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Stara

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About Me

**"The makings of a poet. No, I'm afraid I'm like the guy who is always panhandling for a smoke. He hasn't even got the makings. He's got only the habit." --Edmund, Long Day's Journey Into Night--**I am in the habit of writing poetry and plays when my time and muses allow. Otherwise I can be found watching anime or reading manga -- and obsessing over both with gleeful abandon. I probably watch too much television, but I read equal amounts of great literature so it must all even out in the end. I love animals and have spent many summers hand-feeding orphaned and abandoned kittens. I'm a soft touch--I buy whatever little kids are selling for their school fundraisers and give every homeless person I meet spare change. Between charity and manga purchases I never have any money to spare. However, I am a happy soul.
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My Interests

Writing, drawing, music, theatre, plays/screenplays, art, anime/manga, cats (rescue animals, humane society), hiking, nature walks, exploring caves, swimming (although I'm not very good at it, I just adore being in the water).Colorbars by zgraphics

I'd like to meet:

Wonderful people on myspace, the infamous Sam that my friends in Kansas City are always talking about(*see below), the equally infamous Dave who my roommate is always talking about.(*below)EDIT: I have met the man called Sam (Quai Chan Sam) and can now cross that off my to do list! Now...back to writing that novel.... Hmm,not sure what celebrities I would like to meet. Meeting any of them would be pretty incredible. Novelists I would like to meet include Neil Gaimen, Terry Pratchett, Lynn Flewelling and C.J. Cherryh. I must now include the incredibly talented Christopher Rice to this list of authors :) Oh, the conversations we could have!Several voice actors I would like to meet including, Kirby Morrow, Crispin Freeman, Johnny Yong Bosch, Michael Dobson, Brian Dobson and Paul Dobson, David Kaye, Vic Mignogna, Illich Guardiola, Akira Ishida, Toshihiko Seki, Tomokazu Seki, Takehito Koyasu, Shinichiro Miki, Masaya Onosaka, Okiayu Ryoutarou, among others!People throughout history who would have been interesting to meet: Henry David Thoreau, Dostovesky, T.E. Lawrence, Chopin, Mother Theresa, Christopher Marlowe, Okita Souji (of the Shinsengumi), Robert the Bruce, King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem

Music:

My Chemical Romance, 30 Seconds to Mars, Chopin, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Darren Hayes, Queen, The Who, Savage Garden, Snow Patrol, Death Cab For Cutie, Keane, The Popsicles, The Killers, Angie Aparo, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Fray, Augustana, The Weepies, Flogging Molly, Bush, Nickelback, The Used, Thirteen Senses, Mr. Kane, Tom McRae, Oasis, Nickel Creek, Carbonleaf, Michael W. Smith, Kutless, Tim Hughes, Chris Tomlin, Audio Adrenaline, Newsboys, Goo Goo Dolls, Better Than Ezra, Dishwalla, Dresdan Dolls, White Stripes, Shane and Shane, Michelle Branch, Alanis Morrisette, Lifehouse, Charlotte Martin, Annie Lennox, Sarah Brightman, Delta Goodrem, Josh Groban, Ben Lee, OAR, Delirious, Mark Schultz, Shawn Groves, Low Millions, The Doxies, The Pillows, Orange Range, Alice Nine, Angela, Gazette, T.M. RevolutionMusicals: Rent, Wicked, Les Miserables, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Phantom of the OperaComposers: James Horner, Howard Shore, Ennio Morricone, Phillip Glass, Joe Hisashi (soundtracks/film scores in general)

Movies:

The Legend of 1900, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Philadelphia Story, The Lord of War, Rope, Rear Window, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming, The Last Unicorn, Watership Down, Time Bandits, V for Vendetta, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, The Last of the High Kings, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Silent Touch, The Science of Sleep, Dead Poets Society, Laura, Harvey, Donnie Darko, Home From The Hill, Lost in Translation, Boondock Saints, Jesus of Montreal, Pirates of the Caribbean, Batman Begins, Spiderman 1 and 2, Serenity, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, The Place Promised In Our Early Days, Infernal Affairs, The House of Flying Daggers, The Returner, John Wayne movies, Four Weddings and A Funeral, Impromptu,

Television:

Science Channel, Discovery Channel, History Channel, House MD, Doctor Who, Heroes, Dresden Files, Psych, Robin Hood (BBC), Extreme Engineering, Mythbusters, The Daily Show, A-Team, Farscape, Firefly, Twin Peaks*Anime: Trigun, Saiyuki, Fruits Basket, Get Backers, Inuyasha, Someday's Dreamers, Cowboy Bebop, Bleach, Chrono Crusade, DN Angel, RahXephon, Rurouni Kenshin, Peacemaker Kurogane, Full Metal Alchemist, Outlaw Star, Trinity Blood, X: the series, many others

Books:

Stranger in a Strange Land, The Brothers Karamazov, The Idiot, Crime and Punishment, The Outsiders, A Separate Peace, Ordinary People, Wind in the Willows, Daniel Deronda, Utopia, The Remains of the Day, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, The Razor's Edge, A Severed Wasp, Light Before Day, The Snow Garden, A Density of Souls, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, The Temple of the Golden Pavillion, Confessions of a Mask, A Room With a View, Sense and Sensibility, The Little Prince, The Phantom Tollbooth, Dr. Seuss' various works, Discworld Novels (primarily ones featuring Rincewind the Wizzard), C.J. Cherryh's Foreigner and Fortress series, Anne Rice's Lestat novels and Cry to Heaven, Idoru, Good Omens, The Old Capitol* Poetry: W. H. Auden, Emily Dickinson, William Blake, T.S. Eliot, e.e. cummings, Ezra Pound, Carl Sandburg, Dylan Thomas, Longfellow, Hardy, Poe, Tennyson, Walt Whitman, Robert Frost, John Milton, Samuel Taylor Coleridge....egad, there are too many to list here!Plays: Long Day's Journey Into Night, Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, The Importance of Being Earnest, Prometheus Bound, Electra, The Oresteia Trilogy, A Doll's House, The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, After the Fall, Candida, Rosencranz and Gildenstern Are Dead Amadaeus*Manga: Saiyuki, Fruits Basket, Trigun, Demon Diary, Loveless, Tarot Cafe, Alichino, Saiyuki, Vampire Game, Ouran High School Host Club, Absolute Boyfriend, Descendents of Darkness (Yami no Matsuei), D. Gray Man, xxxholic, Card Captor Sakura, Tsubasa Chronicle, X/1999, Legal Drug, CLAMP in general, Bus Gamer, Pet Shop of Horrors, Zombie Powder, Bleach, Alice 19th, Nana, Antique Bakery, FAKE, DN Angel, many others

Heroes:

My mother, my aunt, my grandmother, my friends

My Blog

As profound as I mean to be

I was asked to read someone's poetry for them this evening and, while I was trying to word my overall critique of their work, I stumbled upon an interesting thought. For me the fundamentals of poetry ...
Posted by Stara on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 11:51:00 PST

That IS the Question.

It has come to my attention that the questions by which one is allowed to define their personality on myspace is quite limited. There are many questions that are, literally, left unanswered due to thi...
Posted by Stara on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 05:57:00 PST

If I chance to talk a little wild, forgive me

The other night my roommates and I went to a local cafe that was the starting point of the annual pub crawl. Now we were not participating in the pub crawl but there was free food and live music so we...
Posted by Stara on Sat, 07 Oct 2006 12:45:00 PST