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Sarah

When you defend those who are absent, you retain the trust of those present.

About Me

I once used to spend my time laughing and being scrappy. I am up for debate anytime. However, I am also an earth sign, and I enjoy nature and peace and calm. I suppose these two attributes constitute wholeness. Some eccentricism is healthy. A lot has changed for me with epilepsy. I respect the life of the mind even more than before (which I thought was impossible.) I loathe actions that injure the brain. It is a precious gift. Otherwise I love church, my fam and friends,interesting and intelligent conversation, reading and writing. I relax by exercising and napping at intervals.

My Interests

learning, reading, critiquing, faith, being with my buds!!, mornings, strange food!, great kisses!, stealthy sarcasm, effective communicators and writers, radical politics, theology, feminism, psychological inquiry, history (modern, religious,economic and theory - no interest in ancient), evolving, the mountains, freedom, cycling, strong coffee, dogs, hats, changing my furniture, painting, and playing a piano.

I'd like to meet:

Trailblazers. Otherwise I'd like to meet younger versions of my parents, God, and Lord willing, a man that will feed me (which is not an easy task!) Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, Chris Martin...

Music:

Well I grew up in church so my heart belongs to Soul. Otherwise - Coldplay, Oasis, India Arie, Tori Amos, anything involving a piano :), and a song writer; The Clash, Regina Spektor, John Legend, Incubus, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Prince, Lynard Skynard, Queen, The Beatles, ACDC, Guns and Roses, Alice in Chains. Aerosmith and Pearl Jam.Owell, I guess that is the "wild" side.

Movies:

"Iris," "Out of Africa", "Sophie's Choice", "The Hours", "Little Women", female "heroines" are good. I liked "Great Expecations" and certainly "Sylvia." Tragic heroines are interesting. Literary figures are moving. I do like "Silence of the Lambs," "Seven" and a very good historical theme movie such as "Shindler's List" or "Swingkids" as well.

Television:

My newest guilty pleasure is "Two and Half Men" every night with Jim. Sienfeld, discovery health specials, sex and the city, the wonder years, project runway, work-out, well most anything on BRAVO, otherwise anthing that doesn't flash or tick!!! Recently discovered South Park....that is some clever writing.

Books:

Anything on religion and politics, otherwise "The New Empire," the classic Lafeber work! "Whiteness of a Different Color," "The Night Trilogy" by Elie Wiesel, "Five Sisters", "The Sexual Politics of Meat", Virginia Wolfe's "Memoirs of Being", "Auschwitz", "Moving Beyond Words", "The Marx-Engels Reader", Andrea Dworkin's "Intercourse" and "Pornography," "1984", "The Joy Luck Club", Charlotte Bronte's "Vilette". Psalms, Proverbs, some of the gospels and most of the epistles. "The Metaphysical Club", "Nature's Metropolis," "The Second Sex" and anything by Alexandra Kollantai.

Heroes:

My mother and her mother. James Keenan."She would be a woman who did not exist to embody male sexual fantasies or rely upon a man to endow her with identity and social status, a woman who did not have to be beautiful, who could be clever, who would grow in authority as she aged." - Germaine Greer "The Whole Woman"I guess that it a lot to ask for in a hero. :) MyGen Profile Generator

My Blog

hard times

I recently was rudely called emotionally needy by an old friend. I pondered it long and hard. I always believed the stronger person is not the one with hard exterior and cold heart, but she who can su...
Posted by Sarah on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:00:00 PST

nervous

I know I am nervous and stressed when i barf every morning before coffee or meds. School is exciting and I really, really want to continue to the doctoral level. I just don't know what is possible at ...
Posted by Sarah on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:18:00 PST

new schedule brings new annoyances

Finally a blog not at all about being a science experiment for neurologists ;) I have returned to class! I am thrilled and exhausted at once. I have orals left for my Masters and two courses for certi...
Posted by Sarah on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:34:00 PST

news to me

Well I had my first scooter shopping spree. It was grand. My mom insisted. The really cute, nice, young, guy winked at me and said, "you must get to take some great pills." Yeah something like that. A...
Posted by Sarah on Tue, 27 May 2008 08:53:00 PST

Update and reflection

Thank you to everyone that has taken a minute of their day to let me know they care or they know someone that has epilepsy, or an idea of how to deal with things. I always believed the stronger person...
Posted by Sarah on Mon, 19 May 2008 09:15:00 PST

Ancora or Bust

While most young women, in love, having just completed school, and having had the worst year of life, would be at the beach or getting their nails done or something, I found myself at welfare in Camde...
Posted by Sarah on Thu, 08 May 2008 06:44:00 PST

me minus the staples

Times have been stressful. Today I have a mindset, goals, and some normalcy. So it took a little over a week to gain 'some' control. This was the worse episode yet. This time I am angry. I don't want ...
Posted by Sarah on Fri, 02 May 2008 05:04:00 PST

Forty-year old female

Today I am getting the staples out of my head. I figure that it won't hurt as bad as it did to have them put in....than again the skin probably grew around the wound and the pain may be there. I have...
Posted by Sarah on Thu, 01 May 2008 10:43:00 PST

Found an interesting report ladies

Forgive me for the over emphasis on my present condition, however I sincerely believe it is essential to be knowledgable about one's condition. Anyway. I came across a causal article about the onset ...
Posted by Sarah on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:09:00 PST

Quality of Life

My mom, dad, doctor, and workforce advocate all believe I should write a book about my experiences with now being "disabled." I have a short list of problems I have with the whole deal. Walking everyw...
Posted by Sarah on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:56:00 PST