I'm involved with the Friends of the Maple Lake Library, Knights of Columbus Auxiliary, Bivoli International Folk Dance group, St. Timothy's Young Adult Group, and the Noble Yaks Fencing School. It's a fun and busy social life! :o)
Anything geeky, Catholic Theology, Sci-Fi, fantasy, fairy tales, mythology, anime, Regency novels and films, canoeing & fishing, Renaissance Festivals, Society for Creative Anachronism, historical recreation, Irish ceili dancing, camping & hiking, advertising, cosplay, British comedy, video games, classical art, intelligent stand-up comedy, cooking
I'd like to meet:
Jane Austen, Thomas Jefferson, Julia Childs, Mary Lucia, Alton Brown, Christina Rosetti, Annette Funicello, Heloise & Abelard, Eddie Izzard, Christine dePizan, C.S. Lewis, Benjamin Franklin, Jon Hassler, Pope John Paul II, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Edward Gorey, Queen Mary Tudor, Ray Bradbury, St. Thomas Moore, Jan Van Eyck, James Lileks, Jane Yolen, and Mr. Darcy.
NEW TOP FRIENDS:
To go with my spooky kooky theme this month, I picked some of my more weird and macabre friends, mostly designers and artists. PLEASE check out their profiles and look at their work -- you will be amazed at their creations...perhaps amazed enough to purchase one!
Music:
Irish, Punk, Irish-Punk, Ethereal, Classical, Early music (not, it's not music you listen to in the morning), classic rock, filk, and some ska. I guess I could listen to just about anything except rap, really twangy country, and very slow/boring blues.
Current Favorites (Check 'em out!):
Possible Oscar, Best Friends Forever, Origa, Apples in Stereo, The Hold Steady, The Soviettes, Mika, Yah-yah-yahs, Arcade Fire, Gogol Bordello, Kimmy Dawson, Ruslana, and Carbon/Silicon.
All-Time Favorites:
U2, the Ramones, Flogging Molly, Weezer, Enya, The Gaels, Barenaked Ladies, Sex Pistols, Luke Ski, Me First & the Gimme Gimmes, Albinoni, ACDC, Boiled in Lead, Daft Punk, Mannheim Steamroller, Haydn, The Tim Malloys, Dropkick Murphys, Smoking Popes, Bing Crosby, Bouncing Souls, Drunk & Disorderly, Lenny Kravitz, LCD Sound System, Journey, Evanescence, Simon & Garfunkel, The Clash, Blossom Dearie, Natalie Merchant, Weird Al, John Mellencamp, The Cure, Jimmy Durante
CONvergence is Almost Here
http://www.possibleoscar.com/2008/06/30/convergenc...
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There's no good reason to miss this show -- unless you're dead. In that case, I really can't find any blame. So if you are alive and at CONvergence '08, you had best be there, rockin' it.
Oh, and yah, bring money to buy CDs and support the artists. It's not only the polite thing to do, it also gets you a sweet souvenir.
Movies:
General tastes:
Cult favorites, campy flicks (non-gore, please), classic 80's comedies, anything filmed in Ireland or England, fantasy/sci-fi, anything by Tim Burton, anything with Jackie Chan, and almost all adaptations of British literature.
All-Time Favorites:
The Princess Bride (absolute favorite!!!), Goonies, Star Wars, Pride & Prejudice (1995 version if you please), Shadowlands, The Mission, Good King Wensceslas, Lord of the Rings, Remains of the Day, Secret of Roan Inish, The Secretary, Meatballs, Waking Ned Devine, X-Men, Flight of the Dragons, Monty Pyton & The Holy Grail, Revenge of the Nerds, Love Actually, Far and Away, The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe, The Quiet Man, Bedrooms & Hallways, all the Harry Potter movies, Galaxy Quest, Gattaca, West Side Story, Mixed Nuts, The Never-Ending Story.
Favorite Actors:
Colin Firth, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Danny Kaye, James Spader, Sandra Bullock, Hugh Jackman, Anthony Hopkins, Jackie Chan, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Jennifer Coolidge, John Cusack, Catherine O'Hara, Sean Connery, Madeline Kahn, Cary Grant, Ioan Gruffudd, Harrison Ford, Gregory Peck, Jack Lemmon, Jennifer Saunders, Greg Kinnear, Dawn French
Television:
Current Favorites:
Big Bang Theory, Dr. Who, Heroes, Good Eats, Family Guy, Attack of The Show, Chuck, Avatar, Bleach, X-Play, Brainiac, Passport to Europe, Dead Like Me, Whose Line, My Hero, Posh Nosh, Are You Being Served?
All-Time Favorite:
Xena, Firefly, Dick Van Dyke Show, Venture Brothers, Mystery Science Theater 3000, InuYasha, Doctor Who, Daria, Ren & Stimpy, Black Adder, Pete & Pete, My So-Called Life, Sea-Quest DSV, Mary Tyler Moore, Teen Titans, My Hero, Absolutely Fabulous, FLCL, Quantam Leap, Ghost in the Machine, Beakman's World, Star Trek (TOS & TNG), anything on: BBC, FoodTV, or Travel Channel; and I will always hold a candle for Jack of All Trades -- we love you Bruce Campbell!
Books:
All-Time Favorite Titles:
Pride & Prejudice, Mists of Avalon, Staggerford, Lord of the Rings, Mansfield Park, Simon's Night, Persuasion, Sister Light Sister Dark, White Jenna, A Green Journey, The Chronicles of Narnia, Soup & Me, Castle Perilous, Dune, Captain Whizbang, The Secret of NIMH, The Lorax, The Girl with the Silver Eyes, and Sense & Sensibility
Favorite authors:
Jane Austen, Jane Yolen, Jon Hassler, John DeChancie, Robert Newton Peck, Dr. Suess, Shel Silverstein, Marion Zimmer Bradley, James Herriot, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkein, J.K. Rowling, George Orwell, Frank Stockton, Nick Hornsby.
Katie's general reading guidlines:
I LOVE anything that is fantasy or mythology (novel or short story).
I really like anything that is science fiction (short-story or novel).
I like fiction, but usually it's nothing that's been on the best-seller list (unless it's also been a Newberry winner).
I actually enjoy children's literature quite a bit.
I will tolerate non-fiction if it has to do with the British Isles, Minnesota, Geeks, European history between 500 AD - 1800 AD, or Catholicism.
I will ONLY read all other non-fiction in order avoid a greater unpleasantness.
Poetry will be avoided at all costs unless it is religious, humorous, or deliciously wicked.
Heroes:
Saints (St. Thomas Moore especially), Queen Mary Tudor, Jane Austen, and all my ancestors who were brave enough to sail to the New World.
