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D i a n n a

and if this is not love, then i don't believe in such a thing.

About Me

when i speak my mind, i get in trouble. sometimes i should just shut my mouth.

My Interests

music is my passion, writing is my expression and Christ is my motivation.

I'd like to meet:

people who live life as they want to and not constrained by the responsibilities of being an adult.

Music:

4 Non Blondes, 38th Parallel, AC/DC, Ace Troubleshooter, The Afters, Alanis Morrisette, The All American Rejects, Amber Pacific, Anberlin, Army of Me, Audio Adrenaline, The Beatles, Beck, Ben Folds, Bleach, Blindside, Bob Dylan, Boxcar Racer, Brave Saint Saturn, Burlap to Cashmere, The Calling, The Cardigans, Casting Pearls, Cher (yes, Cher), Chevelle, Chris Tomlin, Chronic Future, The Clash, Coldplay, Cool Hand Luke, Creed, CCR, Daft Punk, Daphne Loves Derby, The Darkness, Dashboard Confessional, Dave Matthews Band, David Crowder Band, DC Talk, Default, Demon Hunter, Dexy's Midnight Runners, The Doors, The Elms, Everly Brothers, Everyday Sunday, The Exies, Falling Up, Five For Fighting, Flyleaf, FM Static, Foo Fighters, The Format, Franz Ferdinand, Further Seems Forever, The Glass Atlantic, Green Day (yes, them too), Grits, Guardian, The Honorary Title, Hoobastank, Hootie and the Blowfish, House of Heroes, Howard Shore, Howie Day, Incubus, Jars of Clay, Jason Mraz, Jeremy Camp, Jet, Jimi Hendrix (yep, him too), Jimmy Eat World, John Mayer, John Reuben, Johnny Cash, Kids in the Way, Kutless, Last Tuesday, Led Zeppelin, Lifehouse, Linkin Park, Live, The Livingstons, lostprophets, Mae, Matchbox Twenty, Matthew West, mewithoutyou, Mike Harvat and the Perfect Paradox, The Mile After, The Monkees, The Mountain Goats, MxPx, My Chemical Romance, Names Without Numbers, Nathan Caswell, Newsboys (yep, still love 'em), Neutral Milk Hotel, Nickel Creek, Nirvana, No Doubt, Number One Gun, The OC Supertones, Of Montreal, The Offspring, Olivia the Band, Over It, Overflow, Paul Wright, Pedro the Lion, Phantom Planet, Pillar, Plain White T's, Queen, R.E.M., Race the Sun, the Ramones, Relient K, RemedyDrive, Righteous Brothers, Rooney, the Roosevelts, Rufus Wainwright, Sanctus Real, Savage Garden, Seether, Semisonic, Showbread, Simon and Garfunkel, Sister Hazel, Sixpence None the Richer, Skillet, Snow Patrol, Spill Canvas, Story of the Year, Storyside: B, Subseven, Sugarcult, Sum 41, Switchfoot, System of a Down, Third Day (they're fun guys, yeah...), Three Days Grace, Tilly and the Wall, TobyMac, Train, Transistor Radio, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Tree63, U2, Underoath, Vanessa Carlton, Vertical Horizon, Weezer, The White Stripes, Yellowcard...plus random disney music. I love movie soundtracks too. Woot.

Movies:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Lord of the Rings Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Good Morning Vietnam The Matrix (just the first one) Donnie Darko Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Shaun of the Dead The Usual Suspects Secret WindowGattacaGREEN STREET HOOLIGANS HECK YES.

Television:

MythBusters NUMB3RS LostIt Takes a Thief...anything on the discovery channel

Books:

1984 by George Orwell, The Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Mere Christianity by CS Lewis, The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, The Great Divorce by CS Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia by Lewis, and many many more...

Heroes:

J to the ESUS, CS Lewis, Tolkien, Samwise Gamgee, Dr. Kimlyn Bender

My Blog

Entering the Surreal

I'm not home. Not really. Not yet. My heart and my mind are still in the spires and the streets and the libraries of Oxford, wondering when I will wake up from this dream, hear Charley yell, "Huzzah!"...
Posted by D i a n n a on Thu, 31 May 2007 01:06:00 PST

if you left it up to me, everyday would be a holiday from real.

I have not had any real bouts of homesickness, where I cry randomly in stores or something because something reminds me of home. More often than not, I seem to get a sort of melancholy mood where I si...
Posted by D i a n n a on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 04:58:00 PST

i'm a thousand miles away but tonight you look so pretty, yes you do

I have realized a few things over the past week, and some even today.1.  I'm in Oxford.  OXFORD.  I probably should have realized this long long ago...but it's just been hitting me that...
Posted by D i a n n a on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:19:00 PST

nothing's going to change my world.

I have found, in the course of a week within the hallowed city limits of such a place as Oxford, that there must be something in the air. Maybe it is being surrounded by such uplifting minds as those ...
Posted by D i a n n a on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:44:00 PST

Jude Law and a Semester Abroad

I cannot begin to sum up my mood today.I moved out of the dorm.I came home and began the long process of packing for England.I made a list of everything I need to do.I discovered a band that I've been...
Posted by D i a n n a on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 07:10:00 PST

crashing down.

So I've decided/realized a few things in my life.1.  It is better to be single than to be dating someone at this point in my life.  No matter how interested I might think I am in someone els...
Posted by D i a n n a on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 12:21:00 PST

College 2.0

I revised it.  I hope you like it.  Stupid copy and paste - I can't get the spacing right, but oh well.  I'm reading it out loud for Open Mic night on this coming Friday.  Wish me ...
Posted by D i a n n a on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:56:00 PST

College

I didn't do my homework today. In fact, I haven't really done it in a long time I usually just throw something together at the last minute, Hoping it works out for my eventual benefit. Even when I...
Posted by D i a n n a on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 08:28:00 PST

So this is pretty much hilarious.

Posted By:MichelGet this video and more at MySpace.com...
Posted by D i a n n a on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 08:30:00 PST

Heaven Forbid

Twenty years it's breaking you down, now that you understand there's no one around. Take a breath, just take a seat, your falling apart and tearing at the seams. Heaven forbid you end up alone and do...
Posted by D i a n n a on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 08:59:00 PST