About Me

  • About Me: "So I walk up on high And I step to the edge To see my world below. And I laugh at myself As the tears roll down 'Cause it's the world I know It's the world I know..." "The World I Know," Collective Soul Hello, and welcome! I've been ranting, raving, and reflecting here at Xanga since 2001. I don't pretend to know all the answers to life's questions. I just call it as I see it. So, settle in, make yourself comfortable, and enjoy the ride.

Television

  • Favorite Shows: Scrubs, Grey's Anatomy, Ugly Betty, Family Guy, NFL Total Access, What Not To Wear, South Park, Brothers & Sisters, Dexter, Monday Night Football
  • Favorite Channels: HGTV, ESPN, IFC, Ovation, Comedy Central, LOGO, NFL Network
  • Favorite Reruns: All-time: Hogan's Heroes. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Queer As Folk, Homicide, Taxi, Cheers, Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, Will & Grace, Frasier, Six Feet Under,
  • Most Addictive Show: Grey's Anatomy, Ugly Betty
  • Favorite Late Night Talk Show: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  • Characters you relate to: Dr. Perry Cox - Scrubs. I love his acerbic wit. John C. McGinley is a genius, and Emmy voters are idiots for not nominating him.
  • Show I Secretly Watch: Project Runway
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Dead Like Me, Wonderfalls

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Network, All About Eve, The Wizard of Oz
  • Favorite Actors: Bette Davis, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Ingrid Bergman, Jack Lemmon, Cary Grant, James Stewart, Katherine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn, Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart, Lillian Gish, Olivia DeHaviland, George Sanders, Marlon Brando, Sidney Portier, Morgan Freeman, Jodie Foster, Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, Helena Bonham-Carter, Kevin Spacey, Lili Taylor
  • Favorite Directors: Fritz Lang, Stanley Kubrick, Frank Capra, F.W. Murnau, George Cukor, Martin Scorcese, Bryan Singer, Quentin Tarantino, Steven Spielberg, Billy Wilder, William Wyler, Pedro Almodovar, Clint Eastwood, Akira Kurosawa, Alfred Hitchcock, Stephen Soderberg
  • Favorite Genre: Foreign, independent, film noir, silent, old horror movies, screwball comedies, science fiction
  • Favorite Soundtracks: A Chorus Line, West Side Story, Cabaret, Rent, Chicago, Dreamgirls (the Broadway version), Avenue Q, The Sound of Music, Godspell, Hair
  • Movie Quotes I say all the time: "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore" - Network "Fasten your seatbelts. It's gonna be a bumpy night." - All About Eve "This would be a great job if it wasn't for the fucking customers." - Clerks "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up." - Sunset Boulevard
  • Movies I can watch over and over: All About Eve, Sunset Boulevard, Dark Victory, Network, The Way We Were, The Lost Weekend, The Truth About Cats and Dogs, West Side Story, Clerks
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: No one. There is no woman large, witty, sarcastic, and deranged enough.

More About Me

  • Nicknames: VJ, Roni, Ronnie, Vicki, Val
  • Nationality: African American, Irish, and Native American
  • Religion: Recovering Catholic. Now I'm simply spiritual.
  • Heroes: All Time: Mother Teresa. Current: Keith Olbermann.
  • Interests: Film: Sci-fi, classics, silents, independent, foreign, old horror, comedies, anything with Bette Davis. Reading: Sci-fi, horror, anything Anne Rice, interior design, politics, biographies, books about movies, classics, feminist/ethnic anthologies. Music: Classic R&B, blues, jazz, rock, 70s-80s metal, classical, some opera (can't understand a word, but I know something DEEP is going on there!). Almost anything except rap, s**t-kicker country, and most alternative (alternative to what, stabbing yourself in the head?). Special joy: Spending time with my boobers--the little people in my life. I don't have children of my own, by choice, so I get to dote on my boobers.
  • Expertise: Writing, football, fantasy football, politics, cooking/baking from scratch, shopping, interior design, outrageously expensive imported chocolate, film history, pop culture, pop music trivia (1950s-1980s), being contemptuous of the existence of stupid/ignorant people, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar, insanity. You know, the usual stuff. My IQ is 136, if you care about that sort of thing.
  • Occupation: Corporate slave. Am I 65 yet?

Style

  • Where I shop: ZGallerie; Pier One; Bed Bath & Beyond; IKEA; Target; West Elm; Crate & Barrel; Kohl's; CB2; Borders; Amazon.com; Lane Bryant; Fashion Bug; Bath & Body Works; Garden Botanika; the Short North Art District in Columbus, OH
  • Brands I love: Swarovski, Mikasa, MAC
  • I like to wear: Tank tops, camisoles, jeans, blazers, long skirts, plunge necklines, funky jewelry, sandals, and anything RED!
  • Can't live without: Lipstick/lip gloss, Mary Kay Timewise cleanser and moisturizer
  • Guilty Pleasure: Project Runway (other than that, I HATE "reality" shows)

Contact Info

  • AIM: msbehayv
  • Yahoo: diva_dahling

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    • Name: MsTeryis
    • Country: United States
    • State: Ohio
    • Metro: Cleveland
    • Gender: Female
    • Member Since: 10/9/2001

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  • MsTeryis
    Glad to see you're still around!
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    Hey Lady! Just stopped by to say hi. Hope things are good with you. Chat with you later.