Ayanna
Ayanna Gaines
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"I went mad once -- did me no end of good." ~ Ford Prefect
Female
37 years old
THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA
United States
Last Login: 6/1/2009
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Mood:
cantankerous
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Ayanna's Interests
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| General | pop culture, yoga, unitarian universalism, reading, all types of music, faeries, flying spaghetti monster, hello kitty, comic book conventions, the sandman universe, that which we cannot see but feel within our hearts and souls, fancying myself a writer of some type, figuring out the next few chapters of my life | | Music | XTC, Beatles, Tori Amos, india.arie, Miles Davis, Tones on Tail, Bauhaus, New Order, English Beat, General Public, Jill Scott, Sarah MacLachlan, Pizzicato Five, Soundtrack to "Once More, with Feeling," Soundtrack to "Katamari Damacy," Joni Mitchell, Sergio Mendes, Joao Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Chopin, Debussey, Satie, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson's "Off the Wall," Duran Duran, Barenaked Ladies, Culture Club, Tears for Fears, Guns n Roses, The Cure, Siouxie and the Banshees, the Marsalis family, Prince, No Doubt, early Madonna, Verve Remixed, Verve Unmixed, Al Green, Carole King, Alanis Morissette, ABC, Poe, chill, drums and bass, reggae, jungle, electronica, ska, soul, j-pop | | Movies | My Neighbor Totoro, Clueless, Princess Bride, Just One of the Guys, the original Star Wars trilogy (especially Empire Strikes Back), Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, witty British (costume) movies, The Cat Returns, Kiki's Delivery Service, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Bring it On, The Wedding Singer, Sixteen Candles, Never Been Kissed, Ever After, The Sound of Music, The Wizard of Oz, Capra's comedies (You Can't Take It With You, It Happened One Night), Victor/Victoria, Mary Poppins, Freaky Friday (new version), Mean Girls, The Parent Trap (both versions), Dangerous Liaisons, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, A Night at the Opera | | Television | Gilmore Girls, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Justice League, Justice League Unlimited, Teen Titans, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Angel: The Series, Firefly, The Muppet Show, Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, The Daily Show, Veronica Mars (dammit -- a new addiction) | | Books | "Little Women" and other Louisa May Alcott books, pretty much anything by Neil Gaiman (any format), the Harry Potter series (especially "The Prisoner of Azkaban"), Stephanie Laurens' Cynster series and Bastion Club series, the "Blue Monday" graphic novel series by Chynna Clugston (Chynna Clugston-Major), "Scooter Girl" by Chynna, the Malory series and Sherring Cross series by Johanna Lindsay, "Songs from the Seashell Archives" volumes 1 and 2 by Elizabeth Scarborough, "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," anything by Jasper Fforde, Meg Cabot's "Princess Diary" series as well as "Teen Idol" and the "All-American Girl" series, the "Tales from the City" series by Armistead Maupin, the plays of Oscar Wilde, and a gazillion more | | Heroes | REAL: my great-grandmother (who only got a third-grade education, but sent 8 of her surviving children to college), Sarah Dwyer (who started the girl-friendly comic anthology Action Girl, and advocates action), my friends who have taken their dreams and actually are living them
SUPER: Batgirl, Oracle, Rupert Giles, Kim Possible, Supergirl, Black Canary |
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Neil Gaiman Club, CUUPS, Librarians Rock!, St. Anthony Hall, Unitarian Universalists from the CMWD, SmartyPants Association
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Ayanna's Details
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| Status: | Married | | Here for: | Networking, Friends | | Body type: | 5' 0" | | Religion: | Other | | Zodiac Sign: | Libra | | Children: | Proud parent | | Education: | Grad / professional school | | Occupation: | librarian and pop culture scholar |
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Ayanna's Schools
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Dominican University
River Forest,Illinois
Graduated: 1999
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Master's Degree
Major: Library Science
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1997 to 1999 |
Brown University
Providence,Rhode Island
Graduated: 1994
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: English
Clubs: St. Anthony Hall, The Brown Band
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1990 to 1993 |
George Washington High School
Denver,Colorado
Graduated: 1990
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: International Baccalaureate Program, Drama Club, Thespians, Creative Arts Club, French Club, NHS, Band, Swim Team, City-wide Band, City-wide Orchestra, Environmental Club
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1986 to 1990 |
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Ayanna is talking with a two-year old. Posted at 6:13 PM Jun 1
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About me:
~ pining for real fall weather
~ academic librarian with purple hair, a black motorcycle jacket, a Giles action figure, and a pink iPod mini
~ have finally executed the perfect full wheel (om)
~ listen to "Wait, Wait,...", "Whaddya Know?," and "This American Life," when I remember to
~ married to a guy in the video game industry whose Chuck Taylors match, but not necessarily with each other
~ two boys now, one of whom is technically old enough to pick up his dirty socks, the other too little to wear socks
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Who I'd like to meet:
old friends i've lost track of, current friends i want to stay in touch with, people who would appreciate my snarky yet sincere sense of humor, people who think i have "potential"
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My friend Jade asked if being pretty helps in librarianship. According to Susanne Roberts in The Loveliest Librarian:
