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|Caroline: Sicilian-American|

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About Me

First let me say that my background photo, yes, is of The Sopranos, I don't glorify or think the mob is "romantic", but you have to admit that is one great looking picture! Moving on.... Hi, my name's Caroline, 19 years old and I'm a devout Christian. I'm mostly Orthodox Christian influenced. I'm very serious about my beliefs. I'm not a fanatic but I'm just more serious about it than a lot of people my age. But don't worry, if you're not into Religion I don't mind too much and I don't push my beliefs on anyone and I expect the same in return whether you believe in something or not. I'm a pretty old-fashioned young person; Whether it's way of thinking, music, movies, people, everything. I'm just old-fashioned (somebody PLEASE send me to the '40s!!) I have strong morals, values and a good sense of what's right and what's wrong. And because of the way I am, I don't exactly fit in with a lot of people my age or even people in general because we think so differently. Most people like modern music and movies, I never touch the stuff. I stay true to who I am and what I like and I won't change for anyone. And if you'd like to know more about me, feel free to drop me a message. And I'm a very huge Elvis fan, he is IT to me! And not because I own tons of merchandise or t-shirts or every movie he ever made (which I don't) it's because I like him as a person, who he was, his talent that personified him as a total original. I just get really excited whenever I see him, hear about him, talk about him. And I'll always be forever loyal to him because not only was he one of the greatest-ever-period, but if it wasn't for him my taste in music would be very different from what it is now. Through him I was introduced to Dean Martin (because he once called Dean the King of Cool, woo!) which led to Frank Sinatra, which led to Ella Fitzgerald, to Louis Prima, and so on as you can see in the "music" section on your left.
So pay your respects to the king of rock 'n' roll and listen to a couple songs, capisci?
Now we can't ever forget that even though I am and have been living in the dirty South for the most part of my life, I'm a Yankee at heart who belongs in Pennsylvania, New York or something! and very proud of it. My people were from Catania, Aci Trezza in Catania and Catenanuova in Enna, Sicilia. I love it. I appreciate who I am more than words could ever say. It's my passion. I respect it and I treasure it. I love being Sicilian.
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Caroline
Birthday: November 9
Birthplace: Newport, RI
Current Location: Hampton Roads, VA *heaves heavy sigh*
Eye Color: Brown.
Hair Color: Dark brown.
Height: 5 foot 5 I'm assuming.
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right.
Your Heritage: Sicilian.
The Shoes You Wore Today: Reeboks.
Your Weakness: Sweets of any kind.
Your Fears: Nothing but God.
Your Perfect Pizza: Cheese and Pepperoni.
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Go to a Yankees home game before next season.
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: Either lol or yeah.
Thoughts First Waking Up: "What time is it?"
Your Best Physical Feature: Eyes.
Your Bedtime: 10 or 11.
Your Most Missed Memory: Going fishing with my dad.
Pepsi or Coke: Ew. I like water.
MacDonalds or Burger King: Neither. I hate fast food.
Single or Group Dates: Single.
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Lipton.
Chocolate or Vanilla: CHOCOLATE.
Cappuccino or Coffee: Cappuccino.
Do you Smoke: No.
Do you Swear: When I'm upset.
Do you Sing: Yeah, just around the house.
Do you Shower Daily: Yeah.
Have you Been in Love: Not yet.
Do you want to go to College: Nope.
Do you want to get Married: Yes.
Do you belive in yourself: I try. Cuz if not me, who the heck else?
Do you get Motion Sickness: Not that I know of.
Do you think you are Attractive: Nope.
Are you a Health Freak: Yeah. GO ORGANIC!!
Do you get along with your Parents: Just my dad.
Do you like Thunderstorms: Not in the South.
Do you play an Instrument: Barely the guitar.
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: Nope.
In the past month have you Smoked: Nope.
In the past month have you gone on a Date: Nope.
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: And the 'nope' streak continues.
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos:
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: No and no. What's so amazing about raw fish?
In the past month have you been on Stage: No.
In the past month have you been Dumped: Nah.
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: No way.
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: No.
Ever been Drunk: Nope and it's going to stay that way.
Ever been called a Tease: No, I'm a good girl.
Ever been Beaten up: Never. I always won.
Ever Shoplifted: Never.
How do you want to Die: Peacefully.
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: Barber.
What country would you most like to Visit: Sicily.
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Brown.
Favourite Hair Color: Black or dark brown.
Short or Long Hair: Short, but not too short.
Height: As long as he's taller than me.
Weight: Anything but scrawny.
Best Clothing Style: I like the way Tony Soprano and his guys dress LOL. It's "tacky" but I like it on a guy lol.
Number of Drugs I have taken:
Number of CDs I own: On the drugs question: Never and never will. CDs I own: Probably 70 or 85.
Number of Piercings: Zero. Keeping it that way.
Number of Tattoos: Zero. Definitely keeping it that way.
Number of things in my Past I Regret: 3.
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My Interests


I love:
God
good music
good movies
good TV programs
Sicily
being Sicilian
Sicilian cooking
Sicilian men ;-)
Learning about Sicily and it's people
reading
writing
playing guitar
the internet
newspaper comics
Baseball
Pro Football ..

