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Eileen

Leilani Olivia Moran has arrived!!

About Me



So much to love in life, so little time.

I just had a baby! Leilani was born at 5:22 am Wednesday April 11, 2007! It was a hard, fast 3 hour 8 minute labor- completely natural... who ever thought of natural childbirth is nutty- it was such an extreem experience! She was 9 lbs 1.5 oz and 20.5 inches long at birth- looked like a meatball- but now is pretty darn cute. :) We are so happy that she is here!

This is our wedding- 9 days after which we concieved Leilani!

I love to travel... it's a slow and expensive hobby though...
So far I have been to 6 countries and 15 states (only 29% of the states)

Below are pictures from Tibet in September '06 |

My Interests



Your IQ Is 115
Your Logical Intelligence is Below Average

Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius

Your Mathematical Intelligence is Exceptional

Your General Knowledge is Exceptional A Quick and Dirty IQ Test
yea, about the logical intelligence- figures hu?

I am generally into Travel, Dancing, Hiking, Complexity Theory, Books, Kayaking, Learning about Other Cultures, Language, Movies, Education, The Peace Corps, Social Justice, Chocolate, trying to become more enlightened and competent, learning about parenting,

learning about balancing my schedule, trying to learn from my past- fix old mistakes and make less new ones, and trying to slow down in order to enjoy my very blessed life and family.

I'd like to meet:

Picasso, Samuel Clemens, Nelson Mandela, Joan of Arc, Bill Waterson, Dave Barry, great thinkers! Or maybe just nice, level headed people who think.
Most of all I'd like to be able to spend more time with the amazing people in my life already so to build our relationships and really take the time to get to know them.

Music:

Jazz, Blues, Classical, Country, Rock, Musicals- a little bit of everything except electric Jazz.
I especially love anything you can dance to.

Movies:

The Princess Bride, Coming to America, Leathal Weapon, Moulin Rouge, The Professional, Sliding Doors, Chocolat, The Godfather (not II and III), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Amelie, The Incredibles, Suburbia, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, 50 First Dates, Gold Rush, The Kid, V for Vendetta

most Buster Keaton, Casablanca, Hero, Crash... I like movies that have interesting concepts, that inspire me to think and feel, and, well, cheesy romantic comedies.

Television:

Gilmore Girls, Friends, Monk, Lost (yes, I'll admit it- the DVDs are pretty darn good), The Benny Hill Show... mmm, books- remember books? books are good.

Books:

Stories of Guy de Maupassant, Pale Fire, anything Twain, anything C.S. Lewis, apparently anything Jared Diamond, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Utopia, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, essays of George Sand, anything Shakespeare... and for some reason I enjoy reading philosophy that is completely over my head.

Heroes:

Nelson Mandela, Jackie Robinson, James Joyce, C.S. Lewis, Albert Erdynast, Aurore Dupin/George Sand, Walt Witman, and Jimmy Carter. People who stand up for truth and what they believe in, aren't afraid to feel or to try even if they make mistakes, fight opression and are pro-active members of society.

My Blog

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Yup, we're going to have a baby!!! I am 5 weeks pregnant as of my birthday 8/7/06- The baby will be due the first week of April 2007 and was conceived while we were in Taiwan... making him or her hav...
Posted by Eileen on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 05:12:00 PST

in China- good, but with some technical difficulties...

Yak to Beijing Day 1 We arrived back in Beijing Sunday night exhausted after delayed flights and some of our classmates bringing all of Tibet back with them in their luggage.   Classes started b...
Posted by Eileen on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:45:00 PST

IN TIBET

In China and Tibet I am in Tibet for a week- was in Beijing, China, and will stay there through December-this is my adventure so far!2nd dayWe leave for Xi Ning today at 2:30I finally had a showe...
Posted by Eileen on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 07:18:00 PST

ready to go home

We've had a great time here, but are now ready to go home.  The trip went by really fast- were we really here for 10 days?   Real life is going to start again really soon.  I start a ne...
Posted by Eileen on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 03:11:00 PST

we are in Taiwan and it is HOT!

We are in Taiwan and it is HOT! This is Marion's first time here- and so far it has been really fun showing him around- all my favorite places- and he loves the food!  Its kinda funny b...
Posted by Eileen on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 04:54:00 PST

May 1st Marches

LA's Two May Day Marches On May Day, hundreds of thousands of people demanding rights for immigrants marched down Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, the epicenter of thi...
Posted by Eileen on Wed, 03 May 2006 05:38:00 PST

Pics -

Thanks to Photobucket.com you can see the whole aging process...is that a good or bad thing? Early childhood, life in LA- nothing from highschool due to the lack of digital photography at that time an...
Posted by Eileen on Thu, 27 Apr 2006 01:31:00 PST

I did it. One point for Eileen!

I did it. I haven't taken a ballet class in 8 years.  9?  Well, tonight I went to a class- and it was great. I've missed dancing.  A lot.  I guess that 14 years of ballet lessons, ...
Posted by Eileen on Thu, 27 Apr 2006 01:11:00 PST

Meet Mr. and Mrs. - its about time you do!

Meet Mr. and Mrs.  We are nice, I promise!  I could say more, but its all there- on our page...  http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewpro file&friendID=20163252 p...
Posted by Eileen on Sat, 04 Feb 2006 04:33:00 PST

Early Holiday Party Photos

Thanks for coming and bringing your old stuff that you don't want and feel bad about giving away!    We'll see it all again at Teveya and Eileen's later in the month right? Well, these are t...
Posted by Eileen on Mon, 12 Dec 2005 11:45:00 PST