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corrie!

Wash out this tired notion that the best is yet to come....

About Me


I’m a nut. I laugh a lot, single mom, fun loving, crazy...to say the least.
I've raised my daughter so far using attachment parenting principles and have been called a "crunchy" mom many times. She's crazy, confident, nutty, and the center of my universe.
I split my time between a beautiful home in Sisters, OR at the base of the Cascade Mountains in Portland-my favorite city in the world! I'm part tomboy, part girly girl, and part hippie. I paint my toenails but wear birkenstocks. I’m not afraid of dirt, reptiles, amphibians (except for a few bad dates but we won’t go there), or creepy crawly things; but I still like to get dressed up for a night on the town. I don’t believe in perpetuating a stereotype…never know what you might miss!
Music, music, music. Can't live without it. I try to go to at least two shows a month, often more-over the last few years, I've been lucky enough to go everywhere from NYC to Red Rocks, to Vegas, to SF to see The Dave Matthews Band.
Hmmmm…what else….I love the outdoors and everything to do with it-skiing, hiking, rafting, swimming, gardening, soaking up every bit of sun I can find, exploring the mountains, floating down a river or on a lake, fly-fishing…
I just got a bicycle, too. Look out.
Don't be afraid to follow your dreams!

My Interests


Traveling, concerts, dancing, road trips, Dave Matthews Band, skiing, swimming, anything to do with water or the outdoors, sewing, knitting, hiking, pottery, reading, cooking, South American History, gardening, camping, rafting, festivals, music, laughing, photography, photoshop, fly fishing.

I'd like to meet:



People who are fun. Anyone who shares common interests and wants to join me in an an adventure. Open-mindedness required. Fellow DMB fans. No drama, please!

Music:



Here's the list-big and small and many more I haven't added: Dave Matthews Band, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Tim Reynolds, Phish, The Roots, Soulive, Widespread Panic, Blues Traveler, Spearhead, Jack Johnson, Bob Marley, Grateful Dead, moe, The Shins, Chopin, Crystal Method, Robert Miles, Portishead, Liz Phair, Fatboy Slim, Faithless, Elvis Costello, Robert Randolph and The Family Band, Trey Anastasio, The String Cheese Incident, Beck, Phil Lesh, The Dead, The Black Crows, Tool, Bela Fleck, Bright Eyes, Victor Wooten, OAR, Radiohead, John Mayer, Jason Mraz, Dave Matthews, Bela Fleck, Beck, Damien "Junior Gong" Marley, David Gray, The English Beat, The Gourds, Howie Day, Iron & Wine, Joni Mitchell, Mike Doughty, Stevie Wonder, Tommy Emmanuel, Toots & The Maytals, Fishbone, Martin Sexton, Tribe of Heaven, Xavier Rudd, Tristan Prettyman, Melissa Larkin, Donavon Frankenreiter, Nine Mile, Disco Biscuits, Tea Leaf Green, Matt York, Matisyahu, James Blunt, ALO, Anna Nalick, Franz Ferdinand, Howie Day, Ray LaMontagna, Keller Williams, Camper Van Beethoven, Crazy Eights, MOFRO, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, MMW, The Beautiful Girls, Gomez, John Butler Trio, Ben Taylor, Disco Biscuits, Matisyahu, Orchestra Baobab, Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Slightly Stoopid, Dispatch... and on and on and on and on and on...

Movies:

Little Miss Sunshine, Singles, Swingers, The Full Monty, Beautiful Girls, Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Sixteen Candles, Goonies, Along Came Polly, Sideways, Zoolander, Old School, Closer, About a Boy, Muriel's Wedding, Almost Famous, Reality Bites, Orgazmo, Say Anything, Pretty in Pink, Garden State, Serendipity, Love Actually, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind...

Television:

Grey's Anatomy, House, 24, ER, Desperate Housewives, Lost, Entourage, Will and Grace, Law and Order Criminal Intent, Law and Order, Two and a Half Men, Six Feet Under, Sopranos, Big Love, National Geographic Channel, Nature, Antiques Roadshow, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, Sex and the City, CSI.

Books:

Winterkill, River Song, The Sky Fisherman, East Of Eden, Poisonwood Bible, Little Earthquakes, We Were The Mulvaneys, The Mambo Kings, The House of Spirits, Pride & Prejudice, The Motorcycle Diaries, Drop City or anything by TC Boyle. Authors: Joyce Carol Oats, Isabel Illende, TC Boyle, Mary McGary Morris, John Steinbeck, Jane Austin, Tom Wolfe...

Heroes:

Anita Roddick, Woody Harrelson, Thich Nhat Hanh, Bob Marley, Pablo Neruda, Che Guevera, Michelle Bachelet, Elmo

My Blog

Just so I don't forget...

Sometimes I run across something I haven't seen for a long time...this one I'll post here so I don't forget again.I wish I felt this way...somewhere i have never travelled by e. e. cummings ..> ...
Posted by corrie! on Mon, 21 May 2007 11:43:00 PST

How to become a patient parent

from http://zenhabits.net/2007/05/how-to-become-a-patient-parent/ Every Sunday is Family Day on Zen Habits. I don't claim to be the world's most patient parent  but it's a goal of mine for this year, ...
Posted by corrie! on Fri, 18 May 2007 08:35:00 PST

The 5 minute solution

I've seen this before but just stumbled across it again...The 5-Minute Solution ..> by Scott Noelle www.scottnoelle.com ..> The scene: I was working diligently at the computer in my home offi...
Posted by corrie! on Tue, 08 May 2007 01:26:00 PST

Vegas Pics

I'll blog about it later...I'm still recovering from four nights out until 6 am, too much vodka, and cellulitis in my right foot.  In the meantime, here are the pics...the good, the bad, and the ...
Posted by corrie! on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 10:00:00 PST

For all of my lactivist friends out there....

This is one of the most entertaining things I've read in a long time.  I'm pretty sure Sean is a troll-his misspellings are inconsistent and he contradicts himself many times.  At first I wa...
Posted by corrie! on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:38:00 PST

Anosmia. Zicam. This sucks.

I still can't smell.  Well.  I smelled the chlorine at the pool where Kayley takes swim lessons very strongly.  This is odd because the pool is mostly salt water and the use of chlorine...
Posted by corrie! on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:32:00 PST

if santa were honest...

My aunt just sent this to me.  Yeah I've had a ton of time on my hands lately...Dear Santa I wud like a kool toy space ranjur fer Xmas. Iv ben a gud boy all yeer. yer Frend, BiLLy Dear Bill...
Posted by corrie! on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:52:00 PST

Hurts so good...

My horoscope for the week beginning December 14th.  For all of you Leos!!LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your face alternately contorts with strain and breaks into beatific grins. Your body language caree...
Posted by corrie! on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:38:00 PST

My celebrity look-alikes hahahahaha

Ok things I do when I have nothing else to do......
Posted by corrie! on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:51:00 PST

Say Goodbye alt lyrics.

Wow this version just blows me away.  SEXY.  ps.  it's what's playing on my page right now lol. Say Goodbye - Dave Matthews Band feat John Popper Feb 24th 1995 Roseland Ballroom New Yor...
Posted by corrie! on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:53:00 PST