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Lauren

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About Me

Ethereal free spirit with a dash of intensity carving out a life in NYC and endeavoring to enact positive change in my own life and in the world. I need to write and create as much as I need to breathe. I like to take photos of musicians and flowers and cats. I like the energy of the city, but the beauty of open space and nature. I'm really disciplined when I'm working and really undisciplined and spontaneous when I'm not. I am passionate about the life I live and am grateful for it, including the obstacles and challenges that come with choosing the path not taken. I like to learn, discover and teach--- and have fun. In short, music, art, writing and photography are my life. http://www.soundaffects.net

My Interests

music, writing, reading, hiking, mountain biking, photography, yoga, travelling, natural health, visiting museums and art galleries, haunting bookstores, exploring new places, good food, good wine, good conversation, and appreciating and enjoying all of the wonder, adventure and beauty that life has to offer.

I'd like to meet:

Creative, fun, passionate people who believe that life is its own adventure. People who believe that there is a place where dreams and reality meet and endeavor to find those moments where the two blend. People who've experienced enough struggle to see the beauty in ordinary days and who've experienced enough beauty to know that nothing is ordinary...

Music:

Charlotte Martin, Snow Patrol, Endochine, U2, Coldplay, Dishwalla, Dexter Freebish, Depeche Mode, Prince, Massive Attack, Marina V, Patty Griffin,Tracy Bonham, Marc Copely, Celia Chavez, Julia Brown, Gabrielle, Brianna Sage, Catherine Tuttle, Lizanne Knott, Lelia Broussard, Jeffrey Gaines, Catherine Wheel, Julia Brown, Ben Lee, Hall and Oates, Sting, Vanessa Carlton, Interpol, Natalie Imbruglia, Butch Walker, American Hi-Fi, Mackin, Silvertide, Hillary Johnson, Ingram Hill, Longview, Kasabian, Sloan, God or Julie, Our Lady Peace, Vertical Horizon, Toby Lightman, Sarah McLachlan, Better Than Ezra,Ours, New Order, Imogen Heap, Black Lab, Juliet, Kelly Clarkson, Ana Lovelis, Bill Deasy, Will Hoge, Bif Naked, Billie Holiday, Broken Social Scene, The Like, Renee Cologne, theSTART, Mieka Pauley, Keane, Mozart, Muse, NLX, Kristin Hoffmann, Tonic, Collective Soul, Goo Goo Dolls, Frou Frou, Danielia Cotton, OK Go, Carole King, Lindsey Buckingham, Jackson Browne and many more!

Movies:

Sliding Doors, The Illusionist

Television:

The Simpsons and Seinfeld

Books:

I'm currently immersed in an *excellent* biography of Mozart, which is making me want to go to Vienna.

Heroes:

Anyone who passionately lives his/her dreams. We're all our own heroes and hereos to each other in both subtle and obvious ways.

My Blog

Bonjour frrom Paris

After wandering around the city of lights for 10+ hours on this chilly November day, I find myself  both energized and reflecting on the beauty and history of this amazing city.  After ...
Posted by Lauren on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 03:55:00 PST

words and music: the ties that bind

The lines of time often blur when it comes to remembering when a thought or an idea first comes to me.  Sometimes, ideas hit like lightning and other times, they rise to the surfac...
Posted by Lauren on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 07:23:00 PST

"Maybe well meet up in Denver, talk about weather, talk about old times..."

My latest journey started even before I left with the realization of how much I feel connected to NYC now.  It took time, but when it happened it, it snuck up and wrapped itse...
Posted by Lauren on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:46:00 PST

NYC

There's so much to say, but today as we remember and reflect, I keep my thoughts still and just want to say this to New York City: thank you for being my home in the truest sense of the word. xoxoxoxo...
Posted by Lauren on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:30:00 PST

pay attention to what you love

Sometimes, the most important memory to remember is that life carries on.  For much of August, I was flying high in an intensely creative, outgoing phase.  This time of year always ener...
Posted by Lauren on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:48:00 PST

surrendering

The past few weeks have had so many amazing moments that for just a little bit, I forgot that every time the rollercoaster rises, it also falls.  For almost a year now, I have been planning a cha...
Posted by Lauren on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 11:34:00 PST

"how much is that doggy in the window?"

Today, my friend who is visiting from Tacoma and I were walking down 6th Avenue. As we passed a pet store, I noticed some puppies in the window and stopped to look at them.  While they were adora...
Posted by Lauren on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:45:00 PST

gratitude

This thought is simple, but needs to be expressed in this moment: thank you thank you thank you to the people, circumstances, challenges, blessings, adventures and constant line of funny lit...
Posted by Lauren on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 12:34:00 PST

"just a girl..."

I have rarely used my blog as a place to just rant about something, but alas, there is a first time for everything.  Occasionally, the train that I need to take to get home easily and safely afte...
Posted by Lauren on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:46:00 PST

"Every time it rains, I know it's good to be ALIVE."

Tomorrow, July 23rd, at 4pm I will celebrate the third anniversary of one of the most impacting events of my life.  Three years ago, on a steamy July day in Brooklyn, I ran through the rain ...
Posted by Lauren on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 01:29:00 PST