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About Me

About Me: Hi and welcome to my random bits of nothingness and babbling exacerbated by odd moments of sense.

Favorite Books: The Woodsman, Dark-Hunter series, Black Dagger Brotherhood series
Favorite Authors: Tom Clancy, Jack Higgins, Judith Tarr, David Eddings, Sherrilyn Kenyon, J.R. Ward, Lynn Viehl, Christine Feehan
Favorite Genres: Fantasy, Action/Thrillers, Romance
Favorite Characters: Jack Ryan (Clancy books), Sean Dillon (Higgins books)
Favorite Quotes: "There are three sides to every memory. Yours, theirs, and the truth, which lies somewhere in between." - Sherillyn Kenyon, Seize the Night
Recent Reads: The Redemption of Althalus, Shadow Touch, The Archer's Tale

Places I love: North Carolina, Arizona, Poland
Places I've been: Poland, Arizona, North Carolina, Massachusetts, South Carolina
Places to see before I die: Australia, Scotland, Wales, more of Europe
Dream Vacation: To be able to take a couple of years off and travel to various places around the world.

Favorite Shows: Criminal Minds, CSI (Vegas and NY), NCIS, Keeping Up Appearances, Are You Being Served?, Samantha Brown's Passport to Europe, The Unit, odds and ends on History Channel or Science, Highlander
Favorite Channels: CBS, History, History International, Discovery, Science, AMC
Favorite Reruns: hmmmmmmmmmmm
Most Addictive Show: For me it's Criminal Minds
Favorite Late Night Talk Show: Jay Leno and Craig Ferguson
Characters you relate to: Thomas Gibson's character on Criminal Minds - mainly because he looks and acts the bit of a stuffed shirt
Favorite Theme Song: Law and Order

Favorite Artists: U2, Depeche Mode, some Metallica, Lacuna Coil, Andrea Bocelli, Sarah Brightman, George Strait, Tim McGraw, Big Band
Favorite Albums: Sogno (AB), Songs of Faith and Devotion (DM), One Step a Time (GS)
Favorite Genre: Rock
Favorite Songs: O Mare 'E Tu, Miss Sarajevo, The Hands that Built America, Immigrant Song
Favorite Lyrics: Have to think about this - though currently it's Hungry Lucy's "Girl Alone" and INXS' "Johnson's Aeroplane"
Songs for Roadtrips: Rolling Stones' 40 Licks album, Def Leppard's Rock of Ages Album, Loreena McKennitt's "Night Ride across the Caucauses"
Songs I hate: The Reason (not because of the lyrics, but the guy who sings it - his voice drives me nuts and makes me want to bash the radio in)
Guilty Pleasure: Dark Wave
Songs I repeat the most: "Wicked Games" (Chris Isaak), "O Mare E Tu" (AB), "Johnsons Aeroplane" (INXS), "Gimme Shelter" (Rolling Stones)
Band I wish I was in: Chris Isaak's or Def Leppard

Favorite Cuisine: Polish, American, Italian, Oriental
Favorite Dishes: Stuffed cabbage, beef and broccoli, cabbage and beef, fish
Favorite Desserts: Chocolate
Favorite Drinks: Pepsi, tea, Drambuie, Frangelico
Favorite Junk Foods: Pizza
Best meal ever: Most anything that doesn't involve my own cooking
My Original Recipes: I did this thing once........take a pound or so of beef, add a handful or two of cornmeal and serve it over rice (can add cabbage into the mix too)
Favorite Restaurants: Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Sonny's
Foods I hate: Liver

Nicknames: Dee - though rarely called that, Yv
Nationality: American
Religion: TBD
Heroes: My grandparents (blood & extended family), Llewellyn the Great, Margaret Thatcher, Alyx, all who better their lives in one fashion or another.
Interests: Reading, writing, rping online, being a general pain in the behind, cross-stitching and being ornery.
Expertise: You mean, there actually is such a thing? I'd like to think I know a little bit about a lot. I think my main area of expertise is being pit bull stubborn.
Occupation: Administrative

Favorite Movies: Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven, Highlander, King Arthur
Favorite Actors: Clive Owen, Richard Burton, Gerard Butler
Favorite Directors: Ridley Scott, Francis Ford Coppola
Favorite Genre: Fantasy, Action, Costume, Drama
Favorite Soundtracks: Anna Karenina, Phantom of the Opera, Highlander, Gladiator
Movie Quotes I say all the time: "Go ahead, make my day."
Movies I can watch over and over: See above
Actor that would play me in a movie: Camryn Mannheim