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karleen

confidence is contagious.

About Me



"i like living. i have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all i still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a GRAND thing."
-agatha christie

My Interests

my job, coffee, writing, being clean and sober, best friends, layering, karma & sakura, tea, san francisco, my family, love letters, finding time to feel 26, traveling, lomography, downtown, sushi, reading, dinner dates, and sidekicking.

b b f.

I'd like to meet:


i really like the people i already know.

my friend space:

virginia

carly

stacey

shane

stephan

amy

patti

amanda

sean

frankie

taia

noelle

view all of my friends

Music:

rilo kiley, lucero, the faint, the postal service, sage francis, the blow, head automatica, jack johnson, coheed and cambria, cat power, feist, death cab for cutie, maria taylor, the garden state soundtrack, bloc party, natalie merchant, glassjaw, bob marley, tegan and sara, the cardigans, john mayer, schulyer fisk, explosions in the sky, modest mouse, 10,000 maniacs, say anything, the blood brothers, eisley, aesop rock, the start, coldplay, saves the day, elton john, muse, tilly and the wall, and lots of other cheesy music that you probably hate.

Movies:

amelie, closer, i ♥ huckabees, garden state, the notebook, he loves me, he loves me not, little miss sunshine.

Television:

house m.d., the office, documentaries on msnbc, flight of the conchords.

Books:

the prophet. poetry. a million little pieces. running with scissors. the four agreements. choke. dry. my friend leonard. the celestine prophecy. anything about serial killers.

Heroes:

my mom and my dad- for being amazing parents. i am in constant awe of their selflessness.

My Blog

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whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.-max ehrmann
Posted by karleen on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:40:00 PST

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once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them w...
Posted by karleen on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:15:00 PST

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we're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone - but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy. -walter anderson
Posted by karleen on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:33:00 PST

this one seemed fitting

do you want me to tell you something really subversive? love is everything it's cracked up to be. that's why people are so cynical about it. it really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking e...
Posted by karleen on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:34:00 PST

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our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. it is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. we ask ourselves, who am i to be bri...
Posted by karleen on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:51:00 PST

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you are unrepeatable. there is a magic about you that is all your own.- d.m. dellinger
Posted by karleen on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:24:00 PST

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the secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly. -buddha
Posted by karleen on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:12:00 PST

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truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.-ralph waldo emerson
Posted by karleen on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:38:00 PST

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those truly linked don't need correspondence. when they meet again after many years apart, their friendship is as true as ever.-deng ming-dao
Posted by karleen on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:03:00 PST

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live with intention. walk to the edge. listen hard. practice wellness. play with abandon. laugh. choose with no regret. continue to learn. appreciate your friends. do what you love. love as if this is...
Posted by karleen on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 10:24:00 PST