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Holli

the very most of geek

About Me

I like to read-- my favorite books change often, generally every time I read new ones. I am constant in my TV and film loves, though: Firefly, now and forever, dammit. (Big! Damn! Movie!) Also, my Buffy dorkitude must be witnessed to be believed. I have a deep and abiding affection for every single movie John Cusack made in the '80s. I am possibly slightly obsessed with Ben Folds. I have read every Discworld book. I am not a comic book geek, YET . Oh my god I am SUCH a comic book geek. It's not my fault! Nightwing is sexy!
I write fanfic. I am a grammar nerd. I watched The Adventures of Pete & Pete, but at the time I liked Clarissa Explains It All better. I hate leaving a book unfinished, so I became an extremely fast reader and devour books in a single sitting. I am currently attending Franklin & Marshall College, where you sometimes see Amish buggies parallel parked in the street. As you can imagine, it's quite the party school. I am a complete accent ho; if you are British, I will find you sexy, unless you have really appalling personal habits or you smell weird or something. If you're Australian, I might forgive even that.

My Interests

writing, being geeky, reading, fandom, movies, television, books, comic books, sarcasm, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Joss Whedon, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, Farscape, Alias, Angel, The OC, Aviva BBG, Buffistas, literary magazine, Franklin & Marshall College, knitting, crochet, comic books, Mesopotamia, indie rock, making fun of my straight edge friends (never gets old!), Batman, poetry, Edna St. Vincent Millay,

I'd like to meet:

People who won't ever call the creator of Buffy "Josh Sweden." Also, people who will never misspell my first name

Music:

Ben Folds Five, They Might Be Giants, Barenaked Ladies, Ani DiFranco, Ben Folds, Magnetic Fields, Josie and the Pussycats (yes I know SHUT UP), Letters to Cleo, Weezer, Ben Folds, Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service, Ben Folds, Aimee Mann, the Lucksmiths, the Long Winters, the Decemberists, BNL, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, the Apples in Stereo, Dar Williams, the New Pornographers, Jeff Buckley, the Shins, the Sundays, the Weakerthans, Ben Folds, Rilo Kiley, Mason Dixon, Ben Kweller, Deb Talan, Ben Folds.

Movies:

Better Off Dead, Say Anything, Can't Hardly Wait, Moulin Rouge, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Princess Bride, Grosse Pointe Blank, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Big Fish, the Lord of the Rings, Toy Story, Galaxy Quest, Kill Bill

Television:

Buffy, Angel, Farscape, Firefly, Wonderfalls. I'm gonna have to start watching Stargate or read more comics or something, because everything I like is CANCELED. Bah.

Books:

Neverwhere, Coraline, Good Omens, War For The Oaks, Small Gods, In A Sunburned Country, Dangerous Angels, the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Harry Potter, A Wrinkle In Time, The Golden Compass, and all the Discworld books. Also, in comics: The Dark Knight Returns, Fray, 1602, Ultimate Spidey and FF, the current run of Teen Titans.

Heroes:

Neil Gaiman, Joss Whedon, Ben Folds. I think if we locked those three in a room together, it would lead to either the end of the world or a musical that would make Sondheim weep at his own inadequacy. Or possibly both!