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Sherry

About Me

Hmm...I talk way too much. I think we have to MAKE IT GREAT (life) and have a pretty positive outlook on life. I have a general belief that people spend way too much time worrying instead of living. I believe that life is full of possibilities and the thrill of the unknown is so great. I enjoy not knowing what still might happen in my life and every day, I am surprised.I love outdoor activities, but for some reason haven't found much time to do them the last few years...fishing is one I like especially. It's not the actually catching of the fish; it's the anticipation building that I might. I always toss them back in anyway.I write: poetry, fiction, children's stories, non fiction, and loads of journaling too but for some reason cannot find the motivation to get down that "one great story" that I know would sell if I could just get it out of me.I am a chronic insomniac. Haven't slept well since I was 15...that's when it came on, though there was no big event that triggered it. I guess I will sleep plenty when I'm dead.I'm a mom. I am disappointed by the lack of humanity in the world today, but am inspired by our human condition.I'm a little bit country...I'm a little bit rock-n-roll...not really on the country. I am human and I need to be loved...just like everybody else....

My Interests

writing, poetry, painting, reading, music, singing, dancing in my livingroom, love, life, friends, camping, fishing, learning, exploring, being open to what might be, believing in myself and others, talking, listening, holding on to hope, discovering the undiscovered in people...

Music:

ryan adams! karl blau, postal service, imogen heap, voilent femmes,led zeppelin, tom petty, fleetwood mac, beatles, neil young, NIN, depeche mode, new order, sarah m, heather nova, dido, allman brothers, blues, bluegrass, jazz, classical, funk, techno, - basically all music except for country and metal ...not so much on those.

Movies:

Sixteen Candles, Gothic, Pride and Prejudice, The Truth About Cats and Dogs, It's a Wonderful Life, Lost Boys, The Notebook, Somewhere in Time, Elizabethtown, Old John Wayne Movies, Old Jimmy Stuart movies, Raider's of the Lost Arc, yeah, the whole Star Wars series, and the Star Trek series, Dying Young, and there's many more than these but I can't think them up off hand.

Television:

Seinfeld reruns, Friends, Letterman, Two and 1/2 Men, Gilmore Girls, Most Haunted, Ghost Hunters, Jericho, Lost,Discovery Channel, Home Improvement type shows, PBS and the list could go on, but I'll spare you.

Books:

Memoirs of a Geisha, The Catcher in the Rye, The Celestine Prophecy, For Whom the Bell Tolls, A Wrinkle in Time, and favorite, The Wuthering Heights. The Complete Poetry of Robert Frost, Bukowski poetry (thanks to a friend who showed him to me), and there are many more.

Heroes:

My mom. JC. My grandpa. Anyone who stands up for what is right and is not afraid to be who they really are. People who respect one another and share what they have with those who have less.

My Blog

no sleep for the...well, no sleep for me tonight, I think

I'm not going to sleep again tonight. I can already tell. Things have been going down at mi casa and it's intense. You know how sometimes a whole bunch of little things that aren't really all that bad...
Posted by Sherry on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:04:00 PST

my urban legend

I am learning the mood of the cityits buildings still toweragainst attempts to deconstructthe institution of free enterprise;woven too tightly togetherby threads of avariceto ever completely be unrave...
Posted by Sherry on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:42:00 PST

archives~

maybe he was just something I had to get out of my system an ever-present ache and desire to the craving point that refuses to to subside until you’ve given way   nothing about him was easy...
Posted by Sherry on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:33:00 PST

memory

I have disappointed you again distanced and silent how much time will pass between us before it breaks   you have inspired me endlessly and I feel in heart the way I wish courage would allow...
Posted by Sherry on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:59:00 PST

unsatisfied

though I know you won't believe it I want to give in to the security of your strong held belief if I am anything at all I am certainly aware of the power of your energy reaching far greater distances ...
Posted by Sherry on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:14:00 PST

what it means to love you

what it means to love you:you are a snow stormamidst the summer heatand it doesn't even matterthat nothing makes sensecaughtin between reasonand desiring somethingworthy of the distance,I fumble acros...
Posted by Sherry on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:12:00 PST

dangling on the branch

understand that not every bird flew south for the winter at least one stayed behind to watch out for the strays to be sure they find their way as though she somehow owed it to the others that's how it...
Posted by Sherry on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:25:00 PST

Poem for Gramps I wrote in 2003

Words from the Apple sitting on the front porchawaiting the routine tripfor popsicycles and penny candya smile in rememberinghow stately and importantyou looked behind the pulpitand how your wordshave...
Posted by Sherry on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 05:37:00 PST

I lost my person

well, after months of going down hill, my grandpa died last night. Today when I was in the house, it felt somehow emptier...like he had a way of filling up the house with his personality.  I felt...
Posted by Sherry on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 05:23:00 PST

Here we go...

So I've been home for about 2 months now. Maybe not quite that long but close to it. It's weird being home again. Good, but a lot different.  I don't think that I've been alone for maybe more tha...
Posted by Sherry on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 05:49:00 PST