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Suzanne

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to

About Me


One day I plan to be as free as these...
I know it won't come easy though. Nothing worthwhile comes easy; everything always has a cost.
I like...
photography (especially black & white) uofl basketball chinese food big cities playing neopets snow (actually, just winter in general) starburst fruit chews scary movies waterfront park foreign languages spontaneous road trips laughing nighttime white roses tai chi creative art caffeine used book stores
I dislike...
slow drivers getting up early mexican food when proper grammar is not used stuck up snobs clowns college professors that only offer classes at 8 am elevators majors (i'm on my fourth one) nancy grace on cnn uk basketball american idol big dogs that are house pets hot weather country music waiting in line sexism the smell of coffee
"...but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." -Isaiah 40:31

My Interests

Photography, Tai Chi, Writing, Extreme Sports, Summer and Winter X Games, Music, Languages (specifically Latin and Italian, but I like to learn a little bit of all of them!), Tattoos, Laughing, Eastern Wisdom, Zen, UofL Sports (especially basketball!), Neopets, Foreign Countries, White Roses, Dane Cook, Concerts, Fortune Cookies, Movies, anything Hello Kitty as well as anything Polka Dots... and oh, Randomness.

I'd like to meet:

N/A

Music:

I'm equally in love with 80's music and Acoustic music! And then there's Rock, some Rap, Indie, 90's Modern Rock, and even Classical. Some of my favorites are: Armor for Sleep, Third Eye Blind, Jack Johnson, Aerosmith, Waking Ashland, The Offspring, Thrice, The Bravery, Howie Day, Smashing Pumpkins, John Mayer, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Finch, Damien Rice, James Blunt, 10 Years, The Mars Volta, Evans Blue, Revis, Death Cab for Cutie, The Used, OAR, Funeral for a Friend, lostprophets, Smile Empty Soul, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Radiohead, Shinedown, Lit, Fischerspooner, Sia, Linkin Park, Fort Minor, 311, Weezer, Stone Temple Pilots, Metallica, Incubus, Spitalfield, Silverchair, TRUSTcompany, Tantric, The Eagles, Chevelle, No Doubt, The Fray, Tori Amos, Guns N' Roses, Eve 6, Jewel, 30 Seconds to Mars, Matchbook Romance, Hinder, Counting Crows, Sister Hazel, Gin Blossoms, Foo Fighters, Head Automatica, From Autumn to Ashes, Hootie and the Blowfish, The Academy Is..., Hidden in Plain View, hellogoodbye, Brand New, Silverstein, Plain White T's, The Get Up Kids, Nirvana, Angels and Airwaves, and System of a Down.

Movies:

Okay, I'm a huge movie buff! My 10 favorite movies ever are: Blow, The Jacket, The Boondock Saints, V for Vendetta, Closer, Vanilla Sky, Fight Club, 21 Grams, Se7en, and... Office Space is hilarious. Honorable Mentions: The Butterfly Effect, Garden State, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Along Came Polly, The Matrix trilogy, 50 First Dates, Con Air, City of Angels, Chocolat, The Godfather movies, Lost in Translation, Secret Window, Thir13een Ghosts, Identity, Frailty, The Virgin Suicides, Crash, Double Jeopardy, The Shawshank Redemption, Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers, Without a Paddle, A Knight's Tale, Narc, Shaun of the Dead, Insomnia, The Batman movies, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, ATL, Donnie Darko, Disturbing Behavior, Sin City, Paycheck, A Beautiful Mind, Love Actually, Ocean's Eleven, Empire Records, Constantine, The Gift, Derailed, Happy Gilmore, The Prestige, We Are Marshall, and Natural Born Killers (this movie made me go, "Huh...? What just happened?" at the end. Definitely watch it if you want to see a messed up movie!)

Television:

I have way too many shows that I keep up with! I love to watch: Identity, Weeds, House, Family Guy, Beauty and the Geek, ER, Deal or No Deal, The Young and the Restless, King of Queens, Rob and Big, 48 Hours Mystery, The Real World, Monk, Law and Order: CI, Law and Order: SVU, Gilmore Girls, Friends, Futurama, Psych, Everybody Loves Raymond, Venture Bros., The Oblongs, The Simpsons, Viva la Bam, Miami Ink, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Trading Spaces, Clean Sweep, Flip That House, and Property Ladder.

Books:

I seriously own a mini-library... Some of my favorites are: Wuthering Heights, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Kite Runner, The Da Vinci Code, A Million Little Pieces, 1984, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, The Pact, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Hours, A Doll's House, David Copperfield, Pride and Prejudice... and basically any book by Dean Koontz, Stephen King, and C.S. Lewis

Heroes:

Marilyn Monroe and Jacqueline "Jackie" Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. Two of the greatest and smartest women to ever live in my opinion. Also all the United States soldiers that are overseas fighting for and protecting our country!