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♪The*Girl*Next*Door♪ ;)

I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself. Mikhail Ba

About Me

She has not yet decided whether to use her powers for good or evil.
This slide show includes me and my family and friends.
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Well . . . about me . . . I am Adventurous, Quirky, Intense, and On the Edge of Reason most of the time (hence, some of my friends have nic-named me Bridget Jones ha ha!!)! Sometimes, I am just a glorious mess - but, overall in a good way, of course!!!
I was born and raised in Anderson, which is in the Foothills of SC. I graduated from Erskine College and then Clemson University, so I was always a home-girl through and through! I am so blessed to have lived in that area until recently when moved to the Charleston, SC area.
Now, I am having a ball here!!! I have met lots of nice people, and I am settling in quite well. I absolutely love the beach, and with it being so close, I go whenever I can. The beach is perfect . . . I can just people watch, or read for hours, listen to the bands, watch volleyball matches, see the kids play, swim if the waves are not too rough, and etc etc etc!!!
So, suffice it to say, I am a Beach Bum and Carolina Girl (AKA G.R.I.T.S.) to the fullest!!! It is a dream come true to live here now, and I am so excited about my career move . . . I work A LOT, but I love my job! I work at a great place with the GREATEST PEOPLE!!! So, to say the least, these days I'm just trying to keep some semblance of order in all of this chaos of FALLING UP!!!
Since being on MySpace, this space has evolved a good bit. I joined at the prodding of a friend, and it has been fun to keep up with my a lot of folks here. Also, I use it as my main web-page, so I love to keep it updated to track current events and to show my family and friends what I have been up to. I have added and taken away . . . but, over all . . . this is me!
I wish I was courageous enough to sing more karaoke, and I love haggis. I'm scared of thunderstorms, and I love rollercoasters. I love practical jokes. I love random acts of kindnesss. I love reunions with old friends and making new friends. I love music, and I wish I still wrote poetry as easily and freely as I did when I was a kid. I love to volunteer and give back to the community as much as possible. I love to go to wine tastings and dinners. I REALLY miss all you can eat Sushi night at Uptown Sushi in Clemson!!!
I love all shades of green. I wear a lot of black. I hate to drive. I really want to sky-dive one day. I love to fly, and one of my dreams is to fly in a vintage bi-plane over my parents house and the town where I grew up and over the coastline of South Carolina - and, I really want to take the thrill dives!!!! One of my other dreams is to have Meat Loaf sing at my wedding . . . but, that's a whole other discussion!!!
I love jewelry and perfume - I have a lot of both, but HEY a girl can never have too much!!! I love snuggling and cuddling, looking for sharksteeth and seashells at the beach, and taking bubble baths. I have a rubber ducky in my bathtub for just such baths!! I love the smell of Hot-Now Krispy Kremes! I love the smell and feel of fresh clean sheets and towels. I love the funky smell of sweat, suntan oil, and seawater after being on the beach all day - they should bottle that stuff!!!
I love puppies and kittens and elephants and children. I have been on stage for what seems like most of my life, and I love it - dancing, acting, singing . . . anything!!! I really get a kick out of reading Cosmo every now and again. I love pumpkin spice coffee. I love candles and antique furniture. I love looking at old pictures and reading old love letters. I love roses. I love to see old couples holding hands. I love Waterford Crystal. I love palm trees. I love going to Nascar Races - oh, and eatin' Fried Chicken and those Pimento Cheese Sandwhiches!!! I love my God and my Country.
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I love getting together with friends and family. I love being at home alone sometimes and doing whatever the heck I want to do. I love fairies. I love garlic. I am a huge fan of hot sauces. I love to hear an old clock ticking and ringing the hour. I love to hear a train in the distance.
I believe in ghosts somewhat . . . ever since I bought my house, and I think it may have a ghost - not sure, but I think so - oh, but it's a good ghost!!! I love music boxes. I love dogwoods and hydrangeas in bloom. I love old hymns. I love old buildings and architecture. I love boats. I love New York City!!!
I am romantic and affectionate. I love romance and affection. I love the sound of the roaring ocean and the sound of the soft hum and trickle of a creek. I love the sound of the violin or fiddle. I love to go camping. I love to fish. I love to dress up. I love hard wood floors. I love wine. I love being outdoors, and I love the smell of fresh cut grass or cedar or pine. . . even though it makes me sneeze!!!
I love sunrises and sunsets - One day I want to Chase Daylight!!! I love a fire in the fireplace, on the mountain, on the grill, or at a bonfire. I love to laugh. I love to make people laugh. OK, so sometimes they are laughing AT me, but that is just as well. I guess I am a little off my rocker at times, but I seem to get through life just fine that way.


