"we wrongly believe that our limited little egos constitute our whole entire nature...somewhere within us all there does exist a supreme Self who is eternally at peace"
Female
36 years old
SAINT CHARLES, Illinois
United States
Tori Amos, Ani DiFranco, Dave Matthews, Damien Rice, Ben Harper, Dispatch, David Gray, Death Cab For Cutie, Coldplay, Guster, Gomez, Counting Crows, Jason Mraz, Michael McDermott, Yoav, Ben Folds, Wilco, John Lee Hooker, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon, Billy Holiday...to name a few
Movies
Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, Braveheart, High Fidelity, Grosse Point Blank...pretty much any John Cusack film and anything that makes me laugh
Television
Books
Complete Poems - Anne Sexton, The Bell Jar - Sylivia Plath, Ariel - Plath, Sailing Alone Around The Room - Billy Collins, The Crow - Ted Hughes, Eat Pray Love - Elizabeth Gilbert, Great Expectations, Catcher In The Rye...to name a few
About me: I am a poet, or like to think I am. I craft honest imagery of interpersonal exchanges and haunting experiences, often pooling reflections of a struggle with identity and purpose. My very real style of writing shapes the raw beauty of love, loss and the pilgrimage of a confessional spirit. Poetic influences include: Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, Billy Collins, Mary Oliver, and singer/songwriters Tori Amos and Ani DiFranco.
Who I'd like to meet: The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars... - Jack Kerouac
Michael is a guy who works at the cafe at Barnes and Noble in Geneva. I go in there all the time on my work breaks. His face is so angelic and captivating. I had to ask him if I could do his portrait, and he was very obliging.I also see him as an "old soul"...as projected in his portrait.Thank you sooo much for the compliment on my art! We will get together soon I swear...I've been insanely busy lately! cheers, gabby :)
Nicole, I'm sorry, but I'll have to cancel tonight. I did my bills this morning, and I'm being eaten alive by the slums of poverty. It was really slow at the start of June @ work! Looks like the city will be a dead deal too. I may attend Poetry night, however. Sorry mate...we'll get together soon I swear! ta :)
So Xited 4 Open Mic Poetry! Hopefully the turnout will be Great, I've got a few friends commin...don't know if they'll read but they will definitely drink wine =)
Hmmm. Tues. night is best, but Wednesday is betta! If you don't mind getting together after 8 on Tues. we can do something then. I have to work til 8 on tues.:(. Let me know, we'll get it sorted.
I think we have a great deal in common, we should so get together! What does your sunday look like? Fancy a cuppa in geneva somewhere? Let me know deary! :)
Thanks! I had a BLAST!!! Wish you could have been there too, we were killing that dance floor! Sometimes I would bust a move that I didn't even know I could do...alcohol makes that happen to me. No reservations...I went all crazy!
Christ Almighty! When is it?? I've been so busy. I've been working on a portrait, and trying to sort out my job situation. Massage has gotten way too slow suddenly. I think it has alot to do with the gas prices and our wonderful economy. So I have an interview at Claddaugh Pub tomarrow. I'll do massage @ Envy 3 days a week and do the pub twice a week for now. I've never served before...I'm a haunted house lately over it! All the same, I'm doing it BECAUSE I'm scared of it. i know a friend of a friend who works there who put in a good word, so fingers crossed! Let me know when Swedish Days is, perhaps I can make it happen. I don't remember my mother's name sometimes, so just remind me!
Hello Mrs. Creative how's it going? Wish you could come party with me on friday...ROland's letting me go out with some of my gals. I promised to be good and not drink too much, but I had my fingers crossed :)
Thanks so much, hon! I feel better than I have in ages...must be where the glow is coming from. I had a blast last night! Tuesdays are even more fun in the summer! :)
Hey Hun =) Got your message about the 4th... count me in! I had my Family over & they just left so I'm just now able to get back to ya =) I think we would have a blast!!! The Hotel idea is Great, that way we can have as much fun as we want & not have to worry about how we'll get home... Fantastic!!!
hey nicole, I'm so sorry I haven't set anything up. May is a nightmare, I can't wait until it's over! I've got so much to tell you. We'll have to discuss it over several glasses of wine. Give me another week. Sorry deary! gabby :)
I wish sometime soon, but in reality, longer than I hoped for. this life I'm livin in is just pure craziness. Since the day I said, " I do!". I didn't think I had to do do do all the time. :) Believe me, I want to go SOO bad, but my 1 year old, "tiddy baby" couldn't last without me. (Lucas not ROland... :)
I return on the 13th. I may stop over after work next thurs or friday. Will you be there at night? I'm off usually round 7/8. Next Sat & Sun I'm off to see my cousin Joe. We'll sort something out,I'll write you when I get back :)
