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&&i'm home. <3

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:49:51 GMT

Hello again!

Ah, what a fun time. The west coast is just amazingly gorgeous. And it's so.... refreshing. It's phenomenal how different life is just a thousand miles away.

I stayed with my grandmother in Gardiner, OR, in the Unpqua Valley (Named such for the Umpqua river not far away). Reedsport was two miles away and we got there durring father's day weekend! That's the best part, because we caught the chainsaw carving contest they hold there annually. It was amazing to see what people could do with power tools and a slab of wood. So artistic. ^_^

The trees were amazing. It's like anything can grow there, and does. Driving down the highway was just... breathtaking. It went right along the coast, overlooking the pacific ocean in some parts and canopied by trees elsewhere.

Oh! And the lighthouses. Simply phenomenal. We only took tours of one, but we'd been to others in the past. The Umpqua Lighthouse is beautiful; it overlooked the beach we went to to roast marshmellows and go out on the jetty to see the sea lions. It has a 300 year old glass lens from France, and has the only red light on the west coast.

We saw the Tillamook lighthouse as we went though that area. It's not a working lightouse anymore, but it's still an amazing feat. It's completely surrounded by water, sitting on a large rock. It was bought a while back, and is now used to store the ashes of the deceased who wished to be buried at sea.

The Coquille Lighthouse kind of depresses me. It seems in such bad repair, but even so it's so pretty. It has an octagonal building next to it, and sits in the coquille river... "Bandon-by-the-sea" I think.

And my favourite lighthouse of all- The Heceta Head Lightouse, outside of Florence, OR. I deffinately recomend going there if you have the chance... or at least driving on the road there from florence. Probably the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. The lighthouse has the perfect setting. It's very remote, and you have to hike a half a mile through the forest just to get to it. But trust me- It's worth it.

And of course, in my morbid nature, I don't just love it because it's beautiful. The history (Especially the supernatural) was the reason for my love. Supposingly, the keepers house (That still stands a little down the trail) was turned into a bed and breakfast, where the guests reports supernatural happenings. A woman (Dubbed "Rue") haunts the place, and mourns the loss of her child, as well as protesting anything being changed in her home. There's another haunt there, but he's not originally from the lighthouse, he came with the antique couch the couple running the place bought.

*hem* Right. Okay, I'm done gushing about lighthouses.

Uhm... Well, I;m in the midst of reading "The Fourth Hand" by John Irving. I decided to read it first, because the others were ones I haddn't heard of before and I'd prefer to play it safe. Oh! And I bought a new book in Borders the other day. It's called "Haunted" by Chuck Palahniuk. I'd already bought a story from it off of iTunes last halloween called "Exodus", and loved it in all it's disturbing awesomeness. I'll deffinately be reviewing this one when I'm finished reading the rest of it.

Well, I've ranted enough about myself already. I think my next post will be about something else... You know, I really love the rants by people on youtube about random things. Perhaps I could try something like that. *shrugs*

Cheers!
-Sonata

<;gone until....>

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 21:51:53 GMT

Hello again! <3

I'm going to be leaving tomorrow for Oregon. I have family there, and I'll be there until about the 21st, visiting them and being on vacation with my family. However, as a term for getting to go, I'm not allowed to bring my laptop with me. Aparently someone has tapped into the idea that maybe their daughter has another life on the computer that she favours over her current reality. Just maybe.

So I will be abounding to the west coast without the comforts of my lovely bit of technology. But I will be taking the primitive aproach to keeping a journal-- that is, with paper and pen. Perhaps I'll transfer some of it to here when I get back.

As compensation for my loss of my beloved technology, I've just gotten back from a trip to the local library, where I picked up a few bits of literature to appease me on my journey. Maybe the titles will be recognizable to anyone reading this, and they can give me some feedback on them:

Greywalker -By Kat Richardson
Secret Dreams -By Keith Korman
The Blade Itself -By Marcus Sakey
Sympathy -By Dede Crane
and The Fourth hand -By John Irving

Now The only author there I've ever read before is Mr. John Irving. I love his works, so we'll see if I enjoy this book as much as I did many of his others. Who knows, perhaps I'll be able to do some book reviews on here for the reading pleasure (or at the moment, my own pleasure, as I don't appear to have any readers).

I've also downloaded some wonderful new music just for the occasion. Linkin Park's new CD, Minutes to Midnight. I love the referance of the Doomsday Clock in the title itself, and so I thought it would be a good listen. There's quite a few alright works in it. Again, I've no time to blather on about my listenings. Some other time, perhaps.

Until the 21st!

Cheers!

-Sonata

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Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:36:24 GMT

You may call me Sonata.

I will admit that this is not my real name, but I prefer to use a pseudonym while on here, simply to protect my identity, and to keep an air of mystery arround my person. I've always been one to have a flair for the dramatic, and it's equally as satisfying to keep myself in the dark while associating with you all. So allow me to formally introduce myself, to whoever may read this.

Where I live is not important, Though I will say it it a rural sate in the United states, and I don't find myself content here-- I don't feel like my full potential can be reached here. And another tidbit you will undoubtedly find helpful- I am too young to simply pack up and leave. I will leave my true age another one of my favoured enigmas.

I am a person of many interests. I think of life as an adventure-- something we only get one change to experience. There are so many things in the world that interest me, that I often don't have time to express all of them. I am a musician, a writer, a poet, an actress, a reader, a speaker, and a listener. I am a traveler, I am a painter, an artist if you will. I am a storyteller, and I am a wonderer. But most importantly of all-

I am a dreamer.

Regardless, I'm sure you didn't stumble upon this page to listen to the rantings of a self proclaimed psychotic dreamer.

Or perhaps you did.

Cheers!

-Sonata