About Me

  • About Me: If you are not feeling well, if you have not slept, chocolate will revive you. But you have no chocolate! I think of that again and again! My dear, how will you ever manage? --Marquise de Sevigne, February 11, 1677

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Wait 'till I have more time.
  • Favorite Albums: Kingston Trio, all the way.
  • Favorite Genre: Classical, Reggae, Latino
  • Favorite Songs: Orronoco Flow
  • Favorite Lyrics: "Goodmorning" from Singin' in the Rain
  • Songs for Roadtrips: For starting out: National Treasure. For a loooong road trip; E Nomine, Prince of Egypt, Pirates of the Carribean I, and finally E Nomine again.
  • Songs I hate: Ones that arn't songs, like heavy metal.
  • Band I wish I was in: Kingston Trio and Casting Crowns

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Braveheart, Man in the Iron Mask, Gladiator, A Walk in the Clouds, The Passion, October Sky, Chocolat, The African Queen, Master and Commander....see "soundtracks".
  • Favorite Actors: Mel Gibson, Kathrine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart - all the good ones from the "Golden days" of movies.
  • Favorite Directors: Mel Gibson. Maybe Tom Hanks too. Andrew Adamson is good too - but only for Narnia
  • Favorite Genre: Musical, drama, action, comedy, suspence, tragedy. No sci-fi or horror though, thank you very much.
  • Favorite Soundtracks: Hidalgo, Chocolat, Finding Nemo, Narnia, The Incredibles, Master and Commander, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Eight Below, American Grafitii, The Climb, Fellowship of the Ring, Return of the Ring, Cinderella Man, National Treasure, Man in the Iron Mask, Braveheart, Emma, Titanic, Pirates of the Carribean I & II, Pearl Harbor, Madagasgar, Troy, Kingdom of Heaven, Prince of Egypt, Ocean's Twelve, E Nomine, A Walk in the Clouds
  • Movie Quotes I say all the time: Hmmmm, "Good morning!" "Yessssssssssssssssss." I can't think of any right now, but they're there.
  • Movies I can watch over and over: See "Soundtracks".
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: I don't know....

More About Me

  • Nicknames: Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, and a special one that you don't know.
  • Nationality: German, Irish, Hungarian, Spanish, Welsh (i.e. Trojan), French, Cuban, and English.
  • Religion: I'm a Christian - and proud of it!
  • Heroes: To be announced
  • Interests: I like ancient languages, interesting people, old musty books, beautiful places, and a good cup of hot chocolate.
  • Expertise: Expretise? Me? Nah...
  • Occupation: I'm a student!

Television

  • Favorite Shows: Novas, anything (well, almost) on the Discovery Channel or History Channel. Oh! PBS is really good for hosting people like Charlotte Church, Andre Reu, etc. =)
  • Favorite Channels: I don't really watch TV. I suppose the Discovery Channel.
  • Favorite Reruns: I have no idea.
  • Most Addictive Show: The Most Extreme
  • Favorite Late Night Talk Show: Our very own dinner table, it's quite amusing.
  • Favorite Episode: Don't have one.
  • Characters you relate to: Well, there's this one really famous gal, her name's Risa.
  • Favorite Theme Song: Bill Nye the Science Guy, Magic School Bus, Sesame Street. =)
  • Show I Secretly Watch: The reconstruction of Leonardo Da Vinci's inventions - though it isn't secret. It's something to do while folding laundry.
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Magic School Bus

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: Cuisine? No lo se.
  • Favorite Dishes: Thanksgiving dinner. That counts, doesn't it?
  • Favorite Desserts: The Chocolate Fondu at The Melting Pot
  • Favorite Drinks: Jamba Juice, Starbucks coffee, or a Shirley Temple
  • Favorite Junk Foods: Cheetos
  • Best meal ever: Just about every one.
  • My Original Recipes: "Burnt Bluackberry Pie 101"
  • Favorite Restaurants: As of right now, The Melting Pot. It's a fondu restaurant, and desert is a melted pot of chocolate into which you dip things. Yum.
  • Foods I hate: Pickles! Bleck, plach, phooy.

Travel

  • Places I love: I love the world! Everywhere (well, almost) is beautiful in it's own way.
  • Places I've been: Most of the Western and Southwestern states, Hawaii, Florida, Texas, Louisiana, and Mexico.
  • Places to see before I die: Stonehenge, Machu Pichu, the piramids of Giza, Rome, the canals of Italy, Taj Mahal, Greece, Sydney-Austrailia, the Amazon basin, the highlands of Scotland, the Welsh castles, the blue tiles of Babylon (yes they still exist), a Spanish market and plaza, Troy, Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, the North Pole, the list keeps going.
  • Dream Vacation: A prepaid tour of all afore mentioned.

Style

  • Where I shop: Sac's Thrift! Woo hoo!
  • Brands I love: Petite Sophisticate, Coldwater Creek, Wet Seal, the list goes on.
  • I like to wear: How many people put "clothes" there? Sheesh.
  • Can't live without: Well, there's a lot of answers for that. God, food, air, etc.
  • Prized Possessions: My CD case. *eyes anyone who comes near CD case warily*
  • Guilty Pleasure: As in style? Pshaw, I don't know.

Friends (31)

Memories (4)

  • isaacwheaton
    Remember the MUD fights?????? They were really fun.......but I don't think they would be so fun now. Remember the kids of discovery? We need to do that again. your old school pal!!!!
  • coolesthobbit_merry
    d to be gone? and then there was the time when we dressed up all crazy and went around my neighborhood asking ppl how crazy they thought we were? and remember how we always fight over which hobbit is better: MERRY or pippin? MERRY TOTALLY RULES THE WORLD! okay. i'm finished. can you rememb
  • coolesthobbit_merry
    cool! i'm the first one to leave a memory. but what can i say? we are so crazy together. now i must decide WICH memory to memory to write you about. there are so many. ....remember the time you were over and so was my cousin, Alexa, and we snuck out the house at night and went around the nei

Chatboard (9)

  • Grace_Silva
    hey Risa! :)i love your picture....how have you been?
  • isaacwheaton
    How did you do at the Tournament???? It was nice to see you!Isaac
  • isaacwheaton
    So hows that job of your's going??? Anything interesting happining in the Farrell household? I was told that you guys are going on a mayjor trip next year...............is that true???? If so where are you going????? Miss you!!!!!!!! Isaac
  • coolesthobbit_merry
    i love your profile picture! it's soo cute...and cool! i miss talking to you! we need to get together soon! maybe to even celebrate our "half-birthdays" like we had been talking about! lol. ;)
  • coolesthobbit_merry
    helloooooo darling!!!!! wow!!! i haven't talked to you in FOREVER!!!! how are you? i'll be sending you something in the mail shortly!!! yay!! so look for it!!!
  • isaacwheaton
    That profile picture really scared me. How is life?
  • isaacwheaton
    Hows school?
  • coolesthobbit_merry
    Hey Risa! I'm figuring out how to use xanga profiles and all. I LOVE your profile picture. It's SOOOO awesome!
  • isaacwheaton
    Hi Risa, How do you like xanga profiles......pretty cool huh. Jorden told me about them. That picture is such a crack up!