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About Me

I'm an American expatriate living in the UK... Grew up in Oregon, then spent about 10 years in the Los Angeles area (BIG UP Long Beach, Redondo Beach, Compton & all the South Bay) before I met the love of my life, got married, and followed him to England!! I love England, but I do get homesick from time to time, especially when the weather gets dark, wet, and gloomy. Actually, my life here in St. Leonards-on-sea is pretty nice and easy... my husband is a reggae musician that travels all over the world and I am lucky enough to be able to follow him around when I want to. I like to photograph the gigs and artists and I get plenty of material to work with! For a lifelong reggae fan, I think that's pretty cool. BUT... What I wouldn't give for a nice bottle of Willamette Valley (Oregon) Pinot Noir!! THAT might put my homesickness into remission for a little while!! .. MyGen Profile Generator..

My Interests

Wine, travel, cooking, organic gardening & allotments, photography, music, tennis, volleyball, basketball, dancing, laughing, theme parks, sightseeing, visiting archaeological sites & digs, Hawaiian Islands, history and culture, political theory, philosophy, anthropology... and simply... hanging out with family, & friends....OH YEAH, anything to do with sun, ocean, & beach (especially swimming & bodysurfing)

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Music:

Jamaican music is tops (Dub, Roots, Lovers, Ragga)...but I've been known to appreciate other genres as well: Classic Rock, Acid Jazz, Funk, Soul, R&B, Hip Hop, AND I LOVE JOHNNY CASH ..

Movies:

Movies are cool.... independent & foreign films, horror (proper scarey), comedy (The Big Lebowski comes to mind), documentary films, and I epecially love lame movies for some reason... you know, the ones that make you think "why did I even watch that crap?". The 3 Ts

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Television:

I'm more of a film person but sometimes I do miss American TV...ESPECIALLY IFC, The Sundance Channel, MTV, BET & HBO. If I'm lucky, I occasionally catch the odd episode of Family Guy, My Name is Earl, or Curb your Enthusiasm. Thank you Ian for providing me with the entire series of the American version of The Office... keeping me busy while you toil away at work!! Hey, I'm on Holiday... but maybe I should venture outside?!?! OKAY..update... I did, in fact, go outside after I recovered from jet lag.

Books:

The list is way to long....anything from Nicolai Gogol to Bill Bryson... Reading helps cancel out the damage done by watching television... well, that's what I keep telling myself, although I doubt very much that it's true. Incidentally, in defense of my guilty pleasure of watching television...I just think it's important to be a well rounded individual...you know... to be in touch with all forms of culture and media (this , of course, does NOT include reality TV... which is pure crap!!)

Heroes:

Wonderwoman! I totally wanted to be her... and kinda still do!!

My Blog

bored

yep... pretty bored at work.... that's why I keep posting this nonsense.
Posted by Malia T on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 05:21:00 PST

Air travel... random notes

Not the most enjoyable flight from Portland to London... here are my thoughts:Am I too lazy to fight for survival if this plane takes a nose dive into the Atlantic. Well actually, there pr...
Posted by Malia T on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 05:19:00 PST

San Francisco

Decided to got to the Ferry building in San Fran. Definitely a food lovers paradise... All sorts of shops...gourmet cookery, mushrooms, gardening, cheese, seafood (oysters on the half...
Posted by Malia T on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 04:58:00 PST

Monterrey

Went to the Monterrey Bay Aquarium today (okay, so I copied this out of my travel journal, so I didn't actually go today...). Got there early but still had to wait in line. A...
Posted by Malia T on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 02:09:00 PST

Sturgeon. ..part I

When I was young, my parents took me to the Bonneville Dam fish Hatchery on the Columbia River in Oregon. There I saw a series of tanks...or rather, if my memory serves me correctly, ponds....
Posted by Malia T on Sun, 27 May 2007 09:28:00 PST

Monterrey Bay Aquarium... and sturgeon... again

So my brother Evan comes up to me while I'm wandering around the Monterrey Bay Aquarium and points out the sturgeon looming in the tank. "Hey, it's your arch enemy...are you scared?" ...
Posted by Malia T on Sun, 27 May 2007 09:44:00 PST

Portland!!!!!!!

Finally made back to the US of A. Hmmm, it's been about a year since I've been surrounded my so many Americans... and I find myself pleasantly amused as well as pleasantly annoyed. I think that Englan...
Posted by Malia T on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:35:00 PST

Blog Fear

Okay, so this is my first blog entry.... wait...I'm not being completely honest ..this is my second blog entry, the first one got trashed. Anyway, I'll get to the point... I am afraid of blogging. I...
Posted by Malia T on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 05:57:00 PST