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Betsy

Too much to do and oh so little time...

About Me


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I was born in an "unincorporated area of the United States" otherwise known as Oceanside, NY. Both of my parents grew up in New York and most of my extended family is still there. I was the lead in the school play at age ten and decided I wanted to be an actor. At thirteen, my family moved to Louisville, KY. I went to the Youth Performing Arts School (YPAS) as a theatre major for four years and went on to get my BFA in Acting from the University of Kentucky. My senior year I became close friend with, and later fell in love with, my fiance, Brian, whom I'd known for five years. A year after we started dating, he asked me to become his wife. We arrived in Los Angeles on September 10, 2001, to pursue our dreams of making a living doing what we love. Four years later, we're both still working in restaurants! :)
I have two younger siblings and two loving and supportive parents, who are still married to each other after 30 years. My best friend, Jen, lives in Florida with her husband and two mastiffs, Athena (my god-dog) and Duke. Brian's family is also wonderful. His brother is the father of my first (and favorite) nephew, Will. That's him enjoying his first Christmas in the video below!

Brian and I are both avid toy and movie collectors. I mainly collect Barbie dolls and Disney's Ariel pins, but I dabble in Star Wars and Lord of the Rings figures. I've also recently started collecting One of a Kind Barbie dolls. There are some truly amazing artists out there.
I've been working at Islands in Encino for four and a half years. I finally broke my ties to the company in May! Last summer, I started waiting tables at Gladstone's in Malibu.
"Anything could happen at any moment... and the lesson of that is that, if we are wise, we should enjoy every one of them as they pass."
Your results:
You are Princess Leia Princess Leia 76% Padme 74% Luke Skywalker 66% Obi-Wan Kenobi 65% Yoda 62% Han Solo 59% R2-D2 53% Qui-Gon Jinn 53% An Ewok 53% Chewbacca 49% You are an excellent friend
and an unselfish person,
yet you like to spend a lot of
time on your hair and fashion.
You spend most of your time
with guys that are too cocky,
too hairy, or too related.
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My Interests


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I'd like to meet:

There are way too many to name. I would have liked to have met Katherine Hepburn. I think the way she single-handedly saved her career with The Philadelphia Story is inspiring.

Music:

Classic rock is my favorite genre, but so many of my favorite bands don't fall into that category! I'm a huge fan of Live, Alice in Chains, Elton John, and this really cool band called The Constant (I love you, Louis!). Check out my friend "Trent" for more about The Constant and some samples. They rock!

Movies:

Wow... where to start? I've got over 300 DVDs in my collections, but my all-time favorites include: Disney's The Little Mermaid, Cyrano deBergerac (with Gerard Depardieu), Labyrinth, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, Emma, Pride and Prejudice (BBC with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle), Tombstone, Terminator 2, and Office Space.

My guilty pleasures include: 10 Things I Hate About You, Dirty Dancing, Clueless, Ever After, The Princess Bride, Never Been Kissed, The Saint, and Legally Blonde.

Of course, we can't forget the original, un-fucked-with Star Wars trilogy, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Harry Potter movies.

Television:

NYPD Blue, NYPD Blue, NYPD Blue! My favorite television show of all time. I'll admit they had a few rough seasons near the end, but I still scheduled myself "unavailable" for work on Tuesday nights so that I could watch it!
Who could forget Friends, of course. Yes, I have all ten seasons on DVD and yes, I sent away for the wooden display box to put them all in.
I was a huge fan of American Idol the first few seasons, but missed the last two.
My guilty pleasures were definitely Trading Spaces and While You Were Out. Brian won't even sit in the room with me when they're on.
I don't really watch TV when the shows are on. I watch them on DVD. Chappelle's Show, Mind of Mencia, Family Guy, the original He-Man series (She-Ra comes out on DVD this Christmas!), and the Honeymooners are big hitters. I've also got all six seasons of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman on DVD (I didn't have much of a social life on Saturday nights in high school!). And, of course, The Muppet Show. I know so many more performers from my early childhood than I ever would have without the Muppet Show and Jim Henson was a genius.

Books:

Again, so many to choose from... I loved Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Gone With the Wind, Little Women, The Little Stuff Matters Most by Bernie Brillstein (I got this one for Christmas and I highly recommend it), The Song of the Lioness Quartet by Tamora Pierce, The Harry Potter series, anything by Victoria Holt (historical fiction, usually involving a muder), The Stand (Brian's favorite book and one of the most exciting, complex stories I've ever read). I've read all of these several times and I keep going back to them for more.

My Blog

Update

Okay...  so it's been a while since I've written anything...  mainly because I think blogging is a little pointless, and I don't want to bore everyone with all of the shitty people I had to ...
Posted by Betsy on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 12:41:00 PST

Top 8 survey

[PERSON ONE]: BK! 1) How long have you known this person? 11 years 2)Where does this person live?: los angeles 3) What is this person's initials?: BEK 4) Why is this person in spot 1?: he's my fiance ...
Posted by Betsy on Sat, 25 Mar 2006 12:33:00 PST