Education (mine and kids'); Avid advocate of Heifer International (www.heifer.org). My kids have inherited my macabre and somewhat raunchy sense of humor.
Music
The Killers; Linkin Park; White Stripes; Depeche Mode; Green Day; Violent Femmes; Old U2; Anything 80's; Lyle Lovett; Dwight Yoakum; Dixie Chicks; Shawn Colvin; Enya; The Gorillaz; the Smiths; Beastie Boys; Eminem; Missy Eliot; Ludacris; Usher (hot!); Rolling Stones; Yardbirds; Cream; Pink Floyd; Beatles; Moody Blues; Wings; Clannad; any soundtrack by Hans Zimmer or Danny Elfman; Backstreet Boys; Franz Lizst; Maria Callas; Andrea Bocelli; Charlotte Church; Kiri Te Kanawa; Vanessa Mae; Lea Salonga; last but best - Jacqueline du Pre'.
Movies
Jaws and Jaws 2; King Arthur; Last of the Mohicans; Gosford Park; The King and I; Tuck Everlasting; Mansfield Park; Sense and Sensability; Hamlet (any of them); Trainspotting; Valmont; Alien; And Justice for All (before Pacino got weird..); A Man for all Seasons; Closer; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; The Truman Show; The Man with Two Brains; Shakespeare in Love; Elizabeth; Anne of the Thousand Days; Wuthering Heights; Queen Jane; Excaliber; Persuasion; Deerhunter; The English Patient; Sophie's Choice; Henry V; Dead Again; The Replacement Killers; Kill Bill 1 and 2; From Dusk 'til Dawn; The Usual Suspects; Blood Simple; Raising Arizona; Sling Blade; 40 Year-Old Virgin; Tombstone
Television
Secret Diary of a Call Girl; WEEDS; Dexter; Rome; Big Love; Elizabeth I; Deadwood; Six Feet Under; Queer as Folk; Law & Order; The Brak Show; Grounded for Life; That 70's Show; Friends; The Apprentice; Best Week Ever; I Love the 80's; Cash in the Attic (BBC); House Invaders; anything with judges; International Profile; Biography; What the Victorians Did For Us; What the Romans Did For Us; Mysteries of the Bible; Forensic Files; American Justice; Cold Case Files (or anything with Bill Kurtis); Notorious; City Confidential; New Detectives; Little House on the Prairie; Knot's Landing; Ellen Degenerous; The Daily Show; The Colbert Report; Conan O'Brien; Reno 911!; SNL
Books
Anything by Alison Weir; Patricia Cornwell's "Kay Scarpetta" novels; Joel Osteen; Travel guides; Frank McCourt; Anne Rice; Historical reference; am fascinated by anything that pops up
Heroes
My family; Jacqueline du Pre; Martin Luther King, Jr.; Jonathan "Yoni" Netanyahu; Mother Teresa; Menachim Begin; Yitzhak Rabin; Anwar Sadat; Kings Hussein & Abdullah of Jordan; Queens Noor & Rania of Jordan; Sir Thomas More; Martin Luther; Mohatma Gandhi; Benezir Bhutto; Oskar Schindler; Robert F. Kennedy; Harriet Tubman; Ben Franklin; Pope John Paul; Chief Joseph "Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt"; Paul McCartney; OPRAH!; Winston Churchill; William Wallace; Mikhail Gorbachev; Princess Diana; William Shakespeare; Jacques Cousteau; all astronauts & cosmonauts; foster parents; my son Peter's teachers *kiss kiss*.
Lake Land College
Mattoon,Illinois
Graduated: 2008
Student status: Alumni
Major: History & International Studies
Minor: Political Science
Clubs: Phi Theta Kappa. 3.9 GPA. I'm freakishly smart. Deal.
Greek:
Phi Theta Kappa
1985 to 2008
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston,Illinois
Graduated: N/A
Degree: In Progress
Major: History & International Studies
Minor: Political Science
1984 to 2006
Effingham High School
Effingham,Illinois
Graduated: 1984
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: Too many to count! Mostly sports and foreign language...
1980 to 1984
Stephanie is lovin' on the hermies, too! view more
About me: Leo & Anglophile. Travel freak. Favorite spots: Edinburgh, Dublin, Philly, St. Louis and/or any Six Flags or Disney Park. Will ride roller coasters all day if allowed. Guilty pleasures: reality tv, Spice Girls/ Ace of Base/ ABBA, my '66 Mustang Convertible. I'm obsessed with Sharpie pens and luggage. Men in kilts make my knees wobbly.
Nerd. Student. Laundress. Poolgirl. Chauffeur. Lunch date. Travel agent. Muma. Crab wrangler.
Pets: Scout, the beagle (otherwise known as P.J. O'Scootertoot, Esquire); Mufasa & Sarabi, the labradors; Kit, the cat; Hermie & Kermie, the crabs.
My girls have a site for our 2001 backpacking trip- Go there!
Who I'd like to meet:
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Which Imfamous criminal are you?
You are Vlad the Impaler. The man behind the legend of Dracula. You hanged your victims, stretched them on the rack, burned them at the stake, boiled them alive, but mostly impaled them. Most of your killings were politically targeted but sometimes you killed just because you were bored. Your "reign of terror" lasted from 1456 to 1462. Estimated numbers of victims vary between 30,000 and more than 100,000.Evil Evil man. Fie on you!
You are Zero! You're loyal and you will stand by your friends. If anyone needs you, you'll jump right in to help. What you do may not always be appreciated but that doesn't phase you!
Friendly and down to earth, you want to enjoy Europe without snobbery or pretensions.
You're the perfect person to go wild on a pub crawl... or enjoy a quiet bike ride through the old part of town.
It would be AWESOME to see Doune Castle! However..it is in the Stirling district, on the fringe of the Scottish Highlands. :( I don't think we're headed that way...
Here's a map. Doune Castle is orange, Edinburgh is blue.
I'm super excited now!!! I'm gonna go lots of good research, I promise!! :D
And as long as I get a good day or half a day off, I'm very much down with going to Six Flags. I'll be devastated if we don't go again.
Also, incase we can't make it down for Thanksgiving, would you consider coming down that weekend or something and having a little bit (not a lot baby girl, just a little bit) of turkey here? Figured anyone would be welcome to come down. We'd feel bad not celebrating turkey day with our families!!
Haha thanks! My momma is actually at Shawnee for the weekend because its my stepdad's bday and they left me here to tend to the animals haha! I miss you too and haven't seen you in 4eva! And I know my man is real cute haha that's y i picked him!
Okay, so I'm tempting to read Wuthering Heights...I keep getting the two Catherine's confused, I keep thinking Hareton is Hindley and visa versa, and when they say Linton I don't know if they mean Edgar Linton or Linton Heathcliff!
Okay, I have another for you to check out. I can't remember if I've already showed you these guys before, but they're called Black Violin. It's two guys that are AMAZING on the violin but they play to hip hop background music. My favorite is "Dirty Orchestra". It's not on they're profile anymore, but it's on my playlist. I thought you'd think they were neat. :)
Hey! I want you to check this guy out. He plays at Winfield, his name is David Munnelly. He's amazing. AND, from Ireland. :) When they play they have this boy come up on stage and dance and it SO reminds me of Oliver. I got a video of it, I'll try sending it to you or put it on youtube. :) Anyway, take a listen!
I do need to stop by for a beer soon, I haven't seen you 4ever! I'm sure you have some good summer fun stories! I'm sad b/c I miss my doggie... You'll be hearing from me soon:)
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