Figure skating at Chaparral Northcross, iconic cartoons (Hamtaro ~ classic disney ~ tink ~ Sanrio: Hello Kitty, Pandapple, Little Twin Stars ~ Tima ~ Sailor Reenie), stretching/contortion, my ipod, tetris, Portal, Science Fiction/theoretical science, TV, indie movies, super cute/miniature things, Indian food/Greek food/Sushi, conjoined twins/identical multiples (not in a work context), american sign language, newborn babies (little ones with big eyes and long eyelashes), taking ballet class, trampolines, pastel colors, poison dart frogs, rainbows, cheese, japanese bubble tea, the London underground, dolphins, ball joint dolls, blossoming mimosa trees, spring thunderstorms, shopping/collecting, sorting/organizing, thinking up cool tattoos, surveys, myspace, Facebook, The Flightpath Cafe, train rides, documenting (journaling, scrapbooking, digital photography), fan art/fiction/videos, hoarding/reading books, pencil portrait drawing, collecting/posting art on deviantART ...
... collecting and organizing YouTube videos ...
... various specific fictional characters and their relationships ...
* Jane (Ender's Game series) * Tinkerbell (Peter Pan) * Claudia (Interview With The Vampire) * Princess Irulan (the Sci Fi channel's Dune) * Lt. Kara "Starbuck" Thrace (Battlestar Galactica) * Julia Heller (Earth 2) * Mary (Earth 2 "Moon Cross") * Special Agent Monica Reyes (The X Files Seasons 8&9) * Spike (Buffy: the Vampire Slayer) * Drusilla (Buffy: the Vampire Slayer) * Willow Rosenberg (Buffy: the Vampire Slayer) * Illyria (Angel Season 5) * Dax (Deep Space Nine) ~ Jadzia (Seasons 1-6) and Ezri (Season 7) * Larry Paul (Ally McBeal Season 4) * Daisy Adair (Dead Like Me Season 2) * Whitley Gilbert (A Different World) * Tess McLeod (McLeod's Daughters) * Stevie Hall (McLeod's Daughters) * Dr Temperance "Bones" Brennan (Bones) * Lorelai Gilmore (Gilmore Girls) * Amelie Poulan (Amelie) * Nora Wilder (Broken English) * Gollum (Lord of the Rings series)
... love stories (fictional and non fictional) ...
* Katia and Sergei (Soviet Pairs Figure Skaters 1983-1995) * Catherine and Vincent (Beauty and the Beast) * Mulder and Scully (The X-Files) * Pacey and Joey (Dawson's Creek) * Ezri and Julian (Deep Space 9) * Julia and Alonzo (Earth 2) * Felicity and Noel (Felicity) * Max and Lorelai (Gilmore Girls) * Spike and Drusilla (BtVS seasons 2-3) * Buffy and Spike (BtVS seasons 5-7) * Willow and Oz (BtVS) * Whitley and Dwayne (A Different World) * Ally and Larry (Ally McBeal) * Sarah and Johnny (The Dead Zone) * Mason and Daisy (Dead Like Me) * Stevie and Alex (McLeod's Daughters) * Starbuck and Apollo (Battlestar Galactica) * Booth and Brennan (Bones) * Meredith and Derek (Grey's Anatomy) * Izzy and Denny (Grey's Anatomy) * Matt and Emily (Standoff) * Katie and Jerry (Boston Legal) * Henry and Clare (The Time Traveler's Wife) * Miette and One (City of Lost Children) * Elizabeth Bennett and Mr Darcy (Pride & Prejudice) * Christian and Satine (Moulin Rouge) * Amelie and Nino (Amelie) * Richard and Elise (Somewhere in Time ) * Frac and Giulietta (Alegria) * Emmy and Jonathan (Mannequin) * Lee and Edward (Secretary) * Saul and Chloe (Lovesick) * Murray and Sandra (A Thousand Clowns) * Anne and Joe (Roman Holiday)
... etherially elfin actresses ...
* Nicole deBoer * Lauren Graham * Barbara Harris * Audrey Hepburn * Annabeth Gish * Elizabeth McGovern * Audrey Tautou * Sally Field * Naomi Watts
Music
Music is the thread of my life. I am currently working on a project which will allow me to revisit, by examining the music of my life, how I got here and why. I'm pretty excited about it, actually.
