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Bethsoda

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

smart, self-critical, klutzy and clumsy, friendly, emotional (often to my detriment), compassionate, empathetic, cute, quirky, entertaining, affectionate, sometimes funny, winner of good eater award 2001, animal lover, etc."Then more I know, the less I understand. All the things I knew, I'm learning again." - Don Henley "Heart of the Matter""I'm not who I was and I'm not where I'm going...I'm so tired of knowing there's no way of knowing" - Shawn Colvin"I y'am who I y'am" - Popeye"I try to take one day at a time but sometimes several days attack me at once" - Anon
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Your Personality Is
Idealist (NF)
You are a passionate, caring, and unique person.
You are good at expressing yourself and sharing your ideals.
You are the most compassionate of all types and connect with others easily.
Your heart tends to rule you. You can't make decisions without considering feelings.
You seek out other empathetic people to befriend.
Truth and authenticity matters in your friendships.
In love, you give everything you have to relationships. You fall in love easily.
At work, you crave personal expression and meaning in your career.
With others, you communicate well. You can spend all night talking with someone.
As far as your looks go, you've likely taken the time to develop your own personal style.
On weekends, you like to be with others. Charity work is also a favorite pastime of yours. The Three Question Personality Test
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My Interests

sociology, cats, dogs, meerkats, and animals in general, painting and photography, lounging, napping, shoes, good wine, bombay sapphire and tonic, sushi, Cheese fondue, the sims, board games, and mini golf, music, movies, books, TIVO! flowers, candles, coffee, air conditioning, trees...

I'd like to meet:

Someone to watch movies, eat and drink with. Someone who can laugh at the mundane and appreciate the ridiculous. Someone, friend or otherwise, who will appreciate me for me, (metaphorical) warts and all.And for those of you animal lovers out there - please visit my parents rescue agency website at http://www.treetopsrescue.org/ or simply check out petfinder.com for the kind of pet that you are looking for and there are resuce groups for almost (if not all) types and breeds of animals. Think rescue!!

Music:

Moon River, The Weepies, Death Cab for Cutie, Rufus Wainwright, Dr. Dog, Jim Boggia, Madonna from the days of yore, Ben Fold Five (and the solo Ben Folds), Elton John, Joni Mitchell, Beach Boys, Ella Fitzgerald, Jill Sobule, Coltrane, Norah Jones, Radiohead, Pixies, Cake, oldies, Cat Stevens, Dave Brubeck, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Shiela Nichols, Christine Lavin, most of the music made by bands/artists on my page, James Taylor, Beck, Patsy Cline, The Rainbow Connection..... width="425" height="350" ..

LAVIN CHRISTINE lyrics

Movies:

Annie Hall, Little Miss Sunshine, Home for the Holidays, Kissing Jessica Stein, Best in Show, The Hudsucker Proxy, Bagdad Cafe, Moonstruck, Dangerous Beauty, Heavenly Creatures, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Harold and Maude, Bowling for Columbine, The Royal Tenebaums, High Fidelity; The Neverending Story, Labyrinth, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; I Heart huckabees; Walking and Talking, Napoleon Dynamite; Waiting for Guffman (pretty much anything by Christopher Guest); Amelie; Chocolat; Barbarella; Anastasia (w/Ingrid Bergman NOT the cartoon), Alice in Wonderland; Party Girl; Pride & Prejudice (A & E version); Breakfast at Tiffany's; Born Into Brothels; Spellbound; Strictly Ballroom; and more...

Television:

Arrested Development, Simpsons, Family Guy, Project Runway, Meerkat Manor, America's Castles, Monk, Psych, Dead Like Me, Desperate Houswives, Will & Grace, Judging Amy, Weeds, Sex in the City, My Name is Earl, Spin City, Growing Up (on animal planet), The Prisoner, Joan of Arcadia, What Not to Wear, Clean Sweep, The Dog Whisperer, Coupling (British Version), The Office (both versions), Big Love, Futurama, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Books:

Anything by Sarah Vowell or David Sedaris, Welcome to my Planet - by Shannon Olson, Most books by Margaret Atwood, Barbara Kingsolver, Amy Tan, Alice Hoffman, The O'Henry Awards (My favorite is 1995), Anita Liberty (see her myspace page!), Cathryn Michon - The Grrl Genius Guide to Life (and others), Laurie Notaro - The Idiot Girls Action Adventure Club, Memoirs of Geisha, Running with Scissors - Auguston Burroughs, Dorothy Parker, Juhumpa Lahiri, Bridget Jones, Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood, Shirley Jackson, America the Book, Douglas Adams, Dave Barry, Chuck Klosterman, etc.

Heroes:

My mother and my grandmother (Nana).

My Blog

As Time Goes By

Honestly, I'm not sure who wrote this song - most of us know it from Casablanca - one of the great movie classics, but it's been sung by more than one person - at any rate - as the song would say - a ...
Posted by Bethsoda on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:48:00 PST

San Miguel de Allende

There is a documentary about it coming out - it won't be big screen, and possibly won't even make it to the little, indie, screen, but it seems to have gotten some good reviews at film fest so maybe!&...
Posted by Bethsoda on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 06:51:00 PST

Hold on Hope

Hold on Hope - Guided by Voices Every street is darkAnd folding out mysteriouslyWhere lies the chance we take to beAlways workingReaching out for a hand that wecan't seeEverybody's got a hold on hopeI...
Posted by Bethsoda on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:16:00 PST

Why are the people in Match ads always so Friggin’ Good Looking?

That's never the case, now is it - not that there aren't attractive people, but really - they aren't all the beautiful people, that's for sure.
Posted by Bethsoda on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:15:00 PST

Ive been published!

..> Some of you have heard this or seen it already BUT, now it's actually officially been published in this weeks (and is online as well) and as I'm sure they got plenty of letters in response, I'...
Posted by Bethsoda on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 06:00:00 PST

City Paper "Slant" Article

This is the original article that prompted my response that is referred to in the newest blog.  suffice to say, it pissed me off... On the Defensive If we ban guns, only the criminals will be arm...
Posted by Bethsoda on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:04:00 PST

Treetops Fundraiser - Shop for a cause and get a discount!

Hey all - Check this out:  My parents animal resuce agency, TreeTops rescue (www.treetopsrescue.org)  is participating in the Macy's Shop For a Cause Day  - For a $5 donation, you get a...
Posted by Bethsoda on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:12:00 PST

JDRF Walk

Hey everyone - I take part in this every year with my friend Susan and her company (CSC).  Whether or not you yourself can contribute, if you could forward this on to anyone you think may wa...
Posted by Bethsoda on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:57:00 PST

If Britney is so overweight, how many of us arent?

The article I'm about to include sums it all up pretty well - including my own surprise that I am actively defending Britney Spears - although it's more about the message that this media sh*t storm re...
Posted by Bethsoda on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:24:00 PST

Sounds Familiar...

  "You swore to me I was the only one but you were just having fun the joke was on me...   call me a fool i really did believe - that you would stay - here by my side - the truth is you lie...
Posted by Bethsoda on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 06:24:00 PST