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Than

Observed on the highway: B & D Insulation--we are itching to serve you

About Me

Recently arrived in Santa Barbara, where I will be insanely busy with school, work, and life in general. I hope there will be some down time/me time in there somewhere. Other than that, I love cheese, coffee, wine, dancing, music, friends, the ocean, travel..the usual.

My Interests

Food, music, film, hiking, photography, travel, languages, politics, my husband, wine, cocktails, dancing
You Belong in San Francisco
You crave an eclectic, urban environment. You're half California, half NYC.
You're open minded, tolerant, and secretly think you're the best.
People may dismiss you as a hippie, but you're also progressive, interesting, and rich! Where Does Your Inner Californian Belong?

I'd like to meet:

New friends, old friends, everyone in between. Except for those of you who want me to see your adult site. Not really looking to meet you. Especially the girly ones. I hate to break it to you, but I am into men, not women.

Music:

A dangerous question.Art music: Handel, Mozart, Vivaldi, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Purcell, Josquin, Palestrina, Hildegard, Monteverdi, Hasse, Farmer, Morley, Weelks, Barber, Britten, Duke, Puccini, Verdi, Bellini, Donizetti, Wagner, Prokofiav basically I have varied interests, primarily in vocal forms, though I love some good orchestral/piano/keyboard/chamber music. Popular styles: Scissor Sisters are my new obsession, but I also like Madonna, Cher, Franz Ferdinand, Fischerspooner, The Faint, Le Tigre, Abba, The Beatles, Black Eyed Peas, Outkast, Missy Elliot, The Spice Girls, Indian pop music, ATC, Basement Jaxx, Sarah McLaughlin, Alannis Morisette, Melissa Ethridge, Sly and the Family Stone, Groove Armada, Jamiroquai, Pussycat Dolls, Beyonce, Jack Johnson, Maroon 5, Rob Thomas, Carlos Santana, Herbie Hancock, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Billie Holliday, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Dean Martin, Ashanti, Dangerous Muse, The Ditty Bops, The Ark, Roisin Murphy, Miss Kittin, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Mika, M.I.A., Bing Crosby, BT

Movies:

The Incredibles; Finding Nemo; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Lagaan; American Beauty; Gosford Park; The Fifth Element; Star Wars; Harry Potter 1, 2, 3; Princess Mononoke; Spirited Away; Kiki's Delivery Service; Eat, Drink, Man, Woman; The Wedding Banquet; Beauty and the Beast; Victor/Victoria; Thoroughly Modern Millie; The Sound of Music; Mary Poppins; Latter Days; Mambo Italiano; All Over the Guy; Get Real; The Celluloid Closet; Friends and Family; All About Eve; The Women; Mildred Pierce; Fourty Second Street; Gold Diggers of 1933; Auntie Mame; Calendar Girls; Undercover Blues; The Transporter; Transporter 2; Amelie; Charade (Hepburn-Grant version); Sabrina (both versions); Roman Holiday; D.E.B.S.; Kissing Jessica Stein; Ella Enchanted; the Princess Diaries; Seven Samurai; Goodbye, Lenin!; Nowhere in Africa; Brokeback Mountain; Howl's Moving Castle, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Clue, Clash of the Titans, Flash Gordon, the Goonies

Television:

My shows of the moment include Project Runway, Ugly Betty and sometimes the Janice Dickenson Project....kind of like watching a train wreck....horrifying, but fascinating...

Books:

Finishing finals + moving = no leisure reading at the moment =(
Your Political Profile:
Overall: 5% Conservative, 95% Liberal

Social Issues: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal

Personal Responsibility: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal

Fiscal Issues: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal

Ethics: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal

Defense and Crime: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal How Liberal Or Conservative Are You?

Heroes:

Mom, Dad, Gavin Newsom, Beth and Shannon, Elastigirl, Storm (the superhero, not the chair), Einstein, Eisenstein, Mozart, Handel,

My Blog

Placement Tests/Orientation

So I am preparing to embark on perhaps the most excellent week ever. Testing all day tomorrow and some the day after. Plus about 9 million orientation meetings of various types. And school at the end ...
Posted by Than on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 01:43:00 PST

Santa Barbara

So we are officially here in Santa Barbara. I spent 45 hours working at my new store this past week. That was pretty exciting in a rather horrible way. As usual, money is tight, and, as is usual these...
Posted by Than on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:07:00 PST

Housing

Happy News!I will not be homeless living on the beach in Santa Barbara, as delightlful as that sounds. Today, as I was exiting the movie theatre from my second viewing of Hairspray (which, incidentall...
Posted by Than on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 05:26:00 PST

LIFE

So life has been weird lately. Good things like getting my raise mostly smothered by bad things like John losing his job, losing my car insurance, finding out the housing office lied when they said th...
Posted by Than on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 07:53:00 PST

harry

  So I approve. And as my good friend Roxy mentioned, Harry Potter can fix anything. Plus I got a raise at work! Woo hoo! Now I just have to talk them into giving me retro pay from when I SHOULD ...
Posted by Than on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:08:00 PST

deathly hallows

My copy of the last Harry Potter book comes today, and I am very excited to read it. Like many of my friends who read this blog, I have been MIA (blogging-wise) for a shockingly long time. Life keeps ...
Posted by Than on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:32:00 PST

not good

I am having a bad day today. It would be nice if I hadn't inheirited the tendency to anxiety, depression, melancholy. Perhaps it seems unlikely, for I like to think I am a cheerful person in general. ...
Posted by Than on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 11:48:00 PST

I'm still alive!

So it has been a super long time since I have blogged anything. Perhaps it is time for an update. As those of you who read my blog know, I will be attending UC Santa Barbara this fall. I will be a tea...
Posted by Than on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 06:56:00 PST

School updates (the good and the bad)

So here is the deal my chickadees. Berkeley--no. University of Washington--no. Santa Barbara--yes!At this point, it is looking like I will be moving to Santa Barbara later this year. More updates to f...
Posted by Than on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:13:00 PST

Update

Well, it is officially the holiday season, and we are all busy. At least, I'm busy. Randomly I noticed i have had 8 views of my blog today. I am fairly certain that is a record....Anyway, I am officia...
Posted by Than on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:56:00 PST