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Kelly

You are what your deep, driving desire is. As your desire is, so is your will. As your will is, so i

About Me

"Never before had I known the sudden quiver of understanding that travels from word to brain to heart, the way a new language can move, coil, swim into life under the eyes, the almost savage leap of comprehension, the instantaneous, joyful release of meaning, the way the words shed their printed bodies in a flash of heat and light." -Elizabeth Kostova

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My Interests

I am a book lover - they are everywhere in my house. I spend most of my free time reading or writing. I also really enjoy watching college sports - football in general and the Razorbacks specifically. It's been a while but I also really like to draw and paint. I love spending time with my husband and son,as well as my darling little dogs. They are Sid, our friendly little rat terrier and China, our neurotic little min pin. As I said before, I am a collector of books and I absolutely love them. I would be lost without my books. The other collection that is dear to my heart? My shoes. I have a bit of a problem with shoes and purses and sunglasses and chocolate and... Ok, that's enough - wouldn't want to look like a total mess! I have a new obsession that I must add -- yoga. I recently started a class and have fallen totally in love with it. By the end of class I feel amazing--wish I'd found this years ago! I have been practicing for a month now and I feel my life changing in such positive ways.

I'd like to meet:


Stephen King, Janet Evanovich, Arthur Golden, Dean Koontz, John Irving, Jennifer Weiner, Jodi Piccoult, Donald Harrington, Zadie Smith - to name a few. I would also love to meet fellow lovers of books, dogs, shoes and yoga.

Music:

I love the music of Josh Abbott who just happens to be my son. Check out his page! This may surprise you but, yes, this 41 year old mom likes some rap music! My ipod has a pretty eclectic mix - 70s hits, rap, hip-hop, some 80s rock and power ballads,pop and, of course, my son's music. Lately, my southern roots are showing with a new found love of country music as well.

Movies:

I love all kinds of movies especially those with Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart,Spencer Tracy. My favorite old movie is Arsenic and Old Lace with Cary Grant. Steel Magnolias is on the top of my list too. I've seen it atleast 20 times and I still cry during the graveyard scene. I love all of the classic chick flicks too.

Television:

American Idol; Big Love;The Sopranos; Nip Tuck; Survivor; Big Brother; CSI; Gilmore Girls; House; Meerkat Manor(I admit it, I'm an Animal Planet geek!), Deadliest Catch, Little People Big World, Entourage. I love sitcoms - new and old. I am a night owl so I watch a lot of the old shows like Roseanne on Nick at night. I am addicted to my DVR.

Books:

Memoirs of A Geisha; anything by Zadie Smith, Carl Hiassen, Janet Evanovich and Dean Koontz. I like a lot of Stephen King's work as well. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, all of Jodi Piccoult's books, Nelson DeMille;The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova; A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore;books by writers about writing; John Irving;Flannery O'Connor; The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold;Jeff Lindsay; Amanda Stevens;Mr.Paradise; A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe; Dennis LeHane; The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice - there are so many I can't list them all. I just finished Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer and I have to add it. It is a wonderful book. Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl. I recently read both of Donna Tartt's books and am now a fan.

Heroes:

My mom for being the rock of our family; my husband because he knows what is important in life and he encourages me in all that I do and those rare people who do what it takes to make their dreams come true.