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Harmony Simone

About Me

I'm gonna make a bulleted list...which says something about me (I'll let you decide what):
- My name is Harmony, obviously, but that does not mean I'm musically inclined, per se. I do, however, think in song...which is really strange. Sometimes I wish we lived in a musical...
- When I'm in a bad mood, I can immediately lift my spirits by looking up odd words in the dictionary. My favorite two words are Palimpsest and Bricolage.
- I love having favorites, but I have too many favorites of the same type of thing to be trusted when I say that one thing is my favorite.
- My clumsiness and lack of coordination will inevitably keep me humble.
- I enjoy ranch dressing on most everything (salty that is)- proud to be an American.
- I've had a dream since the 5th grade to build a small house on the back of a Toyota truck and drive around the United States. It's going to happen.
- I also aspire to open up a coffee shop when I get older called The Watershed. It'll be a haven for all coffee and water enthusiasts alike.
- The news makes me want to cry, but I have faith that our generation will lead this world into a better day for all people on this earth.
- I always intend to keep in touch with friends and family...but I'm a chronic procrastinator in that arena (the Paulsen + Watson genes = a deadly combination for good communication). Despite this fact (and it is fact) my friends and family mean the world to me. I wish I could figure out how to do italics, because I really want to emphasize the world part.

My Interests

I love the fall - with all of the of color, crunchy leaves, pumpkin flavored everything, big sweaters that you can get lost in, knitting hats and scarves, constantly consuming hot beverages, preparing the garden for spring, building fires in the fireplace, thanksgiving, dreaming about white. I'm not so fond of the dark days though...just putting that out there.

I'd like to meet:

The man who wrote this poem:
No ImagesShe does not know
Her beauty,
She thinks her brown body
Has no glory.
If she could dance
Naked
Under palm trees
And see her image in the river,
She would know.
But there are no palm trees
On the street,
And dish water gives back no images.
- Waring Cuney

Music:

Peter Gabriel has been my favorite musician since I was...oh, I don't know...eight maybe? I'm listening to him right now - San Jacinto - brilliant. I'm really digging female vocalists - Sia, Maria Taylor, Jesca Hoop, Brandi Carlile, Lisa Loeb, Feist, Sara Bareilles, Ani (always), KT Tunstall, Kathleen Edwards, Fiona Apple, Gillian Welch - to name a few. The Damnwells are just too damn brilliant to be ignored (listen to the song :).

Movies:

My top 3? Shawshank Redemption...Labyrinth...A League of Their Own.

Television:

Jeff got me hooked on Friday Night Lights...seriously hooked.

Books:

So many great books - just finished White Noise which I'm still stewing on. I think newspapers and literary magazines are my main source of wordage lately (outside of work that is).

Heroes:

My mom...hands down (awww).