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Cassandra

'Your eyes can be so cruel. Just as I can be so cruel.' ~ Jareth, Labyrinth

About Me

Avid reader, aspiring fantasy author, ancient history buff, lover and photographer of cemetaries. I love good conversation with intelligent people, reading books on subjects I've never encountered before, exploring new interests and new ideas. I live for music and books that suck me in and never leave me afterward. I love my friends and family above all other things...

My Interests

Ancient history, anthropology, mythology, cemetaries, reading, metaphysics, witchcraft, voodoo, Catholicism, world dance, tarot and scrying, Japanese and Middle Eastern cuisine, ecstatic dance, vampire novels/movies, vampyres, wine...

I'd like to meet:

Jim Morrison, Joseph Campbell and Tolkien but since I'd have to die to do that I think I'll wait.....

Music:

Neil Young; the Doors; Apocalyptica; HIM; 69 Eyes; Sarah Brightman; CSN & Y; and many, many others.

Movies:

Lord of the Rings; Bram Stoker's Dracula; Hoffman. The Labyrinth, MirrorMask, the Dark Crystal. 13th Warrior. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Chocolat, Sleepy Hollow, In Hell, Secret Window. Crash. The Shining. 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later. Interview with the Vampire and Queen of the Damned. John Carpenter's Vampires, Blade. Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet (any version). Kull the Conqueror. Citizen Kane, Gone With the Wind. Desperado; Once Upon a Time in Mexico.

Television:

Star Trek TNG, Moonlight, Dexter, M*A*S*H, Navy NCIS, Ghost Whisperer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Taboo. Anything on the history channel. Cooking shows :)

Books:

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien - Wilderness by Jim Morrison - Blake's Poetry and Designs - Strange Days by Patricia Kennealy - The Grand Unified Theory of the Ball by William Bevill - The Razor Graveyard by William Bevill *** Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien; Anne Rice; Mercedes Lackey; Laurell K. Hamilton; Piers Anthony; Terry Pratchett; Patricia Kennealy; Poppy Z. Brite, Steven King, Nina Bangs, Christine Feehan, Sherilyn Kenyon...etc., etc...

Heroes:

My poet. The High Mother Otter, the Cannibal of Southern California and his Voodoo Queen ..

My Blog

Cabaret Boheme: awesome show Saturday!

Cabaret Boheme just keeps getting better and better! The great majority of the show was made up of musical numbers, usually with a comedic edge.  The music had great lyrics (especially the adapt...
Posted by Cassandra on Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:12:00 PST

Hoodoo on Myspace!

My band has landed on Myspace! We have a name and a mission! I'm kinda peeved right now though.  I was all set to convert some of the band's music so I can upload it and post it.  So what ha...
Posted by Cassandra on Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:11:00 PST

How to be Goth

Ready for a laugh? ~*~ Basics for hair, face and skin to become gothic:Long hair is the most common in the gothic culture, but short hair will do. The object is to make it look creepy. Your style does...
Posted by Cassandra on Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:02:00 PST

My band needs a name! Can you help?

We need a kick-butt name for our blues trio fast!  Weigh in, give me your opinion (I can take it!).  What would be a good name?
Posted by Cassandra on Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:45:00 PST

Band updates

We need to gig soon.  That's all there is to it.  Not too soon, though, because I'm still trying to nail some of the songs since they are all originals but I got a cd of the m...
Posted by Cassandra on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:49:00 PST

Some things I want to do before I die...

* Live in another country * Learn another language * Run a marathon * Learn how to fence * Buy an expensive bottle of wine and be able to afford it * Write a book a historian would read * Write a book...
Posted by Cassandra on Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:44:00 PST

Reflections on the luxuries of life

I've come to believe that there are certain luxuries one should never do without.  Friends, for one.  Who else can point out when you are being silly or talk you through it when you're scare...
Posted by Cassandra on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:11:00 PST

When at Ike’s you gotta try...

...the William Tell sandwich.  Turkey, Swiss, sliced green apple, chili pepper, 1000 island on pumpernickel.  Haven't had it yet, but it looks fabulous! Learned how to work the espresso mac...
Posted by Cassandra on Sat, 31 May 2008 09:04:00 PST

I peeved the kids off again...

I am having some major issues with my third grade boys.  They are much more aggressive than any of our others males, even the older kids.  And they play soccer.  Add budding testosteron...
Posted by Cassandra on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:39:00 PST

Vampire Novels - L.A. Banks

Can you believe they don't have a category for book reviews?? What about those of us who pick up the old fashioned paperback! Anywho, I'm a big reader of the vampire novel and I've just finished Minio...
Posted by Cassandra on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:31:00 PST