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Manda

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About Me

General suburban eclectic musician with scifi tastes and anime dreams. Learning to become a writer. Outdoorsy and somewhat solitary. Love Tolkien, hate soap operas. Master of small repairs. Medievalist/English Civil War Campfollower. Find me in your local library sifting through the medicinal herbology section. Punk librarian. Wannabe Dominatrix. Sick, SICK sense of humor. Computer geek. Dreamer.

My Interests

Medicinal Herbalism, Myths and Legends, Pagan tradition, Mysticism.

View my page on TREKSPACE

I'm a member at MyLot. I like it - I earn a little cash for fun, while socializing and making lots of friends! Here's my url for your referral: http://www.mylot.com/?ref=DarlingGirl

I'd like to meet:

Don't laugh. William Shatner. 'Cause I continue to be a Star Trek freak and will prolly never get it out of my system.

Who else? David Bowie. For a sit down and a cuppa.

Alan Rickman. Perhaps a shopping spree, and a quick lunch. Think he'd be good company.

Okay, note the age of all these guys? Yeah. Can't seem to find the young'uns atractive anymore. They all seem outtah my league.
Oh, yes - Paul McGann. Now there's a good man with great talent. Ralph Fiennes is another fav of mine. Right up there with McGann. in fact, the two would make a great double-date..for me, alone! *cough, ahem.*

Hmmm... James Spader. Very sweet. He's aging gracefully.

Don't forget Christopher Walken! He can cook, ladies....

Gary Sinise - for his acting before CSI: NY. He's an actor more suited for the big screen and stage acing rather than TV. (*cough* Sorry, Gary!)

Now put all those guys together and you'd have a great party.
;)
As for women? Michelle Pfeiffer and Uma Thurman. I think they've done very well in their field.

Woops, these are all actors and musicians. Possibly because I come from an artsy background? Maaaaaaybeeee....!I'm always open to learning new things about the theatre, music, acting, dancing, painting and art of all types.
Oh, and don't forget, if you'd like to chat, email me here and ask for my AIM!

Music:

Click on "view" in my added music box to see my band's website, or click:
LIFISHERMEN
Bowie

Fripp and Eno

Bo Hansson

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Cream

Frank Zappa

Johnny and Edgar Winter

Jean-Luc Ponty

Brian Setzer

King Crimson

Gentle Giant

Peter Paul and Mary

Jack Hardy

Marty Simon

Wendy Carlos

Danny Elfman

Orbital

Jean Michel Jarre

Mahavishnu Orchestra

The Clash

The Cars

Vivaldi

Mozart

Bach

Grieg

Mahler

Bertolt Brecht

The Beatles

Blind Faith

Traffic

and yes, The Monkees.

Movies:

Hmm...looking through my collection:
Roman Holiday
That's the hug...
13th Warrior
Mad Max - all three movies
Blade Runner
2001
Planet of The Apes
Lawrence of Arabia Widescreen Ed.
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (Rex Harrison)
Victor, Victoria
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
The Asphyx
The Seven Percent Solution
An Awfully Big Adventure
Dogma, Clerks, Mall Rats, Chasing Amy, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Clerks II
Galaxy Quest
Man In The Iron Mask
All the Star Trek movies
Dead Again
Men in Black
The Mummy
All of the Indiana Jones movies
Does Harrison Look Worried?
Henry V
All of the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes Series.
The Fifth Element.
Anything with Gene Kelly in it.
Ditto on Danny Kaye.
The Dead Zone.
Comedy: Anything Blake Edwards or Mel Brooks.
By now you can figure out my tastes, eh?

Television:


Samurai Champloo
Which Samurai Champloo Character Are You?
brought to you by Quizilla I am Jin! (Heh, who else is cooler, eh?) The music in this series blows me away. If a series grabs me, it must have great music! Japanese hiphop is very cool.
LEXX The crew of The LEXX. (L to R: Kai of The Brunnen-G, Xev of B3TK, and Stan the Man, Captain of The Lexx. Another series (and movies) with spectacular music, courtesy of Marty Simon and Andre Haines.
Jin and Kai are the same fellow, really. Tall, dark, don't say much, mysterious, poetic, and sometimes romantic. AND BOTH CAN CHOP YOU INTO LITTLE TEENIE PIECES!!! Heh. Got to admit, the violence thing is a bit of a turn on. But then, the quiet logical attitude is all Spock/Data, don't you think? Weird.
Boston Legal
CSI: Crime Scene Investigations
Grissom Rules.
Ren and Stimpy
House - Hugh Laurie (what talent!)
Family Guy Stewie Should Take Over The World!
South Park Poor Kenny...
Antiques Roadshow The Keno Brothers are cool.
Any old Star Trek
Just look at this. Girls, tell me you can resist this! Nice eh? Shatner, Shatner, Shatner. What more do I have to say?
Whatever's on AMC Whatever's on TMC
Myth Busters
Dirty Jobs
The old Addam's Family series
Who doesn't love the Addams Family?
Battlestar Galactica, for the veteran actors who are doing such a fine job:
Oh, and Inside the Actor's Studio (Of Course.)

