Let's see...old tattered books, bright blue pens, caffeine, Parisian covered journals that tempt my mind to swim, coffee house chatter, the sound of my own voice bouncing off walls, jazz, quiet night, city streets, open windows - the scene behind the screen, eavesdropped conversations, growing assumptions, random musings, singing, dreaming, gravity for obvious reasons, breathing consciously,the transcendentalists - oh...and Anne Shirley.
Major areas of interests: writing teenage fiction novels & poetry, singing & lyrical songwriting, reading, philosophizing, & politicizing.
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*Basics*
Name: Torey
Age: 28
Birthday: March 3rd
Birthplace: Santa Maria, California
Current Location: Las Vegas
Eye Color: Green
Hair Color: Brown - mostly ;)
Height: 5'9
Right-Handed/Left-Handed: a Righty
Nickname: just Torey
Astrological Sign: I don't seek answers written in the stars. If I have questions, I ask their creator.
*Favorites*
Color: Blue
Type of Music: Jazz
Television Show: Dexter
Movie: Funny Face
Sport: Well I suppose golf. It's a great cure for insomnia.
Food: Mediterranean
Drink: iced coffee
Alcoholic Beverage: Killian's Irish Red
*Do You...*
Have a boyfriend: Nope
Do you have any siblings: 2 sisters (twins), 1 brother
Get along w/ your parents: Most of the time :)
Have any pets: A little Cocker Spaniel puppy named DeSoto (yes, like the car)
Have a car (if so what kind): Scion XB - The Box ;)
Have any piercings: the belly & ears
Have any tattoos: Nope - I could never find one image to fit all the different Toreys in me or the Toreys of tomorrow ;)
Smoke: Nope
Drink: Occasionally - Socially
Do drugs: say Nope to Dope :) hehe
*Have You Ever...*
Been kissed: Of course
Cheated on a boyfriend: Never. Boyfriend equals bestfriend or why bother
Cried at a "chick flick": Sure - Beaches had me down for the count
Left the country: Hope to soon:)
Stolen from a person/business: A few of my friends did in high school and we were all accused. I wonder if I'm still banned from the Belz Mall?
Gotten a ticket: Once - but only because I rejected the cop in High School ;)
Been convicted of a crime: Nope
*In a Boy*
Favorite Eye Color: Not partial to any one eye color
Favorite Hair Color: I don't really care if he even has hair as long as he's a nice guy
Height: It doesn't really matter as long as he can handle my 6 feet plus height in heels ;)
Short Hair/Long Hair: Either - This is silly
Personality: Extraverted yet Introspective
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This is for my very best friend when I was 6. Thanks to Myspace, we’ve found each other again :)
We were so cute Nicole, and so completely dorky in our huge glasses. But we’re much cooler now ;)
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Music:
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Terence Blanchard, Geoff Keezer, Dave Douglas, & Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Monk, Mingus, Dizzy, & Miles Davis
John Coltrane, Glenn Miller, anything written by Cole Porter, Dave Brubeck, Charlie Parker
newly- Wynton Marsalis, Cassandra Wilson, can't forget Herbie, Joe Lano, Chet Baker, Frank Sinatra
Jamie Cullum, Kurt Elling, Michael Buble, Sebastiana Murnane, Doris Day, Jo Belle Yonely
Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, Lena Horn, Leena James, Sarah Vaughan,
Bob Dylan, Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, The Eagles, Pink Floyd, Simon and Garfunkel, Emmylou Harris, Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones, Tom Waits, Nichole Nordeman, Hannah Ford, Casting Crowns, Mercy Me, Jeremy Camp, Steven Curtis Chapman, FlyLeaf, Switchfoot, The Strokes, The Killers, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, The Fray, Imogen Heap, Frou Frou, Badly Drawn Boy, Joshua Radin, Priscilla Ahn, Schuyler Fisk, Cary Brothers, The Grates, The Weepies, Neutral Milk Hotel, Cat Power, The Plain White T's, Fionn Regan, The Pixies, Modest Mouse, Velvet Underground, Mohair, The Small Hours, The Big Friendly Corporation, Black Camaro, The Clydesdale, Bonnie Raitt, Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, Alison Krauss, Carrie Underwood, Leanne Rimes, Taylor Swift, Leanne Womack, Patty Griffin, Keith Urban, Vince Gill, Johnny Cash, Alan Jackson, Martina McBride, Wynonna Judd, & of course Rascal Flatts - are all my favorites. I listen to all different styles really - some hip-hop, R&B & House too.... And I'm totally in love with the music scores written for the Clorox Bleach commercials composed by Amber Music. Actually most of the music I've found lately has come straight out of TV commercials or within the television shows themselves. I'd list a few more TV ads with fabulous music, but I don't want to look like too much of a dork. Shoot me an email if you want to know ;)
Movies:
Movies I can watch a thousand times:
Romance on the High Seas
BR Pillow Talk
Sabrina
Dirty Dancing, anything Brat-Pack especially Pretty in Pink (I love Andrew McCarthy and James Spader), Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Breakfast at Tiffany's
Houseboat, Don't Eat the Daisies, The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, The Thrill of it All
Glass Bottom Boat, Funny Face
Easter Parade, An Affair to Remember
Daddy Longlegs, actually everything starring Fred Astaire.Oh! And of course, Clueless!!!...
Television:
Now'a'days: Dexter, Burn Notice, House, & Bones. Yesterdays: The Wonder Years, Alvin and the Chipmunks & the occasional episode of 90210. My parent's yesterdays: Taxi, Welcome Back Kotter, & way back - The Little Rascals. Oh and I'm a big fan of General Hospital, but so is House - so back off! ;)
Books:
The Bible, anything by James Baldwin, Martin Amis, Willa Cather, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, Wallace Stevens, Charlotte Bronte, Jane Austen, Henry James, & C. S. Lewis.
Heroes:
Anne Shirley (of Green Gables) - fictional as she may be - has been a best friend throughout my life. And I owe a huge part of who I am now to our introduction in childhood.
My mom, my very best friend and the strongest person I know - is my real life hero and inspiration.
But all of our brave soldiers who have pledged to protect the freedom we enjoy in America today are the real heroes. We are truly blessed by your service.
Here's my mom when she was my age.
Here are my mom and dad now. Yep - they're one of those rare couples who stayed together ;)
And here are my twin sisters when they were little. Now they have kids this age - two each!
And here's my brother. He's a year older than me.
What a Geeky Child!!!
Geek Anymore? I'll leave it up to You:)
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Until then...
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...or the closest thing to it...
I Love Las Vegas!