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Send me an e-mail if you would like to introduce. I am all for meeting new people with common interests. Hey, that is some of the fun of MySpace. Of course, if you are a perve or a "doll-collector". . . ummmm, don't bother, K? Believe me, I have seen it all! Or, hey, I can just add you to my growing "blocked user" list . . . now, that might be fun - Or, NOT - whew . . . 374 blocked to date - this is getting to be ridiculous!!!! Geez, get a life!!! If mind games are your intention . . . just slide the mouse to the top righthand corner of this page, click the X, and take your delusions elsewhere!
Anyway . . . I digress. I look forward to catching up with old friends and meeting new ones on here! My Number One MySpace.com Rule . . . Keep it clean . . . please! I approve all comments prior to posting.
This slide shows encompasses a lot about me . . .
my interests, where I live, where I have been, where I want to go . . . oh, so much.
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My Interests


"Dreams, if they're any good, are always a little crazy."

Miss Belle is on CRACK-ROCK!!!

"Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance!"

My main interests include, but are by no means limited to, Traveling, The Beach!, Dancing, Acting, Theatre, Music, Art, Going to Great restaurants - Greek, Italian, Sushi, Great food!, GREAT WINE!, Going to Concerts, Roses, Gardening, Cooking, Roller Coasters, Bi-Planes (Erskine Mascot), Practical Jokes, Random Acts of Kindness, Anything Celtic/Scottish/Irish, Family, Friends!

How well do you know Crystal? Tee hee hee!!!
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I'd like to meet:

I would really like to meet Meat Loaf, Wade Robson-OMG!!!, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Mollie Sugden, Marilyn Monroe, Orville & Wilbur Wright, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Michael Flatley, Sir Sean Connery (Shaken, not stirred), Norah Jones, Elvis (he can't be dead!), either or both of the two George Bush fellas, Julie Andrews, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Bacon, and OF COURSE, Richard Petty - I met him when I was a little girl, and he actually held me in his arms . . . and, I remember it well. But, I would like to meet him again - and, take a fast ride in the #43 car!!!

Below is a collection of videos I just think are way cool!!! And, I hope you enjoy them!!! C ;)

Sadly enough, YES, this IS my alter ego in the following video . . . ha ha ha!!! Thank you Dr. Mon Cherie' for helping me to come to terms with my innerself. One must always be able to reflect . . . right???
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If I were a cop, you would all be in trouble!!!! 5-6-7-8-ahhhhhh!
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Honestly one of the funniest and most inspirational videos I have seen in quite some time!
Thank you, Robin! I simply LOVED this!!!
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Music:

I AM THE BIGGEST FAN EVAAHHHH OF MEAT LOAF!!! My other favories are Sister Hazel, Drivin' N Cryin', Third Day - Mac Powell's voice is the most amazing I have ever heard!, Norah Jones, Seven Nations, Elvis, Gaelic Storm, Billy Joel, Just about anything Celtic, Depeche Mode, Violent Femmes (College throw-back - I can't help myself!!!), Planet P Project, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks, Patsy Cline, James Taylor.

Movies:

I am really much more of a Live Theatre junkie than movie goer. I love live theatre . . . onstage, backstage, or in the audience. I just LOVE IT!!! The best show I personally ever did was Robbie Robertson's "Mina, Tonight!" That show rocked, and I hope to one day do another one of his shows!!!
I have had the joy of seeing shows all over the South as well as on a number of Cruise Ships and in New York, Boston, Ireland, Scotland, London, and I must give special mention to the Alabama Shakespeare Festival (my friend, Heather, took me for my birthday, and it was a GREAT gift!!!) . . . It is only a days drive from SC, so you must go if you are in the South!!!
But, OK, anyhoooooo. . . as for movies . . . My All-Time Favorites (and, I will drop everything and watch in an istant) are: Sound of Music (Hey, I am a girl!), BOTH Bridget Jones Movies (My friends call me BJ . . . they should make it a trilogy!!!), The Thorn Birds, Paradise Road, Lace, A Chorus Line the Movie, White Nights, Two Moon Junction, One Flew Over the Cockoo's Nest, Shawshank Redemption, Cool Hand Luke, 2001 Space Odessy, Apollo 13, Rocky Horror Picture Show (Meat Loaf's best film performance ... well, Fight Club was OK), Pleasantville, and YES (of course) . . . SNAKES ON A PLANE!!!
That Thing You Do!, Gone With the Wind, Footloose, Fame, Dirty Dancing, The Thorn Birds, Highlander, Lonesome Dove, Great Expectations (Also, the best Soundtrack ever!), The Scarlett Pimpernel, Office Space, Sideways, Braveheart, Any version of A Midsummer Nights Dream

