matwood

a girl, twenty-one, married (in love), an english teacher, and probably the most multi-interested person you'll ever meet (except i guess you won't meet me)...

designing things in my head, words that sound pretty, the color black, watching, collecting information, collage-ing, matchmaking, contrast!, organizing, planning, dancing in my car, waiting, working, showers, painting, real people--no frills and fluffs, movies, laughing and crying, working even more, drinking coffee, wine and chocolate, kissing, newspaper print, bright flowers, reading and writing, listening to music, cooking, blogging...

life is beautiful, into the wild, the village, garden state, stranger than fiction, a walk to remember, 10 things i hate about you, mr. and mrs. smith, hitch, monsters inc., moulin rouge, you me and dupree, x-men, the sound of music, man on fire, zoolander, i am legend, a series of unfortunate events, hot rod, ever after, girl interrupted, mr. magorium's wonder emporium, slumdog millionaire, a wonderful life...

many, many things... and i write, too. but i've realized it's impossible to read everything, so i read what i can (and make up the rest)...

"Whatever you are, be a good one." ~Abraham Lincoln

"And she is led by love. The world moves for love. It kneels before it in awe. " ~The Village

"Humankind cannot bear very much reality." ~T. S. Eliot

"We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion." ~T. S. Eliot

"But I know about art and love, if only because I long for it with every fiber of my being." ~Moulin Rouge

"Happiness only real when shared." ~Christopher Johnson McCandless

"Some people feel like they don't deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past." ~Into the Wild

"To err is human; to forgive, divine." ~Alexander Pope

"God doesn't require us to succeed; he only requires that you try." ~Mother Teresa

"I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love." ~Mother Teresa

"Your life is an occasion. Rise to it." ~Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

truth and imagination.

"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." ~Romans 8:38,39

Jesus, my husband, wes, mom and dad, three younger brothers, lots of in-laws, my friends, and my students...