Ashley - ProfilesArchive

About Me

"Learning to love life by living through loss and mistakes, Lessons learned then gradually surfacing, letting go, stripping naked to scream I am not perfect, nor do I strive to be. I am alive in this world of face first falls and public breakdowns. I'm a retarded disfigured clown, dying to be heard for the simple art of letting this heavy wall finally fall. I'm an equal being of no race, or color, a hallucination if you will - Sneaking into the the lives of strangers and letting them fall apart to a new rhythm... Just to feel better."

My Interests

art, music, biking, jogging, yoga. Currently training to run the San Antonio Rock n' Roll marathon in November. :) Not crazy. Determined.Avid fan of "The Office" - "Ryan started the fire."

I'd like to meet:

People that love life, aren't bitter, that treat others with respect and kindness....and anyone who'd like to train with me to run the Rock n' Roll marathon in Nov! Runners? anyone?

Music:

Almost anything - not a big fan of country or rap. Rock, Classical, Jazz....depends on my mood.

Movies:

This scene is the most disturbing thing I've ever seen. Love the line though...And Brian Regan's pluto bit...

Television:

Office nut. "The thought of putting your beets in my mouth makes me want to gag." hahahaha

Books:

A Brave New World, The Great Gatsby, To Kill a Mockingbird, Heart of Darkness, A Farewell to Arms, classics....Newer ones I enjoy are Slave of my Thirst (Tom Holland), which I find chilling each time I re-read, The Hitchhiker's Guide, and Ride the Wind (a good romance that shouldn't just be labeled as such as it's a great epic history of native american life) ...and occassionally I'll hibernate with a really girly novel as a pick-me-up

Heroes:

My Dad - for always being himself - kind and good,for having the ability to stay forever optimistic about life AND My Brother - for stepping up and fighting for the freedoms that I enjoy and so many take for granted.

My Blog

Indifference

Thoughts?Elie Wiesel survived the holocaust, including confinement in several concentration camps, while many members of his jewish family and community did not. An author and winner of the Nobel Peac...
Posted by Ashley on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:19:00 PST

Daily dose of hope

'Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.' Antipathy of life only further amplifies negativity and hatred of self and circumstance. Optimism,...
Posted by Ashley on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:48:00 PST

Lyrics for Today

PARAMORE - When It Rains....And when it rains on this side of townIt touches everythingJust say it again and mean itWe don't miss a thingYou made yourself a bed at the bottomof the blackest hole (blac...
Posted by Ashley on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:42:00 PST

The state of being

Often, as humans, we query the unanswerable, the one question to which each has their own answer, but that none of us really knows: What's the point of life? Each day, we all venture out into the wor...
Posted by Ashley on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:05:00 PST

ATTN: Viewers of my page

I am writing this blog at the advice of some fellow co-workers. To all who view my page: I routinely use this site to post new artwork and projects that I am working on. If anything on my page, photo...
Posted by Ashley on Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:04:00 PST

To help or not to help?

In a world where there is so much random violence and so many people whose demoralized values allow them to justify hurting others, my question emerges: Should human beings (those of us that aren't de...
Posted by Ashley on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:56:00 PST

Reflections

Rambling reflections.... Five years ago, at this precise moment, I was in labor with my first (and at this point only) child and for some reason tonight has been an incredibly reflective evening. My g...
Posted by Ashley on Tue, 20 May 2008 08:23:00 PST

Favorite philosophies on life

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails. Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist, but the ability to start over.Rise above the storm and you will find the sunshin...
Posted by Ashley on Fri, 09 May 2008 02:00:00 PST

Financial reviews and the state of my world

I live for financial reviews. I mean, honestly, they're the most exciting events of my entire life. For two whole hours, I get to sit in a large room with my boss(es) and their boss and stare at a lar...
Posted by Ashley on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:00:00 PST

Hold

Struggling, Striving, StrainingConcocted complicationImagined implicationDetermined declination Willful recessionof undeterminable scopeunaffected grasp.(Hold on. Don't let go.) Sliding, Slithering...
Posted by Ashley on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:28:00 PST