Favorite styles: ambient, new wave 80s, songs with quirky lyrics, modified classical, progressive rock, techno, French pop, soundtrack scores, Irish blue grass, piano
Favorite instruments: mandolin, electric fiddle, synthesizer, piano, female vocalists
Favorite Artists: Alison Krauss, Leahy, The Police/Sting, Rodney Crowell, Crash Test Dummies, Cibo Matto, Daft Punk, Yes, Flaming Lips, Philip Glass, Nickel Creek/Chris Thile, Imogen Heap/Frou Frou, Seal, Keane, Dave Matthews Band, Shawn Colvin, Jonathin Elias, Vangelis, James Newton Howard, Sarah Brightman, Aimee Mann, Wendy Carlos, Mindy Smith, Anggun
I love movies! When I moved to Austin in 2003, the thing I was excited about the most was living close to Vulcan Video, Alamo Drafthouse and the Dobie.
I get a little thrill out of collecting the ones that are my most favorite.
Examples ...Amelie, Moulin Rouge, Blade Runner, Silence of the Lambs, The Piano, Love the Hard Way, The Bridges of Madison County, Home for the Holidays, Roman Holiday, Jack and Sarah, Holiday, David Lynch's Dune, Somewhere in Time, Lovesick, Bad Santa, Pretty in Pink, Snow White: A Tale of Terror, Lost in Translation, Mannequin, Butterflies are Free, Harold and Maude, Metropolis (the Anime remake), Brazil, The Last Unicorn, A Thousand Clowns, Garden State, Close Encounters, City of Lost Children, Alegria, The Station Agent, The 10th Kingdom, Trainspotting, Daft Punk's Interstella 5555, Secretary, Mad About Mambo, Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken, Monsters Ball, The Thornbirds ,
Broken English, Waitress, Charlie Bartlett, Little Miss Sunshine, The Darjeeling Limited, Juno, Enchanted , The Painted Veil, Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus, Tattoo: A Love Story, Deception, Zack and Miri Make a Porno
And I am now (im)patiently awaiting the release of The Time Traveler's Wife ... whenever they decide to release it.
I would say that I am a bonafide tv-holic. They should make a 12 step program for this. But seriously, there is something both soothing and invigorating about a well conceived serial plotline with characters that are allowed to evolve.
Having grown up in a household where tv was an intermittent (and heavily restricted) pleasure, I guess I had to learn to really commit to loving the shows I planned to watch. For that, I guess I should thank my parents. And for the fact that, were it not for my mother's nostalgic love for the original Star Trek, we might never have had a TV at all. I can remember hanging on every episode with dedicated attention before I even knew how to read. And it just kind of spiraled from there.
My favorite shows of all time: Beauty and the Beast (It sort of defined a lot of who I am when I saw it as a child and, as an adult, rewatching it, I suddenly have become conscious of just what a phenominal love story it was), The X-Files (One of the first shows I ever came to like basically on my own and watched in defiance of my parents. Mulder and Scully are still one of my favorite tv couples), Buffy: the Vampire Slayer (Probably THE all time favorite. There was just so much to love about this show!), Battlestar Galactica (We, the fans, have been jerked around over and over by this show but I have to love it no matter what. Even Joss Whedon thinks it's the greatest thing ever. Yuh! It's that good!)
Other notable favorites from my lifetime: Star Trek: the Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, Dark Shadows: the Revival, Animaniacs, Earth 2, Dawson's Creek, Felicity, Roswell, Gilmore Girls, A Different World, The Dead Zone, Keen Eddie, Dead Like Me, Carnivale, The Oblongs, Huff!, McLeod's Daughters, Women's Murder Club, Standoff
What I'm watching now: Weeds, Battlestar Galactica, and Dexter (between seasons); Boston Legal (recently ended); Bones; Grey's Anatomy; Family Guy; Pushing Daisies; 30 Rock; Jon and Kate plus 8; True Blood and Fringe.
Books
I think I love collecting books more than actually reading them. The anticipation of reading a really great book is as blissful as anything. Perhaps, for this reason, I like to savor my books. Or maybe it's not so much savoring as it is getting distracted by other things. The experience of getting so lost in a book that I can't put it down is one almost more blissful than the anticipation of same. Almost.
