About Me

  • About Me: Coffee,chocolate,and cows...yep.

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Acoustic Alchemy, Eva Cassidy, Robert and Thomas Haraway
  • Favorite Albums: Too many-I'm old
  • Favorite Genre: jazz,classical, blues, 70s funk, 70s rock
  • Favorite Songs: Changes weekly, but now it's Chris Botti "Unforgettable," Acoustic Alchemy's "Now I'm On My Way," and Basia&Matt Bianco's "Ordinary Day"
  • Favorite Lyrics: James Taylor, Chris Rice
  • Songs for Roadtrips: Acoustic Alchemy, Matt Bianco, Chris Botti
  • Songs I hate: rap, hip-hop, heavy metal, traditional country
  • Guilty Pleasure: Gave up guilt in 97
  • Songs I repeat the most: Acoustic Alchemy, Chris Rice, SCChapman, whatever's on NPR
  • Band I wish I was in: Derek Trucks and sometimes the Broadway pit orchestra for the now-closed "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"

More About Me

  • Nicknames: none. **sniff**
  • Nationality: US citizen
  • Religion: United Methodist
  • Heroes: None at the moment
  • Interests: writing, blogging, hiking, saying "I'm going to the gym"and then taking a nap
  • Expertise: collecting excess adipose tissue
  • Occupation: office receptionist
  • Industry: health care

Television

  • Favorite Shows: Only watch reruns
  • Favorite Channels: Humpf.
  • Favorite Reruns: Reba, Nanny, Ballykissangel(BBC),Vicar of Dibley,Black Adder, Monarch of the Glen, Northern Exposure
  • Most Addictive Show: Changes often
  • Favorite Late Night Talk Show: Hah! As if I can stay up that late and get up at 5:30 AM
  • Favorite Episode: Of what?
  • Characters you relate to: None.
  • Favorite Theme Song: Will and Grace
  • Show I Secretly Watch: More Reba
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Northern Exposure, Ballykissangel,and of course, Reba

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Most were made long,long ago
  • Favorite Actors: They're dead now.
  • Favorite Directors: Dead.
  • Favorite Genre: Musicals and romantic comedy. See? Dead.
  • Favorite Soundtracks: Sneakers, Blade Runner, You've Got Mail, Pride and Prejudice
  • Movie Quotes I say all the time: Push the button, Max!
  • Movies I can watch over and over: The Great Race, Napolean Dynamite, P&P, Sense & Sensibility, The Princess Bride, First Knight
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: Reba McEntire or Sigourney Weaver. Used to be Nicole Kidman but she smokes and is lookin' REALLY scary these days. Plus she's not old enough.

Style

  • Where I shop: Johnny Boden, Athleta, Terry, Title9
  • Brands I love: Anything that doesn't have to be ironed or dry cleaned
  • I like to wear: cotton, linen, Coolmax
  • Can't live without: I can do without pretty much anything as long as the girls are covered but not smooshed
  • Prized Possessions: 15 year old pair of tapestry-covered ankle boots Bob bought me in Atlanta when I was preg with Thing Two
  • Guilty Pleasure: I gave up guilt in '97

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: American Eclectic
  • Favorite Dishes: Grilled or broiled tuna, grouper, snapper, salmon
  • Favorite Desserts: If it's not chocolate, it's not worth the calories
  • Favorite Drinks: water and coffee
  • Favorite Junk Foods: chocolate
  • Best meal ever: Nick's Fish Market in Chicago (five stars)
  • My Original Recipes: You gotta be kidding me
  • Favorite Restaurants: Sambuca in Atlanta, Tony's in Chicago, Bluefish in Princeton, Cadillac in Jackson Hole, Miss Melissa's in Moundville, AL
  • Foods I hate: Most things that are fried, tofu hurts my stomach, anything with beer tastes spoiled

Video Games

  • Games I Play: Fishing for Compliments
  • Consoles: RCA
  • Favorite Characters: cows
  • Gaming Alias: horseyrainbowcandy
  • Servers I Play On: cake,pie, and trifle
  • Favorite Classic Arcade Games: Lethal Barbie II: Let's Kill the Ugly People
  • Most Addictive: coffee and chocolate
  • Proudest Achievements: I've never even stayed on the track in Mario Cart
  • Favorite Soundtrack: OO,this one I KNOW!!! Zelda!!
  • Clans: McKnight, MacDavid

Travel

  • Places I love: Any National Park
  • Places I've been: Lots in US plus British Virgin Islands, bahamas,Jamaica, Costa Rica
  • Places to see before I die: Australia and New Zealand
  • Dream Vacation: Two week bareboating on a Beneteau sailboat around the Greek Islands

Books

  • Favorite Books: Pride and Prejudice, Secret Life of Bees, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Ladies With Options,Step Ball Change

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Memories (1)

  • coffeeiv
    I have no memories...Will Smith zapped me with that light stick from Men In Black.

Chatboard (1)

  • tlm0000
    He's working at the glass plant down there for the week. He's an engineer and they're starting up some new equipment so he went down to make sure it works. Nice little vacation for me :)
    • Posted 5/19/2007 5:28 PM
    • by tlm0000