Television
- Favorite Channels: BBC America, Sci-fi, Discovery Channel, Food Network
- Favorite Reruns: Star Trek, British Who's line is it anyway, Julia Child
- Most Addictive Show: L.A. Ink (got mom to watch it even), or Living with the Mek tribe.
- Favorite Late Night Talk Show: The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder
- Show I Secretly Watch: Painkiller Jane (even if it was cancelled).
- Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Jonathan Creek.
Movies
- Favorite Movies: Is this different that movies that I can watch over and over? If so, probably depends on what I have seen recently.
- Favorite Actors: Colin Firth, Vincent Price, Judi Dench, James Earl Jones, Sigourney Weaver, Christopher Walken, Claire Danes.
- Movie Quotes I say all the time: "Have fun storming the castle"
- Movies I can watch over and over: Dogma, Scotland, Pa. Princess Bride. Magnolia.
- Actor that would play me in a movie: Janeane Garofalo
Food
- Favorite Cuisine: Haven't found one I don't like.
- Favorite Dishes: Hungarian goulash w/spatzle. French onion soup (mine), baby back ribs, ethiopian curry w/injera, pork tenderloin rolled in pecans. Must stop. Getting hungry.
- Favorite Desserts: Hot fudge sundaes, lemon cake, chocolate chocolate chip cookies w/vanilla ice cream in between them. Honestly, if it is chocolate, I probably like it.
- Favorite Drinks: Coffee, Mr. Pibb, lemon daiquiris, Glenfiddich
- Favorite Junk Foods: Peanut M&M's, Mr. Pibb. Popcorn.
- Best meal ever: Too many too count, one favorite is French Onion soup (made with homemade duck broth), bruschetta (made w/buffula and heirloom tomatos), greek salad, and lemon glazed cake.
- My Original Recipes: Won a cooking contest with stuffed walnuts covered in caramelized sugar.
- Favorite Restaurants: Trader Vic's
- Foods I hate: Banana's, fish. prunes in lasagna, pistachios, 7-up.
High School
- School Name: Davis Senior High School
- Class of: 1992
- Attended: 1989 - 1992
Music
- Favorite Artists: Queen, Disturbed, Bad Company, Elvis Presley, Evanescence, Muse, Green Day, Harry Simeone Chorale, Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, NIN, Queen Latifah (Chicago), Rob Zombie, Aerosmith, Sisters of Mercy, Stone Sour,The White Stripes, and so on. You get the picture.
- Favorite Albums: Ten Thousand Fists, Black Holes and Revelations, Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, The Open Door, etc.
- Favorite Genre: Depends on how I'm feeling, never country/western, no Bob Dylan, nor most rap/r&b. Mostly rock, edging into metal, punk, garage (White Stripes/Green Day), classical, opera, no jazz, Indian rock, musicals.
- Songs for Roadtrips: Anything to keep awake (after 24+ hrs, LOUD)
- Songs I hate: It's a Small World
- Guilty Pleasure: Hampton the Hamster (Deck the Malls)
- Band I wish I was in: Don't like being on stage
Video Games
- Games I Play: ZAngband, Quake, Mario Brs.
- Favorite Classic Arcade Games: Joust, Pinball (addams family), Puzzle Bobble,
- Most Addictive: Anything new
- Proudest Achievements: Finishing Quake w/o help & finding most of the secrets.
Style
- Where I shop: Where are there sales?
- Brands I love: Brands?
- I like to wear: Jeans, t-shirts
- Can't live without: My wool coat
- Prized Possessions: Anything w/o holes, stains, etc.
- Guilty Pleasure: Funky socks
Books
- Favorite Books: Really, too many to list, see below just for authors.
- Favorite Authors: In alphabetical per genre: Mystery- Agatha Christie, Dick Francis, Ellis Peters, J.D. Robb, Lawrence Sanders, Rex Stout. Science Fiction-Ray Bradbury (some), Orson Scott Card (again, some), Kim Stanley Robinson, Neal Stephenson. Fantasy-Piers Anthony (early), Kelley Armstrong, Robert Asprin (early), Frank Baum, David Eddings, Esther Friesner (Chicks series), Laurel K. Hamilton, Robert Heinlein (later), Terry Pratchett, Christopher Stasheff. Fiction-Jane Austen, P.G. Wodehouse, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Horror-Clive Barker, Stephen King (early, mostly), Dean Koontz (sometimes he's fantasy, almost), Ed McBain (almost/is mystery). Comics-(by series)-Baby Blues, Bloom County, Doonesbury, Foxtrot, Rose is Rose, Sherman's Lagoon. Ad nauseum.
- Favorite Genres: Mystery, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Some Horror, Comics, really almost anything except Westerns (just don't like them).
- Favorite Characters: Brother Odd, Rincewind, Cadfael, Nero Wolfe, the Deaf Man, Lola Granola, Pfil/Pamila
- Favorite Quotes: "An elephant: A mouse built to government specifications." and "Thou shalt remember the Eleventh Commandment and keep it Wholly". (don't get caught!) and still "Anything free is worth what you pay for it"
- Recent Reads: this is so constantly changing it is not worth trying to keep filled out.
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- Member Since: 2/17/2008
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@Agreus - Right...I don't think you'll just quit snoring after all this time. Hopefully I'll just learn to tune it out..(the snoring..not you). -
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@Agreus - It will just be...interesting....to adjust to. Haven't even slept in the same room with someone (other than the occasional kid) for years, much less the same bed. Given enough time I hope that I can become accustomed to the snoring--and the pauses in the snoring (which is almost spookier
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And you are petite to me.
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@caffeinated_frog - I shall have my sinuses excavated if it makes you happier with me (no not really I was kidding). I do apologize for the nature of my grizzly snoring.
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@Agreus - So not a petite person. Perhaps compared to your height...but in no other way. And Valerie relaxed around you fairly quickly. I'm glad that we are stuck with each other...cannot imagine a better person to be able to spend forever with. (Unless you count a non-snorer)... There are palmi
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There are a lot of reasons that you were daunting and intimidating. Beauty, brains, and even some brawn in a perfect petite package. Intimidating. Also, I was afraid what your friend would think of me. And worried about what this meant in the grand scheme of our lives. But, guess what... it can
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@Agreus - Yes! I don't intimidate you anymore! (Not that I ever should have...mind you). Yea! Lots of fun can be had!
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@caffeinated_frog - Well, it will be completely random as far as the timing for your considerations. And the nervous awkward stuff is over.
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@Agreus - All tied up and no place to go...We shall just have to see how things go. Again. With less nerves this time...and god knows about my timing as well.
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