My literary taste is more or less all over the map. For a long time I stuck mostly to Sci Fi. My world was turned over, in the 8th grade, after stumbling across Orson Scott Card'sEnder's Game and, thereafter, by it's subsequent sequels and, quite frankly, most everything else he ever wrote (Enchantment, Homebody, Lost Boys) ... at least up until Ender's Shadow and the later works.
I remained faithful to Sci Fi and miscellaneous theoretical fiction for many years (The Giver, Macrolife, Dinotopia, Children of Arable, The Time Traveler's Wife), being fascinated, as I was (and am) by all the mysteries of the universe and the possibilities of the future. Recently that has translated into a profound interest in science fact and the mysteries of reality, God (The God Delusion), science and human nature/biology (Sperm are from Men, Eggs are from Women).
And I also enjoy the funny/wry memoirs and narratives of Douglas Adams, J D Salinger, David Sedaris as well as the not so funny memoirs of anyone else I find interesting (Broken MusicSting, My SergeiEkaterina Gordeeva).
... Or anything else that has a cool cover, a subject-specific interesting topic, a good love story or an otherwise enthralling premise ...
Heroes
* Contortionists or otherwise rediculously flexible people
* The super clever and talented artists at deviantART who seem to be able to pull masterpieces out of thin air.
* Those other skaters at the rink who seem to have no fear and a maddening ability to master new skills as fast as they can see them.
* Sting - who knew his true love the moment he saw her.
* My aunt, Kathy - who commits herself 100% to whatever she decides to do.
* The fruit of her uterus - the one and only, Zoe Bug - who, in the eyes of this former shy and dorky teenager, is bafflingly good at expressing herself and speaking her mind.
A few bio details: * My screen name is in reference to a book (Ender's Game) by Orson Scott Card and a character in it (Jane) who I adore. My real name is Suzanne. * I am a labor and delivery nurse. I keep a night schedule all the time because I have been working nights for over 5 years and am not very good at transitioning. * I wasn't born in Austin but I got here as fast as I could. * I have one sibling, a sister, who is my best friend. * I am not a dog, nor a cat person (so far). My only pets are two white dwarf rabbits, Alliya and Liesel and one Roborovski hamster:
* I'm a liberal/democrat but not particularly interested in politics. * I identify as agnostic for the most part. I'm still working out what it is that I do believe in. I like this quote, about it, by Sting: "I've chosen to live my life without the 'certainties' of faith, but I do maintain a great reverence for the mystery and wonder of our existance, and my agnosticism is a tolerant cousin to my curiosity."
Name: Suzanne Gender: Girlie girl Height: 5'7" Eye color: Brown Hair Color: Dark brown, at the (very long) roots Age: 28 Birthday: Sept 20 Lefty/righty/ambidextrous: Rightey Piercings: 4 each in both ears Tatoos: Five small ones Zodiac Sign: Virgo Ring Size: 6 1/2 or 7 I think Grade: I had my 10 year high school reunion this year.
More about you:
Are you named after anyone? A Leonard Cohen song Do you live in the moment? Kind of Do you consider yourself tolerent to others? I practice tolerance but secretly judge Do you have any secrets? A few Do you hate yourself? Sometimes Do you like your handwriting? When I put some care into it Do you have any bad habits? Doesn't everybody? If you were another person, would you be friends with you? I'm not sure. Sometimes I think not. Any regrets? Learning to speak. Do you think life has been good so far? All things considered, probably so. Are you confident? Depending How long does it take you to shower? 10 or 15 minutes What color is your room? White Where do you want to attend college? Been there, done that. Went to UTMB Galveston
Do you...?
Smoke? No. Do drugs? No. Drink? Infrequently Go to church? Churches give me the willies. I haven't attended regularly since I was 9. Sleep with stuffed animals? Not clutching them to my chest, but yes. Take walks in the rain? Maybe not a downpour but for a brisk walk, a nice sprinkle is lovely. Talk to people even if you hate them? I am aware of the necessity of talking to people you don't necessarily like but there are also circumstances in which it would be better to just sever ties for the most part. Drive? Yes, for many years. Believe in premarital sex? I would love to find the relationship that could sustain waiting and have it be worth it. I don't think it would have been good for my sanity to hold off entirely, until I was married. I might have died a virgin - SERIOUSLY! Want to get married? I think so. But only once, please. Want to go to college? Again - been there. Want to have children? If I find the right person to have them with (before my eggs all dry up) Sing in the shower? I talk to myself in the shower. Get along with you parents? We get along. It's just nice to have a wide cushion between us. Get along with your sibling/s? Elisa and I have been bestest buddies ever since ... I got over her horning in on my territory when I was two. Color/highlight your hair? I do. But not in over a year. Like coffee? I worked for 5 years in a coffee bar and never developed a taste for it. It took night shift at Seton to get me liking it. Wear makeup everytime you go out? Not unless I have a date (or a stage performance). Love roller coasters? I have a little phobia problem with heights and being uncontrollably flung around within them. Like to cook? Not so much.
Have you ever...?
Hurt yourself? Not on purpose. Been out of the country? Just once. Been in love? Yes. Done drugs? A little in college. Gone skinny dipping? Kind of. Had surgery? No. Played strip poker? Nope. Been on stage? Not including elementary school plays, I've been in at least 5 dance recitals since I was 16. Pulled an all nighter? Well, yes, every night now. I stayed up all night finishing a paper in high school. Gone one day without food? I spent three days just drinking liquids. Slept all day? I sleep all "day" every day. But, though I enjoy sleep, I enjoy other things more. I've always been one to fight sleep so as not to miss anything. Kissed a stranger? Does a first date count as a stranger? Had a dream that came true? No. No prophetic dreams for me. Broken the law? I speed compulsively. Stolen anything? When I was a kid I stole a toy from the neighbor and never told her. Been on radio/tv? E and I recorded a commercial for Chili when were kids, for Kathy's radio station. Been in a mosh-pit? Not as such Bungee jumped? No. Had a dream that kept coming back? Kind of. But I think it was just a trick of the mind. Gone out of state? Yes. Lived in other states? No. Eaten an entire box of oreos? Probably not by myself. Had a movie marathon? I prefer TV marathons. I've been known to watch as much as 8-10 hours of a single series in a single sitting. And I once watched Mannequin three times in the same day. Spun until you were immensely dizzy? Yes. Been on a plane? Twice. Ran into a wall? I'm pretty clumsy and don't watch where I'm going very often. Been rejected by a crush? Yeah. Cried in public? At work. Cried over a movie? CONSTANTLY. Pranked called someone? No. Gotten a cavity? Still no. Shopped at Abercrombie and Fitch? No. Broken a bone? My wrist. And a pinkie toe, I think. Fallen from a tree? We used to jump out of the backyard tree into a leaf pile. Passed out? Multiple times. Last time I had blood drawn, even. I'm a big fainter. Been to a theme park? Just Sea World Eaten sushi? I love sushi
This or That
Pepsi or Coke: Coke McDonalds or BUrger King: McDonald's Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla Black or White: White Burgers or Hot dogs: Burgers Boxers or breifs: Either is fine Book or magazine: Book TV or radio: TV is the glass half empty or half full: It's 50% nitrogen-oxygen and 50% H2O. sun or moon: Sun hot or cold: Hot romantic comedy or thriller: Romantic Comedy waffles or pancakes: Pancakes Florida or california: Never been to either Black and white or color photos: Either The city, the beach, OR the country: the city or the beach Tennis shoes or sandals: Sandals Sweet or sour: Sweet Private or public school: Hmm. Well, I went to public school but I think private might be the way to go. Cappuccino or coffee: Cafe au Lait English or history: English Science or math: Science
Do you believe ...?
in miracles? Not strictly in magic? As a concept, not a reality in God? I still haven't decided. I'm leaning heavily towards no. in Satan? Never have. in ghosts? Not sure in luck? I think we make our own luck in love at first sight? Lets just say - I want to believe. in Santa? Not since I was 12 in the Easter Bunny? No. in witches? I believe in practitioners of Wicca. Whether their magic works, I don't know. that it's possible to remain faithful forever? I really hope so. in wishing on shooting stars? I hardly ever see them that cussing is a necessity in life? Yeah. For me it is. yourself? From time to time
Love and all that
Do you consider love a mistake? No. I consider settling a mistake. If someone you had no interest in had interest in dating you how would you deal with it? Badly. That's how. Very badly. Do you prefer knowing someone before dating them? I would prefer that. Yes. It never seems to work out that way for me. What is worst about the opposite sex? The fact that I can't seem to find the right one of them. Who and when was your first crush? I was 16 and he was 23 ... and way out of my league. First thing you notice about the opposite sex? The eyes, baby. Huge, shining, warm, expressive eyes.
