Reading, writing, 'rithmetic (mostly 'cause I dig a certain mathematician), photography, wildflowers, landscapes, sunsets, moonrises, certain sports (tennis, badminton, baseball), travel, music, films, driving nowhere ...
Music
Dave and Annie (EVERYthing Eurythmics), Nina Simone, Simon and Garfunkel, Over the Rhine, Fleetwood Mac (admittedly, mostly Stevie!), Mary Chapin Carpenter, Lucinda Williams, the Psychedelic Furs, R.E.M., U2, Van Morrison, Elton, Elvis, Alanis, Sarah McLachlan, Bob Dylan, Bobby Darin, certain soundtracks, Counting Crows, Josh Groban, Neil Young ("All I got for you / Is a razor love that cuts clean through"), America, ABBA, Dolly Parton, Maniacs (WITH Natalie Merchant), The Boss, The Beatles, Jeff Buckley ...
Movies
Boys Don't Cry, Tootsie, Whale Rider, Ordinary People ("I just want to feel bad!"), Waking the Dead, The Year of Living Dangerously, The Killing Fields, almost anything Costner (especially Field of Dreams, Bull Durham and Dances with Wolves), The Girl in the Cafe, Frequency ("I've missed you so much!"), The Last of the Mohicans, City of Angels, Risky Business ("The dream is always the same ..."), Fried Green Tomatoes, a couple of Jack's newer classics (Terms of Endearment and As Good As It Gets), It's a Wonderful Life, To Kill a Mockingbird, ORIGINAL Planet of the Apes movies and the first Poseidon Adventure, Titanic, Love Actually, Napoleon Dynamite, High Art, Silence of the Lambs, American Beauty ...
Television
Current faves:Saving Grace, The Closer, Criminal Minds, Boston Legal, NUMB3RS, House, Bones, Cold Case, Two-and-a-Half Men, The New Adventures of Old Christine and Law & Order: C.I. and S.V.U.All-time faves:Seinfeld, My So-Called Life, Northern Exposure, Judging Amy, The Wonder Years, NYPD Blue, Little House on the Prairie (Laura Ingalls was one of my first heroes!), The Thorn Birds (BEST mini-series EVER!), thirtysomething, China Beach, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley and, of course, Gilligan's Island. : )
Books
Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Giving Tree and The Missing Piece by Shel Silverstein, The Monster at the End of This Book by Grover, The Shining and The Stand by Stephen King, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, The Diary of Anne Frank ... and, back in the day, Superman (and various other superheroes), Peanuts and Archie comic books!
Heroes
My heroes are the people in my little life who have made me a better person. (If you know me, there's a good chance you are one of my heroes.) : )
Di's Details
Status:
In a Relationship
Here for:
Networking, Serious Relationships, Friends
Zodiac Sign:
Aries
Education:
College graduate
Di's Schools
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston,Illinois
Graduated: 1987
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Journalism
Minor: English
Clubs: Society for Collegiate Journalists, The Warbler, The Daily Eastern News, The 4 O'Clock Club at Ike's, Marty's and the Uptowner/Cellar : )
1983 to 1987
Shelbyville High School
Shelbyville, IL
Graduated: 1983
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: Tennis, Band, Scholastic Bowl, National Honor Society, Spanish Club
About me: I am Di: A fortysomething girl exploring the world and hoping never to be referred to as a grown-up. (Want more? Stolen Moments. And before that, there were these: All My Little Words and The Freewheelin' Di.)
Who I'd like to meet:
Ordinary people with extraordinary passion and courage.
And this kid, again ... for turkey-and-Swiss sandwiches or pizza, and lots and lots of conversation.
i was actually thinking about you the other day! how the crap are you? i think i'm getting things in order for now in my life. not dealing with a bunch of crap right now. :) peace and love
hi!! :):) thank you for the warm weather - it stuck around just long enough to melt everything and turn it into ice! ;) sunday is supposed to be near 50, and if that's your doing, you are one amazing lady!
heh. um. i have facebook. ugh. i've had it for months, actually. but i hate it. hate it hate it hate it more than myspace. oh well - i'll add you as my friend the next time i log in there, ok? ok!! :):) miss you tons - you ever gonna slack your way towards ny again? :):)
thanks! hope your holidays are swell as well. it is terribly cold here most of the time, and my one of my roommates tries to freeze the rest of us out! peace and love
I will tell him you say hi. I wish the forum was still around myself, but such is life and I am very happy to have met the wonderful people I did while it was around!
Hey there. Just checking in. Been awhile. Pretty boring, not much new in these neck of the woods. Rainy day which is pretty much what I need today. Hope all is well!
Hello hello! Its been awhile. I barely have time to talk to people since I am at school most of the time. Yes Mason is growing up fast! You should come see us soon :D Well grudgingly I have to go to my next class. Great to hear from ya!
