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About Me

Layout Provided By FreeCodeSource.com - Myspace LayoutsI love my God and am amazed at how He loves me...I love how my family & friends define "stellar"...I love a good game of baseball...especially when the guys think they have to teach it to me...and their surprise when I do the teaching...I love how sports make me smile inside...I love how a good book is that much better on a rainy day with hot cocoa...I love the snuggly feeling a cold spring morning brings...I love bridges of all kinds...I love the way New York looks from a plane...and from the ground...I love pizza from Ray's and tortellini from Mary's...I love eating my fries two at a time...and my sandwiches crust first...I love that first cup of coffee...I love campfires in the mountains and bonfires on the beach...especially when smores are involved...I love driving down the Cajon at sunrise or sunset...and driving in the desert with my sunroof open on a summer night...I love talking about my dad...anytime, anyplace...I love the sound of voices raised in worship...I love how a good country song makes me feel like a kid again...I love the smell of rain...and my grandma's kitchen on Sundays...I love proper grammar in my emails...I love when I finally "get it"...I love a good scary movie...especially when it's just the girls...I love how the Golden Gate Bridge comes over the horizon...and how San Francisco isn't the same without one wrong turn down a one-way street...I love the crowd on the street before a Yankee game...and the old guys in the Tavern afterwards...I love how my mom will always baby me when I'm sick...no matter how old I get...I love being the only girl...and one of the guys...I really love how my little brothers get excited when I walk through the door...I love the little things...and the big things...if you couldn't tell...I pretty much love...a lot

My Interests

Oh my sakes where to start?? I'm absolutely a freak for sports...especially baseball. Music also has a huge place in my life. My family, my incomparable friends, writing, reading, performing, traveling, used book shopping, politics, philosophy, COFFEE!, and I can't leave out New York's finest!!!

I'd like to meet:

I'd Like to Meet: JESUS!!(And I will!), Dubya, Derek Jeter, Chris Tomlin(for more than just 5 seconds), my "One"

Music:

I listen to everything from Mozart to MoTown, but my preferences vary with my mood. Some of my favorites: Mariah (greatest voice of all time!), Switchfoot, Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman, Charlie Hall, U2, Aerosmith, Tyrone Wells, Amos Lee, John Mayer, Dashboard, Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Keane, Imogen Heap, Carole King, Joss Stone, Lauryn Hill, India.Arie, James Taylor, Coldplay, Dixie Chicks, Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts, Ray Charles, Sinatra and the Rat Pack, Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, Billie Holiday, Patsy Cline, Mae, Emery, Copeland, Northern, Fall Out Boy, Transistor Radio (shout out to the bro), Temptations, Shawn McDonald, Bethany Dillon, Blake Shelton, Jennifer Holliday, Martina McBride, Jewel, Jeremy Camp, Avalon, Watermark, Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Jonny Lang, Marc Broussard...and the list goes on!

Movies:

I'm a movie fanatic, but I'll try to keep this short...anything with Audrey Hepburn or James Dean, Grease! (all-time fave), The Departed (my new favorite), all things Bond, Moulin Rouge, Boondock Saints, Reservoir Dogs, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Citizen Kane, Napoleon Dynamite, Inside Man, Life is Beautiful, Lucky Number Slevin, Little Miss Sunshine, The Notebook, Requiem for a Dream, Love Actually, About a Boy, Matchstick Men, The Grudge, Virgin Suicides, Sin City, The Butterfly Effect, Forrest Gump, Memento, Kill Bill Vol.1&2, Good Will Hunting, Alfie, The Waterboy, Spanglish, Punch-Drunk Love, and so many more!!!

Television:

FRIENDS!! I'm shamefully obsessed with American Idol...recently hooked on Grey's Anatomy (thanks Justin)...and SportsCenter every night at 11 is a must.

Books:

The Bible!!...I absolutely adore all things Jane Austen, C.S. Lewis, Flannery O'Connor and Truman Capote. Other favorites: The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Gilead, Mrs. Dalloway, A Million Little Pieces...just lock me in a bookstore overnight...Heavenly!

Heroes:

My mom - for giving me life, and my Jesus - for saving it.

My Blog

New York...

...is looking like a very definite possibility. I'll know by the 22nd. WOW.
Posted by October's End on Fri, 11 May 2007 03:02:00 PST

So here's the thing...(part 2)

I have to start by saying that God is nothing short of AMAZING! Once again He's turned my self-pity into smack-you-in-the-face conviction. I love it! So, here's the basic jist of it ...
Posted by October's End on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 02:03:00 PST

So here's the thing...

As much as I try to suppress all of my girlish tendencies, they come out every once in a while. I really wish they wouldn't. It hurts sometimes...not for any reason in particular, but it j...
Posted by October's End on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:31:00 PST

The NEW Pledge of Allegiance

> Since the Pledge of Allegiance > and The Lord's Prayer > are not allowed in most > public schools anymore > > Because the word "God" is mentioned... > > A kid wrote the attached > NEW Schoo...
Posted by October's End on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:45:00 PST

This day

I feel like I should write something. Isn't that what one does on occasions such as these? Occasion - it just struck me how funny that word is. We generalize it to refer to a celebratory event. Ho...
Posted by October's End on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 12:27:00 PST

New York Pictures!!

Yep...you know you want 'em. Here's the link. http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f78/loseyourself923/NYC%20 Summer/ Enjoy!
Posted by October's End on Mon, 24 Jul 2006 06:16:00 PST

Too much for words...

God is...in a word...breathtaking.Wow.Nuff said.
Posted by October's End on Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:01:00 PST

Lately

So it's no secret that I've been spiritually dry as of late. I don't know when it started, but I feel like it's lasted forever. My desire to spend time with God hasn't been there, yet I st...
Posted by October's End on Thu, 02 Mar 2006 12:23:00 PST

I'm finally on this horse!

Yep...Shanna fnally got herself a myspace. Now lift that jaw off of the floor and check out my pictures from the BEAUTIFUL New York City! Follow the link: http://photobucket.com/albu...
Posted by October's End on Sat, 28 Jan 2006 10:56:00 PST