Books:

Anything Tolkien. Anything STOS. Anything by Conan Doyle, Jules Verne, or W. Somerset Maugham.

Heroes:

My 2nd grade librarian, Mrs. Cunningham. Got me reading and I haven't stopped yet.
Jeremy Brett: For fabulous acting in the face of bipolar disorder.
The Shat, for continuing to work though he's prolly wearing Depends by now.
(Lorne Greene and the Shat doing summer rep Shakespeare.
Jeff Hardy, Bass Player and Vocalist who sadly died in the World Trade Center on 9/11. He was tall, handsome as the Angel Gabriel, and sang like one, too. Though I didn't know him well, I saw him play many, many times, and had the good fortune to spend a day cooking with him. My thoughts go out to his wife and children. We will all miss "Moose".
And just because there's not a spot for favorite actors, I'm making one below:
Sir Derek Jacobi - for making Shakespeare easy to understand.
Peter O'Toole - for that scared, screwed-up look, his wonderfully emotion-filled eyes, and perfect diction.
John Hurt. He's terribly talented, has a voice like sandpaper, and amazes me with his work to this day.
Greg Peck - for showing that a man can be noble no matter what. Ir...and for his increadibly good looks.
And last, but very important to me:
Sir Robert Stephens, who had a voice worth more than all the gold in Fort Knox...and one of the greatest and most under-rated acting talents on the planet.
And here are a few more for good measure:
Nicol Williamson, even though he's been drunk all the time and beats up on his fellow actors. Hope you recover soon, Nicol, we want you back.
Ciaran Hinds, who has recently completed Rome
Jeremy Irons - WINNER! SAG Award for BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR in Elizabeth
Gabriel Byrne - We never see enough of him!
Sir Anthony Hopkins, who graces everything that he's in.
And many more..that I haven't thought to add yet!

My Blog

Tropic Thunder Promo

I know it's a little late, but I just stumbled over this. Suffice it to say that my brain fried, and a few lame braincells cried out, "WTF?!" when I saw Robert Downey Jr. riding Jack Black (who's wear...
Posted by Manda on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 04:33:00 PST

Battlestar Galactica Rocks...

Talk about a lot of action and stuff to think about!!!Baltar's already spouting his religious beliefs to the Cylon guards, who are...listening! Laura is finally at terms with her love for Adama, and t...
Posted by Manda on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:05:00 PST

Another Day On The Job

It's the M-day again.At ths moment, I don't feel like geting dressed or catching the bus, or anything. I just want to sit at home and play with my cats, get a few things done, and just be. Alas, it's...
Posted by Manda on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:49:00 PST

Man From Atlantis: MFA Reviews

In the short time that I have before Hubby reminds me that i have to do wash, I'm gonna post some reviews so that the peeps can decide which MFA eps are best for them: Man From Atlantis (Pilot) Movie...
Posted by Manda on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 10:36:00 PST

Up All Night

      It seems my blog from 2am last night was swallowed up by the great web monster.  That sucketh; it was highly comical.   To recap: I napped too much yesterday...
Posted by Manda on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 10:13:00 PST

Iron Man: Robert Downey Jr., My Treat.

This weekend I'm low on money again, but I found a way to treat myself. Firstly, we found the online version of "Guess What's Coming To Dinner: Battlestar Galactica 04 X 07", (even before the SciFi.c...
Posted by Manda on Sun, 18 May 2008 04:52:00 PST

Check out this video: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Trailer

Check out this video: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Trailer Add to My Profile | More VideosAuggghh! Ohmgd. Well, it'll be a good idea for a birthday gift...for me! H...
Posted by Manda on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:37:00 PST

Check out this video: Five Years (Bowie)

Check out this video: five years Add to My Profile | More VideosOhmgosh..I stumbled over this and am aghast! All the words are there in perfect clarity. Seeing Bowie and The Spiders perfor...
Posted by Manda on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:32:00 PST

Phishing Site - "I can’t believe she was a classmate"...

If you got duped into clicking on the message sent thru Judy's MySpace page, CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD NOW!!!!! Buddy reported it to me as I figured it out, so I've already done what I can on my side - I'v...
Posted by Manda on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:18:00 PST

Ciaran Hinds in The Seafarer

I'm very excited at the prospact of seeing Ciaran Hinds in "The Seafarer",  just starting its run at the Booth Theatre. You can see pictures from the opening night here: http://www.broadway.com/...
Posted by Manda on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:10:00 PST