you, computers, music, art, photography, ice tea, hanging with friends, going to the beach, perfect weather, but yet I also like cold rainy days inside a warm house bundled up infront of the tv with hot chocolate! Marshmallows, dark chocolate, coffee, biscottis, cheese cake, mint chocolate chip, my dog, laser fun with my dog, my little pony, awesome clothes, being myself, having fun with friends, caring, laying out on the grass under the sun (those damn ants....) eating, exotic foods, traveling, city lights, going to the city...
Music
Classical like, Gershwin, Bernstein, Mahler, Debussy, Satie, Holst, Mussorgsky, Prokofiev, Ravel, Korsakov, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Wagner, Walton..yeah yeah and all that jazz.
Im not just a classical freak, I like other stuff like rock, and the new age stuff is pretty cool too.Donna Lewis, Norah Jones, Modest Mouse, Brand New/Deja Entendu, Death Cab for Cutie, Bangles, Mates of State, The Cranberries, Polyphonic Spree! Train, Googoo Dolls, Queen, Radiohead, Diffuser, Jack Johnson, John Mayer, Jeremy Camp, Aerosmith, Eisley, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Police, Sting, Nirvana,The Pilots, Relient K, The Shins, Blood Brothers, The Postal Service, Lifehouse, The White Stripes, The Stills,Get Up Kids, Corey Crowder, The Scene Aesthetic, The Rocket Summer, Making April, Counting Crows, Five for Fighting, Howie Day, Waking Ashland, Aqualung
Movies
DISNEY MOVIES! Chick Flicks, Mean Girls, 13 Going on 30, THE NOTEBOOK! The Terminal, Catch Me if You Can, Chicago, Amelie, LOTR, Pay it Forward, Meet the Fockers, Napolean Dynamite, Center Stage, Donnie Darko, The Ring, The Grudge, 28 Days Later, Lord of the Flies, Hitchcock - The Birds, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Rear Window, Vertigo. Anastasia, Elephant, The Dead Poets Society, Ladder 49 hmm.. theres a lot.. i like pretty much anything
Television
Dharma and Greg, Just Shoot Me, Friends, Malcom in the Middle, The Simpsons, King of Queens, That 70's Show, King of the Hill, Drawn Together, Family Guy, Futurama, Southpark, 8 Simple Rules, Everybody Loves Raymond
Books
Well..The Notebook, I love it! I've read all the C.S. Lewis Chronicles books, The Problem of Pain, A Little Princess, Lord of the Flies, and im starting Ellie Wiesels novels - Night, Day, Dawn... and more to come from him =)
Hey guys! My name is Ashley - I'm about 5'4" - brown hair, brown eyes blah blah. I was born in the Sunny state of California, Santa Barbara WOOT!! i like music, i like playing music, im in the band and play flute/piccolo. i love traveling, ive been and lived in some exotic places. im a sociable person, i could talk to you as if ive known you forever. i love my boyfriend CLAY, he is the sweetest most thoughtful person! i love cold weather, but dont get me wrong, i love warm weather too, just NOT IN TEXAS! i prefer beach over swimming pool, beaches are most beautiful places to be (depending what beach your at...) i love sunsets, and night skies where you can ACTUALLY see stars. i love being in the city at night, city lights are so pretty. i love jazz cafe's, and symphonies. i love dark chocolate, and starbucks. i love food =D strawberries... peanut butter... parks... shooppiing... football... baseball... hockey (dont get much in texas) disney movies... thunderstorms... mint chocolate chip ice cream/peppermint... hugs... god... mpact group... church... god... kids (yes i like little kids! theyre cute!) i like to speak my mind, get my opinions out and heard... i dont drink and i definately do NOT smoke. ive had my heart broken too many times from people doing crap like drinking and smoking. its not worth it people. if you do do it, im sorry. find god, get your life on a path and get high on life. not drugs... not that hard kids =)
YOU KNOW YOU'RE AN EXPAT KID FROM THE MIDDLE EAST WHEN...
1. You can't answer the question, "Where are you from?" (And when you do, you get into an elaborate conversation that gets everyone confused and/or makes you sound very spoiled)
2. You flew before you could walk.
3. You have a passport, but no driver's license.
4. You watch National Geographic specials and have recognized someone.
5. You run into someone you know at almost every airport.
6. Conversations with friends take place at 6:00 in the morning or 10:00 at night.
7. Your life story uses the phrase "Then we went to..." five times.
8. You can speak with authority about the quality of various international airlines.
9. You live at school and go home for vacation.
10. You have ever had to wait for prayer call to be over to finish shopping
11. You know that it's a small world.
12. You have ever gone to the "hammam" or endured a "shamal"
13. You get all the jokes in Aladdin.
14. Rain is still one of the most wonderful sounds in the world.
15. You haggle with the checkout clerk for a lower price.
16. Your wardrobe can only handle two seasons: hot and warm.
17. Your school memories include duck-and-cover drills.
18. You are used to being stared at.
19. You call a chicken burrito a "shawarma."
20. Your living room looks a little like a museum with all the "exotic" things you have around.
21. It's HUBBLY BUBBLY OR SHISHA. NOT "HOOKAH."
22. You've woken up in the middle of the night to watch the Superbowl on cable
23. You have sat in a "men's" or "women's" section in an airport, hospital, or restaurant.
24. You know the geography of the rest of the world, but you don't know the geography of your own country.
25. Your best friends are from 5 different countries.
26. National Geographic (or the travel channel) makes you homesick.
27. You don't know where home is.
28. You sort your friends by continent.
29. You know there is no such thing as an international language.
30. Your childhood memories include those days that school was cancelled due to bomb threats or other terrorist attacks.
31. You have a name in at least two different languages, and it's not the same one.
32. Half of your phone calls are unintelligible to those around you.
Who I'd like to meet: YOUR MOM... no seriously, I wouldn't mind. haha Elijah Wood, Oprah (what an amazing woman) Jake Gylenhal! Johnny Depp, O'Reilly, new friends? hmm... I know you think I'm a nerd, but really, I'd like to meet some of the worlds greatest composers and musicians...that would be pretty awesome.
well i dont know about EASY... but i guess i can be YUCKY? haha
