Beth - ProfilesArchive

About Me

36-year old, near Washington, D.C. Sp00ky chick, but happily so. Halloween is my favorite holiday and I have an affinity for black and orange. Myriad interests - ask me sometime. Legal secretary by day, superhero by night.

Okay, not really a superhero, though some may argue with that. ;) Actor, filmmaker, voice actor, singer - these are what I do when I'm not taking care of attorneys. Nice attorneys, by the way, but I have to have these other things in my life or I go nuts. :)

Just a quick note about something: in February 2006, I fell on ice and broke my ankle; apparently a blood clot formed in the fracture, split, and traveled to both lungs. I almost died on March 9, 2006. (Thankfully I am still here. *g*) Anyway, you may see reference to this event in my blog - I refer to it here so that you do not have to scroll back too far in order to know what I'm talking about.

My Interests

acting, filmmaking, music, foley, voice acting, murder mysteries, forensics, archaeology, spacecake things, sp00ky things.

I'd like to meet:

Other actors, filmmakers, musicians, voice actors, you name it. This is meant to network and make new friends with interests similar to mine. If you contact me for nefarious reasons, expect me to ignore you. I mean, REALLY. I am not here for your booty call, so don't bother.

Music:

XTC, My Bloody Valentine, Stereolab, The Azoic, Cruxshadows, Ego Likeness, Slowdive, Nightblooms, Autumn's Grey Solace, Swirlies, This Ascension, The Shroud, Portishead, And One, Siddal, Cocteau Twins, Silversun Pickups, Supreme Beings of Leisure, Voltaire, Fischerspooner, Lush, Switchblade Symphony, An April March, Beborn Beton, Funker Vogt, Haujobb, Project Pitchfork, Dead Can Dance, Faith and the Muse, Strange Boutique, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, etc. I mean, GOD, there are so many, I can't possibly list them all here!!!

Movies:

This list is by no means complete: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ocean's 11 (the original and remake), Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, The Mummy, Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, Boondock Saints, Prophecy, The Incredibles, Ponette, Gosford Park, Godzilla movies, The Village, Lady in the Water

Television:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Medium, Good Eats, Dead Zone, CSI, CSI: Miami, Red Dwarf, Vicar of Dibley, Keeping Up Appearances, Are You Being Served?, Jeeves and Wooster, Poirot, Monk, Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Mystery!, Firefly, Feasting on Asphalt, Criminal Minds, Midsomer Murders

Books:

Terry Pratchett, Sue Monk Kidd, Dorothy Sayers, Martha Grimes, Rumi. English village mysteries are my weakness.

Heroes:

My friends and family

My Blog

The GOOD kind of pain.

There are some good kinds of pain.Like the kind of pain you get when you work out. I can deal with that type of pain. But I have a favorite type of pain:When I work out my fingers on a bass guitar, ...
Posted by Beth on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 12:25:00 PST

Doing better nowadays

Wow, I read my entries from earlier in the year and late last year, and I think "what a maroon!" (Does anybody say that anymore? Besides Bugs Bunny, I mean? *g*) I sound do down all the time in som...
Posted by Beth on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 12:40:00 PST

Goodbye Dziadz

Just a quick note to say that my grandfather died today at approximately 4:20 pm. He waas 87.He decided to go on his own terms. It was a peaceful passing, with my mother and father each holding his ...
Posted by Beth on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 04:50:00 PST

Dziadziu

My grandfather (that subject line is Polish for "grandfather," btw) is very, very ill. He is in hospital for the second time in a month. He has undergone emergency surgery, has bled internally quite...
Posted by Beth on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:42:00 PST

It's been a day from hell...

...so I won't even go into detail about it.Suffice to say, it sucked. I shot my mouth off a lot today, b/c I'm stressed and in pain and the day just stunk. Mercury retrograde is almost over, thank god...
Posted by Beth on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 04:45:00 PST

Finally getting somewhere close to

So, things are finally starting to shape up. This past weekend my husband and I made the last push to get my crap out of his place. I still have a few boxes in an unused portion of a closet, and my ...
Posted by Beth on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 08:18:00 PST

Starting to settle in.

OMG what a week!Friday - fire in old building; packing; pain.Saturday - packing, sign lease, walk-through, car run, packing, car run, packing; 2 runs with friends and multiple Toyotas/Scions (which ar...
Posted by Beth on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 05:33:00 PST

Is he talking about the Veil or something else?

The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you; Don't go back to sleep. You must ask for what you really want; Don't go back to sleep. People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two wor...
Posted by Beth on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 01:54:00 PST

I did NOT fucking need that.

...and neither did Chad nor Tom.A little after 9:00 or so I was packing when the fire bells went off.Usually, it's a false alarm. The community manager instructed me that if I don't smell smoke, go t...
Posted by Beth on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 08:03:00 PST

Why do I suck at updating?

Oh well, whatevs.I move in less than 2 weeks. I've lived here for 4 years, and I have waaaaayyyyyy too much crap. I've thrown out so much, sold so much, donated so much, it isn't even funny, and the...
Posted by Beth on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 06:53:00 PST