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Alison

There is nothing new except what has been forgotten. -M.A.

About Me

Since a major change in the past year, I've been living life day by day and enjoying every minute of it. I have more support and love for my friends and family than I've ever known I've had & this is just the beginning. Every minute of the first 27 years of my life created the foundation for who I am today. I am still learning all about who the hell I am, but everything is a learning process. I just have to show my gratitude for the friends who have stayed in my life through the thick and thin & stand by my side on any occasion. I could never have dreamed for a life like this: being happy.

My Interests

Art & design, Shopping, garage sailing & antique shopping, reading, plants, cooking, eating, high-heeled shoes, chilling out on the couch being a total homebody, collecting old-school pictures from the 80s or earlier, laying on the beach, marinating in warm ocean water, booty dancing, did I say shopping yet? Yo, and check out this place I just found - it has hot clothes: www.pinupgirlclothing.com Also, this is a great campaign: http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.com/ Peep my up-and-coming Tat:

I'd like to meet:

Art Vandalay; Kat Von D; Vince Vaughn; My great-grandparents; Stevie Wonder; talented illustrators, Scarlett Johanssen; Chris Daughtry so I could drool all over him; non-egotistical artists.

Music:

Amy Winehouse is the best! Valient Thorrrrrrrrrrrrr, Chili Peppers, Portishead, Audioslave, Staind, Fiona, Erykah Badu, Jack Johnson, ODB, Black Crowes, NERD/Pharrell, Greenday, Black Eyed Peas, Stevie Wonder, Everything but the Girl, Bjork, the older Nora Jones, Alice in Chains, Nancy Wilson, Wolfmother, Nicole's Sweet Oldies mix Volume 1, Ray LaMontagne, KT Tunstall, Sade, Jay-Z, Incubus, Mary J, Corinne Bailey Rae, Diana Krall, Fiona Apple, Jet just to name a few.

Movies:

Ah, where to even start... Butterfly effect, 40 Year old Virgin, Breakfast at Tiffany's (or any Audrey Hepburn movie for that matter), Steel Magnolias, My Cousin Vinnie, Stand By Me, Mr & Mrs Smith, Napoleon Dynamite, Chicago, Something about Mary, Fight Club, Best in Show, Malibu's Most Wanted, Stand by Me, I Heart Huckabees, Anything with Jennifer Coolidge.

Television:

My number one is definitely Distraction on Comedy Central. Bzzz! Also, Reno 911, What not to wear, American Idol, Lydia's Family Table (PBS), Dave Chappell, That 70s show, Nip / Tuck, Lost (I am behind a few seasons) & Planet Earth on Discovery Channel.

Books:

Janet Evanovich's hilarious novels, White Oleander, The secret life of Bees, Stones from the River, David Carson' End of Print, anything vintage esp picture books, The Davinci Code, The Red Tent, Dry and Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs. I am trying to read 'Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul,' but I can't see the pages because my eyes well up with tears :(

Heroes:

Dan P ~ for being stronger than I ever thought a human being could be.

My Blog

Big F*#&in Mouth

Okay, when am I going to learn? Seriously. There are certain people (er, just one) that I am just a total open book with, blabbing everyone's top secrets to. Up until now, I thought I was really great...
Posted by Alison on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 01:15:00 PST

Music Reccomendation for April 3

Ray Lamontagne ~ 'Til the Sun Turns Black. Oh yes. A perfect, soothing accompaniment for this intense Tuesday. He's like a massage for the soul. Wow, that's kind of cheezy. Sorry.
Posted by Alison on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 06:39:00 PST

Pink Elephant in the Living Room & other tall tales

We all know that our elders get stuck in their own ways, but Goddamn I'm grown up, in my early twenties and take care of my own fucking self! Leave me the fuck alone and stop giving me lectures - Afte...
Posted by Alison on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 06:00:00 PST

Music suggestion for March 28, 2007

Hall & Oates Greatest Hits - Rock 'n Soul. Yess! A perfect compliment to a sunny, spring day with birds chirping (directly above me - I'm just waiting for poops to fall on me & my desk-No can do). Enj...
Posted by Alison on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:48:00 PST

A different view on (in)sanity

I've always thought that the way I think and behave has not been quite right. Taking a good, long look at myself, I realize that the more I delve into my reactions, the more I am convinced that I am o...
Posted by Alison on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 08:03:00 PST

Music of the day

The highly-recommended album for this lovely (grr) Friday would be Rage Against the Machine/Rage against the Machine. And blast it, suckas! Grrrrrrrrrr.
Posted by Alison on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 11:15:00 PST

Art Director Clarification, thanks.

I just wanted to let all you kids know that an Art Director is in the agency, NOT a client or some fucker who does marketing or whatnot. Seriously, when you go to get your car fixed, you trust that th...
Posted by Alison on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:11:00 PST

Chicken Soup

A friend of mine was sweet enough to think of me & bring me "Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul." For the past two nights, I have been reading a couple of stories & have been ending up in t...
Posted by Alison on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:32:00 PST

Highlight of my WEEK, maybe even MONTH

Yes, the UPS fella called me "young lady." Yessssssss.
Posted by Alison on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:49:00 PST

The damn bandwagon...

Why is it that people these days can not think for themselves, can not form their own opinions and close themselves off to so much. It's kind of the whole bandwagon thing, if someone jumps on, everybo...
Posted by Alison on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:45:00 PST