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Rebecca

You have to take it as it happens, but you should try to make it happen the way you want to take it.

About Me

I tend to like to do things my own way rather than follow the crowd. I like to listen more than talk, but often speak before thinking. I'm a hopeless romantic. Nothing is more refreshing to me than honesty and/or a perverse sense of humour. I absolutely love animals. I love kids, especially when I get to give them lots of sugar and get them all riled up, then give them back to their parents. I love music and have something playing 90% of the time when I'm at home. Weird fact - I always have a song running through my head, 24/7/365. Ask me at any given moment what it is, one's always there. I love books, both collecting and giving away books I love. I guess if there's anything you really want to know you should ask me. I may not answer, but you can always ask.

My Interests

Books, music, writing, art, live music, photography, hanging out with good friends, good lovin', thrift store shopping, volunteering, learning/studying foreign languages (I've studied French, Russian, German, Italian, and Spanish), studying Buddhism, sports - Formula 1, NBA, NFL, MLS.

I also sell mark cosmetics. Have you met mark yet? Check out my e-boutique, http://rmccue.mymarkstore.com
Also, check out my mark picture album and blogs, where I give makeup lessons on different looks you can do with mark cosmetics.

I'd like to meet:

I feel like I need to shake things up in my life; I'd like to meet someone who can do that. So far no luck. *sigh* As far as famous people, Living: The Dalai Lama, John Frusciante, Dita Von Teese, Henry Kissinger, Kevin Smith, PJ Harvey, Pedro Almodovar, Barak Obama, Anderson Cooper. Dead: Anne Sexton, Dorothy Parker, Pope John Paul II.

Music:

Let's see, where to start? I know I've already mentioned I like PJ Harvey, but honestly, the woman freakin' amazes me! I'm also currently really infatuated with City and Colour. Have you heard them yet? They're in my top friend's list, and I've been listening to Sometimes and The MySpace Transmissions, and I'm just in awe. Dallas Green is amazing! UPDATE: I just bought Bring You My Love, the iTunes Sessions, and the three City and Colour videos that are available on iTunes. Yep, I'm officially a stalker! LOL I also listen to Joy Division, Ozo Matli, nil8, Blind Melon, Nina Simone, Cake, The Legendary Shack Shakers, Creech Holler, Jeff Zentner, Garbage, The Killers, Hank Williams Sr. & III, Wayne Hancock, J.B. Beverley & the Wayward Drifters, Joshua Black Wilkins, Justin Townes Earle, Portishead, The Beastie Boys, Bad Religion, Mike Ness, Ben Folds, Sean Paul, David Bowie, John Frusciante, Junior Brown, New Order, Sisters of Mercy, The The, The Damned, Wyclef Jean, Depeche Mode, Cordero, Dido, Jane's Addiction, Stone Temple Pilots, Ani DiFranco, Radiohead, Violent Femmes, Johnny Cash, Ernest Tubb, Peter Murphy, David J., and Bauhaus, and lots more I can't think of at the moment. Oooh, ooh, ooh, I forgot: I adore Bob Mould - I love his work with Husker Du, with Sugar, and his solo work. I can't wait until his autobiography comes out!

Movies:

The Royal Tennenbaums, Cyrano de Bergerac, Magnolia, American Beauty, Monsieur Hire, Amelie, Training Day, Wild At Heart, Clerks, El Mariachi, A Clockwork Orange, The Ice Harvest, Big Fish, Rosemary's Baby, Volere Volare, Night On Earth, Raise The Red Lantern, Pulp Fiction, The Hunger, Memento, Fargo, Secretary, Scarface, Dogma, The Godfather Trilogy, Leaving Las Vegas, Dogville, American History X, anything by Pedro Almodovar - All About My Mother, Talk to Her, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdonwn, so many more.

Television:

I'm currently totally enchanted with Pushing Daisies. I'm finishing up the first season on DVD and am tuning in for the second season on Wednesday nights on ABC. Besides that, Gossip Girl, ANTM, Anderson Cooper 360, sports (yes, I am a sports junkie, except for baseball - boring!).

Books:

I'm still not reading as much as I should be. I re-read A Clockwork Orange for the book club, then didn't go to the meeting, like the total dork that I am. Maybe next month. Some of my other favorites are: Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, Skinny Legs And All by Tom Robbins, Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, The Secret History by Donna Tart, London Fields by Martin Amis, A Touch Of Grace by Maria Doria Russell, Horton Hears A Who by Dr. Seuss, all of the Harry Potter Books, Raymond Carver, Anne Sexton, The Dalai Lama, George Orwell, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Pablo Neruda, Naguib Mahfouz, Pema Chodron, Clive Barker, so many more I love and didn't list.

Heroes:

My brother, my dad, my mom, my niece Rachel, lots of unnamed people from whose kindness I benefit without even knowing them.

My Blog

marks fabulous new skincare line

For those of you who don't know, mark launched its brand new skincare line this month and I couldn't be more excited!  I've tried the products and absolutely love them, and they have another...
Posted by Rebecca on Mon, 05 May 2008 01:17:00 PST

Mark Makeup Lesson 2

Hi Everyone!  This is my second Mark Makeup Lesson, and this time I'm going to show you a look that I get so many compliments on every time I wear it.  I call it my "Green Eyes" look.  ...
Posted by Rebecca on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 01:58:00 PST

mark. Makeup Lesson - Evening Look

If you check out my picture albums, you'll see I've added a new album called "mark."  Over the coming weeks I'm going to be posting pictures of me doing different looks with mark makeup and posti...
Posted by Rebecca on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:31:00 PST

...so I made some pumpkin pasta tonight...

I got the recipe from Martha Stewart's Everyday Cooking magazine.  When I told my friend B. I was making pumpkin pasta, I got silence.  "No, no, it sounds really good...doesn't it?"  Ag...
Posted by Rebecca on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 07:23:00 PST

New pictures of me

Gee, aren't you excited?  LOL  I took pictures on my 35th birthday, so I decided to make it a yearly tradition (even though these were taken today, not on my birthday). I look like a dork, b...
Posted by Rebecca on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:53:00 PST

Vertigo

I watched Vertigo tonight, Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller.  It was amazing to the last, haunting shot.  I've seen a few other Hitchcock movies, Psycho and The Birds, but none have affec...
Posted by Rebecca on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:25:00 PST

See Ann, I told you game 3 was pivital!!

That's why I had to get home to see it!  I was worried, the Heat lead through much of the second and third quarters, but my Bulls pulled through, winning 104-96.  That puts them up 3-0 in th...
Posted by Rebecca on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 10:47:00 PST

Justin Townes Earle and Joshua Black Wilkins

I had the distinct pleasure of hearing these two talented, up and coming Nashville artists last night at The Underground.  It was an intimate show, just Joshua and Justin and their acoustic guita...
Posted by Rebecca on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 05:18:00 PST

I'm goin' to Witchita, far from this opera forever more...

Okay, for those who don't know where I live, I'll say that I'm surrounded by little old ladies.  I call them The Biddy Patrol.  They're always gossiping about something or someone and gettin...
Posted by Rebecca on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 05:34:00 PST

Fire! Fire! Fire!

Okay, it would be more accurate to say "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!" but my current title seemed much more dramatic. This morning around 2 a.m. a heating element went out in my furnace and caused it to over ...
Posted by Rebecca on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 03:50:00 PST