Your favorite:
Type of gum: Orbit Restaurant: Kerbey Lane Season: Spring Type of weather: Violent thunderstorms Emotion:love (real or imaginary) Color: Pink Perfume: Clinque happy Candy: Jelly Bellies (buttered popcorn) Pizza topping: Green olives Fruit: Naval oranges Veggie: Brocolli Type of cake: Whatever Magazine: No preference TV Show: Battlestar Galactica, Bones Day of the week: Saturday Month: April or May Holiday: Thanksgiving Sport to watch: Women's gymnastics (right now) Flower:Mimosa blossom
You have a dreamy mind, full of fancy and fantasy.
You have the ability to stay forever entertained with your thoughts.
People may say you're hard to read, but that's because you're so internally focused.
But when you do share what you're thinking, people are impressed with your imagination.
Your result for The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test...
You scored better than half in Geek, earning you the title of:
Pure Geek
. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.
It's not that you're a school junkie, like the nerd, and you don't really stand out in a crowd, like the dork, you just have some interests that aren't quite mainstream. Perhaps it's anime, perhaps it's computers, perhaps it's bottlecaps, perhaps it's all of those and more. Your interests take you to events and gatherings that are filled with people you find unusual and beyond-the-pale, but you don't quite consider yourself "of that crowd." Instead, you consider yourself to be fairly normal.
we think that moths are linguistically challenged because, when under normal conditions, we don't hear them speak. however, in the sense of grammar-rules being separate from spoken language (think sign language) and the apparently inborn tendency for human minds to settle upon such grammar rules after a few years of waddling about the earth, my hope was to raise a moth in isolation from any fellow moths and thus stunt any hitherto unknown similar propensity among the moth clan from impressing itself upon said young moth's impressionable mind. however there are a few problems : 1) the baby moth would be a caterpillar, which would mean he might eat my clothes. well, i guess i wouldn't mind a hole here and there in my t-shirts - sharing the wealth, as it were. 2) i could never verify that my moth would be, in fact, linguistically challenged as a result of my method of raising it. 3) moths have such long tongues, all rolled up. actually this has everything to do with eating and nothing to do with linguistics, but thats ok. i dont mind embracing nonsequiturs for the sake of the serenity-inducing pleasure of listing 3 problems. Three is a nice number.
Your outing tonight to see Hamlet (with Philip Glass's work?! How awesome is that!) sounds fabulous, Miss Suzanne! :) I would LOVE to see that. I hope you enjoy it!
How are ya, my neat-o online friend! I hope you're doing well!
This is for you:
"You're the BEST!!
Leave Yesterday Alone (its gone)
Live Today (count your blessings)
Don't Worry About Tomorrow (it may not come)
Dear God, the lady reading this is beautiful, classy & strong, and I love her. Help her live her life to the fullest. Please promote her and cause her to excel above her own expectations. Help her to shine in darkest places, and love where it is impossible to love. Protect her at all times, lift her up when she needs you the most, and let her know that when she walks with you she will always be safe.
Send to all the ladies you love. I just did.
LOVE YOU!!! NOW YOU'RE ON THE CLOCK!!!! TELL 9 SISTERS YOU LOVE THEM INCLUDING ME. GO!!!!"
Those are worthy items. I haven't received mine, and I'm pretty certain I'm supposed to have, but that's alright, because I don't want anymore fake printed money in circulation here--either through well-intentioned socialistic governmental programs or money going overseas to fund imperialistic wars.
Indian cuisine? Oh, Suzanne!
There was an indian guy sitting right next to me in Cell and Molec that smelled just like my favorite indian food...like he still had the spices on him from breakfast. I was thinking, "Lucky!"
