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Donna

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About Me

Let me help save you two mouse clicks...
I am NOT here for "business opportunities", get rich quick schemes, dating, flings, or dirty old men who just like to collect chicks. If that's your game, save yourself the two clicks and don't try to add me as a friend, because you'll just be denied.

Now on with the show...

East Texas Paranormal Society

ETPS is a paranormal research organization in the Texarkana - Four States region (Texas-Arkansas-Louisiana-Oklahoma). The goal for ETPS is to perform and promote scientifically based investigations and research of paranormal activity. We have, and expect all prospective members to have the highest standards of excellence and professionalism. We do not charge for investigations or research in any way. Our philosophies are very similar to those in the TAPS family of researchers.

ETPS currently has a full crew and is not accepting applications for new membership at this time.

If you or anyone you know are experiencing troubling or unexplained phenomenon , please contact us at [email protected]. Your information will be held in the strictest confidence.

A video that will make you smile every time: Queen - The Miracle

Fun things to do with your thermal camera other than ghost hunting:

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My Interests

OK, I've got an eclectic grab-bag of interests. Prepare to laugh...

By day, I work my tail off for a huge hospital system in Dallas as a clinical quality analyst, and also own a skin and body care business. I have a long background in the medical field - went to paramedic school and worked on an ambulance until I got tired of getting shot at, then went to work as a nurse in a nice quiet doctor's office. I've got certs and experience in medical lab, vascular technology, radiology, yadda yadda.

The REAL me, of course is a little different: I'm a big Trekkie and fan of weird stuff like ghosts and aliens and whatnot. I don't go quite as far as seeing Elvis everywhere, though I did see him once. He was sitting between me and Bigfoot on a UFO one night.

I am what you call a "skeptical believer". I wanna believe, but I need proof, and hard proof before I holler "haunted". I don't take much stock in orbs or mists, and I'm pretty skeptical of photographs. When I (or my team) investigate a reported haunting, I go in looking for an explanation of what the client is experiencing - to debunk, if you will.

I'm also passionate about my skin care and cosmetic business. I'm always researching and formulating new ideas, technologies and products. In case you're wondering, I do not test on animals, and I do not source ingredients that are tested on them either. Our products are tested on human volunteers... Period.

Why am I here on MySpace? I enjoy the networking and interesting people and the really great friends I have made here. I am not here for dating, girl-collectors (yeah, you've seen those guys with nothing but trashy women on their friends list), get rich quick schemes, or any of that type nonsense. If that's your game, please don't bother asking me to be your friend.

I'd like to meet:

Julian McMahon, Sean Connery, Julian McMahon, Harrison Ford, Julian McMahon, David Tennant, Julian McMahon... See a pattern there? Hey, I'm married, not DEAD! I'd also love to hit a spot or two with the TAPS (Ghost Hunters) folks. I like the way they work. That's how investigating should be done.

Music:

Classic Rock, Classical, Heavy Metal, Jazz, Blues, Alt, Country... anything but Opera. Can't handle opera.

Queen - my all-time fave, Aerosmith, ZZ Top, AC/DC, NIN, Boston, George Clinton and Parliament, Pantera, Ted Nugent, Van Halen, Styx, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, LOVE Barry Manilow (I run the gamut)... The list goes on and on.

Movies:

I love SciFi, Horror, Vampires, monster movies, & comedies (some of those kind of blend together).

I think one of my favorite movies has to be The Exorcist. It scared the hell out of me (pardon the pun) then, and it scares the hell out of me now. This is the kind of flick that makes you want to sleep with your Bible...

And a rosary...

Not a priest, though. That would be bad.

Television:

See, now here's where that weird thing comes in again. Favorite shows (in no particular order): Torchwood, Ghost Hunters, Doctor Who, Star Trek, Charmed, Lost, Haunting Evidence, The Dead Zone, The 4400, Nip/Tuck, Mythbusters, Boston Legal - oh yeah - and Days of Our Lives. Been watching that one all my life. I can tell you crap that went on 30 years ago. It's sad, I know.

Books:

Anne Rice, Stephen King, Bob Asprin, Piers Anthony, Jack Chalker... I loved the Well of Souls series.

Heroes:

My Mom and my Dad. My hubby. My kids. Those are my real heroes.

Fictional heroes, I dunno. I guess I'd have to say Piper from the TV show Charmed. I'd LOVE to have those powers. Tailgaters and other various weeners wouldn't stand a chance.

Just as well, though. You wouldn't want to give the power to blow things up, fling fireballs, or any other destructive-type power to someone with my temperament.

My Blog

Ghost Hunting Camera - ROFLMAO

Look what's new at Sam's Club... A GHOST-HUNTING CAMERA!Guaranteed to have a ghost in every picture. Check it out One could look at this 2 ways: 1. It is just harmless fun for kids, and perhaps ma...
Posted by Donna on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:19:00 PST

Have to approve comments now, dangit...

I've had to set things where I approve comments now.  I've been getting WAY too many of those virus-promoting comments, spamming, etc.  It's a real pain in the ass.  I'd hate to think a...
Posted by Donna on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:38:00 PST

Johari- How well do you know me?

Go to this page and pick out the 5 or 6 words that you associate with me. How well do you know me??
Posted by Donna on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 09:57:00 PST

Telemarketers...

I'm coming to hate telemarketers almost as much as I hate vacuum cleaner salesmen. I've had this one yip-yip yahoo from some packaging company calling me for weeks now, aggravating me about buying a k...
Posted by Donna on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 04:06:00 PST

I haven't forgotten

First off, can anybody tell me why it is so DAMN DIFFICULT to post a simple freakin' blog on this thing?  I've been trying to post this for the last hour and a half.  Grr.  I just fini...
Posted by Donna on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:36:00 PST

Kirby's Nightmare (Warning - Foul Language Ahead)

Have any of you had the dubious misfortune of dealing with a Kirby vacuum salesperson? It's amazing. . . it really is. They triple-team you. First, they send in this relatively poorly dressed, o...
Posted by Donna on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 07:59:00 PST

First pics from the Jefferson Hotel Investigation

OK... I give up.  I'm going to post these pics on my blog before I've made up my mind about them.  These pics are from the Jefferson Hotel investigation (Jefferson, TX).  They came out ...
Posted by Donna on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 11:50:00 PST

A-Haunting We Wil Go....

Well, my hubby and co-founder of ETPS are about to embark on our first honest-to-goodness investigation as a team.  I haven't done one of these in a long time... Anxious to get back into the groo...
Posted by Donna on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 01:33:00 PST

Just an old Ghostbuster from when Bustin' wasn't cool...

Some folks have a notion that because a paranormal team is new, that so are the members.  Not true.  My sister (also on the team) and I go WAY back with ghost hunting... Back to the lat...
Posted by Donna on Sat, 27 May 2006 04:30:00 PST

Formation of a Paranormal Investigative Team

Recruiting is going well for the organization.  The East Texas Paranormal Society is definitely in business. Between the gathered throng, we've got plenty of equipment to get started with.  ...
Posted by Donna on Thu, 25 May 2006 05:01:00 PST