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rena

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About Me

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Well, I guess (to hit the highlights) I'm a free lance artist living in Alabama. I have a beautiful son named Sam. I've lived in the south my entire life and cannot wait to get out! I love all types of music. It drives and inspires me daily. LA
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A little old fashioned, and a little modern.
A little traditional, and a little bit punk rock.
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My Interests

I LOVE music, I like to paint, I love to draw (charcoal mostly), I love to drink wine, I love going to shows (whenever I can), I like photography (although it's too expensive to persue at the moment), I love having more than 3 colors in my hair, I do sudoku puzzles at work(it's addicting), I played tennis in high school (and I wasn't too bad), I enjoy skating sometimes, I love making (and drinking) coffee, getting tattooed & designing them for others is a thrill, thumb tacs and bottle caps are interesting. Last but cetainly not least and absolutely most important...my son Sam is the cutest kid ever!!

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to catch up with old friends and meet anyone interesting enough to hold my attention for more than 5 minutes and/or keep my A.D.D. from kicking in. .. The movie sucked, but these boys kick ace!! .. width="425" height="350" ..

Music:


myspace.com/amitylaneband | listen to the album .. width="425" height="350" .. Music is a huge part of my life and personality. Some of my favorites include


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Sublime, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine, Linkin Park, Citizen Cope, Relient K, Queens of the Stone Age, KT Tundstall, Bleeding Through, The Shins, Death Cab for Cutie, Fiona Apple, Monsters Are Waiting, Rock Kills Kid, Damien Rice, Alkaline Trio, Beastie Boys, Johnny Cash, Coldplay, Mazzy Star,


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Underoath, Heart, YeahYeahYeahs, Flogging Molly, Soundgarden, the Mars Volta, The Bouncing Souls, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, The Psychedelic Furs, Go Betty Go, Fleetwood Mac, AFI, Weezer, Death in December, Pink Floyd, Foo Fighters, Hot Hot Heat, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Beck, REM, Black Sabbath, The Cure, The 88, The White Stripes, Green Day, CCR,


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Bjork, Motion City Soundtrack, Ani DiFranco, The Police, Thursday, Flyleaf, the oohlas, Taking Back Sunday, The Used, Lynard Skynard(I'm from AL, it's a must!), Vendetta Red, Jimi Hendrix, Garbage, The Dresden Dolls, The Offspring, Blondie, The Smashing Pumpkins, Regina Spektor, HIM, U2, The Allman Brothers Band, The Strokes, Poe, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, 311, System of a Down, The Seasons Company, Tsunami Bomb


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Blink 182, Alice in Chains, Janis Joplin, Deftones, Kill Hannah, The Doors, Tool, The Clash, No Doubt, The All-American Rejects, Lydia, Fire the Missiles, Stone Temple Pilots, My Chemical Romance, Muse, 30 Seconds to Mars, Coheed and Cambria, The Velvet Underground, Radiohead, Rise Against..........the list goes on and on and on and on..........I also have Mozart, Beethoven, and Chopin on reserve for the times when I'm feeling all classically!! I've also been introduced to many artists via friends/zines/MySpace...etc and I feature a new favorite every couple weeks. You should check them out if you haven't already!New discovery:
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Movies:

I love anything directed by Tim Burton or M. Night Shyamalan (excluding Unbreakable that movie blew). Other favorites include: Almost Famous, Empire Records, Garden State, The Breakfast Club, American Beauty, Dazed and Confused, The Lost Boys, The Princess Bride, Reality Bites, Snatch, Trainspotting, Legend (before Tom Cruise went insane), Labyrinth, Sin City, Clerks, The Lords of Dogtown, Clockwork Orange, Queen of the Damned, Pretty in Pink, The Goonies, Girl Interrupted, Underworld, Reservoir Dogs, Benny and Joon, Fight Club, Interview With a Vampire, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and most any movie with Johnny Depp

Television:

Scrubs, Miami Ink, That 70's Show, Rescue Me, Family Guy, NCIS, CSI:Miami, Heroes, Law and Order SVU, and anything on the Discovery Channel or TLC. yes I'm a nerd
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Books:

A Space Trilogy & The Screwtape Letters- C.S. Lewis, the Bible, A Night Without Armor- Jewel Kilcher, The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories- Tim Burton, Sleeping with the Dictionary- Harryette Mullen....I'm mostly a poetry geek...Pablo Neruda, Abraham Smith, James Dickey, Elizabeth Bishop, John Berryman, Sophia Karstonis, Robert Hayden, Denise Levertov, James Wright, Sylvia Plath, Robert Lowell, Stanley Kunitz, Li-Young Lee.......and many others.

Heroes:

My dad for working his hands to the bone everyday of his life and never complaining. My mom for all her words of wisdom. My sister for always giving me something to laugh about. My best friend for always being there and loving me in spite of me. Most of all my God for saving me.


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My Blog

The full concert experience...

So, I went to see Incubus at the Tabernacle last night.  It was an incredible show, but I must describe the whole evening for you (it was that good!).  First of all,  I ended up having...
Posted by rena on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:55:00 PST

4 small steps for Sam, 1 giant leap from my heart!!

That's right!  Sam took his first steps!  He did it yesterday while I was at work.  It sucks I missed it, but I'm sure he'll be running circles around me in the next few weeks.  He...
Posted by rena on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 10:59:00 PST

Poor baby

Well, my trip over Christmas was great, but some evil Georgian germ infected my little one.  He has conjuctivitus otherwise known as pink eye in both eyes.  Sad isn't it!  He's still hi...
Posted by rena on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:20:00 PST

The new job...

Ok so I'm now employed at Filet & Vine.  I've been there for almost a month now.  It's not a terrible job by any means, but my body is not used to this type of stress anymore.  I me...
Posted by rena on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:52:00 PST

What's the perfect ending to a Friday night out?!...

I KNOW!!  How about a jolly good flat tire in the middle of the ghetto!  Yes it happened.  On my way to take Chucky to his car at 1 am and OH!  What's that noise?!  It's my ti...
Posted by rena on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 01:10:00 PST

Why did it have to end this way?

Ok. So no more Montgomery Street Coffee shop.  This is horrible!  Not only am I no longer employed at the raddest downtown joint ever, but whatever are all the little goth kids going to do n...
Posted by rena on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 12:00:00 PST

That awesome kid of mine!

He totally said "mama" today!!  I couldn't believe it!  I was sitting on the couch with him, I pulled the pacifier out of his mouth, and he just blurted it out....MAMA!  It was the cool...
Posted by rena on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 09:09:00 PST

lalalalaalalla

It's a little depressing to go out these days, don't you think (if you're my age anyway)?  I mean, most of the people there are either at least 5 years younger than you or twi...
Posted by rena on Sat, 15 Apr 2006 10:59:00 PST

something else to read...

In the early 1900's, a little girl contracted the crippling disease polio when she was 8 years old.  Her mother, an Indian witch doctor (herbal doctor), was determined to find a cu...
Posted by rena on Sat, 08 Apr 2006 06:55:00 PST

I'm quite blog-happy today. here's a poem

Stupid Fly Little fly, little fly Bouncing off the light bulb I wish you knew how hit it was But your one-celled brain can't remember I hope you don't fry I'd hate to see your crisp body fall to the g...
Posted by rena on Fri, 17 Mar 2006 02:05:00 PST