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A. Marie

In the room the women come and go talking of Michelangelo.

About Me

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth,
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
I believe in love and that the world needs more of it,
I believe in happiness and the struggle attain it,
I believe in passion and that a life without it is incomplete,
I believe in beauty and that it can be found in all things,
I believe in art and that it is alive and full of power,
I believe in words and the energy they possess,
I believe in music and that one can fall in love with it,
I believe in paint, I believe in pain, I believe in picnics,
I believe in dancing in the street, I believe in laughter,
I believe in smiling, I believe in savoring the sun,
I believe in the breathing in the ocean and sleeping on the beach,
I believe in cloud watching, I believe in star gazing,
I believe in riding bikes and public transportation, I believe in thrift stores,
I believe in vinyl, I believe in the beauty of a hip hop beat,
I believe in fake pearls, fake leather and fake furs,
I believe that germs are everywhere,
I also believe in hand sanitizer,
I believe in picking flowers, I believe in silly dances,
I believe in singing whenever I feel like it wherever I am,
I believe in showing affection, I believe in showing emotion,
I believe in looking into the eyes of the one you love for as long as you can,
I believe in staring contests, tickle fights & making ugly faces,
I believe it's OK to cry when passing a slaughterhouse and a field of cows,
I believe in the importance of empathy,
I believe in lending a helping hand,
I believe in cliches, I believe in humanity, I believe in life,
I believe there's power in an education,
I believe in saying 'I love you' when you mean it,
I believe in listening to jazz all day while painting,
I believe in eating and eating a lot,
I believe in that favorite little restaurant on the corner,
and going there instead of TGI Friday's or Olive Garden,
I believe in tiny book shops, revolution, and poetry readings,
I believe in friendly cafes and daily cups of coffee,
I believe in relaxing with a mug of hot tea every night & a book instead of a tv show,
I believe in recycling, I believe in cuddling, I believe in natural highs,
I believe in working and working hard, I believe in sharing,
I believe that money is evil, I still believe in the hustle,
I believe in always doing what's right,
I believe in karma, I believe in fate, I believe in ability to make change,
I believe in saving change & using piggy banks (especially pink ones),
I believe in miracles, I believe in fairy tales,
I believe in waltzing around alone in my room with an imaginary Prince Charming,
I believe I've met the real Prince Charming,
I believe that silky sheets and silky pajamas can make one feel like a princess,
I believe that I really am a princess, I believe in tea parties,
I believe in good friends (like Rachel), I believe in family & putting them first, I believe in the power of just believing,
& I believe in me. -Angelina

My Interests

♥ .language.
.photography.
.painting.
.jazz.
.self expression.
& the simple things like: cooking, sunny days, drinking tea and hot showers.

I'd like to meet:

Bill Cosby, Audrey Hepburn

Music:

hip hop was my first,
but jazz is my other lover.

Movies:

WAR movies & Audrey Hepburn flicks.

Books:

From Amy Tan to Dostoevsky and the Brontes
I ♥ to read.

My Blog

the indecisive psychopathic lover

weak as well. i'm never satisfied. Shit, i don't even wanna write this songbut i feel so compelled just to right these wrongsabout this bitch who gon bad and starts breakin' heartsplayin' her flames l...
Posted by A. Marie on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:44:00 PST

incomplete + weak, both me & the piece

i'm so emotional right now, so prone to strike-outsi've been stabbed with bad luck and i can't get the knife out.but if i could- it wouldn't matter, i'd get cut with a fatter bladeno point in sittin' ...
Posted by A. Marie on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:21:00 PST

Note to self.

Yeah, it's so wrong to be selfish-but sometimes there are just things you have to do for yourself...sometimes you just have to say "fuckit" to the outside world and do things for you.Self-love. Being ...
Posted by A. Marie on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:57:00 PST

puff-puff-pray.

puff-puff-pray it always goes that way,i know you said you put it down but you're slippin' awayand everytime i have to see it i feel like cursin' the dayi feel like cursin' the month, i feel like gett...
Posted by A. Marie on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 07:59:00 PST

Please help: Sign the No-Fly Zone Petition to save Darfur

Sign the No-Fly Zone Petition In the past four years, 400,000 people in Darfur, Sudan have been killed by their own government. Millions more need our help. Each day, government sponsored troops massa...
Posted by A. Marie on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:59:00 PST

All these soft pieces, I thought I was gone...

Here's one of my old pieces, the best one's come when I'm paining.Had to bring it back.It's obviously time for me to head back into writing mode and get that pencil goin'. For the past week n 5 days m...
Posted by A. Marie on Thu, 24 May 2007 12:24:00 PST

Mother

Mother I know this blog is late...But I'm sure you'll still read it.I am blessed to have such a strong, wise and beautiful woman to call Mother,and I thank God for you everyday. I'm sorry you thought...
Posted by A. Marie on Sat, 19 May 2007 07:23:00 PST

Hey little man..

[a simple poem with a simple dedication] when you came into the worldi held so much mixed emotionexcitement and fear embedded in motionchanging and shaping me in growth and devotion.i couldn't bear to...
Posted by A. Marie on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 04:34:00 PST

upside up sidedown

flashhurt me hurt meyou cannot hurt mewhat is steel is steel it's realthat pain penetrates nothing if something is nothingthe shells of a cold heartcave in not once it's a bold startwith lies and lies...
Posted by A. Marie on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:56:00 PST

I am not Shakespeare or Shakspere.

(Not my usual style...but here's my lame attempt at sonneteering-as per Gieger's Request =P) SINCE THE DAYS OF BUTTERFLIES AND GIGGLESI'VE TRULY LOVED ONE SOUL, AND ONE ALONE.HE WHO GRACED MY MOUTH WI...
Posted by A. Marie on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 09:22:00 PST