I'd like to meet:

People who have morals and values. People who are real. People who are old school. People who have the same interests as me. People who enjoy jazz and swing music. People who love and appreciate old movies. People that have a strong love for God. Now as far as famous people go a lot of the people I'd love to meet the most are unfortunately deceased, but I'll list 'em anyways:
Elvis Presley
James Cagney
Frank Sinatra
Dean Martin
Louis Prima
Lou Monte
Johnny Cash
Katharine Hepburn
Lucille Ball
James Stewart
Humphrey Bogart
Rocky Marciano
Al Lettieri
and there's more but I can't remember right now, mi dispiace. As far as those who are still with us, I'd love to meet:
Mr.T
Tony Sirico
Sylvester Stallone
Burt Young
Frank Stallone
Duane "Dog" Chapman and his family
George Foreman
Gia Maione
Sam Butera
Jerry Vale
Don Rickles
Whoopi Goldberg
George Lopez
Chuck Norris
Smokey Robinson
Billy Ray Cyrus
Mo'nique
Donald Trump
Martha Stewart
Joe Pesci
John Fiore
Frank Vincent
Vincent Pastore
and every Sicilian and Sicilian-American who's made an impression on the world, whether it's been through music, TV, movies, books, or art. Two more people I would have liked to have met the most is my Grandfather John and my great Grandmother Rose. I never got to meet them before they passed away. I've never even seen their faces. I'll meet them someday.

Music:

ELVIS (I'm completely obsessed with this man)
Louis Prima
Sam Butera (singing or playing the sax)
Gia Maione
Frank Sinatra
Lou Monte
Dean Martin
Perry Como
Fats Domino
Jerry Vale
Tony Bennett
The Temptations
The Four Tops
Smokey Robinson (with or without the Miracles)
Nat King Cole
Johnny Cash
Ray Charles
Bobby Darin
Matt Monro
Ella Fitzgerald
Dion (DiMucci)
James Brown
Al Martino
Jerry Butler
Peggy Lee
Mel Carter
Bing Crosby
Neil Parent
Frank Stallone
Hoagy Carmichael
Doris Day
Pat Boone
Andrea Bocelli
Luciano Pavarotti
Jose Carreras
Placido Domingo
Mario Lanza
Enrico Caruso
And I love, love, love Doo Wop. ..

Movies:

First and foremost I love all 6 Rocky movies!! In order of preference:
Rocky Balboa
Rocky
Rocky II
Rocky V
Rocky IV
and Rocky III
After that, the movies I love the most are:
12 Angry Men (the one with Henry Fonda)
The Bells of Saint Mary's
In The Heat of The Night
The Bedford Incident
Lilies of The Field
A Man For All Seasons
Zulu
My Darling Clementine
The Long Long Trailer
The African Queen
The Quiet Man
Follow That Dream
Desk Set
Rebel Without a Cause
Life is Beautiful
The Godfather parts 1, 2 & yes even 3
A Bronx Tale
Goodfellas
Casino
My Cousin Vinny
Midnight Run
The Hunt For Red October
The Last Castle.
Oh and anything starring...
James Cagney (my ALL-TIME favorite)
James Stewart
Sidney Poitier
Katharine Hepburn
Humphrey Bogart
Gary Cooper
and Cary Grant. And I enjoy old musicals like The Music Man and basically anything with Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly or Judy Garland. ..

Television:

The Sopranos
Laverne & Shirley
I Love Lucy
George Lopez Show (funniest guy EVER.)
The Honeymooners
The Twilight Zone (the old ones!!)
The Andy Griffith Show
Everybody Loves Raymond
The A-Team
Mama's Family
The Golden Girls
Amen
Bonanza
Everybody Hates Chris
Dog The Bounty Hunter
The Apprentice
Way of the Master
Samantha Brown's Passport to Europe
Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe (AMAZING series)
Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
and almost all of VH1's Celebreality (guilty pleasure.) And because I'm still a kid at heart I like to watch:
Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends
Looney Tunes
Just Jordan
That's So Raven
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
iCarly
Phineas and Ferb
and the first 3 seasons of Spongebob :P ..

