I love to write--hands down.
My minor was political science, so it shouldn't be a surprise that I'm a total nerd when it comes to politics and current events.
In general, I love meeting new people, hanging out with good friends, drinking, watching movies, going to concerts, listening to extremely loud music while driving...etc and etc.
I always love meeting new people, but I'm always thrilled to come across fun, confidant people with something to say. It's not so important to me what opinion you have just as long as you have one.
Of course, when some people do nothing more than talk out of their asses, it can get real old real quick...
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Caren's Birthday
Your Birthdate: July 11
Spiritual and thoughtful, you tend to take a step back from the world.
You're very sensitive to what's going on around you, yet you remain calm.
Although you are brilliant, it may take you a while to find your niche.
Your creativity is supreme, but it sometimes makes it hard for you to get things done.
Your strength: Your inner peace
Your weakness: You get stuck in the clouds
Your power color: Emerald
Your power symbol: Leaf
Your power month: November
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Caren's Links
I've written several articles for the Nevada Sagebrush, click here to read them . I've also reposted pretty much all of my Sagebrush reviews (on movies, etc.) on my profile at RottenTomatoes.com .
If you enjoy some of the wacky/hilarious/entertaining videos I tend to post in my bulletins, blog and elsewhere, you may want to check out my public YouTube channel .
While my taste in music tends to sway toward alternative, indie rock, I'm a fan of an eclectic assortment of bands, groups, singers, etc. Check out my LAUNCHcast Radio Station or my Project Playlist profile .
Since I finally gave in to the whole camera phone craze, I've found that having a camera with you at all times (by default) can lead to a whole new world of possibilities in regard to what off-the-wall stuff you can capture on camera. With this purpose in mind, I maintain the T-Mobile MyAlbum for the growing number of photos taken with my camera phone.
Or, you can always Facebook me .
Caren's Video Pick
Robot Chicken: Carebears
(Carebear STARE!!!!!)
I'm really into alternative and indie music right now, but I love all kinds of music. Some (or a lot of my) favorite artists: The Bastard Fairies, Horrorpops, New Years Day, Matchbook Romance, The Fratellis, Shout Out Louds, The Halo Friendlies, The Orange Peels, Dirtie Blonde, The Beatles, Tegan & Sara, Soul Distraction, The Softies, Paramore, Violent Femmes, Electrocute, R.E.M., Social Distortion, Red Jumpsuit Aparatus, Heavenly, Go Sailor, Our Lady Peace, Sia, Goldfinger, Portishead, The Starting Line, Veruca Salt, Lemonheads, Astropuppees, Sugarcult, Midnight Movies, Gaze, Bowling For Soup, The Magic Magicians, The La's, The Flaming Lips, She Wants Revenge, Go Betty Go, Let's Go Sailing, Marie Digby, Louis XIV, Stretch Princess, Dar Williams, Sea Wolf, MXPX, Fenix TX, Rilo Kiley, The Starting Line, Submarines, The Attorneys, Hole, The Cranberries, American Hi-Fi, Fall Out Boy, Neva Dinova, Queens of the Stone Age, Hot Hot Heat, The Shins, Hawthorne Heights, Wakefield, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Gwen Stefani, Taproot, Modest Mouse, No Doubt, Dover, Gush, Eminem, Smashing Pumpkins, Futureheads, Aaliyah, Disturbed, Nelly Furtado, Cake, Straylight Run, Secondhand Serenade, Green Day, Muse, Nada Surf, Motion City Soundtrack, 30 Seconds To Mars, Supreme Beings of Leisure, Fountains of Wayne, Alkaline Trio, Weezer, 311, Ciara, Flogging Molly, The Used, Evanescence, Regina Spektor, SparkleDrive, Radiohead, D12, System of a Down, Garbage, Letters to Cleo, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Dropkick Murphys, Nirvana, Poe, The All-American Rejects, Cold War Kids, Yellowcard, Jimmy Eat World, Paulina Rubio, Sublime, Chappaquiddick Skyline, Sneaker Pimps, Amber Pacific, Tracy Bonham, Shakira, Rise Against, Missy Elliott, The New Amsterdams, Korn, Tori Amos, blink-182, Wheatus, Tracy Bonham, Chevelle, Mono, Less Than Jake, Dashboard Confessional, The Brunettes, Save Ferris, Reel Big Fish, The Lovemakers, My Chemical Romance, Gorillaz, The Lucy Nation, The Mars Volta, Nine Inch Nails...
CHELSEA DAGGER (by The Fratellis)
WE'RE ALL GOING TO... (by The Bastard Fairies)
STARLIGHT (by Muse)
THIS AIN'T A SCENE, IT'S AN ARMS RACE (by Fall Out Boy)
TEENAGERS (by My Chemical Romance)
Don't even get me started on movies. I'm a huge film nerd. I used to review movies for the UNR campus newspaper. Now, whenever I have the time, I review DVDs for the Reno Gazette-Journal (you know, in between my moments of copy editing and the like). I love watching movies. I love talking about movies. My favorite movie genres are comedy and horror. I absolutely love Adam Sandler movies. I'm also a big Tarantino and Frank Miller fan. But if I absolutely had to list a handful of movies I like, they'd be: Grindhouse (Planet Terror and Death Proof), American Gangster, No Country For Old Men, The Departed, Sin City, Thank You For Smoking, 'V' For Vendetta, Clerks, Clerks II, Talladega Nights, The Prestige, Capote, Dogma, Halloween, Lord of War, Closer, Van Wilder, Zodiac, Mallrats, Matchpoint, Smokin' Aces, Happy Gilmore, Superbad, 300, The Shining, Alien, Team America: World Police, Scarface, The Untouchables, Mississippi Burning, The Mist, Transformers, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Saw, Saw II, Saw III, Saw IV, Black Christmas (the 1974 original--NOT the remake. Lol), Silence of the Lambs, Inside Man, Dodgeball, 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later, Lucky Number Slevin, Anchorman, The Exorcist...
If I was addicted to any TV channels, it'd probably be Comedy Central, TNT and Adult Swim, with The Daily Show, Drawn Together, South Park, Robot Chicken, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Crank Yankers, The Closer, Law & Order, NYPD Blue, The Colbert Report...
I also like Pimp My Ride, My So-Called Life, Futurama, American Chopper, The Simpsons, CSI, Mythbusters, The Family Guy...
I love anything scary, which has mostly been grisly nonfiction novels, like "In Cold Blood" and "Helter Skelter."
But I also like thought-provoking books, like "The Da Vinci Code."
My mom, who passed away when I was 12. She fought her breast cancer everyday with a fierceness and determination I've never forgotten, and she actually lived four months longer than the doctors expected.
Losing her so early in my life has driven me to achieve things I otherwise wouldn't have thought possible.
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Animals
I have two cats: Tony Montana aka "Scarface" (and is so fat/big that he has been referred to as a "cougar" by some of my friends) and Princess Pepper (who remains virtually kitten-size no matter how old she gets but has enough ego to make up for it and judge us all unrelentlessly). They're definitely my pride and joy. But I must admit that they're wickedly weird--in other words, they simply ooze personality. Lol.
Somebody sure thinks they're sexy. Lol. (2-27-07)
Pepper and Tony get up close and personal... (December 2006)
Can you feel the love? (December 2006)
Aww!!!!! (October 2007)
What do you think YOU'RE looking at? Huh? (October 2007)
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