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About Me

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Softkey Left softkey Right ..I am:

A lover AND a fighter.

A blend of contradictions and tastes.

Realistic.
Optimistic.
Aggressive.
Laid-back.
Inquisitive.
Domestic.
Unconventional.

Loved.
Blessed.
Joyful.
Thankful.

I'm starting a new life. In May, I left the job I'd been at for over two years. Great people, great pay, and tremendous growth opportunities. I left my family, my fantastic friends, and the home I'd known for fourteen years. I packed up, moved to Orange County, and started working with kids. I've got a fulfilling job, a great roommate, and an amazing boyfriend. This is a good life, and it's only getting better.UPDATE: Change the "boyfriend" to "fiance" and add a wedding in June to the "new life" part. :).. Read my VisualDNA ™ Get your own VisualDNA™

My Interests

Jesus, Natalie (the bestest) and my wonderful parents, and CJB.

OLD friends (Andrea!), JS friends (Lissy, Trisha, Josh, and the rest), and the 'Crew' (Josh Rad, Lauren, Christie, Chandra, Casey)--find us at the 'Bees when I'm in town.

I love the following:

Singing with the windows down. Dancing under the stars. Speaking French and Italian. Teaching kids. Classic movies. Greeting one another with a "brotherly kiss." Politics. Psychology. Philosophy. Turning on SportsCenter without thinking twice. Learning to love baseball (Go A's!). Always loving football. Naptime. Reading for hours. Traveling. Living ten minutes from the beach.

I do NOT love: Jell-O. Any kind of Asian food. Food with faces still visible. Parking three blocks from my apartment at midnight. People who wear vanilla or VS Garden products exclusively. Celebrities who are famous for being famous. Michael Moore. Spelling and grammar mistakes. People who don't know the difference between your and you're. People who say "I don't watch TV" to make themselves sound intellectual. They probably don't read, either. The question "Do you want fries with that?" The answer is always, unequivocally "yes."

I'd like to meet:

The Maestro.

Music:

Eclectic. In any given day, I'll listen to a wide range of genres. Start the day off with a little Stevie Wonder or Michael Buble to wake me up. Throughout the day, I'll listen to Incubus, John Mayer, Copeland, Ray LaMontagne, and wide variety of oldies and whatever's on KIIS at the moment. A bubble bath and some Frank Sinatra to wind down. Dinner-making music is Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, Dean Martin, or Rosemary Clooney. And I close out the night with Beethoven, Tchaikovsy, Bach and Mozart.

Movies:

Chocolat. Anchorman. The Little Mermaid. Love, Actually. Snatch. Fight Club. Troy. Mr. and Mrs. Smith. My Best Friend's Wedding.

Television:

Anything created by JJ Abrams...specifically, Alias and Lost.

Also, Friends, Seinfeld, The Office, and Grey's Anatomy.

And there's a special place in my heart for those that left us too quickly: Freaks and Geeks, Arrested Development. Here's lookin' at you, kids.

Books:

SO many. I'm a voracious reader.

My Blog

Singers you should know.

I don't know where to begin. By genre? By decade? Alphabetical order? Ok, I've decided. Just vague-ish categories. If you like Sinatra: Rosemary Clooney Jane Monheit Diana Krall And, of ...
Posted by Soon-to-be Mrs. Brown! on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:52:00 PST

Random Mitch-isms.

I saw this wino, he was eating grapes. I was like, "Dude, you have to wait." I saw on HBO, they were advertising this boxing match. They said "It's a fight to the finish." That's a good place to end. ...
Posted by Soon-to-be Mrs. Brown! on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 02:59:00 PST

The old update is outdated...

So here's life as of Thursday, April 26th... Employment I just put in my two weeks notice on Wednesday. I'm actually leaving the company. Shocked? Yeah, me too. It's a great job and I have fantastic c...
Posted by Soon-to-be Mrs. Brown! on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:34:00 PST

Stolen from one of the Sexiest Men Alive.

Stephen Colbert. There's something fantastically attractive about sarcasm. I love men with a good grasp of it. I want to marry a guy with a wonderful sense of sarcasm, and we'll be that couple that no...
Posted by Soon-to-be Mrs. Brown! on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:28:00 PST

Update.

Employment No, I did not quit my job. Yes, I'm very happy about it. Yes, I will tell you why I decided to stay. Family My sister is in Spain again. Ten months. Home for Christmas....
Posted by Soon-to-be Mrs. Brown! on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 11:44:00 PST

A little poetry for you.

Not mine, sillies. Billy Collins. Genius. I'd recommend "Sailing Alone Around The Room" if you're looking for a good collection. Seriously. I Chop Some Parsley While Listening To Art Blakey's Version...
Posted by Soon-to-be Mrs. Brown! on Sun, 03 Sep 2006 11:47:00 PST

I held out for so long...

But Michal finally did a new one, and I adored hers... 1.) What is your secret, guaranteed weeping movie?Oh, gosh. Im going to be a typical girl right now, arent I? Theres three: Sleepless In S...
Posted by Soon-to-be Mrs. Brown! on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:05:00 PST

Not as great as Freeze Tag, but it'll do...

tag, you're it... each player of this game starts with the "6 weird/quirky habits/things about yourself" and people who get tagged need to write a blog of their 6 weird/quirky habits/things, as well a...
Posted by Soon-to-be Mrs. Brown! on Wed, 03 May 2006 12:51:00 PST

If it's good enough for my hero...

My hero. JJ Abrams, creator of "Alias" and "Lost." Ahh...genius. Anyways, he did a Q&A with LA Confidential, so I will too. Maybe some of that genius will rub off on me. Or I'll get to rub up on...
Posted by Soon-to-be Mrs. Brown! on Sun, 23 Apr 2006 12:15:00 PST

Just a song I love...

He will allure her He will pursue her And call her out To wilderness with flowers in His hand She is responding Beat up and hurting Deserving death But offerings of life are found instead She will sin...
Posted by Soon-to-be Mrs. Brown! on Tue, 11 Apr 2006 01:35:00 PST