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Anne

My 3 percent is swimming

About Me


"The heart may freeze or it can burn
The pain will ease if I can learn
There is no future
There is no past
I live this moment as my last
There's only us
There's only this
Forget regret
Or life is yours to miss
No other road
No other way
No day but today."
- From RENT
"I had always heard your entire life flashes in front of your eyes the second before you die. First of all, that one second isn’t a second at all. It stretches on forever, like an ocean of time. For me, it was lying on my back at Boy Scout camp, watching falling stars…and yellow leaves, from the maple trees that lined my street…or my grandmother’s hands, and the way her skin seemed like paper…and the first time I saw my cousin Tony’s brand new Firebird…and Janie…and Carolyn. "I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me…but it’s hard to stay mad, when there’s so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I’m seeing it all at once, and it’s too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that’s about to burst. And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold onto it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can’t feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life. You have no idea what I’m talking about, I’m sure…But don’t worry…you will someday." - From American Beauty
"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain." - Frank Herbert/Dune
"What do our opponents mean when they apply to us the label "Liberal"? If by "Liberal" they mean, as they want people to believe, someone who is soft in his policies abroad, who is against local government, and who is unconcerned with the taxpayer's dollar, then the record of this party and it's members domonstrate that we are not that kind of "Liberal". But if by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people - their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties- someone who believes we can break thorugh the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal", then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal". - JFK
"I've got no strings to hold me down
To make me fret, or make me frown
I had strings but now I'm free
There are no strings on me"
-From Ponocchio
"There is a great big world out there and it won't matter if you were the most popular girl, the quarterback of the football team, or the biggest nerd in school. Find out who you are and try not to be afraid of it."
- From Never Been Kissed
I do not know who put me in the world, nor what the world is, nor what I am myself. I am in a terrible ignorance about everything. I do not know what my body is, or my senses, or my soul, or even that part of me which thinks what I am saying, which reflects on itself and everything but knows itself no better than anything else. I see the terrifying spaces of the universe enclosing me, and I find myself attached to one corner of this expanse without knowing why I have been placed here rather than there, or why the life allotted me shold be assigned to this moment [rather] than to another in the eternity that preceded and will follow me. I see only infinity on every side, enclosing me like an atom or a shadow that vanishes in an instant.
-BLAISE PASCAL

My Interests


My interests include: Writing, Working Out, Rollerblading, Music, Watching Football, Astrology, Travel, Reading, Fashion, Comedy, Politics, Volunteering, Animal Issues, and the Environment.

Please join Jana Kohl and others and help pending legislaton by supporting this site: Farm Sanctuary was founded in 1986 to combat the abuses of industrialized farming and to encourage a new awareness and understanding about "farm animals." Sorrowfully, animals raised on today's industrialized farms are treated like unfeeling commodities, and their basic needs are completely ignored. They are crowded in factory farm warehouses, and confined so tightly that they cannot walk, turn around or lie down comfortably. Farm animals are de-beaked, de-toed, tail-docked, confined, crowded, neglected and denied the very basics of life: fresh air, wholesome food, room to move and, most importantly, freedom - all for the sake of a profit margin. Farm Sanctuary remains solidly committed to their founding vision, while expanding their vital rescue, education and advocacy efforts. Please support and donate to the worthy organization Farm Sanctuary

"What are you supposed to do when the ones with all the power are hurting those with none? Well for starters, you stand up - stand up and tell the truth. You stand up for your friends. You stand up even when you're all alone. You stand up." -From NORTHCOUNTRY

I'd like to meet:

Dane Cook
Jeremy Piven
Brian Westbrook
Donovan McNabb
Ceasar Millan
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant
Steve Howe
Cool Folk
People who have a FICO score of 700 or more

Music:

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Zeppelin, Yes, Rush, Genesis, Van Halen, Pink Floyd, Steely Dan, Boston, Kansas, CSN, Neil Young, Heart, David Bowie, Queen, The Doors, Rolling Stones, The Beatles,The Who, Carly Simon, James Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Electronic Music, Death Cab For Cutie, KEANE, The Fray, The Killers, Coldplay, John Mayer, Gwen Stefani, Imogen Heap, The Indigo Girls, Alanis Morrisette, Sarah McLachlan, Dido, Annie Lennox, Thomas Newman's movie music...

