About Me

  • About Me: This is me. I want to defy the common stereotype. 33 years old & bipolar (diagnosed 01/02). Christian & unlike most of them that you know. I come complete with eye rolling and raised eyebrows. Struggling to be a good wife to Greg (37) and mom to Michael (3). This is my place to be real.

Style

  • Where I shop: Target, Wal-Mart, Goodwill, eBay, Old Navy (when Greg lets me), The Gap & Lane Bryant (when I get gift money)
  • Brands I love: Gap, Old Navy, Lane Bryant (but never full price)
  • I like to wear: Jeans, sweater sets, full skirts (ala '50s style), heels (chunky or "stiletto"), pearls
  • Can't live without: my glasses (hey, I'm blind without them!)
  • Prized Possessions: my Bible, my MP3 player, my laptop, iced tea maker

Television

  • Favorite Shows: In no particular order: Match Game, Daria, Dallas, Beverly Hills 90210, Monty Python, old Twilight Zone, Buffy
  • Favorite Channels: NetFlix- if that were a channel. That's how I watch most TV since we don't have cable.
  • Favorite Reruns: Match Game, baby!! RIP Charles Nelson Reilly
  • Characters you relate to: Daria Morgendorffer
  • Favorite Theme Song: How can you not like the Dallas theme song!?!

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Citizen Kane, Ghost World, Gone With the Wind, Boogie Nights, all of Kevin Smith's films, Almost Famous, Napoleon Dynamite, This is Spinal Tap, Monty Python films, Zoolander, You've Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle, Anne of Green Gables & Anne of Avonlea
  • Favorite Actors: Phillip Seymour Hoffman (I'll see anything he does), Johnny Depp, Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan (but ONLY when they're together in a film)
  • Favorite Directors: Kevin Smith, Christopher Guest (again, I'll see ANYTHING they do), Cameron Crowe
  • Movie Quotes I say all the time: "Rock 'n roll, baby! Freedom of speech!"~ Ghost World, "I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel."~ Pee Wee's Big Adventure
  • Movies I can watch over and over: See "Favorite Movies"- I own them all on DVD
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: Winona Rider: She can do crazy and brooding, which would be a must to portray me honestly. And I think she would go bald for a role, which might be important to be an accurate portrayal of me. >:) And I loved her in "Heathers".

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Muse, Johnny Cash, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, oh...the list is endless. I LOVE music!
  • Songs I hate: I'm not keen on most opera. Some of it is OK. That's probably the only genre I don't really care for.
  • Guilty Pleasure: Pop ala Britney and other Top 40 crap
  • Band I wish I was in: Muse or backup singer or picker for Johnny Cash

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Muse, Johnny Cash, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, oh...the list is endless. I LOVE music!
  • Songs I hate: I'm not keen on most opera. Some of it is OK. That's probably the only genre I don't really care for.
  • Guilty Pleasure: Pop ala Britney and other Top 40 crap
  • Band I wish I was in: Muse or backup singer or picker for Johnny Cash

More About Me

  • Religion: Christian (Non-denominational)
  • Heroes: My dad & mom
  • Interests: Everything under the sun
  • Expertise: Rolling my eyes, raising my eyebrows, entertaining a preschooler, trying to find ways to encourage potty training, working daily to be the "excellent" wife but always screwing it up
  • Occupation: Teacher, cook, maid, boo-boo healer, bully, life coach, chauffeur, seamstress, AKA Mommy
  • Industry: Nonprofit
  • Website: www.myspace.com/WriterMommy

Video Games

  • Games I Play: the Sims
  • Favorite Classic Arcade Games: Ms. Pac Man, Pole Position

Travel

  • Places I love: Washington County, OH
  • Places I've been: London, Amsterdam, Belgium, Luxembourg, most of the South and Midwest in the US. (The Anne Frank House in Amsterdam is so moving- probably my favorite place I've been)
  • Places to see before I die: India, rest of Europe, Toronto, Prince Edward Island
  • Dream Vacation: All of the above

Books

  • Favorite Books: Gone With the Wind, Good Omens, 1984, Animal Farm, Cosmos, the Bible, The Handmaid's Tale, The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank), It Can't Happen Here, the Illuminatus Trilogy, The Color Purple, the Anne of Green Gables series, "An Enemy of the People" (play by Henrik Ibsen, The Women's Room
  • Favorite Authors: Ray Bradbury & Kurt Vonnegut- I'll read ANYTHING they've written, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Arthur C. Clarke, H.G. Wells, George Orwell
  • Favorite Genres: science fiction- esp. dystopian fiction & "futuristic" fiction, non-fiction, "conspiracy" type fiction/non-fiction

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: Indian, Italian
  • Favorite Dishes: Anything with cheese and potatoes
  • Favorite Desserts: Tiramisu, Cheesecake, Chocolates
  • Favorite Drinks: Sweet Iced Tea, Coke
  • Favorite Junk Foods: Doritos, Funyuns
  • Favorite Restaurants: bd's Mongolian Barbeque, The Melting Pot
  • Foods I hate: I am a texture eater- I hate slimy things

College

  • School Name: Marietta College
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 1997
  • Attended: 1993 - 1997
  • Degree type: Bachelors
  • Major(s): Psychology
  • Minor(s): Religion, Women's Studies
  • Greek: ΣΣΣ

High School

  • School Name: Frontier High School
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 1993
  • Attended: 1989 - 1993
  • Organizations: Peer Support, FHA, Choir, various organizations