I'd like to meet:
So many people, and most of them dead...what's up with that. Ok, lets start with Anne Boleyn, I totally think she got a bad rap, and while we are on that subject lets add Eve, Pandora, Jezebel, Salome, and Delilah. Eddie Izzard, Barry Manilow, Jerry Orbach, Neil Diamond, Sting (do you really think all that yoga stuff is true??), Magic Johnson, Donald Trump, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Cole Porter, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Louisa May Alcott, Jane Austen, Margaret Mitchell, Edith Head, Andy Warhol (sure, why not), Sean Connery (duh), Harrison Ford (duh again), and Tom Cruise (cause I really wanna see if he is as nuts as he appears).
Music:
Not sure there is a type of music I don't like. Love love love me some 80's hair metal, but then who doesn't. Country, bluegrass, folk they all have their time and place. Rap, hip-hop or whatever it is called is fine, I don't know why they constantly say bitch, but what the hell, I say it all the time too. Since moving to Florida I have discovered the dirty little secret that is reggaeton, I don't understand it all (thank goodness) but what I do understand is just vulgar enough for me to like it. Thanks to Chrissy I am starting to appreciate trance and techno stuff (Go Tiesto!!). And I have even been known to listen to pop, but don't tell my friends. I could listen to classical all day long, opera sends shivers up and down my spine, and I adore a good string quartet.I think my my favorites are a bit of everything. I adore, with an alarming passion, Maroon 5. The Beautiful South, a fantastic band out of Great Britain, are an all time fave, along with another British import, Fairground Attraction. Barry Manilow makes me sooooo happy it is sick, and I really do get weak in the knees when Luther Vandross comes on the stereo. Have to add that you will never ever ever get any better than Skid Row, and thank heaven's that Sebastian Bach is on Gilmore Girls, introducing a whole new generation to his greatness. I am obsessed with Christmas music, not sure why since I don't do Christmas, but I sure do love to sing me a carol or two. Have a total soft spot for angry chick singers like Alanis, Ani DiFranco, and Tori Amos, even though I left that angry chick phase a few years back. And lest I forget, Chris Cornell. Anything that man does is golden. He could record himself yodeling in the shower and I would plop down my $16 for the album. I can appreciate most anything, even if I don't really dig on it, I can see the talent and courage it takes to put pen to paper and create.
Movies:
I love an epic, sweeping drama - Gone With The Wind, Braveheart I like a great dark comedy - Jawbreaker, Heathers I cannot resist satire hidden under comedy - South Park, Dogma I am addicted to vampires flicks - Underworld, Interview With The Vampire I can't imagine not wathcing musicals - Moulin Rouge, Chicago, Oliver I try to translate foreign language movies - Amelie, Chocolate I have a guilty pleasure too...shhhh, I love those damn Harry Potter picsUsually I am pretty open to any movies, unless it is some stupid kickboxing, meat head, Steven Segal thing, then I am out. Or war movies...I don't care if it is by Spielberg, I aint' sitting through 3 hours of tanks and machine guns....except for Schindler's List, but that really isn't a war movie, now is it. And westerns, John Wayne or Clint Eastwood, can't stand a freaking western. I don't mind black and white, I mean Hitchcock did black and white, how bad can it be. I adore cartoons, hello Disney. But I am really not up to that whole teenage idol worshipping that Disney usually forces on us with their live action stuff. I think I may actually have had to sit through a Hillary Duff movie with my niece, but that is as close to the teen thing I really wanna get. I do cry at sad movies, and happy ones too, but only when nobody is around, and yes, I shhhh people in the movies theatres, I have even been known to throw popcorn at people to shut them up. Hey, if I gotta pay $9 to see Eurotrip, I sure as hell want to hear every word!!!
Television:
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Diana
Birthday: March
Birthplace: Eureka, California
Current Location: Winter Park, Florida
Eye Color: Haze
Hair Color: Good Question....reddish
Height: 5 feet 8 inches
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right
Your Heritage: Hillbilly
The Shoes You Wore Today: None...I am a hillbilly, I am barefoot as often as I can be
Your Weakness: Men with foreign accents
Your Fears: Pretty much everything
Your Perfect Pizza: Casa Mia crust with shrimp, fresh garlic, black olives, and extra cheese.
