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DireCanary

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About Me

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I'm a writer and a hopeless dreamer. A cultured liar, thief and spinner of ridiculous yarns. I'm also a cook, teacher, sister, investigator and wilderness adventurer. Sometimes, I'm a couch potato and like to spend a whole weekend watching movies and baking experimental desserts.http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc33/entropyink/ connected.jpg

My Interests

Movies, horseback riding, foodies, writing, reading, life, meeting people, World of Warcraft.

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I'd like to meet:

Myself as a kid. Would be nice to get fair warning of all this...

Music:

Music is the language of the soul. Lately I've been enjoying Pink, Feist, and KT Tunstall.

Movies:

I love movies so much, I would marry them. Some of my favorites: Metropolis, At Play in the Fields of the Lord, Prophecy, Braveheart, Dracula, Agnes of God, Green Mile, Beowulf, Stardust, Seven Samurai, Enemy Mine, Fried Green Tomatoes, Indiana Jones, The Professional, Sin City, The Hulk,

Television:

I hate most network television, but have to admit that I'm geeking out on Heroes, Pushing Dasies and Dog Whisperer. I miss Deadwood, and Battlestar Galactica. I get my news from The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, because real news makes me cry.

Books:

WAY too many too list. You'll have to peruse my library sometime. Currently reading: Heroics for Beginners.

Heroes:

Ray Bradbury, Anne Bonny, Molly Brown, Eleanor Roosevelt and Stephen King.Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official...~Thomas Jefferson

My Blog

Barren: adj., lacking inspiration or ideas -- Merriam-Webster

I keep thinking that being infertile must be a little like being an addict. Early on, when everything still seemed possible, I said to myself, things might be bad but I’ll never ... I’ll n...
Posted by DireCanary on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:00:00 PST

I Stopped Looking for Reason in Stuff Like This...

I almost don't know what to say on days like this anymore. It seems like it's happening all too often lately. I'm pretty sure there used to be a time where we could get as much as a couple years betwe...
Posted by DireCanary on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:28:00 PST

Sopranos’ Inspired Cooking Spree

Once upon a time TV and movies didn't exist. It was a very dark time indeed. With the recent writers' strike, it felt that way for me. So, I've been chewing on The Sopranos. Halfway through the seri...
Posted by DireCanary on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:31:00 PST

Dont Piss Off the People Who Are the Internet

Just a few days ago on Fox News, (a source I would consider in the "entertainment" category more than a news source), a psychologist teamed with a news anchor to talk about Mass Effect.  In the ...
Posted by DireCanary on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:14:00 PST

Long Live Snarky Chefs!

I love potato chips.  But not just ANY chip.  The slightly thicker sliced ones you sometimes get made in house by good delis or cafes.  When you're lucky, they're just a bit warm. ...
Posted by DireCanary on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:50:00 PST

Buried Alive by Choices

Now, more than ever, Brian and I have to be very particular about what we eat.  Regrettably, it really is very hard today to eat "well" and "cheaply" at the same time.  We find ourselves in ...
Posted by DireCanary on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:27:00 PST

Finally, Competition in the Evil Empire Club: Blizzard + Vivendi

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7123582.stm Wow.  Blizzard is basically going public.They will be losing that somewhat small layer of insulation from the idiotically fickle public as&n...
Posted by DireCanary on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 01:43:00 PST

Is this home?

I was a very sensitive kid, and in junior high there was this tall, wiry, kinetic man named Mr. P who would wander the halls in his severe wool suit stopping any child he found wandering around a...
Posted by DireCanary on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 10:15:00 PST

Butterflies’ Natural Habitat: The Tummy

My mom will be landing here in 15 minutes.  She's staying for Thanksgivng, through the weekend and I am SO excited!  The last time I was in California with her I was 14 years old.  The ...
Posted by DireCanary on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:34:00 PST

Stung

The letters of your name stung my lips as they dripped over leaving numbness behind and making me fearful of swallowing lest my throat close too
Posted by DireCanary on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:17:00 PST