-C-K-E-T-S--T-O--S-E-E--J-E-F-F--T-W-E-E-D-Y)January 17th!!!!! Woooo-hooooo!!!!!!...
Posted by Ali on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 06:08:00 PST