HARPY STATS
Height: 5'10"
LIFE QUIRKS & FACTSZodiac Sign: Virgo Smoke / Drink: No / Yes Occupation: Project Manager Orientation: Straight Philosophies: Buddhism / Taoism College: B.S. (Equestrian Science) - Stephens College; Columbia, MO High School: Tivy High School; Kerrville, TX
I'm a horse fanatic (check the degree)
My mother was a mermaid (no, really) I've lived in England I play saxophone(sample here) I've taught myself flute, piano, & more I raised a goat in a 2nd story apartment in Texas I like to hit my friends with sticks (Duh!) I paint miniature figs occassionally I've sung in Carnegie Hall My favorite body part is the xiphoid process I'll try about anything artsy I like beer and rum (though not together) I've helped train Patrick Swayze's horses I used to feed the alligators on weekends I've shaved the back of my head before I rode on a plane with Dolly Parton I've been chased by Russian Boars I've been skydiving I've ridden a cow I used to catch spiders and watch them feed I once sewed up a horse with dental floss I don't believe in regret MUSIC I WRITE and PHOTOCOPIA
My WOMBAT Art Project MY GENERAL INTERESTS The SCA & Medieval Martial Arts
MOVIES I LIKEMedieval History Taoism, Zen and Buddhism Scrappin' and carousing Anything with fur & teeth Chaotic harmony Juxtapositions My friends Unabashed laughter Mayhem and entropy Deep pathos and feeling Color and sound Creative fits Nights under starlight The smell of rosemary Laughing at myself Contemplative stillness Gentle Thinking Spirits Vivacity
I'll watch almost anything. Favorites are:
MY MUSICAL TASTESI Heart Huckabees Sping, Summer, Fall, Winter. . . and Spring Boondock Saints Cannibal the Musical Lion in Winter Princess Bride Resevoir Dogs Donnie Darko (Director's Cut) Pulp Fiction The Departed LOTR Trilogy Triplettes of Belleville Motorcycle Diaries Anything Monty Python O Brother Where Art Thou Anything by the Cohen Brothers. The Dude Abides
My own stuff can be found here:
TV THAT I DEIGN TO WATCH:http://www.myspace.com/aellossister Tom Waits is, without question, my favorite artist. Take It With Me by Tom Waits
FIREFLY is, of course, the all time best show ever. (DAMN YOU FOX and your oily hide for cancelling it!)
BOOKS I'VE READ & LIKE:CURRENTLY WATCHING: Heroes Life Grey's Anatomy Lie To Me Ghost Hunters Mythbusters Any kind of wreckality TV that catches my eye
Pema Chodron's "Start Where You Are" (It changed my life)
PEOPLE I LOOK UP TO: Froissart's Chronicles Barber's "Life & Campaigns of the Black Prince" The Dictionary and Thesaurus Gaston Phoebus' "Book of the Hunt" Richard Bach's "Illusions" The Luttrell Psalter The Paston Letters (in language of the era) Anything by Christopher Moore, Hunter S. Thompson, or Charles Bukowski
The Dalai Lama
Pema Chodron Tom Waits Edward, The Black Prince ('ceptin' that Limoges thing) Sir John Chandos Sir James Audley My dear friends Anyone who ever claws their way through adversity and the human condition and can still evidence compassion for themselves and the world around them.
A good reminder in times of difficulty Spring Update Lotus The Reset - Grief vs Depression Everything is True Ruminations after a bottle of wine Quelling the grief Zen Contemplation on 'Belief' (View All)
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