I have lived in South Dakota all my life. I work full-time...saving money so I can leave small-town/rural/conservative SD and get to a diverse city for college! Narrowing down the areas of study: social work/AIDS counseling/international studies/English/film. The best two weeks of my life so far were the ones I spent in Europe (Italy and France). The highlight of THAT was our night walk around Florence, Italy. Especially after the trip, I really became aware of everything outside my daily routine.
Other things...I'm a devoted Democrat. I can be pretty opinionated when it comes to certain topics, though I'm a little shy when you first meet me. I consider myself to be a Pantheist (NOT Panentheist!) I'm an all-around sci-fi-fantasy-wizard-elf-Jedi-sword-loving nerd. And I'm a HUGELY obsessive Colorado Avalanche hockey fan!!
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Favorite song of all time:
TRUST SNAPE
I had to wait almost TEN YEARS to see my first hockey game!! Finally did on October 4, 2006 (Opening night vs. Dallas) I can't even explain how I felt seeing my first glimpse of Pepsi Center ice through the doors, especially after seeing it on TV for that many years. I used to record and watch every single game on FSN. Then the games switched to Altitude...which would be great if I had that channel. But I don't, so I became glued to OLN/Versus, the occasional NBC, the live feed at yahoo.com, the live feed at comcast.net, and NHL radio. Nothing like having a computer speaker stuck to your ear for 2 1/2 hours!
Oh, and I just want to say welcome to Scott Hannan and Ryan Smyth!! Is it October yet?
HOCKEY LINKS
www.hockeyfights.com
www.coloradoavalanche.com
www.nhl.com
www.itsallaboutlappy.com/shirts.html
www.versus.com/nhl
OTHER LINKS
www.airgomusic.com
www.bbc.com
www.broadwayworld.com
www.starwars.com
www.beliefnet.com
www.compulsivebowlers.org
QUOTES
"There is a bit of insanity in dancing that does everybody a great deal of good."
-Edwin Denby
"Love this life...
is about celebrating the moment
and that we're not guaranteed
or owed another day
and how cool it is that what we hide
can actually be the fuel towards our glory
and that it's not so bad being proven wrong..."
"Teddy, how many of those power bars have you had?"
"Who's counting?"
"I am. That's your fourth. Do you know the number of carbs in those things, not to mention the calories?"
"So I'll burn 'em off."
"Honey, you'd have to go up in flames."
-Emmett and Ted, QAF
"We know that polls are just a collection of statistics that reflect what people are thinking in reality...and reality has a well-known liberal bias."
-Stephen Colbert, BRILLIANT Speech at the White House Correspondent's Dinner
"Every man who has shown the world the way to beauty, to true culture, has been a rebel, a 'universal' without patriotism, without home, who has found his people everywhere."
-Chaim Potok
"Dissent is the highest form of patriotism."
"Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a f***ing big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers..."
"Super Joe just scored a goal, and then he beat up Doug Gilmour!! How do ya like them apples, Gilmour?!"
"Feminism is the radical notion that women are people."
"To days of inspiration, playing hookey, making something out of nothing, the need to express--to communicate, to going against the grain, going insane, going mad..."
"If you're not OUTRAGED, you're not paying attention."
"And I blame this world for making
A good man evil
It's this world that can drive a
Good man mad
And it's this world that turns a killer
Into a hero
Well I blame this world for making
A good man bad"
"What would Gandalf do?"
"I called upon my brother just the
Other day, he said: John I'm gonna
Die if I don't start to live again
I work each day and night like clockwork
Just trying to make ends meet
I could kick this bad world's ass
If I could just get on my feet"
"Mommy, when I grow up I want to help smash the white racist, homophobic, patriarchal, bullshit paradigm too!"
"Do you have anyone in with Costello presently?"
"Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe f*** yourself."
"This is like that time in 7th grade when I lent you my brand new 10-speed and when you brought it back my front fender was crushed, my seat was torn..."
"I was hit by a bus!"
-Brian and Michael, QAF
"I think, therefore I'm a Democrat."
"My Goddess gave birth to your God."
"If your intention was to shoot an arrow through my heart...BULL'S-EYE!"
-Carmen Ghia
"Well, if it isn't Little Mary Sunshine."
"Little Mary Sunshine died. I'm Little Mary Go F*ck Yourself."
-Michael and Emmett, QAF
"Where'd you get it?"
"Off a blanket!"
"A blanket?! You bought Lindsey and Melanie's wedding gift from some street corner shyster?!"
"It's the perfect gift!"
"Perfectly hideous."
"It's a work of art!"
"It's a piece of shit!"
"It's symbolic of love and pride."
"It's symbolic of stupidity and bad taste."
"You take that back!"
"I can't...I got it off a BLANKET!"
-Ted and Michael, QAF
"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing."
-Arundhati Roy
"You want to?"
"Yeah."
"Okay. Square out?"
"Yeah."
"'Kay. Good luck man."
-Laraque and Ivanans
"It's four in the morning!"
"Creativity doesn't punch a time clock."
"Oh my God, that is so profound. Can you hold a minute while I write it down?"
-Brian and Michael, QAF
"You look bloody awful. What are you doing here?"
"You hired me! I can't help it if your standards are lax."
"You smell funny."
-Sparrow and Norrington, POTC
"I'm done with men. 2004 is all about women...who walk like men. Men are hot. I miss men. I'm back on men."
-Jack, Will and Grace
"Avery gets the goal! He's doing some push-ups in the corner..."
-As much as I hate Sean Avery...I still laughed
"The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next."
-Matthew Arnold
"I saw this big ass coming at me and I didn't think much of it. Then it pretty much broke me in half."
-Anson Carter, regarding a Rob Blake hip check