About Me
- About Me: 47 years old, divorced with 2 kitties, nothin' special!
Movies
- Favorite Movies: Fifth Element, Swordfish, Snatch, Beetlejuice, Ghostbusters, Beloved, Elizabeth, Band of Brothers, Kundun, Seven Years in Tibet, Fight Club
- Favorite Actors: Gary Oldman, Chris Rock, Bruce Willis, Cate Blanchett, Sean Penn, Bill Murray, John Travolta, Ed Norton, Helena Bonham Carter
- Favorite Directors: Tim Burton, FF Coppola, the Coens, Guy Ritchie
- Favorite Genre: weird comedy. no romantic comedy. action flicks. historical fiction, but only if it's good
- Favorite Soundtracks: Band of Brothers, Crimson Tide, King Arthur, Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind
- Movie Quotes I say all the time: I'm walking here!
- Movies I can watch over and over: Fifth Element, Snatch, Beetlejuice, Ghostbusters, Band of Brothers, Stripes
- Actor that would play me in a movie: Terri Garr, Shirley McLaine
More About Me
- Nationality: pale american
- Religion: prefer not to say
- Heroes: Abraham Lincoln. Hillary Clinton. Rosa Parks. Martin Luther King. J. Moe Martel. One Eyed Jack. Sister Jane Silk. Mother Theresa. the Dalai Lama. James Hansen of the Goddard Institute.
- Interests: Gardening, art, animal rights, cats, wetlands, ecology, conservation, nature, environment, birdwatching, bicycling, 12 step recovery, recovery, hurricanes, katrina, cancer, breast cancer, Judaism, Israel, genealogy, politics of divided societies, civil strife, Connecticut history, hiking, photography, archaeology, Political Science, Political Argument, History, Investment Strategies, Clean Energy, Global Warming, La Nina, El Nino, Weather conditions, NOAA, Meteorolgy, geology, plate tectonics, vulcanology, Chemo Nausea prevention, Breast Reconstruction.
- Expertise: Art, cats, gardening, depression, ptsd, what's really bothering you, what your dreams mean,picking the wrong man, picking the wrong friends, being a cancer patient, cellphones, tech support, Verizon, Cingular, Sprint, Nextel, AT&T, SBC, Wireless
- Occupation: Independently Wealthy
- Industry: Incessant Bloggery
- Website: http://www.xanga.com/butshebites
Television
- Favorite Shows: Heroes, Ghost Whisperer, House, Law & Order SVU, CSI Miami
- Favorite Channels: Natl Geographic, History, A&E, History, CBS, USA
- Favorite Reruns: see above
- Most Addictive Show: X-files, Buffy, Heroes
- Favorite Late Night Talk Show: David Letterman
- Characters you relate to: Catherine Willows in CSI, Worf in Star Trek TNG, Willow in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, except I prefer XYs
- Favorite Theme Song: Theme song from "True Blood"
- Show I Secretly Watch: wouldn't be a secret if I told you now would it?
- Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Contact Info
- MSN: powersurge9@hotmail.com
- Yahoo: alycats1960
Style
- Where I shop: Ebay, consignment stores, garbage piles
- Brands I love: rocket dog, merrell, chinese laundry (shoes)
- I like to wear: outrageous colors and nothing matches combinations
- Can't live without: hazelnut coffee light no sugar, big roomy shirts and skirts
- Prized Possessions: I don't prize possessions.
- Guilty Pleasure: still owning leather shoes
College
- School Name: Connecticut College
- Status: Alumni
- Class of: 1983
- Attended: 1980 - 1983
- Degree type: Bachelors
- Major(s): Government Studies, Africa
- Minor(s): French, art, anthropology, archaeology
- Greek: ΡΣΑ
- Sports: oh ick
- Organizations: Political Science Honors Society
Travel
- Places I love: Home, Cape Cod, Vermont
- Places I've been: Hell 1, Hell 2, France, Netherlands, Belgium
- Places to see before I die: Egypt, Jerusalem
- Dream Vacation: six months in Europe with unlimited money and access to toilet paper.
Food
- Favorite Cuisine: Sushi or really well cooked French cuisine
- Favorite Dishes: Sushi, brie en croute, pad thai
- Favorite Desserts: something chocolate with whipped cream
- Favorite Drinks: water
- Favorite Junk Foods: something chocolate with lots of frosting
- Best meal ever: sushi drunk off my ass on sake with a really sexy guy. Oh wait, that was after the meal...
- My Original Recipes: are you kidding? me cook?
- Favorite Restaurants: Bee and Thistle, Copper Beeches
- Foods I hate: Coconut, beets
Music
- Favorite Artists: Maïre Brennan, Nicholas Gunn, Evanescence, Danny Heines, Afro-Celt Sound System, Sarah Brightman, R. Carlos Nakai, William, Il Divo, Five For Fighting, Secret Garden, Sting, Mark Isham, Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Anna Nalick, Bjork, Josh Groban, Il Divo, Enigma, Deep Forest
- Favorite Albums: dunno
- Favorite Genre: soft. As long as it's soft.
- Favorite Songs: changes
- Favorite Lyrics: changes
- Songs for Roadtrips: changes
- Songs I hate: anything that's classic rock or country.
- Guilty Pleasure: I'll NEVER tell
- Songs I repeat the most: changes
- Band I wish I was in: U2
Books
- Favorite Books: How We Die, A Course on Miracles, The First Deadly Sin, Lord of the Rings, Zen Mind Beginner's Mind, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, The Vampire Lestat, The Road Less Travelled, The Art of Listening, Sick Puppy
- Favorite Authors: Erich Fromm, Sherwin Nuland, Robert Heinlein, (a long time ago), JRR Tolkien,
- Favorite Genres: I don't think that I have one.
- Favorite Characters: Twilly Spree in Sick Puppy. I like his style.
- Favorite Quotes: If you find yourself going through hell, keep going
- Recent Reads: Civil Liberties in a post 9/11 world
Video Games
- Games I Play: what's a video game?
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Just want to say I'm enjoying reading your posts,,,i've had the last week to catch up some my Xanga..and since you introduced to Zazzle and like cats and are in AA and...I like reading your stuff...I identify...trying not to psycho babble here...just wanted to say Hi! -
Give me some time and I will get the hang of it. LOL Thanks for the invitation. Pat -
hi..I stumbled on your blog and can identify with a lot. The fact that Cats are in your bio, put you at the top of my list. I too, write..am a non-observant Jew who DOES NOT feel guilty about it..worked through that years ago..a follower of Abraham Hicks...and Universal Law. Hope to read more.
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Thank you for being my friend. Bridgeport, I remember Bridgeport, actually I have never been there, just heard about it. Used to live in Derby CT and worked in New Haven, CT in Military Entrance Processing Station in the Federal building there while I was in the Navy.
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Only One Question..Are You Me?( smiles) or could it be the other way around? miranda
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Thanks Lisa for being my friend. Judi -
Hi there! Thank you so much for excepting my invitation and being my friend ~big smile~ Have a wonderful weekend ~long weekend~ Happy 4th to ya and have a great week ~heart~ Hugs
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