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Mary Votava

I come in peace, seeking only gold and slaves. And more Jack Handey quotes.

About Me


WWW.MARYVOTAVA.COM

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
- Marianne Williamson

My Interests


growth, understanding, ontology, deep discussions, witty banter, being silly, laughing my ass off, plotting world domination, geocaching ( www.geocaching.com ), travel, reading, scuba, diving, swimming, golf, climbing trees / walls, soccer, quantum physics, nonlocality, meditation, construction (tiling and plumbing are my faves), building furniture, mushroom hunting, baking chocolate-y things, tooling around on the computer, puzzles and board games, trampoline-jumping, assorted tomfoolery, gardening, sewing, creating, inventing new possibilities, learning random new skills like knife-throwing or Morse Code, blessing people... Mary's Benediction To All Six Billion Of Us

I'd like to meet:

John Krasinski

My Productions Space

Omelettes Improv

Monkey Woman

Who Wants
to be a Superhero?

Daughters of Darkness

My Friend Space

KANG

Monkey

Marsh

Cheryl

Brad

Gazelle

Gunther

Jason

Anita

Natalia

Richie

Frankie

Linda

Truman

Pablo

Vandabear

Chris

Douglas

Damian

Joey

Dan

Armin

Javygravy

Scott

Steve

Tona

Steel

Darren

Chris

Chelsea

Tobias

Matthew

Alison

Quincy

Tonya

View All of My Friends

Music:


Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi, Donizetti, Chopin, Prokofiev, Kansas, Don Henley, Billy Joel, Elton John, Stray Cats, Beatles, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Loreena McKennit, Sarah MacLachlan, Alanis Morissette, Natalie Merchant, Sixpence None The Richer, Pizzicatto Five, They Might Be Giants, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Muppets Greatest Hits, Avenue Q, any and all country music.

Movies:


The Princess Bride, Star Wars (original trilogy), Borat, Pride and Prejudice (ORIGINAL A&E VERSION), Pulp Fiction, Harold & Maude, Anne of Green Gables/Anne of Avonlea, Impromptu, Waiting for Guffman, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Sound of Music, The Matrix, Austen Powers (original), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Fletch, Beauty and the Beast, Monsters, Inc., Lilo & Stitch, The Little Mermaid, The Incredibles, Shrek, Toy Story II, Napoleon Dynamite, What the Bleep Do We Know?

Television:


Who Wants to be a Superhero? on Sci Fi Channel

The Simpsons, The Office, Lost, South Park, Stargate SG1 & Atlantis, House, Seinfeld, All the Star Trek shows (TNG being my fave), Six Feet Under, Whose line is it anyway?, M*A*S*H, The Muppet Show, Duck Tales, Scooby Doo, Trading Spaces, Iron Chef, Crocodile Hunter

Books:


Non Fiction:
The Power of Now, by Eckhart Tolle; Resurrection, by Neville; The Power of Intention, by Wayne Dyer; The Game of Life and How to Play It, by Florence Scovel-Shinn; The Jesus Code, by John Randolph Price; Ask and It Is Given, by Ester and Jerry Hicks; Psycho-Cybernetics, by Maxwell Maltz; The Four Agreements, by Don Miguel Ruiz; Conversations With God, by Neale Donald Walsch; Journey of Souls, by Michael Newton, Ph.D.; The Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, by T. Harv Eker; Changes that Heal, by Cloud & Townsend;
Fiction:
Dune (entire series), by Frank Herbert; The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis; The Foundation Series, by Isaac Asimov; The Chronicles of Amber, by Roger Zelazny; Ender's Game (trilogy and Shadow series), by Orson Scott Card; The Life of Pi, by Yann Martel; Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen; Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson; Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery; The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien; The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas; Earth's Children Series, by Jean Auel; Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling; Any "Calvin and Hobbes" books, by Bill Watterson; Anything by Dave Barry

Heroes:


Batman, Bob Ross, Jack Handey , anyone tolerant enough to be friends with me.

My Blog

Florida Supercon: May 23 - 25

For all of you residents of the beautiful Southeast, I will be at Florida Supercon May 23 - 25.  I have new pictures, and will be autographing plastic bananas as well! Please check out http://www...
Posted by Mary Votava on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:08:00 PST

Fulfilling a dream

Three years in L.A. and little progress has caused me to re-evaluate my desire to continue pursuing a career as an actress.  I cannot thank everyone enough for your support, encouragement, a...
Posted by Mary Votava on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:19:00 PST

FINALLY! FX photos.

It's taken me WAY too long to get these up here, but better late than never: http://maryvotava.shutterfly.com/action/slideshow?caid=67b0d e21b35fabf2051e&a=67b0de21b35fabf2051e&auto=1&id x=-...
Posted by Mary Votava on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:13:00 PST

Tom Greens House Tonight

I bet many of you don't know that I make other animal sounds besides the infamous monkey screech.... Well, once Tom Green heard about my "special talent," he invited me to be a guest on his show&...
Posted by Mary Votava on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:34:00 PST

Happy 2008!

I want to wish everyone an ENORMOUSLY HAPPY 2008 - I have a feeling it's going to be a great year for everyone!!! My holidays were spent with my family in the Seattle area.  I had a ton of fun an...
Posted by Mary Votava on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:54:00 PST

FX Show this January!

I am super-duper excited to announce that I will be a guest at the 2008 FX INTERNATIONAL at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida on January 25  27.     This will b...
Posted by Mary Votava on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:24:00 PST

Sumimasen, unagi wo kudasai.

I have always wanted to see Japan, so when my friends Cheryl and Brad invited me to come stay with them in Yokosuka (where Brad, a Lieutenant in the US Navy, is doing a shore tour) ...
Posted by Mary Votava on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:15:00 PST

Havent blogged in ages.

I keep thinking I need to post an update on my life, and keep rationalizing not doing so for the sole reason that I don't have any earth-shattering news to report, or superhero updates.  But, as ...
Posted by Mary Votava on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:35:00 PST

Why America should NEVER have declared independence...

I just got links to "WWTBAS?" trailers from the U.K. (apparently they are having a special season marathon this weekend) and am LITERALLY FALLING OFF MY COMPUTER CHAIR LAUGHING!  There ...
Posted by Mary Votava on Thu, 03 May 2007 11:25:00 PST

Jammin' January

How January flies when you're having fun...in addition to working on a couple projects last month, I had quite an eventful time at Landmark Forum and my Swim-with-dolphins retreat in Kona, Hawaii. For...
Posted by Mary Votava on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:36:00 PST