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Dragonflygrrl

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About Me

I'm pretty boring, really. I've been happily married to a wonderful guy for a little over a year, and I'm a "non-traditional" college student studying English with an emphasis in Technical Writing. I like to read, hang out with my friends, play Warcraft and cook.

My Interests

I love reading horror novels, watching horror movies, and pretty much anything scary. I also enjoy video games, especially RPG's. I am into anything technological, and love working with recording equipment. Anything mildly geeky, I'm probably into.

I'd like to meet:

Maybe it would be easier to point out who I don't want to meet. If you want to hook me up with a "free" iPod, gift card, or XBox 360, show me naked pictures on your "other" site, convert me to your religion, or pad your friend list with strangers, do us both a favor and don't bother. I do not accept friend requests from people I don't know, unless they are a)a musician whose music I enjoy, b)a writer whose work I enjoy, or c)interesting in some easily recognizable way.

Music:

System of a Down, Pearl Jam, Phish, Led Zeppelin, Dave Matthews, the Beatles, Jack Johnson, Rage Against the Machine, Aretha Franklin, you name it, if it isn't "young country" I will listen to it. It just all depends on my mood...and whether the meds have kicked in yet.

Movies:

I love all Johnny Depp movies unconditionally, even the bad ones (even I admit The Astronaut's Wife wasn't stellar. No pun intended). I also love The Princess Bride, Serenity, Braveheart (even though Mel Gibson is insane), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Punch Drunk Love. I hate all of Meg Ryan's movies (I wonder what would happen if Johnny Depp and Meg Ryan made a movie together...), and most romantic comedies in general. I love horror movies, especially older ones. Lately I have developed an obsession with the movies Pitch Black and Chronicles of Riddick, although I can admit that I may just be obsessed with Vin Diesel's muscles. I also love the Lord of the Rings movies, and anything Harry Potter.

Television:

There are a few shows we watch religiously, mainly House, CSI, Scrubs, and The Office. Other than that I watch cartoons almost exclusively. I like Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Cowboy Bebop, Avatar, Invader Zim, and Venture Brothers. Also, my husband and I are proud owners of the tragically short-lived series Firefly, which I love.

Books:

I read a lot. More than is probably healthy. What's sad is that it sometimes doesn't really matter what I am reading, as long as I haven't read it before. I do have some absolute favorites, though.The Dark Tower cycle by Stephen King is some of the greatest fiction I have ever read. Anyone who hasn't read that needs to, even if you think you don't like horror. Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar is absolutely brilliant. It makes me depressed every time I read it though. Anything Kurt Vonnegut ever wrote is total genius, especially Slapstick and Breakfast of Champions. Neil Gaiman is another of my favorite writers. I love his novels, like American Gods and Neverwhere, but he also is the writer of my favorite comic of all time, Sandman. Terry Pratchett is quite possibly the funniest person ever to live, and I read his Discworld series compulsively.

Heroes:

In no particular order: Albert Einstein, Virginia Woolf, Sojourner Truth, Mahatma Ghandi, Sir William Wallace, Mary Queen of Scots, Mary Shelley, H.G. Wells, Stephen King, my parents, Randy, Dustin Daniels.

My Blog

Ten Years Later...

Some of you may know that I went to my ten year high school reunion last weekend. High school was not a particularly happy time for me, and I really never thought I'd go to my reunion. Still, I supp...
Posted by Dragonflygrrl on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:24:00 PST

...on thirty three souls...

I couldn't believe it when I heard.  Thirty-three people that were here yesterday are gone.  Thirty-two people left their homes this morning thinking about the simple mundane things that mak...
Posted by Dragonflygrrl on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:09:00 PST

...on being the change...

"You must be the change you want to see in the world." - Mahatma GhandiAs you know, we are at that happy time in the American political cycle when a number of presidential hopefuls announce their cand...
Posted by Dragonflygrrl on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 03:30:00 PST

I've been tagged!

OK, here are the rules. You must share 6 things about you that few people know, then choose six friends to 'tag' to do the same. Once you are tagged, you pass it along, and so on until eventually ev...
Posted by Dragonflygrrl on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 07:45:00 PST

An Honest Woman...

That's right, you are now reading the blog of Mrs. Dragonflygrrl. Those of you that read my blog already know that on October 14 I got married. Even though nothing went exactly as planned, it was th...
Posted by Dragonflygrrl on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 09:15:00 PST

Judgement Day

So we're going to see the judge today.  Or rather, his clerk, who I'm told is the person who gets things done.  We have to bring our marriage license, vows, and the names of our witnesses.&n...
Posted by Dragonflygrrl on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 08:58:00 PST

Ain't it Funny How Time Passes By...

I just realized it has been a really long time since I posted a blog here.  You might think that was because nothing much has been happening, but you would be wrong.  To the contrary, so muc...
Posted by Dragonflygrrl on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:20:00 PST

28 Days Later

I haven't smoked a cigarette in 28 days.  It's funny how every once in a while I will see someone light up and think, "yuck, how can they do that to themselves!"  I used to hate self-righteo...
Posted by Dragonflygrrl on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 11:24:00 PST

Whine, whine, whine...

I have felt awful all week.  My throat hurts, I have a cough, my ears ache, my nose is runny, and I just generally feel bleh.  Being the good little trooper that I am, I haven't called in si...
Posted by Dragonflygrrl on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 08:46:00 PST

Feeling Pleased with Myself...

It has been 15 days without cigarettes, I'm proud to say, and as if that weren't enough it is week two of the great work-out project.  That may seem like a lot to take on at once, but considering...
Posted by Dragonflygrrl on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 06:25:00 PST