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Laurie

~Feet Like an Imperial Walker~

About Me

Saving the world from mass destruction... one day at a time.

My Interests

Art, Writing, Reading, Poetry, Philosophy, Learning, Margaret Atwood, T.S. Eliot, J.R.R Tolkien, Violin, cats, dogs, laughing, comedy in any shape or form, food, lots of food, language, French, linguistics, fantasy, sc-fi, a select group of video games, Irish

I'd like to meet:

A unicorn. - - And this guy:

Music:

I'm rather ecclectic.

Movies:

Amelie, All three Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movies, Robin Hood Men in Tights, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Full Monty, Too Wong Foo Thanks For Everything Julie Newmar, The Triplets of Belleville, Napoleon Dynamite, Drunken Master, Legend of Drunken Master, Star Wars, Indianna Jones (all, but mostly Temple of Doom), Lilo and Stitch, The Emperor's New Groove,

Television:

Kids in the Hall, The Simpsons, COPS (guilty pleasure...), King of the Hill, Futurama, some Family Guy, ER, Judging Amy, Henry's Cat, Friends; documentaries on the Loch Ness Monster, Big Foot, Chupacabra, and other unexplained beasts; the occasional dinosaur documentary on the Discovery Channel.

Books:

The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, His Dark Materials: (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass), The Life of Pi, Oryx and Crake, The Handmaid's Tale, All Harry Potter, The Witching Hour, parts of The Disc World Series, The Wee Freemen, A Hat Full of Sky, Winesburg Ohio, Pride and Predjudice, and the ever-in-flux list goes on and on...

Heroes:

None as of yet. I admire people, but I wouldn't call them my heroes.

My Blog

Major Blogspot Update!

DO IT!http://corktastic.blogspot.com/We went places and did things!
Posted by Skeleton Keys [Dem Bones Dem Bones] on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:19:00 PST

Baked Beans on Toast

Yeah, I did it.I ate the beans on the toast...It wasn't bad, really, but I will say no more because I am stubborn and refuse to admit enjoying something sooo...beans...on toast.  Oh, and here's a...
Posted by Skeleton Keys [Dem Bones Dem Bones] on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 11:04:00 PST

Tucker

My most dear and beloved dog, Tucker, passed away Sunday may 21st after an eight month battle with lymphoma.  He was the best of the best. The Rest of the Story...
Posted by Skeleton Keys [Dem Bones Dem Bones] on Tue, 23 May 2006 08:58:00 PST

Slovenian Pneumonia

So Metka, my Slovenian French Linguistics teacher, was finally hospitalized today at DCH with walking pneumonia and was diagnosed as malnurished.  She's been coughing up a lung for about 4 weeks ...
Posted by Skeleton Keys [Dem Bones Dem Bones] on Thu, 27 Apr 2006 02:00:00 PST

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I've been really tired lately.  It's the end of the semester and all I want to do is curl up, be warm, and go to sleep.  I find myself at the bottom of the hierarchy of needs.  I requi...
Posted by Skeleton Keys [Dem Bones Dem Bones] on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 07:47:00 PST

Fun Coffee Times Goodness

So, lately I've been hangin around the Trussville Coffee House playing Munchkin with the boys...Like So.Aaaand, John laughing while drinking.  As usual.Trent's in town!  John hate's the came...
Posted by Skeleton Keys [Dem Bones Dem Bones] on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 02:04:00 PST

New Rock 90.7 WVUA

So, I'm at home in Birmingham being sick and without classes.  I've had a crappy week, and I needed to sleep in my own bed.  Thus, I'm listening to MY favorite DJ... the fabulous Mika Carpen...
Posted by Skeleton Keys [Dem Bones Dem Bones] on Fri, 24 Feb 2006 08:34:00 PST

BIRTHDAY!!!!!!

So... today is my birthday.  It's my birthday too, man.  Well happy birthday to you.  Birthday.  I would like you to dance.  Birthday.  Take a Chance.  Chance Chanc...
Posted by Skeleton Keys [Dem Bones Dem Bones] on Sat, 18 Feb 2006 08:17:00 PST

Nonfiction with "real" world applications

Seems that our very own DM, Chris Tenca, has made the Wizards website! There was an article recently asking people to contribute names of nonfiction books that would be good reads for a Dungeon Master...
Posted by Skeleton Keys [Dem Bones Dem Bones] on Sat, 04 Feb 2006 04:47:00 PST

Game Thwarted, Game Renewed...

So, it all began when Mika said those simple words, "I have to work tonight, but y'all should just come by O'Henry's and I'll game from behind the counter.  It won't be busy."   John ne...
Posted by Skeleton Keys [Dem Bones Dem Bones] on Sat, 07 Jan 2006 01:03:00 PST