Some Favorite Albums/Artists:
- Tori Amos
- Alanis Morrisette
- Eurythmics/Annie Lenox
- Sinead O'Connor
- Broadway musical cast albums
- classical music (featuring French Horns is nice)
- Kate Bush
- Peter Gabriel
- a lot of "Alternative" artists
- music from high school and college (Police, Styx, etc)
- folk, Celtic .. basically most music except fusion jazz
Some Favorite Books/Poems/Authors:
- Jane Austen
- Douglas Adams
- Dick Francis
- anything on Medieval fashion/costuming and Russian studies
- Wordsworth, Frost, Shakespeare, Auden
- Grant Naylor (RED DWARF books)
- Julie Kistler
- David Sedaris
Some Favorite Plays/Musicals:
LOTS! I like to go to the theatre often. Some shows I like
to listen to:
- The Phantom of the Opera
- She Loves Me
- City of Angels
- Titanic the Musical
Some Favorite Non-fiction topics:
- costuming
- Russian history
- archery
Favorite Philosopher/Character: Winnie the Pooh, Gromit
Favorite Radio Station: WFNX (101.7 FM), NPR
Some Favorite Foods:
- Italian
- Mexican
- reuben sandwiches
- chicken in white wine sauce
- tuna sandwiches dunked in cream of tomato soup (comfort food)
- Chinese
Newspapers/Magazines read more or less regularly:
- The Boston Globe
- Entertainment Weekly
- Movieline
- Internet World
Favorite Comic Strip: Dilbert, Foxtrot, Get Fuzzy
Newsgroups read:
- I used to read r.a.theatre.*, rec.humor, alt.fan.sailor-moon,
but now I'm just on too many mailing lists.
Also watches:
- B5, Friends, ER, CSI, Simpsons, Futurama, Scrubs, Frasier,
Enterprise, Law and Order, anything with muppets, Cadfael, Red
Dwarf, Black Adder, Animaniacs, Pinky & The Brain, The Tick
Most recently seen films:
Kate & Leopold, Gosford Park, Amalie (not enough good action
films out there right now)
Most recently seen Theatre Performances:
Marat/Sade, Stomp!, Othello, The Full Monty, Lysistrata
Most recent Theatrical Productions (in which you performed/participated):
Andromeda in PERSEUS & ANDROMEDA, costume designer for THE
GONDOLIERS
Drink(s) of Choice: iced teas, hard cider, Diet Coke/Pepsi
Also spends time on: sewing, reading, writing (fiction & non-fiction),
playing with the SCA, playing with my Mac, researching
and writing for Sci-Fi Channel specials, archery, cooking
Does not spend enough time on: all of the above, plus de-cluttering my
house and unpacking, writing poetry
Would like to spend more time: reading, writing fiction and
non-fiction and for TV, archery, staying in thouch with friends
In spare time: "spare time" is like "extra space" - there's never
enough of it.
Smoker: No. ick.
Ambitions/aspirations: to be a published fiction author (I've already
achieved being a published non-fiction author), to do more TV
writing, to be a better archer, to travel to Australia
and Russia and go back to England
Childhood Ambition Was: to be a writer
Pet Likes: bears and bear-related things, good books, nice people, and
friends you know you can count on
Pet Peeves: incorrect grammar in writing, people who talk during the
movie, people who talk or unwrap candy loudly during plays
Pet of choice: cats
Still hasn't forgiven: I'm trying to be more mellow these days. Life
is too short to tie yourself up in knots about the past.
Learn from your mistakes and move on to better things.
Addictions: romance novels, Jane Austen
Computer most often used: Mac G4 (home), misc UNIX (work and play)
Favorite Memories: all the good things that have happened in my life.
Wanna know what I was looking for in a partner? Read the Guy's Guide to Geek Girls.