Books:

The Bible. Many good books and any good books that I believe to be decent enough for me to take the time to read. Embraced By The Light by Betty J. Eadie is absolutely incredible. It's something you can't just read once, trust me.
Anything by...
Kevin Trudeau
H.G. Wells
Jules Verne
Carolyn Keene
Zane Grey
Alexandre Dumas
Howard Pyle
And I enjoy poetry once in a while. ..

Heroes:

God, and my sister. And people who hold traditional morals and values. People who stand, without a flinch, for what they believe and represent. People who are real, upfront and are who they are. People who have respect for others and themselves. People of honor, truth and dignity. People who aren't scared to shout on the mountaintops their love for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Celebrities that I think are/were amazing:
Elvis Presley (A very deep individual who was the true example of an original. I would've loved to have had a long conversation with him.)
Sylvester Stallone (has been a big inspiration to me writing-wise)
Mr. T (Solid, real, honorable man)
Louis Prima (Louie's the man who made me appreciate being Sicilian)
Frank Sinatra (Didn't take guff off of nobody, was himself no matter what, and punched out photographers!)
Rocky Marciano (The only Heavyweight champion of the world who was UNDEFEATED)
George Foreman (Good Christian man, one of the nicest people I've ever seen)
Whoopi Goldberg (This woman has an amazing head on her shoulders, I wish more people thought like her)
Martha Stewart (One of the last truly classy person in the spotlight who's trying to hold onto tradition and culture.)
Mo'Nique (I love her thoughts and opinions, all around fantastic person)
Last but no way is he least: THE DONALD, Donald Trump! Now yes, Trump may be a tyrant, but he's a cool tyrant. This man is real, he's upfront, there's not a fake bone in his body, he's honest so he comes off as arrogant, but he's fair, he's a good guy if you look for it and I think he's great!

My Blog

Couples and the Remembering of Special Days

Why is it couples like to go through the headache of constantly forgetting special days in the year thereby turning that day into a disaster because one of them didn't remember, which supposedly equal...
Posted by |Caroline: Sicilian-American| on Mon, 12 May 2008 01:28:00 PST

Feb quizzes

..>You Are 43% AngryGenerally, you are not an angry person.But you're easily frustrated and enraged. You have one heck of a temper.And because of your anger, you tend to feel resentful and even spitef...
Posted by |Caroline: Sicilian-American| on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:56:00 PST

Jury Duty

I was watching a rerun of 'Monk' on USA last week, I believe the episode was titled "Mr. Monk Gets Jury Duty" or something to that effect. First let me say that it is a complete ripoff of a brilliant ...
Posted by |Caroline: Sicilian-American| on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:36:00 PST

NY GIANTS SURPASS THE "IMPOSSIBLE"

GOOD CONQUERED PURE EVIL SUNDAY WHEN THE NEW YORK GIANTS, GOD BLESS THEM, BEAT THOSE ROTTEN PATRIOTS!!!!!! I've been waiting for some team ANY TEAM to break them, and boy did they get a KO Sunday!! I ...
Posted by |Caroline: Sicilian-American| on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:45:00 PST

Went a little crazy with the quizzes...

You Are Winter!IntelligentSeriousCozyCalmShyWhat Season Are You?You Are a Classic Beauty!You have a timeless beauty that looks great in every decadeInstead following trends, you stick to what worksAnd...
Posted by |Caroline: Sicilian-American| on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:38:00 PST

What’s new. Quiz results. Survey.

First weekend of this month, November, I watched a Redskins-Jets game and now I'm sucked into the football craze lol. I honestly never thought I'd ever get into the sport, I was always annoyed with it...
Posted by |Caroline: Sicilian-American| on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:18:00 PST

My blog and YOU!

Leave your name in my blog comments. Once you do that, this is what I'll do for you...1. I'll respond with something random about you.2. I'll tell you what song/movie reminds me of you.3. I'll pick a ...
Posted by |Caroline: Sicilian-American| on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:21:00 PST

Survey, quizzes.

It's a quarter to 3, there's no one in the plaaaaace except you and me- Oh no wait, it's only me. lol, well it's Friday night, ain't got something better to do so why not post surveys in my blog? Woo-...
Posted by |Caroline: Sicilian-American| on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:22:00 PST

A good Sunday this was.

Today was really fun. My sis and I had the classic Sicilian Sunday dinner. We spent an hour or two cooking and then of course ate  A bit surprising about it though was earlier my mom and dad had ...
Posted by |Caroline: Sicilian-American| on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:01:00 PST

7/28 FL Marlins and SF Giants game

GIANTS WIN 4-3 OVER MARLINS!!!!!!Wow, what a game huh? I thought we were gonna lose but we came through! Too bad Barry didn't hit 755, but tonight's victory over the Marlins was, I believe, just as sw...
Posted by |Caroline: Sicilian-American| on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:38:00 PST