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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

About Me

I have three bunny rabbits. I like pink. I just moved in with my boyfriend/fiancé/soon-to-be husband man. I work a lot. I collect Barbie dolls. That is all.

My Interests

Anthropology, Art, Art History, Barbie Dolls, Bunnies, Cartoons, Expensive Cosmetics, Fairies, Hello Kitty, Hiking, Mermaids, Lebanese Cuisine, Orchestral Music, Opera, Pre-Raphaelites, Reading, Shooting Pool, Wonder Woman, Writing

I'd like to meet:

The Easter Bunny and Nutty the Squirrel.

Music:

Aerosmith, Audioslave, Bach, Brahms, Cake, Debussy, Dvorak, Jimi Hendrix, Rachmaninov, Ravel, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rolling Stones, Tchaikovsky, Vaughn Williams, Wagner

Movies:

The Anchorman, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Office Space, The Swan Princess, The Count of Monte Cristo, Original Sin, Interview With a Vampire, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Notebook, Unbreakable, X-Men I and II, Closer, Pirates of the Caribbean I and II, Goldeneye, Batman Returns, Casino Royale

Television:

Sanford and Son, Seinfeld, King of the Hill, Thundercats, Arrested Development, He-man and the Masters of the Universe, She-ra Princess of Power, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Honeymooners

Books:

1984, Origin of Species, Death of a Salesman, Le Morte d'Arthur, most things by Stephen King, Alexandre Dumas, and Mark Twain, poetry by Yeats, Tennyson, Keats, and Neruda, anything relating to art, Anne Rice's Vampire novels, The Da Vinci Code, The Calorie King : Calorie, Fat, and Carbohydrate Counter, The Ultimate Barbie Doll Book, Warman's Barbie Doll Field Guide

Heroes:

Sergei Rachmaninov ~ for composing the most beautiful music I have ever heard, John William Waterhouse ~ for painting the most beautiful images I have ever seen, and my Dad ~ for being the best Dad ever.

My Blog

Hair Coloring Stuff

I went to Target this morning.  I was checking out and as I was about to leave the cashier asked me: "Is your hair naturally so...(hesitation)...black." Okay, so she called me out.  I though...
Posted by Laura" on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 07:43:00 PST

Glorious Wonder Woman Doll

I could resist this doll no longer.  She is not a Mattel doll, but a glorious Wonder Woman doll nonetheless.  She is crafted of high quality plastic and has exquisite detail in both her sculpting and ...
Posted by Laura" on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 09:00:00 PST

Emergency Room Visit

I started to feel bad Saturday night.  I thought that maybe it was heat exhaustion and dehydration from moving.  The next day I developed a horrible backache and fever.  I have pretty m...
Posted by Laura" on Thu, 31 May 2007 07:26:00 PST

Not So Good

Okay, I seem to have completely lost my appetite.  I had 5 Wheat Thins and half of a frozen lemonade today.  I thought that my body would naturally tell me it was hungry, but it never did.&n...
Posted by Laura" on Sun, 20 May 2007 04:42:00 PST

Finding A Good Man

There are literally hundreds of fantastically beautiful Barbie dolls in the world, but finding a handsome Ken doll is quite a challenge.  In all of my Barbie frenzy, I have come across 5, maybe 6...
Posted by Laura" on Thu, 17 May 2007 07:54:00 PST

Still Alive, Just Busy

I am so extraordinarily busy at the moment.  I have been in the process of moving and it is a lot of work.  Moving furniture, painting, carpets...you know the deal.  I will be more entertaining in Jun...
Posted by Laura" on Tue, 15 May 2007 09:11:00 PST

Princess and the Pea

I obtained a Princess and the Pea mint deboxed nude Barbie and decided to try a new type of perm.  Instead of bobby pins I used straws, and instead of curling her hair while wet I did it while dry.  A...
Posted by Laura" on Wed, 02 May 2007 07:39:00 PST

The Great Experiment

With the sucess of my first Barbie perm, I was anxious to try again.  I began searching on eBay for my next great Barbie experiment, but I wanted something to practice on in the meantime.  I...
Posted by Laura" on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:12:00 PST

Barbie Perm Results

I was excited about my Barbie perm project all day long.  When I got home that was the first thing I checked on. I began to carefully unroll Odette's rollers and I have to say...she...looks...fantasti...
Posted by Laura" on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:33:00 PST

Barbie Restoration

When it comes to Barbie collecting, I pretty much stick to items that are new in the box.  Even if I take the merchandise out of the box myself, or if the box is beat up, I always prefer for...
Posted by Laura" on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:00:00 PST