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Marie

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My Interests

spicy food, turtles, karaoke, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, India, Japan, Ireland, animal rights, human rights, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, bonobos, yoga, adoption, sharks, Harry Potter, the 80s, chocolate, Spanish, vegan pancakes, sticking it to the man, rice, Paris Hilton's inevitable demise, mangosteen, education, all things Joss Whedon, saving the planet, sushi, kitties, snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes, green tea, and karaoke

Music:



Movies:

School of Rock, Kill Bill Pt.1, Dead Man Walking, The Breakfast Club

Television:

Cheers, Scrubs, Buffy, Angel, Firefly, the Creek, Arrested Development, The Facts of Life, Welcome Back Kotter, Will and Grace

Books:

To Kill a Mockingbird, A Reason for Hope by Jane Goodall, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Stay Alive My Son, the Harry Potter series

My Blog

Oh my!

Wow....Bob Jones University even bans contemporary Christian music.  Of course we're all aware that satanic forces are behind Point of Grace.  I've always heard horror stories about BJ...
Posted by Marie on Mon, 28 May 2007 09:23:00 PST

Autism

On May 19th I'll be joining the Walk for Autism.  My goal is to raise $150 before the big event.  The money I raise will go towards reasearch and awareness programs.  If you w...
Posted by Marie on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 03:19:00 PST

Baby steps

I needed to read this today. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/28/business/28burger.html?em& amp;ex=1175227200&en=136fdbcbc74c8eb9&ei=5087%0A...
Posted by Marie on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:29:00 PST

Kitty!

I think that I would give up my left arm and my right eye for just 5 minutes of snuggle action with this guy. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17619064/?GT1=9145&su=hotmai l.com/cgi-bin/hmhome...
Posted by Marie on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:41:00 PST

Ah ha!

After a full day of being all alone with 12 little monsters, receiving an angry letter from a parent who thinks that the school rules are much too strict (can you believe that we don't let them wear w...
Posted by Marie on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:53:00 PST

pass it on....

If you have pets or know someone who does, please watch this video about Iams.  By the way, they get a lot of these animals from people who post "free to a good home" ads in the newspapers.  ...
Posted by Marie on Sun, 04 Jun 2006 10:13:00 PST

Straight A's!

What more can I say?
Posted by Marie on Tue, 16 May 2006 08:23:00 PST

the petitioning has finally paid off!!

Seasons 1 & 2 of The Facts of Life come out on DVD today!! I may have to skip the first season and throw myself directly into season 2 for Jo related reasons. 
Posted by Marie on Tue, 09 May 2006 12:47:00 PST

The saddest day ever

After months of anxiously anticipating and counting down the days until today's release of "Brokeback Mountian", it turns out that unless I decide to fly to one of those "select cities", I'll have to ...
Posted by Marie on Fri, 09 Dec 2005 05:14:00 PST

procrastinating again

what makes a professor want to conduct a class in such an impersonal way as to never ask questions or allow the class to have a discussion.  there should be a mandatory 20 of class discussio...
Posted by Marie on Tue, 08 Nov 2005 08:44:00 PST