Movies:

American Beauty (all time favorite), Almost Famous, Anchors Aweigh, The Rose, Phenomenon, Mean Girls, Uptown Girls, Meet Joe Black, Half Nelson, Factory Girl, Angels In America, Dave Chappelle: For What It's Worth, Legends Of The Fall, An Inconvenient Truth, The Virgin Suicides, Overboard, Employee Of The Month, Little Miss Sunshine, Anchorman, Elf, The Matrix, Forrest Gump, Fight Club, Napoleon Dynamite, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, The Ususal Suspects, Dane Cook- Vicious Circle, Born On The 4th Of July, Strange Brew, The Godfather 1 & 2, The Shawshank Redemption, Steel Magnolias, Rocky, Pleasantville, Pirates of the Caribbean 1, 50 First Dates.

Television:

Sex and The City, The Girls Next Door, Entourage, Meet The Press, Extras, LOST, 24, Miami Vice, Tourgasm, Chapelle's Show, The Office, Family Guy, Six Feet Under, Real Time With Bill Maher.

Books:

Magazines: Time, The New Yorker, US Weekly. Books: History, Politics, Economics, and Inspirational.

Heroes:


American soldiers, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Erin Brockovitch, Ayaan Hursi Ali, Willie Nelson, Andre Agassi, Amy Grant, Dane Cook, Mia Farrow, Helen Thomas, Jana Kohl, Cesar Millan, Gene Kelly, Animal Lovers!

My Blog

Remembering My Mother

Happy Mother's Day Alice You gave me life with struggle, with strife. I insisted and and fought, for the rights that I thought were mine - entitled. Everyone knew, so dependent on you. You enable...
Posted by Anne on Sun, 13 May 2007 08:47:00 PST

Favorite Dane Moments

Unfortunately, clips from his site start automatically, so anymore that one per page becomes chaotic. ..I'll..feature a different favorite vid..regularly so you can check..back for..the Dan...
Posted by Anne on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:57:00 PST

Blog Things

Capricorn - Your Love ProfileYour positive traits:You are serious about relationships and ready for a commitment.You tend to help your partner attain the success they dream of.You are a rock. Relation...
Posted by Anne on Wed, 09 May 2007 09:28:00 PST

Restoring Integrity To Politics

  I believe that the majority of American citizens are in agreement when it comes to the moral fiber of the Clinton camp. Barack Obama has capitalized on Hillary's flip-flopping in order to sho...
Posted by Anne on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 10:23:00 PST

Some Pics From The Park

Check out the lil' black guy, I though he was a cutie!   | View Show | Create Your Own...
Posted by Anne on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:37:00 PST

The Eagles Sans Jeff Garcia

Rumor has it that the Eagles signed AJ Feely as the #2 QB before the free agency period began. Should the Eagles have realistically held out for Jeff Garcia? Would the addition of Jeff Garcia to the 2...
Posted by Anne on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:28:00 PST

Cruelty Free Living Tips

Tips For Cruelty Free Living:  Caring Consumer PETA...
Posted by Anne on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 08:49:00 PST

Energy Saving Bulbs

Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs If every American home replaced just one light bulb with an ENERGY STAR, we would save enough energy to light more than 2.5 million homes for a year and prevent greenho...
Posted by Anne on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:35:00 PST

My Trip To Big Sur - September 2006

Create Your Own...
Posted by Anne on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 03:49:00 PST

Please Save Dogs From Cruel Slaughter In China!

PLEASE SIGN THE ON-LINE PETITION! Please urge your friends to Demand Change From the Chinese Government! In a hideously cruel response to an outbreak of rabies in late July, authorities in Mouding Cou...
Posted by Anne on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:10:00 PST