According to my professor Dr. Bergel, the indian spice Tumerac has HDACs and HATs inhibitors (proteins) in the nuclei that help unfold DNA for damage repair. A study was conducted with Hela cells and regular cells, in which the HDACs and the HATs inhibitors were applied, and it showed to actually repair the regular cells to a condition of a better state of functioning than it was to begin with, as well as allowing for better repair with the Hela cells.
Right now in cell and molec we're covering exonuclease activity of DNA Pol I, II and III (in the 3'-5' direction), which is a form of proofreading. Polymerases are like a 3-in-1 enzymatic properties deal! They polymerize (in the case of replication), they excise mismatched nucleotides, and they protect, by matching the correct bases together, which also ensures the angle of the bases between the DNA is at the proper angle.
Fascinating, neh?
But yeah. I love indian spices. So how's the Ender in Exile book coming? That was an ebay bid that I didn't win, as now I'm showing no record of that in my gmail...so I've bid on another one of the hardbacks (either again, or for the first time) today.
i have decided after the fact that instead of abandoning the english language, i was actually using it to say the phrases "is done with his evening walk" and "footsore", except that i MASSIVELY mis-spelled each phrase :^)
WEll I had made some anime slideshows on my Windows movie maker using music that I had already purchased from Cd's. But Then it said on youtube that I was breaking copyright laws because I was using unathorized music, and they had muted my videos.
I am, in fact. There's a man by the name of Jack Diamonds (whom I originally found on Py Kim's videos, author of "Sex Secrets of an American Geisha"), and I suppose you can call him an unofficial pickup artist. He is extremely thorough at understanding women. We wrote a few letters back and forth several years ago as I playfully questioned what it was like to be a "male whore". :) To my surprise (and delight), he did try some "techniques" on me, via letter (without knowing where I knew him from). I recently discovered the private blogs he shared with me to be missing from his archives, along with an original video on "The Approach" (approaching and initiating conversation with a woman of choice, whom one hasn't yet met). He may be writing his own book on the subject. I'll have to write him again. You might have deduced that that's not his birth name, but since he chose it and uses it (like I've made my married last name legal) I think of it legitimately. He's one of many I like studying the behavior and mindframe of. He (and I, I suppose) see making individual women feel special simultaneously without the others feeling jealous (a general sense of love) as understanding humanity. He's good at creating polyamorous group relationships, and I find that quite interesting, albeit unorthodox to most tacit expectations of society. Here are some of his photos.
Sweet! Thank you for the recommendation. I will see what I can do in renting The Pickup Artist later! (And add it to my list of things to review.).
i shall have to keep an iron fist (like the Iron Chancellor of germany) and clamp down, forcing myself to 30 minutes or less of experimenting on each online-presentful arena. Uranus and Saturn will align. i will eat smoked cheese and apricots. and just to make sure that i can pull it off, i will plant artichokes in my nonexistent garden
Aaww, I'm sorry :[ So how have you beeen my mom and I have missed you guys! Were excited about Thanksgiving! So are you gonna help make the pies this year? :]
lol thanks for the correction, my edumacation has been boosted up now! :D And thats cool that you read them, usually I don't post bullitens because I think that nobody really reads them.
~ classic disney ~ tink ~ Sanrio: Hello Kitty, Pandapple, Little Twin Stars ~ Tima ~ Sailor Reenie), stretching/contortion, my ipod, tetris, Portal, Science Fiction/theoretical science, TV, indie movies, super cute/miniature things, Indian food/Greek food/Sushi, conjoined twins/identical multiples (not in a work context), american sign language, newborn babies (little ones with big eyes and long eyelashes), taking ballet class, trampolines, pastel colors, poison dart frogs, rainbows, cheese, japanese bubble tea, the London underground, dolphins, ball joint dolls, blossoming mimosa trees, spring thunderstorms, shopping/collecting, sorting/organizing, thinking up cool tattoos, surveys, myspace, Facebook, The Flightpath Cafe, train rides, documenting (journaling, scrapbooking, digital photography), fan art/fiction/videos, hoarding/reading books, pencil portrait drawing, collecting/posting art on deviantART ... 
. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.
