My passion is Theatre - live theatre. I am fascinated by the performing arts. I love dancing, opera, movies...hell, even karaoke. I enjoy working out and usually manage to get into the gym between six and eight times per week. Shopping is a favorite pass time and I try to control my indulgences - sometimes with less than stellar success. I learned to knit two years ago and it has become something of an obsession. I quit smoking in November and I think I would have killed someone if I hadn't busied myself with constant knitting. New Orleans is my hometown and I love good food. I also love cooking...there's a sort of dreamy contentment in it for me. I've recently starting learning fire-spinning and I really love it (thanks, Pix) and I'm finally learning a bit of self-defense...about damn time.
Your Birthdate: September 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
What Does Your Birth Date Mean?
Your Dominant Intelligence is Linguistic Intelligence
You are excellent with words and language. You explain yourself well.
An elegant speaker, you can converse well with anyone on the fly.
You are also good at remembering information and convicing someone of your point of view.
A master of creative phrasing and unique words, you enjoy expanding your vocabulary.
You would make a fantastic poet, journalist, writer, teacher, lawyer, politician, or translator.
What Kind of Intelligence Do You Have?
You Have a Choleric Temperament
You are a person of great enthusiasm - easily excited by many things.
Unsatisfied by the ordinary, you are reaching for an epic, extraordinary life.
You want the best. The best life. The best love. The best reputation.
You posses a sharp and keen intellect. Your mind is your primary weapon.
Strong willed, nothing can keep you down. Your energy can break down any wall.
You're an instantly passionate person - and this passion gives you an intoxicating power over others.
At your worst, you are a narcissist. Full of yourself and even proud of your faults.
Stubborn and opinionated, you know what you think is right. End of discussion.
A bit of a misanthrope, you often see others as weak, ignorant, and inferior.
What Temperment Are You?
You Are 2: The Helper
You always put on a happy face and try to help those around you.
You're incredibly empathetic and care about everyone you know.
Able to see the good in others, you're thoughtful, warm, and sincere.
You connect with people who are charming and charismatic.
What Number Are You?
You Are Esmerelda!
Mysterious and passionate. You are a survivor. Even though life has swung you some difficult situations you have a strong intuition that gets you through. Also, you have the capacity to sympathize and relate to a variety of different people.
Which Disney Princess Are You?
Your Aura is Red
You have a high level of emotion. This can mean passion, but it can also mean rage.
Usually, you don't take these emotions out on others. You just use them as motivation - and it works!
The purpose of your life: embracing all the wonders of the life, lots of travels, and tons of adventures
Famous reds include: Madonna, Marilyn Monroe, Jennifer Lopez
Careers for you to try: Dancer, Boxer, Surgeon
What Color Is Your Aura?
Any number of people...Elaenor of Acquitaine, William Shakespeare...So, what if Billy Shakes wrote the Hokey Pokey? It might go something like this...
O proud left foot, that ventures quick within
Then soon upon a backward journey lithe.
Anon, once more the gesture, then begin:
Command sinistral pedestal to writhe.
Commence thou then the fervid Hokey-Poke
A mad gyration, hips in wanton swirl.
To spin! A wilde release from Heaven's yoke.
Blessed dervish! Surely canst go, girl.
The Hoke, the Poke---banish now thy doubt,
Verily, I say, 'tis what it's all about.
But, back to the people I want to meet...Ok. Peter Brook and David Mamet. Their writings totally changed the way I approach theatre.
Theatre Logic
...but not really
In is down, down is front;
Out is up, up is back;
Off is out, on is in;
and of course
Right is left and left is right.
A drop shouldn't
and
A Block and fall does neither.
A prop doesn't
and
A Cove has no water.
Tripping is OK,
A running crew rarely gets anywhere,
A purchase line will buy you nothing;
A trap will not catch anything
and
A gridiron has nothing to do with football.
A strike is work (in fact, a lot of work)
and
A green room, thank God, usually isn't;
Now that you're fully versed in theatrical logic...
"Break a Leg"
...but not really.
My tastes are so eclectic. I like everything from country to classical, rock to rap, blues to Broadway. Recent happy purchases include Camile (Le Fil), Eminem (Curtain Call), and the new Police compilation. Right now I have The Essential Billy Joel in my cd player and I'm about to buy the soundtrack to Tick Tick Boom. Other notable favs are Carrie Newcomer, Eliot Smith, Berlin, Queensryche, Metric, Wynton Marsalis, and Rachmaninov (Vespers is my very favorite piece of music).
These are my standard favs: The Princess Bride, Ridicule, Clueless, Tombstone, Monty Python's Holy Grail, Dogma, The Green Mile, Magnolia, O Brother, Where Art Thou, Austin Powers, and Dangerous Liasons. I recently watched Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and LOVED it. (Yay! Val Kilmer finally did a movie that featured him well...it's about flippin' time). Also, The Libertine with Johnny Depp and John Malkovich (who knew Johnny Depp could be not sexy)? I just finished watching Peter Brooks' Marat/Sade (awesome) and I thought about Quills (also awesome). I haven't stopped thinking about V is for Vendetta since I first saw it. The costuming and cinematography are superb and I'm a sucker for really good mask work. The story is engaging and the action sequences are a wild ride. I watched Alpha Dog on Tuesday and thought it was really engaging. It starts off slowly, but it picks up and really drives. I watch more films now that I'm studying Film Making...who'd have guessed? We're looking at older films right now and I'm developing a new appreciation for some of the early innovators in the field. D.W. Griffith was a brilliant Director, despite his overwhelming narrow-mindedness, and Orson Welles was a freakin' genius. Alas, while I am not one of these great filmmakers, I thought I'd include my first real effort in the medium. It was a fun project.
Carnivale, M*A*S*H*, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Lost, Black Adder, Kids in the Hall. Recently, I've started watching Scrubs and it's pretty entertaining. Once I carve some time for myself, I'll probably tackle Sex in the City, Deadwood, and House.
Where to begin? I'm always reading. Ok, here's the short list: The Belgariad, Name of the Rose, Kushiel's Dagger, Lion of Senet, The Prince of Tides, If Tomorrow Comes, Letters Home, The Eyre Affair, The Empty Space, True and False, and Order of the Stick. I met Barry Eisler recently and decided I'd check out his books. He was really nice (and really cute) so, I figured "why not". Wow, his antihero John Rain is amazing and the writing is fun...think James Bond, but grittier. I think the story would make a great screenplay. I read James Ellroy's The Black Dahlia a few months ago and was totally floored. The book is absolutely intriguing; one of the best-written books in the genre, I think. Then I read The Black Dahlia Files. I haven't read much true crime, but damn...now there's a story that would make an incredible film (although I wouldn't want to have to edit that monster).
People who have the courage to pursue their dreams.