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Ann Chambers Theis
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Overbooked - Ann Chambers Theis
Female
53 years old
Richmond, Virginia
United States
Last Login: 11/4/2009
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ann@overbooked.org's Interests
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| General | books, music, travel, nature, history, water related stuff
| | Music | Favorite Song: Summertime (Gershwin)
especially versions by: Angelique Kidjou, Stan Ketz, Big Country, The Friends of Dean Martinez, Herbie Mann, Louie Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Susannah McCorckle
My father, aside from being a psychologist, was a fine musician. He regaled us with bedtime stories and played or sang to us as well. I was convinced he composed the toodle-doodle-do song, which in reality was the Missouri Waltz. He covered a range of music, but I especially recall being fond of "I wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate":
Oh, I wish I could I shimmy like my sister Kate;
She shimmies like a jelly on a plate.
My mama wanted to know last night,
What makes the boys think Kate's so nice.
Another musical memory - the first time I wanted to kill my sister Carol (these urges are long since gone) was when she broke my copy of "Polly Wolly Doodle" by Burl Ives. | | Movies | The Man Who Would Be King, Dr Strangelove, Young Frankenstein, The Princess Bride, Being There, Party Girl (the girl is saved by the Dewey Decimal System) | | Television | Veronica Mars, The Closer, The Adventures of Briscoe County, Jr., Get Smart, Buffy, B5, Firefly, Arrested Development, Life on Mars, Jekyll, Eureka, Torchwood, Burn Notice, Meercat Manor, The Wire . . . | | Books | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | | Heroes | Sheep in the Big City - Mo Willems |
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| Status: | Married | | Here for: | Networking, Friends | | Hometown: | Williamsburg, VA | | Zodiac Sign: | Libra | | Education: | Grad / professional school | | Occupation: | Librarian |
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About me:
Overbooked:
a resource for omnivorous readers, established 1994: http://www.overbooked.org
I've been overbooked for years now, and still enjoy posting new book info, starred review lists, etc. Mike has quit asking me if the web site is done yet . . .
"she is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain" - Louisa May Alcott
I've always been a word child.
According to my parents, I slept with books and a stuffed Tigger when I was a toddler. According to Mike, I still sleep with books. The stuffed Tigger has been replaced with assorted live beasties and Mike.
Book I was probably too young to read when I did: The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski
I'm probably still too young to read it.
Some stuff that has been said about me over the years:
- If you were a fruit you'd be a pomegranite.
- You are disgustingly adaptable.
- Oh yeah, you were the strange, quiet one who read alot.
- Allowing you to work off your (huge) fine at the library was more an odd sort of positive reinforcement than a punishment. - my father, the psychologist..
I'll admit to being an enthusiastic person, in a quiet sort of bookish way. Like T.J., I cannot live without books. Well, I probably could (since I'm disgustingly adaptable) but I'd rather not. Some other things I'd rather not live without:
- Mike
- Family
- Friends (especially my long term buds and pals)
- Water - in all forms
- Music
- Annimals
- Other librarians and book people
Current creatures
Dogs= Sookie and Burke. Sookie looks like something out of a Tim Burton movie and Burke could have been created by Dr. Seuss. Cats = Nina Zero, Alafair and Zasu Implusive Pitts. Pics - ACT
I could live without MS, as could many others.
Here are some of my father's favorite sayings,etc.
- PANG over RAID - translated, this means Play, Affliation, Nurturance, Gratitude over Rejection, Aggression, Inferiority Avoidance, Defendance. My father's research was based on the Murray need system and he frequently used this as a blessing.
- "keep your eye on the donut not on the hole" - from poem
My worst nightmare - I'm trapped (without a book) by a very large spider wielding dental drills, emitting sudden loud noises, and incessantly chewing ice.
Current non book enthusiasms:
- Artwork by Milenko Katic - especially the corvids
- Corvids
- Luna Bars - Caramel Nut Brownie
- V-8 Mango Peach Fusion Juice
- my MP3 player
- almost all Kashi products
- Cadbury Dark Chocolate Mini Eggs
- Allmusic.com
- Pandora.com
Additional personal stuff: ACT
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Who I'd like to meet:
Avid Readers, Authors, Libraryland Folks, Bookish Sorts, Artists, Musicians
Overbooked: a social space for the chronically overbooked: overbooked.com
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