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: I would like to become Queen of France
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: OMG
Thoughts First Waking Up: No, no, no....just five more minutes
Your Best Physical Feature: Not a single thing
Your Bedtime: Usually late enough to make my first morning thought be 5 more minutes
Your Most Missed Memory: September 5, 1997
Pepsi or Coke: Creme Soda...or Strawberry Soda
MacDonalds or Burger King: Arby's
Single or Group Dates: Single...unless you are unsure, then go with a group
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Ewww, ick, neither
Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla, and even better, French vanilla
Cappuccino or Coffee: Gross, coffee is icky
Do you Smoke: Never have, never will
Do you Swear: It would be my Olympic gold medal event
Do you Sing: All the freaking time, whether you want me to or not
Do you Shower Daily: Yes, sometimes twice a day, depending on who else is in the shower
Have you Been in Love: Yup, it sure is a bitch
Do you want to go to College: Not again, it was hard enough the first time
Do you want to get Married: Nope, but I really wanna wear that pretty dress and get gifts
Do you belive in yourself: Like the way you believe in Santa or fairies....cause then the answer is no
Do you get Motion Sickness: Guess that would depend on the motion
Do you think you are Attractive: Nope, but I got lots of personality and try to find people uglier than me to be around....not working so good yet, everyone I know is freaking hot
Are you a Health Freak: Umm, yeah, no....not unless tic tacs are vitamins and Dr Pepper is listed on my HMO
Do you get along with your Parents: I haven't killed them for not letting me have a pony when I was seven, so we get on ok
Do you like Thunderstorms: Nope....cannot stand them and will most likely piss myself if lightning strikes my house
Do you play an Instrument: I soooo wanna say something dirty about the flute, but that is so trite and cliche
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: No, and I really need to do something about that
In the past month have you Smoked: Hell no, didn't we already cover this
In the past month have you been on Drugs: No, but I sure wouldn't turn down a Valium
In the past month have you gone on a Date: Does having a screaming match about going on a date with the person count
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: Of course, how could I buy all my useless things if I wasn't at the mall
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: Bleck, Oreos taste like dirt
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: No, but it sounds tasty now that you mention it
In the past month have you been on Stage: No, but I do get up in front of people and thell them things, I think that counts
In the past month have you been Dumped: No, but I am pretty sure I got blown off
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: Jesus, are you crazy
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: Yes, the hearts of those around me
Ever been Drunk: Duh, I am from Hoquiam, it was required to graduate
Ever been called a Tease: Yeah, but usually it is Dick-Tease...I like to be specific
Ever been Beaten up: Nope, but I sure has slapped the shit out of some bitches
Ever Shoplifted: Ooooh, if I say yes I am a rebel, if I say no I am a wuss....decisions, decisions
How do you want to Die: I don't, I want to live forever and be adored my millions
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: Sativa....she is the wind beneath my wings
What country would you most like to Visit: Scotland....duh
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Dark, either brown or green
Favourite Hair Color: Brunette, but I do love me a redhead
Short or Long Hair: Short
Height: Over 6 feet....the taller the better
Weight: I don't know, enough not to look puny next to me, but not enough to crush me to death
Best Clothing Style: Suit and tie
Number of Drugs I have taken: Sad, insignificant number best not displayed
Number of CDs I own: Who has time to count
Number of Piercings: 1 in each ear
Number of Tattoos: None of the nasty things
Number of things in my Past I Regret: 1
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Books:
I will read damn near anything that is put in front of me. I have a weakness for Anne Rice....I cannot stay away from her books. And that damn James Paterson, I swear they put some kind of crack on the pages that makes you addicted to them. When I fly somewhere I always buy the latest John Grisham, not sure why, since they are all the same story about some southern lawyer gone wrong, but who is turning over a new leaf. I really should stop buying those. Just finished reading Dante's Purgatorio (for fun, not an assignment or anything) and am almost through with Les Liaisons Dangereuses. I loved Wicked, and just about everything else Gregory Maguire has done....can't wait to see the stage version of Wicked!!! Gone With The Wind is a comfort read, I go to it when I need to escape. But for a walk on the wild side, I pull out a copy of Trainspotting. If you think the movie was intense, try the book. I like biographies, autobiographies, history, pretty much anything about the past, actually. Always open to suggestions for a good read!
Heroes:
This is the place where the contestants in beauty pageants always say their mom, so lets just assume my mom is my hero and move on. Okay?? I gotta go with Queen Elizabeth, the first not the current. I mean, come on, you are the younger daughter, and your mother was beheaded and called a witch, and you still somehow get to be queen?? Rock on, Bess!!! Annette Funicello. If you know me, and you have half a freaking brain, this should be totally obvious. Ivana Trump totally kicks ass. Way to go for making a cheating bastard pay, and then making him totally eat his heart out by staying gorgeous. Gwen Stefani. She is a rock n roll diva who doesn't take shit from anyone, and oh yeah, she is married to that hot ass Gavin Rossdale!!! Laura Ingalls Wilder. Totally cool frontier kid, who made it seem fun to be stuck in a blizzard with your family for 9 days with no power or indoor plumbing. She made it sound cool to travel across the country in a wagon. And Indiana Jones. Yeah, I know he is a fictional character, but he was sooo cool. When I was younger all I wanted to do was go find hidden treasure like him. Damn, why doesn't anyone look for treasure anymore.