About Me

  • About Me: I teach Spanish and French for USD 501--at HPHS and French MS this next year. Also at ACCC in Burlingame. I'm currently recovering from cancer--one more chemo, then radiation!

Video Games

  • Games I Play: mah jongg, spider solitaire

Contact Info

  • AIM: maryl.dodson@gmail.com

More About Me

  • Nicknames: Mary, Dodson
  • Nationality: U.S.
  • Religion: Catholic
  • Heroes: my dad
  • Interests: reading, swimming, walking, sleeping,
  • Expertise: Puedo hablar espanol, un poco. Et je parle francais, un peu.
  • Occupation: Education/training
  • Industry: Education/Research

Travel

  • Places I love: Europe
  • Places I've been: Spain, France, Germany, The Netherlands
  • Places to see before I die: the rest of the world
  • Dream Vacation: living in Europe, with enough time and money to travel all over

Music

  • Favorite Artists: War
  • Favorite Albums: The World is a Ghetto
  • Favorite Genre: rock
  • Songs I hate: Old-fashioned twangy country, jazz

Style

  • Where I shop: Target
  • I like to wear: casual
  • Can't live without: jeans

Television

  • Favorite Shows: Will and Grace, The Apprentice, Grey's Anatomy
  • Favorite Channels: NBC
  • Favorite Late Night Talk Show: Jay Leno
  • Show I Secretly Watch: Desperate Housewives

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Crash, Romeo and Juliet-modern version with Leonardo di Caprio
  • Favorite Genre: comedies
  • Favorite Soundtracks: Lawrence of Arabia, Ben Hur
  • Movie Quotes I say all the time: "We don't need no stinkin' badges!"
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: Sigourney Weaver, Geena Davis

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: Mexican
  • Favorite Dishes: frijoles refritos
  • Favorite Desserts: Ice Cream
  • Favorite Drinks: Diet Dr. Pepper, Diet Squirt
  • Favorite Junk Foods: Chocolate
  • Favorite Restaurants: Tortilla Jack's

Books

  • Favorite Books: Lonesome Dove
  • Favorite Authors: Larry McMurtry
  • Favorite Genres: historical fiction
  • Recent Reads: I read all the time. My recent reads are too numerous to mention.

High School

  • School Name: Washburn Rural High School
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 1967
  • Attended: 1963 - 1967
  • Sports: Gymnastics
  • Organizations: Student Council, Pep Club, FBLA, Band, Choir, Senior Chamber, Future Teachers of America, Musical

College

  • School Name: University Of Kansas
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 1971
  • Attended: 1967 - 1971
  • Degree type: Bachelors
  • Major(s): Spanish Education
  • Minor(s): French
  • Organizations: Frosh Hawks, Jay Jaynes

mldodson

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    • Name: Mary Lee
    • Country: United States
    • State: Kansas
    • Metro: Topeka
    • Gender: Female
    • Member Since: 3/7/2005
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