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SHAN

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. -GBS

About Me

Just got engaged on Christmas 2007 and couldn't be happier!! My fiance Carlos is the most amazing man in the entire world, so I am extremely lucky and very grateful! : ) Wedding date soon to be announced!! ; )As for the other stuff about lil' ol' me... I am a self-proclaimed D.I.Y. junkie- I greatly enjoy making, sewing, reconstructing, journaling, and cutting & pasting all kinds of fun things! I have tons of creativity running through my veins seemingly waiting to seep out of my fingertips and manifest itself into something crazy! I gain inspiration from all types of art and design and find pretty much anything with a subculture slant most interesting. Kitschy, sacred, religious imagery and lowbrow art greatly intrigues me. I always say that if I weren't a graphic designer I would love to be a hairstylist or an Interior designer, in which both areas I practice regularly for fun! Really anything that I can have a creative hand in really gets me goin'!! I love all things the color pink and am equally enchanted by the dark side. I adore anything with an old-school-style from my fabulous collection of big belt buckles and tattoos to beautiful pin-up girls. My inner fashionista loves to shop and I am most happy when bargain hunting for unique thrift store finds. I enjoy music and dancing immensely and cannot imagine life without either of the two. Carlos and my chihuahua Deuce are pretty much my life, and along with my family and friends, are what's most important to me. People in general fascinate me and I like observing how different everyone is... celebrate diversity! I get a natural high off of delving into great conversation with all types of people. I am easygoing, louder than most people I know, laugh a lot, am like a little kid with my free-spirited nature and can pretty much have fun doing anything, anywhere with just about anyone! ; ) I like to LIVE IT UP!!!I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

My Interests

I LOOOOVE SUMMER!!!!I LUV: going out & sleeping in, small bug-eyed doggies, my nephies blake & grayson, individuals with brains & style, wine, good spelling & grammar, cool accents, yoga & kickboxing when i am not lazy, my dreamland, japanese, mexican & italian cuisine and living life to the fullest!

I'd like to meet:

Actually, I already met him... over six and a half years ago, and that was it for me! ; )

Music:

Bjork, Miss Kittin, Morrissey, Ladytron, Outkast, Common, Gnarls Barkley, Mos Def, Depeche Mode, VNV Nation, Gorillaz, Fischerspooner, Sean Paul, The Cure, Sublime, Fleetwood Mac, The Beastie Boys, Blondie, Massive Attack, Arctic Monkeys, NIN, Beck, Astaire, Fiona Apple, Matisyahu, Black Star, Showbiz & AG, The Cardigans, Felix da Housecat, DJ Shadow, The Faint, Coldside, Rage Against the Machine, Patsy Cline, Prodigy, Mariah Carey, Portishead, Blackstar, Squirrel Nut Zippers, DJ Scott Project, Aphex Twin, Frou-Frou, M.I.A., The Dresden Dolls, Assemblage 23, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Adult, Blackalicious, Mount Sims, Bloc Party, Linkin Park, The Postal Service, & Mindless Self Indulgence

Movies:

Hayao Miyazaki movies- Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service & Howl's Moving Castle! I also love Empire Records, Amelie, Beetlejuice, Swingers and The Science of Sleep. My 2 FAVE Movie Stars are Jim Carrey- he ROCKS and I SO LUV Vince Vaughn- he's the BEST EVER!

Television:

Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations, Sex and the City, House Hunters, Project Runway, UFC fights and Def Poets on HBO- MOS DEF rocks my world! I also really like anything on HGTV & the Food Network and pretty much all makeover shows! ; )

Books:

Notes from the Universe, The Celestine Prophecy, Spilling Open, Inspiration Sandwich and Succulent Wild Woman- I love these books, they are all very inspiring to me and have each changed my life in some way!

Heroes:

My guardian angel DAD who passed away on September 20, 2005- He will ALWAYS be my Superman... I love & miss him so very much!

My Blog

It’s FIGHT time again!

Today’s the day- it’s finally time for Car to FIGHT!!! There have been months of dieting, exercising and training all leading up to this weekend for Car to fight in yet another ...
Posted by SHAN on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:39:00 PST

My new blog

I just wanted to let you all know that I started a new blog... here's the link: http://joytomyworld.blogspot.com/ Check it out if you want and let me know what you think.  I just started it, so t...
Posted by SHAN on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:48:00 PST

WE’RE ENGAGED!!! : )

Yes, it is true... WE'RE ENGAGED!!  cARLOS proposed to me on Christmas, December 25, 2007 and we are both so very excited! It has been 6 1/2 years in the making and I feel like the luckiest ...
Posted by SHAN on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:40:00 PST

Sick as a dog! Here’s all the lovely details!

okay, so here's the deal... i have been majorly out of the loop for like the past two weeks and pretty much out of my life in general because i have been sick as a dog! it all started when i began to...
Posted by SHAN on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:38:00 PST

ABSOLUTELY INSPIRATIONAL... & OH SO SENSATIONAL!!!

ABSOLUTELY INSPIRATIONAL... & OH SO SENSATIONAL!!!   I felt the need to share some inspirational STUFF that i am so loving at the moment...  people I think about, journals & blo...
Posted by SHAN on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:14:00 PST

Getting away from it all...

Looking very forward to getting away from it all this weekend!  We are off to Islamorada in the Keys tonight and will be there the next 4 nights!  Can't wait to drink, bask in the sun, swim...
Posted by SHAN on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:13:00 PST

BEST BIRTHDAY EVER!!!!!!!!!!! I am very thankful...

Just had to say that I seriously had the BEST BIRTHDAY EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!  I just turned 28 on February 9th and I have to say to the 3 friends visiting from out of town and the other 12 or so ...
Posted by SHAN on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:03:00 PST

My new nephew was just born!

I have become a proud Auntie... AGAIN!!! I am so excited to announce the birth of my new nephew, Grayson Henry Merrick!! He was just born on December 9, 2006 and he is amazingly ADORABLE!!!  I a...
Posted by SHAN on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 12:26:00 PST

Spread the love and friendship

Spread the love and friendship Think about this... You may not realize it, but it's 100% true. -At least 2 people in this world love you so much that they would die for you. -At least 15 people in th...
Posted by SHAN on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 04:22:00 PST

Partying, friends, dad & life tests...

I love to party, hang out with friends, get wasted and listen & dance to great music all night!  That's what being young and living it up is all about, right?!  We had such a blast party...
Posted by SHAN on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 07:38:00 PST