Television:

Ha ha ha . . . I have TiVo!!! It is just great. I don't watch a lot of TV, but I love it because I now have season passes to my favorite shows with a click of a button!!! I am a bonafide Survivor junkie!!! I also enjoy Lost and Amazing Race when I can tune in. Reno 911 ROCKS . . . don't JUDGE me . . . 'nuff said!!!

Food Network - I WISH I could be the next Rachel Ray!!! Old episodes of The Love Boat and Saturday Night Live. And, any thing with Gilda Radner and old movies . . . love 'em!

Books:

The Bible, A Walk in the Woods, The Da Vinci Code, Meat Loaf's Autobiography: To Hell and Back, Manse: One Man's War, Heaven Is a Beautiful Place: A Memoir of the South Carolina Coast, South Carolina Ghosts: From the Coast to the Mountains, Lady Cottingham's Pressed Fairy Book, The Complete Works of Robert Burns, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Kiss of the Highlander, The Great Gatsby, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and cookbooks . . . I have a ton!

Heroes:

My Heros are my Mama Pat, my Grandmama Lila, my Best Friends Erin, The Lovely Cherie' Amour, and R O L D A N, whoever invented Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, and of course OUR TROOPS!!!

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My Blog

Come What May . . .

Come what May . . .   Well, I sit here and I am thinking about this last month - May.  Man, it has been a busy one, and I have already apologized to many of you as to why I was so out of t...
Posted by The Girl Next Door ;) on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 06:08:00 PST

Congressional Medal of Honor Museum - Patriots Point Foundation

The time has come . . . less than one week til the gala on Wednesday and the grand opening of the museum to the public on Friday!  I can't wait!!!  I have my gown and shoes and so forth and ...
Posted by The Girl Next Door ;) on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 03:26:00 PST

Good Lord . . .

. . . I am thinking it is a dang good thing my parents didn't own a video camera when I was a kid!  I will just re-live my childhood again through this chick, Leilani!!!  I am totally having...
Posted by The Girl Next Door ;) on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 08:30:00 PST

I've been tagged . . . Thanks, Gil!

The rules are: Once you have been tagged you have to write a blog with 10 weird or random things, facts, or habits about yourself. At the end, you choose 5 people to be tagged, list their names, and w...
Posted by The Girl Next Door ;) on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 01:50:00 PST

St. Patrick's Blessing and a little history

I stole this St. Patrick's prayer from a blog from my friend, Paul, in Scotland.  It was passed down from his Grandmother, and it's supposed to have been written by St. Patrick himself.  Re...
Posted by The Girl Next Door ;) on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 01:05:00 PST

"Scenes From An Italian Restaurant"

Those of you who REALLY know me KNOW how much I adore music.  I love how it makes you feel . . . and, sometimes makes you remember . . . and think.  Well, I was getting ready for work the o...
Posted by The Girl Next Door ;) on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 07:09:00 PST

Inspiration can come in all kinds of packaging . . .

Inspiration can come in all kinds of packaging . . .     And, honestly, this is one of the funniest and most inspirational videos I have seen in quite some time.  I have my friend, Ro...
Posted by The Girl Next Door ;) on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 05:03:00 PST

My Christmas HOME Videos!!! Tee hee hee!!! UPDATED!!!

Here are some videos of our goofing off at The Chick's Christmas Party!  That was a great night!  Sorry, Girls, that I am just getting around to posting them . . . but, enjoy!  Crystal&...
Posted by The Girl Next Door ;) on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 10:49:00 PST

Southern Belles . . . the enlightenment continues . . .

Southern BellesThis is for Southern Belles, Ladies who should have been Southern Belles, and those who would be Southern Belles if they knew the rules.Someone once noted that a Southerner can get away...
Posted by The Girl Next Door ;) on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:04:00 PST

THE SOUTHERN RULES . . . A SUMMARY . . . Oh, YOU know who you are . . . THIS IS WAR!!!

What Southern Women KnowY'all Yankees Should Know The Rules!!! Southern women are terrific at writing our own rules. Of course, we don't always go to the extreme of imposing these rules on ourselves b...
Posted by The Girl Next Door ;) on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 08:33:00 PST