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carrie

You've got some schmutz on your face there, Cha Cha.

About Me


Which Tori Amos song are you?
Cornflake Girl
Never one for conformity, you've gone to the other side. But where'd you put the keys, girl?

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A person who is a master of making ravioli

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My Interests

teaching; Ashtanga yoga; asana adjustments; surfing small waves on my longboard; double runs in pinochle; bridge; Russel Banks; William Faulkner; Maya Angelou; Tori Amos; becoming a better person; learning acceptance; knowledge; knowing and being known...

I'd like to meet:

Jon Stewart (come on, I can't be the only person in the world who thinks he's sexy.)

Music:

Tori Amos; Joni Mitchell Portishead; Zero 7; Iron and Wine; Air; Stereolab; Coldplay; Butthole Surfers; Fugazi; Tool (blush); Beck (Seachange); Kate Bush; Cocteau Twins; Savasana music; Bjork; Andrew Byrd; Radiohead; Neil Young; Flaming Lips; Jack Johnson; The Shins; Rogue Wave...

Movies:

not so good at this one...American Beauty; Whale Rider; Snatch; Wonderboys...and of course, Dead Poet's Society

Television:

when i remember: The Daily Show; The Colbert Report; I Shouldn't Be Alive (scary shit, man)

Books:

Any book by Russel Banks...especially Continental Drift + Affliction..ahhhhh! Poisonwood Bible; Life of Pi; Secret Life of Bees; Brave New World; Walden Two; Frankenstein; Trinity; Bluest Eye; Confederacy of Dunces; Black Elk Speaks; Joy Luck Club; Wonderboys; any of Campbell's books about mythology; The Yoga Sutras; Yoga Mala; Iyengar's Book of Yoga; Breath, You are Alive. Anything about Jewish people: My Name is Asher Lev; The Chosen; Moses. Books that made me love books: Interview with a Vampire; A Tale of Two Cities; Pride and Predjudice. Fiction that changed my life: The Awakening; Beast in the Jungle; As I Lay Dying; Heart of Darkness. God, I could go on forever!CURRENT OBSSESSION: Finishing my masters, so currently re-reading Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried.

Heroes:

Famous: Maya Angelou; William Faulkner; Russell Banks; Tori Amos; Gandhi; The Buddha; Jesus; Dali LamaFamous to Me: John C. Rowe (professor); Holly Cannon (professor); Mary Breckenhoff (professor); Dorothy Lowry (English teacher); Ted Overland (husband); Chris Allen (taoist yoga instructor who married us; Susan Normandia (friend); Michelle Summers (freind).

My Blog

r.i.p. mardi

best cat ever.
Posted by carrie on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 10:32:00 PST

I Love My Husband!

the other day, my gorgeous husband and i met on the beach.  he wanted to get in the water and i wanted to see him in the water (yummy).  anyway, on our way back to the street, i stopped to p...
Posted by carrie on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 01:57:00 PST

dude, i rule the schools.

it's official. i, carrie anne targhetta (soon to be overland, IF my future husband is lucky), have been accepted into the UCI master's program. sweet! two crueling tests, three recommendations, and...
Posted by carrie on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

sweet! i'm the beast.

. You scored as The Beast. Your alter ego is The Beast! But that is only a name... you are kind hearted and sweet, people just misunderstand you. The Beast94%Peter Pan75%Goofy75%Cinderella56%Snow Whit...
Posted by carrie on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

to fake or not to fake?

ok, so my dad is obssessed with the movie "seabiscuit" (he's a man's man, you know; always cheering for the underdog). i bought him the dvd for christmas, which he opened and thoroughly enjoyed (prop...
Posted by carrie on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

ex-boyfriend friends?

k, what does it mean when ex-boyfriends try to reenter your life and become your friend? is it me, or doesn't it seem strange that someone with which you've "broken up" would want to (after eighteen ...
Posted by carrie on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST