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Emilina

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About Me

I am a closet artist, poet and photographer. I am a not so closet lover of God, people and beauty. I like rainbows, flip flops, polka dots, books, babies, animals, cultures, storms, life and love. I am funny, reserved, adventurous, passionate, weird, scared, easygoing, sarcastic, sensitive and did I mention funny.Oh yes, and I am learning to be a socially responsible, compassionate and intentional seeker of justice for the oppressed, freedom for those in bondage and a voice for those who cannot speak for themselves...In short: God, Love, Beauty, Laughter, Me This layout is from iloveyourspace.com

My Interests

"The most subversive, revolutionary thing I can do is show up for my life and not be ashamed" Anne Lamott

Movies:

I've recently been obsessed with Reality Bites and The Family Stone. I've recently seen and enjoyed Because I Said So and The Holiday. Some of my favs are: Life as a House, Neverending Story, Stand by Me, Saved, Sweet Home Alabama, Usual Suspects, Hotel Rwanda, Invisible Children, Dear Francis, Garden State, Flight of the Navigator, Real Genius, Primal Fear, Beyond Borders, LOTR, Strictly Ballroom.

Television:

So You Think You Can Dance is the show that currently makes me aviod phone calls and cancel plans. But now that it's over, my life is empty...

Books:

I just finished Not For Sale, a book on human trafficking and debt slavery... not I'm trying to figure out how to function in light of that. I also just finished The Brothers Karamazov last month, which was awesome. Some Great Books: The Ragamuffin Gospel, The End of Poverty, Gracias, Adventures in Missing the Point, Messy Spirituality, Blue Like Jazz, Their Blood Cries Out, Mere Christianity, Till We Have Faces, Traveling Mercies, Good News and Good Works, God's Global Mosaic, Miles to Cross, Inside of Me, Relevant Magazine.

Heroes:

Ordinary people who simply live life, occasionally getting the chance to do extraordinary things.

My Blog

you can’t pray a lie

You Can't Pray A Lie I taste the blood of internal bleedingAs you systematicallyStrip the flesh from my thoughtsSkin my lies aliveStep on my wordsJunk my deflated sentencesLike broken down pick-up li...
Posted by Emilina on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:36:00 PST

Anyone know how to get blue pawprints out of beige carpet? Subtitle: who wants a free cat?

There are days when I question whether I should really be a pet owner.  There are also days when I know that having a cat is a good example of what kind of parent I will be.  Today is one o...
Posted by Emilina on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:55:00 PST

very old poetry I ran across

I found this in a drawer tonight.  It's from somewhere around Nov 2004- when the darkness seemed much stonger than the light. I know you are here but I can't find you I know you love me but I ca...
Posted by Emilina on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:18:00 PST

Update on the sonar

Good News: I think I've narrowed it down to a specific person... Bad news: its the one person I had hoped it wasn't. Damn. I have no idea what God wants to do in this situation, but I am learnin...
Posted by Emilina on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 07:40:00 PST

Trying to make sense of it all.. part 1(of an endless set)

Most of these words are not my own.. they belong to these people: Henri Nouwen, Jon McLaughlin, Matt Wertz, Frederick Buechner I'm stealing them to soothe my soul this weekend! Surrender to the Spirit...
Posted by Emilina on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:57:00 PST

Sonar.. you know what I’m talking about

Sonar... my crazy ability to, for a moment, feel the hearbeat of God in someone's life.  It's been more than 24 hours and I'm at a loss... I mean, I have a few ideas.. Actually, it's a shor...
Posted by Emilina on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:39:00 PST

deep thoughts.. as deep as you get in a survey

How would you describe yourself?it's all on my about me on my page.. read that if you want to know.What's your best physical feature?my smile JWhat, if anything, would you like to change?about myself&...
Posted by Emilina on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 09:54:00 PST

Blogging from Calcutta

Well, I leave a week from today, but we've set up a blog site to post emails while we're gone. here's our site:http://teamcalcutta.blogspot.comthere are two posts up already, so check it out. I'll pos...
Posted by Emilina on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 03:03:00 PST

Wow, I'm overwhelmed and blessed today.

This may seem very self centered, but I was amazingly blessed this morning.  I was checking out a friend's blog, and was shocked to see that it was all about me.  My old roommate Bree from ...
Posted by Emilina on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:40:00 PST

Thanksgiving through the eyes of a critic

Im feeling mighty critical today.. so I apologize if this is written without the rose colored glasses I often wear. I like my rose colored glasses.. they are usually a true reflection of my view on li...
Posted by Emilina on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 04:29:00 PST