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About Me

I like to consider myself pretty gangsta. I embarrass my friends and myself for my pleasure and sometimes theirs. But at the same time, I am the most confident and self-respecting woman you will ever meet in your life. I have a very, very low bullshit tolerance. I work at a university and am working on a master's there somewhat against my will. I like weird socks and funny hats. I have a serious problem w/ bad grammar, unpainted toenails, flip-flops w/ heels and popped-collars. Sometimes I feel that just like people have to obtain a marriage license, people should also have to obtain a license to procreate. There is the smallest of filters between my thoughts and my mouth; PC and lady-like are not necessarily my "things." Take it or leave it.Often referred to as a "guy's girl." This comes from a lifetime of A) my father raising his daughter to be a real man (i do a lot of my own car maintenance and can throw a good spiral w/ a Nerf (can't get my hand around a real football)) and B) growing up raising boys myself (be it the boys from Poquoson or the lacrosse team at JMU). When 90% of your friends are dudes, you have to find a way to fit in and become comfortable in your dudeness. I may be too comfortable. Andrew said I have an honorary penis.

My Interests

Kicking ass in the day and taking names in the evening. My friends and making them laugh. Singing loudly in my car. Attending professional sporting events. The Victoria's Secret catalogue. Traveling abroad more and learning new languages. Gymnastics back in the day.

I'd like to meet:

People who don't suck at life. People who can make me laugh more than I make myself laugh. And as always, someone who's more of a man than I am.

Music:

Nickel Creek first and foremost. Jimmy Eat World and Counting Crows. The Shins. I love the new Killers album. The soundtrack from RENT (takes me back to my showchoir days.) I'm a sucker for punk music. And Guns and Roses, of course.

Movies:

Field of Dreams. Almost Famous. Beavis and Butthead Do America. Lion King. 50 First Dates. Harry Potters. LOTR. RENT. Legends of the Fall. Miracle. Under the Tuscan Sun b/c it's what I want for my life at age 40. And I get good chuckles from Big Lebowski and Dumb and Dumber.

Television:

Entourage, Studio 60, Scrubs, Family Guy, ER, My Boys (the show loosely based on the events of my life), Rome. I don't really have time for much tv.

Books:

Harry Potters, Angels and Demons, Memoirs of a Geisha, Gone w/ the Wind (until you get to the last page), Pillars of the Earth, Anna Karenina, anything w/ an historical setting.

Heroes:

Mom and Dad, hands down. You'll always hear me talk about how I have the greatest family ever. Jeremy Ross is sort of a hero for me too, but a differnt kind.

My Blog

2006 Year in review

2006 has come and gone. Complaints are minimal. There were some pretty fabulous times that were had. The year began w/ the biggest heartbreak of my life, so that was a fabulous way to start the year. ...
Posted by Shelly on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 01:10:00 PST

STICK IT!...The Real Deal

Ok, you had to see this coming w/ me being a gymnast and all. Of course we're going to critique the hell out of this movie. You see, gymnasts have been waiting for a very long time for a decent movie,...
Posted by Shelly on Tue, 02 May 2006 10:28:00 PST

What not to do when applying to grad school...

This email was sent to me, 3 of our 4 deans, PLUS the dean of the grad school as a whole and a few professors. The worst part was, what he repsonded to was an automtic reply and the information he was...
Posted by Shelly on Wed, 08 Mar 2006 12:40:00 PST

Ithaca is GORGES!

Five days w/o IM and Im feeling cut off from the world, so Ive resorted to this. Im in Ithaca, NY w/ my aunt and uncle for Thanksgiving. Mom and Dad are in Europe, and by divine intervention I was ...
Posted by Shelly on Sat, 26 Nov 2005 06:28:00 PST

Web pics

Instead of uploading all my pics here, they are available for your viewing pleasure at http://community.webshots.com/user/pajamas831 Please do not think less of me b/c of them I can entertain mys...
Posted by Shelly on Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:52:00 PST