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ShaL

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About Me

Well first...the name is pronounced SHALL-IN, and I have a pretty sweet life. I'm a paraprofessional at Oak Grove Elementary, it's the coolest job ever! I hang out, play games and teach kids all day long. I am STILL going to college....yep, never say never. I happen to be the Events Coordinator at Underground Fellowship--only the sweetest youth group on the planet. I have the privledge of hanging out with some of the coolest teenagers I've ever met. It's hard to remember I'm 24 sometimes. And my friends are incredible! All in all, I have very little to complain about.

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My Interests

*In all this chaos we found safety.

*At 50 every man has the face he deserves.-Orwell

*My land is bare of chattering folk;
the clouds are low along the ridges,
and sweet's the air with curly smoke,

from all my burning bridges.-D.Parker

*What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.-Emerson

*Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.-Frost

*There lives more faith in honest doubt, Believe me, than in half the creeds.-Tennyson

*Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality.-Thoreau

*Never mistake motion for action.-Hemingway

*I celebrate myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.-Whitman

*I didn't recognize you. I've changed a lot.-Wilde

I'd like to meet:

Anyone capable of holding an intelligent conversation.

Music:

jon mclaughlin, matt wertz, josh groban, jonny diaz, dave barnes, micah dalton, stephen speaks, jason upton, michael buble, frank sinatra, dean martin, shawn mcdonald, brandon heath, elliot yamin, rookie of the year, jonezetta, blessed union of souls, silverchair, showbread, sufjan stevens, mutemath, the myriad, the elms, paramore, eisley, mat kearney, sean mcconnell

Movies:

I do love to watch some movies! Some all-time favorites include: Memento, Moulin Rouge, The Fountain, Stay, Dodgeball, Zoolander, Senseless, Nacho Libre, Pride and Prejudice, and Newsies.

Television:

LOST is basically the longest movie in the history of the world. it is so good you can't really call it a tv show.

Books:

Soul Cravings, Velvet Elvis, Extraordinary Faith, The Giver, Barbarian Way, Sex God, Chasing Daylight, Ragamuffin Gospel, An Unstoppable Force, Quest For a Maid, Catcher in the Rye, The Old Man and The Sea, The Outsiders, Rumblefish, Blue Like Jazz

Heroes:

anyone who works for what they have,obviously Jesus, batman and she-ra princess of power.

A&W (Amburgers & Wootbeer)

Your results:
You are Batman Batman 80% Superman 75% Hulk 75% Catwoman 70% Supergirl 65% Robin 65% The Flash 65% Wonder Woman 60% Green Lantern 55% Spider-Man 40% Iron Man 20% You are dark, love gadgets
and have vowed to help the innocent
not suffer the pain you have endured.
Click here to take the Superhero Personality Test

My Blog

One Stupid Bag

Isn't it strange how we fight so vehemetly against the idea that we are formed by our interactions and social lives?  We like to think that we are Americans and we are fortunate enough to choose ...
Posted by ShaL on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:21:00 PST

10 Shalyn Facts

..> Just Shal 1.  I am always thinking about something.  Usually, it is an attempt to see situations from someone else's perspective. 2. I usually can't cry.  When most girls ...
Posted by ShaL on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:40:00 PST

Evolving

    God has opened my eyes to brokenness not only in others but also in me. My reality has been clarified by so many situations the past few months. It seems as...
Posted by ShaL on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:53:00 PST

-ations

Sometimes it seems that at the very moment you realize you don't know as much as you thought you did a completely new pile dumps into your lap attempting to bring with it some sort of humility for you...
Posted by ShaL on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 05:50:00 PST

Selfish.

Every time a person admits a flaw or personal weakness it seems to get exploited in the worst way possible.  We have all done it.  When someone finally verbally admits to something it seems ...
Posted by ShaL on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 12:15:00 PST

twenty-three

Okay, so I am not usually one to post song lyrics but this IS the quintessential twenty-something.   Twenty-three today, and all your friends are getting married.You say they're so scared of...
Posted by ShaL on Thu, 17 May 2007 08:54:00 PST

Wop doo wop doo wop wop

So, I am in one of "those" moods where you read some quotes that are sometimes overused and you have a renewed....oh, I like that.  Here are some that did that to me today:   Vision without ...
Posted by ShaL on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 08:32:00 PST

Tagged

..> ..> ..>   TaggedThe rules are: Once you have been tagged, you have to write a blog with 10 weird random things, facts, or habits about yourself. At the end, you choose 5 people to be tagge...
Posted by ShaL on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:31:00 PST

If your roommate is having a bad day...

Leave them fake break-up post-it notes on their door....I "broke up" with Tara TWICE...and I decided I'd call her Condor.  ( Not fake as in pretending it is from their bo...
Posted by ShaL on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 03:30:00 PST

You know you are getting old when....

Wow...sometimes I think I could move into a retirement home in Florida....Here are a few of the ridiculous things that have either been said/done to me or that I have done recently.... -been told...."...
Posted by ShaL on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:22:00 PST