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-paraphased from Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different!
-Kurt Vonnegut in Timequake
Rest in Peace Emma Jean Kimmer Cooke. August 22, 1928 - October 6, 2006 (http://sunneyone.livejournal.com/476092.html)
I'm Hope. I'm a walking contradiction. Mainly I'm happy these days. I've been married to the most wonderful man on the planet for almost eight years (anniversary June 28!!) and it's so fabulous. Allen is the most wonderful amazing fantastic person I've ever had the joy of being around and I'm so lucky he found me. I have two cats (Flora the white and Bullitt the gray). Our Sunney girl passed away on 4/24/10. I love music, reading, writing and travelling, as well as messin on the Net! Ice cream is my addiction! :) I'm normally a "the glass is half full" kinda girl, unless I'm hit with something really hard, but I usually snap back into my normal cheerful outlook. I decided to stop eating meat about three years ago. It's a big step, but I feel better abount myself now. I'm on a spiritual journey right now. I am a Virago...
virago: a woman of great stature, strength and courage, who is not feminine in the conventional ways.
My view on relationships.... to me, relationships are similar to gardens. You have to work on them to make them good. You can have the best location, soil, weather and plants; but if you don't water, fertilize and weed the garden, it won't be as fruitful (or vegetableful?) as it could be.

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Here are different way to help Hurricane Katrina Victims.
shop new orleans! (http://neworleans.metblogs.com/archives/2005/12/shop_new_orlean.phtml) there's a link in this blog entry to a list of NOLA stores you can shop at online.
habitat for humanity builds houses that will become a musicians' village to bring the music BACK to new orleans (http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/wwl120605humanity.44c8b989.html)
musicrising.org (http://www.grammy.com/musicares/musicrising/)
help bring the music back to the gulf coast through this program that assist musicians with replacing their lost instruments.
GIVE BLOOD (http://www.redcross.org/index.html)
The Episcopal Disaster Relief Fund (http://www.er-d.org/)
Noah's Wishes Animal Rescue (http://www.noahswish.org/)
PetsMart Charities (http://www.petsmart.com/charities/index.shtml)
The Humane Society of the United States (http://www.hsus.org/)
Fundraising collar made by the Humane Society (https://gateway.hsus.org/hsusdev/index.cfm)
Louisiana SPCA (http://www.la-spca.org/)
The Houston, TX SPCA - NOLA SPCA transported their animals here before Katrina hit (http://www.spcahouston.org/spcahouston/Default.asp)
SPCA press release about animals needing to be evacuated (http://www.spca.org/site/DocServer/PRESS_RELEASE_for_animal_recovery-Final_Release.pdf?docID=2001) thanks to (http://nlm32.livejournal.com/profile)nlm32 (http://nlm32.livejournal.com/) for posting this
Network For Good (http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/animal_environ/hurricanes/) (featured in my icon, made by (http://easter.livejournal.com/profile)easter (http://easter.livejournal.com/) - and she doesn't mind if you use her icon, too. i ask that you credit her if you take it)
Americares (http://www.americares.org/default.aspx)
The Louisiana Library Association (http://www.llaonline.org/)
America's Second Harvest (http://www.secondharvest.org/)
Cafe' Press I know What It Means to Miss New Orleans (http://www.cafepress.com/imissneworleans)
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(http://helpers.livejournal.com/profile)helpers (http://helpers.livejournal.com/)information about helpers (http://www.livejournal.com/community/helpers/12264.html) and (http://katrinahelp.livejournal.com/profile)katrinahelp (http://katrinahelp.livejournal.com/)
(http://fandom-charity.livejournal.com/profile)fandom_charity (http://fandom-charity.livejournal.com/), members are writing fic, in exchange for people donating money to various charities
(http://icon-charity.livejournal.com/profile)icon_charity (http://icon-charity.livejournal.com/) members will make icons in exchange for donations to charities
also, people have been selling things such as souvenirs, mardi gras beads and (http://jeremylelii.livejournal.com/profile)jeremylelii (http://jeremylelii.livejournal.com/) is selling photographs of new orleans online to donate money. my friend mike is selling his bourbon street sign on ebay. all profits are going to charity for this event.
Katrina Fundraising Bracelets (http://www.talkingincircles.com/Katrina.html)
syndicated blogs of information from the city:
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one of my favorite links! gonads and strife (http://www.threebrain.com/Weeee(mov).swf)
operation paperback (http://www.operationpaperback.org/)
wounded warrior project (http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/) help wounded soldiers learn to live with their injuries
how was your day, dan? (http://danrenzi.typepad.com/) blog of MTV star and journalist, dan renzi
the writers (http://www.themirl.com/writers.html) featuring the pen stylings of my friend (http://lowercaseb.livejournal.com/profile)lowercaseb (http://lowercaseb.livejournal.com/)
check out (http://driveforlife.livejournal.com/profile)driveforlife (http://driveforlife.livejournal.com/) and save an animal!
dance white boy, dance! (http://www.glumbert.com/media/dancewhiteboy.html)
The end of the World! (http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/end.php)
A Fat Rant by Joy Nash! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUTJQIBI1oA) I love this video!
Chris Rock: How NOT to Get Your Ass Kicked by the Police!!! (http://www.ifilm.com/video/2458063)
The History of the F Word (http://www.adelaider.com/?thread=7593).
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here's some photos of us:
this is a picture of us and my grandmother at our wedding.

this is us in n'awlins! we had a blast and i can't wait to go back. we're on the riverwalk at the edge of the mississippi here!

this one is us at belmont abbey college near charlotte.

this is us at my mother's right after our wedding. we'd just changed out of our wedding clothes.

this is me christmas 2003.

this is allen in afghanistan in their tent, in 2002.

this is my kitty sunney. :) she's my pretty wild child. (http://www.catster.com/pet_page.php?i=143209&j=t)

and this is our flora! :) isn't she pretty? she's my sweet polite girl. (http://www.catster.com/pet_page.php?i=143207&j=t)

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