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Dawn

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About Me

Silly, sassy, sentimental and cynical. I used to sit in the coffee house smoking cigarettes and writing poetry. Now I go to the coffee houses for the coffee and music and I write my poetry on my computer...or on my front porch while I listen to my boys playing. I like to watch the world around me.

Hell, I like to see the world! With my husband I've managed to visit some pretty terrific places, including: Guam, Bali and Mexico. But I digress...

My Interests

I'm eclectic that way...

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I'd like to meet:

Dreamers

Music:

Everything! Depends on my mood. Eclectic is the word of choice here.

Billie Holiday

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Movies:

Classics and b-grade horrors are my first choice in movies such as The Convent, The Crawling Eye or anything by Hitchcock. Although there is the occasional not horror flick that catches my attention, like French Kiss or Serenity

Sweet Transvestite - Rocky Horror Picture Show
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Television:

Don't watch too much current tv, although I do enjoy Monk, Bones and 24. I also was recently introduced to Lost but I only get to see the "older" seasons that are on DVD. I enjoyed The Dresden Files and Dexter. Mythbusters is always fun, as is Dirty Jobs and How It's Made. Whatever might catch my attention on Animal Planet, Discovery or the Documentary channel. Occasionally I'll watch Firefly, Buffy or Angel.

Books:

I enjoy reading almost anything, from pulp horror to trashy romance to classics and poetry. I enjoy less the things that read like a text book, and more the things that have vivid character development. Lois McMaster Bujold is one of my favorite authors. Laurell Hamilton's Anita Blake Vampire Hunter is good, so is her Merry Gentry series - but be forewarned if you begin reading these, Anita starts as stand alone stories but evolves into a serial and Merry is simply a serial, don't expect a complete story but just a piece of the bigger plot. Diana Gabaldon's Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, etc. I cannot forget Elizabeth Peter's Amelia Peabody books, by far the ones I recommend the most. And of course, William Goldman's The Princess Bride.
One more to add to the list, Katie MacAlister. I've recently read a couple of her books and I must say they're vivid and spunky and I read You Slay Me and Fire Me Up in one day each.
I've been reading Kathy Reichs Tempe Brennen novels, though honestly, I haven't decided what I think of them yet. Robert Crais's Elvis Cole novels are most definitely worth the read.
And of course that new firecracker author, Patrick Rothfuss

My Blog

Good Lord I’m Tired

That’s pretty much it.  I’m tired.  I have such a sense of satisfaction at the end of my work day... I don’t really want to leave the coffee shop.  I really don’...
Posted by Dawn on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:03:00 PST

More Updates

Well, things move along.  Another wall to paint, then the last of the flooring goes in.  The stage is being moved in and the 4 of the broken refrigerators are being moved out tomorrow, a few...
Posted by Dawn on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:51:00 PST

Because I haven’t done this in a while....

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Posted by Dawn on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:24:00 PST

Updates

Some of you know that we've been trying to buy a coffee shop for several months now.  Well, as it comes about, we're not buying the coffee shop, but opening a new coffee shop in the location that...
Posted by Dawn on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:31:00 PST

Happy Thanksgiving

I'm thankful for Zombie Movies... among other things that are more or less traditional. One of my favorite pastimes is watching monster movies.  Since I don't get this channel, I thought I'd pass...
Posted by Dawn on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:46:00 PST

A Movie.... or 40

I stumbled across an interesting bit of Trivia on IMDB this evening.  In 2007, there are approx. 40 adaptations of Gaston Leroux's Phantom of the Opera, if you include short films, cartoons and a...
Posted by Dawn on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:52:00 PST

This goes along with my last post

How do you survive a Zombie attack? an article by Mtv News.
Posted by Dawn on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:07:00 PST

Happy Halloween - movies for thought

So I ran across a couple articles about Halloween themed movies today and decided to share.  The first is "Top 70 Vampire Movies of All Time".  There were more than a few on this list that I...
Posted by Dawn on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:50:00 PST

Still Waiting

We're still waiting on our news... it got delayed for (hopefully only) a week due to circumstances beyond our control.  
Posted by Dawn on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 06:25:00 PST

New Laptop

Yay for getting my first laptop!!  Yeah, mostly, it's for work (more about that later), but still.... a new laptop!  Yay!!
Posted by Dawn on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 09:07:00 PST