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Mary

All we need is some ice cream and a hug

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Fergal Lawler

Music:

Maria Taylor, The Brunettes, Beirut, Damien Rice, Brandi Carlile, Plain White T's, Cranberries, Granddaddy, Cameron Macintosh, Jason Mraz, Michael Ball (among various other opera singers), Flaming Lips, Sigur Ros, M83, Junior Kickstart, Jay Chou, G.O.D., Belle and Sebastian, Radio Head, Blink 182, Blue October, Orange Range, some White Stripes, Death Cab, Jars of Clay, Jimmy Eat World and a lot more

Movies:

Directors: Wes Anderson, Alfred Hitchcock, M Night Shaymalan, Orson Wells, Jackie Chan, Stephen Chow, Wachowski Brothers (of course), some Tarantino... others Play Writes: Tyler Perry, Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, Shakespeare (all and forever)... others Movies: Citizen Cane, Fight Club, His Girl Friday, Alex and Emma, 3 Iron, New Police Story, Before Sunset, Rushmore, The Life Aquatic, and many others

Television:

LOST!, 30 Rock, The Office, Firefly, Heroes (but I lost track)

Books:

Scripture, books about journalism, books by journalists, books by EB White, Thomas Hardy, any of the Brontes, Jane Austen, William Shakespeare, PG Woodhouse, Evalyn Waugh, Goerge Orwell, Louisa May Alcott, Graham Greene, Noel Strettfield, Hunter S Thompson, Peter Tilich, Jeremy Begbie, Jonathan Edwards, Martin Luther, John Calvin, Deitrich Bonhoeffer, Philip Yancey, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Ann Lamott, Goerge MacDonald, Lewis Carrol, JD Salinger, Emily Dickenson, Virginia Woolf, Percy Byshe Shelley, Alfred Byron, Tennyson, John Milton, Wordsworth (with certain moods), John Donne, Franze Kafka, Leo Tolstoy, Ferdinand Dostoyevsky, the guy who wrote remains of the day and never let me go (amazing books), and several others. Wide Sargasso Sea is a favorite book of mine.Graham Greene is my favorite author right now.The End of the Affair is probably my favorite book right now.

Heroes:

Lillian DicksonAnyone who throws it all away for so much more.

My Blog

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday, June babies! (mary www.xanga.com/sassinit)
Posted by Mary on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:38:00 PST

Cafe

Was it his vibrant two-toned monologue strumming the air like the hipster strumming next to them?The place intoxicated her. She didn't know why. The air was layered& coffee, smoke& the heat of bodie...
Posted by Mary on Sat, 24 May 2008 09:16:00 PST

yep, we are American journalists...

  ME: "So, I'm going to Seoul, then flying to Shanghai and then Hong Kong, over to Macau, then off to Taipei, and... AMY (coworker): "What? Do you even speak Japanese?!" ... *sigh* ---------...
Posted by Mary on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:45:00 PST

Coworkers

I have been copyediting the Real Estate news mostly, and the guys in my office gave me this today:Thanks guys . . . thanks . . .On a brighter note, I have business cards and my own business phone line...
Posted by Mary on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 08:34:00 PST

Summer Pictures

Grace at the Folger's Shakespeare Library in DCProving my proficient thespian talent, I am posing as Puck at the Shakespeare Library in DCSunshine in the garden of the National Cathedral, DCNaturally ...
Posted by Mary on Sun, 30 Jul 2006 09:23:00 PST

Old friends, new times

One of my coworkers is buying a house and asked if I would rent the guest unit with like a bedroom, living room, kitchen etc!!! Coming from her, this was an honor. But I told her I don't plan to be ...
Posted by Mary on Tue, 23 May 2006 08:18:00 PST

More pictures

William the Ham taking pictures of himself while others take pictures of him hahahahaha. I think he is taking pictures of his "square face." I miss my Pa . . . Albert and William mugging it u...
Posted by Mary on Fri, 12 May 2006 12:23:00 PST

Graduation

The Marys at Bobbi's placeGetting readyApril and MeTHE GRADUATESThis weekend was such a blessing. I had so much fun partying with Jared's family (they made me laugh so hard I snorted--in front of all...
Posted by Mary on Mon, 01 May 2006 09:50:00 PST

Weddings

..Well, the inevitable has come and gone. Now I have the sudden urge to watch fight club and drink a six pack. *sigh* I miss Grace....
Posted by Mary on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:43:00 PST

Baby's First Eater, Baby's First Swim

After the last day of school before spring break, I headed straight down to visit my sister-in-law and niece. My niece has never before tried a pool (she is only ten months). But as soon as I touched...
Posted by Mary on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 09:55:00 PST