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Janis

What lies BEHIND us & What lies BEFORE us are tiny matters compared to What lies WITHIN us.

About Me

I'd give anything to be by the ocean, smell that salty sea air I grew up with in Oki... be with friends that are true and dear to me... meet new people that excite and interest me... never like being in a dull moment...although sometimes things are most interesting when they are calm and quiet...I think a thousand and one thoughts at once...I'm playful... I like to laugh... I like to try new things... I like anticipating things to be... I love to live everyday like its my last...I tell people I love them cause its good to be loved... I'm really craving for pancakes right now...Anyone wanna go get me some?

My Interests

Talking, Taking pictures, Salvador Dali, Stimulating Conversations, Watching movies, Being Girly, All types of music, Staring at the moon, Laughing...ALOT, Watching People, I like to daydream, Driving, Getting Lost and finding my way back, Good Food, I love the smell of the Ocean, Playing with my feet, Soft, fluffy, pretty things, analyzing EVERYTHING, Enjoying everything that life has to offer.

I'd like to meet:

Salvador Dali... We Could DO Some Really Crazy Things Together.

Music:

A Fine Frenzy, Dirty On Purpose, Kanye West, The Killers, JAY-Z, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Incubus, Tupac Shakur, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Lauryn Hill, Tupac Shakur, Kelly Clarkson, Kelis, The Fugees, Tori Amos, Outkast, Pharell, Keane, Portishead, Bebel Gilberto, System of a Down, India Arie, Bjork, Corinne Bailey Rae, Lounge music, Anything that sounds good. I'm starting to really like Classical Music too for some reason.

Movies:

GONE BABY GONE, Vantage Point (even though the ending was a little...EH.), The Last King of Scotland, Goonies, The Last Unicorn, The Breakfast Club, Breakfast at Tiffany's, 300 was soooo awesome, Amelie, Pan's Labrynth, The Pursuit of Happyness, Crash, Romy and Michelle, Finding Neverland, Anchorman, Garden State, Big Fish, The Wedding Crashers, Harold And Kumar Go to White Castle, The Last Samurai, What Dreams May Come, Kill Bill 1&2, Mean Girls, The Shining, The Illusionist, The Count of Monte Cristo, Fight Club, ZooLander, Old School, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Indie Flicks, too many to name.

Television:

The Discovery Channel and all the dumb reality shows on VH1 and MTV... the 3 best channels in the world! OK, OK, and I watch American Idol.

Books:

The Yellow Wallpaper (Not a book but a short story...pretty sic...look it up online), The Time Traveler's Wife, Shantaram(One of the best books I've EVER read), The Kite Runner, John Steinbeck's East of Eden, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, VooDoo Dreams, All Stephen King Books, American Gods, The Alchemist, Rich Dad Poor Dad, The Divine Secrets of Ya Ya Sisterhood, The Vampire Chronicles of Anne Rice, Neil Gaiman's Sandman Comics

My Blog

My Top 10 Booklist for 2007

My Top 10 Picks for 2007...1. Shantaram2. East of Eden3. Memoirs of a Geisha ( I read it once every year)4. The Kite Runner5. The Time Traveler's Wife6. The Dark Tower Series...the last one's ending i...
Posted by Janis on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:38:00 PST

Overwhelmed

Today you surprised me in a way I never thought you could. I never expected to hear those words. I never thought I wanted or needed to hear those words. But now that I have, it changes everything. ...
Posted by Janis on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Why can't I

Get a load of me, get a load of you Walkin' down the street, and I hardly know you It's just like we were meant to be Holding hands with you, and we're out at night Got a girlfriend, you say it ...
Posted by Janis on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Nostalgic thoughts

I miss the ocean. I used to live 10 minutes away from the beach. I would grab my beach bag, a book, some sun tan lotion and stroll there with nothing much on my mind exept for maybe how much I loved O...
Posted by Janis on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Thoughts on Regret

Twighlight.How many hourshave I wasted in front of nothingness when outside before my very eyes the sky has played its magic?Againmy thoughts turn to you. Always to you. The hands of time have grown t...
Posted by Janis on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Bittersweet Symphony

'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life Trying to make ends meet You're a slave to money then you die I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down You know the one that takes you to ...
Posted by Janis on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST