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Shannon

Knowledge is power... FOR REAL!

About Me

Choco-holic. Amateur baker. Wildlife and non-human animal lover. Science nerd. Band watcher. Film addict. Constant traveler. Wicked smrt.What I need is more cowbell and some puddin' cookie.

My Interests

University jobs; freelance ventures; HTML, CSS, and PHP; grammar; Spanish; stocks and bonds; 401k plans; DIY home repair; baking cakes and treats; gardening; growing old gracefully; sticking it to Netflix; travel.

I'd like to meet:

People who appreciate the brilliance of BN and will buy me some; people who like good music in the TC; people who live in other cities who offer me and the other half free lodging; those who can give me good recipes; those who have doggie children who want to arrange a play date with my doggie children; people that are exceptionally handy and can fix broken and/or ruined things around my house; those with strong wanderlust.Oh, and Angelina Jolie.

Music:

Franz Ferdinand; Pulp; The Hiss; Black Rebel Motorcycle Club; The Strokes; Air; Hefner; The Dandy Warhols; Idlewild; Kasabian; Living Things; The Libertines; The Fratellis (even though your show was a less than thrilling experience - but that wasn't your fault); and We Are Scientists (because I am one and because your drummer is a funny dude).

Movies:

Movies I hate are a shorter list. In no particular order: Happiness, The Crow, Kids, In the Company of Men, Team America, Braveheart, Natural Born Killers, Pulp Fiction, The Fast and the Furious, Employee of the Month.I love this one though:and this one:

Television:

LOST (it's like crack); The Simpsons (old school); Arrested Development (hi-larious); The Amazing Race (it's amazing); 24 (Jack Bauer rules); Six Feet Under (disturbing but great); $40 A Day with Rachel Ray (the Grand Canyon episode is beyond funny).And thanks for reminding me Nate the G:

Books:

Kurt Vonnegut stuff; Ray Bradbury stuff; Chuck Pahlaniuk stuff; Harry Potter; teen drama written for 14 year olds; self-help psychology books. Current Read: "Until I find You" by John Irving (very f-ed up, but I like it).

Heroes:

PAULA DEEN! (I seriously love this woman). Also: Carl Sagan, Jane Goodall, Angelina Jolie (think what you will, but she is awesome, even - maybe especially - her faults).

My Blog

Zombies!!!!

For the past three nights, I have had nightmares about zombies. This is not a joke. Really. I have nightmares where I'm stuck in the piano room at my mom's house (oddly enough, the site of many of ...
Posted by Shannon on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 07:34:00 PST

Little Miss Sunshine / Idiocracy?

I know I'm in the minority here, but I just don't get Little Miss Sunshine. Literally, during the entire movie, I don't think I laughed once. I didn't see it as a comedy. Steve Carell did a great j...
Posted by Shannon on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:09:00 PST

Activities in Italia?

After several months/years of saying I was going to take a trip to Italy, I am going to take a trip to Italy. No, the ticket hasn't been bought yet, but that's going to happen in approximately 4 days...
Posted by Shannon on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 07:00:00 PST

Movie quiz

You're supposed to number the movies you've seen. Apparently, if you've seen over 100 of these, you're a loser or something? Seeing as I've rated over 800 movies on Netflix (and that's not approaching...
Posted by Shannon on Sat, 04 Mar 2006 02:42:00 PST

Archivist or OCD?

Alright... so I have probably literally thousands of pictures taken in various places across the globe along with hundreds of pieces of memorbilia (i.e. brochures, maps, ticket stubs, etc.) that I nee...
Posted by Shannon on Thu, 29 Dec 2005 04:53:00 PST