About Me
- About Me: I'm an old soul.
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- Nationality: American (English, Scottish, German, Swiss)
- Religion: Christian
- Heroes: George Washington, Sir Winston Churchill, Martin Luther, Frances Marion, George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Nate Saint, and Queen Victoria
- Interests: I'm an old soul that takes "pleasure in a great many things". Endeavoring to lead a dedicated Christian life. Building my wonderful relationship with Christ. Becoming a future US ambassador to far off lands. I'm interested in... Washington DC. Political involvement. Photography as an art. Debate. Art museums. Painting and sketching. Royalty. TRAVELING... especially to Europe and most definitely to England. WWII. Canoeing. Hiking. Tennis. French language. Rainy days. History. Humphrey Bogart. Attending social events. Piano by ear. Winston Churchill. 800 thread count sheets. Reading heartwrenching books. P G Wodehouse. Watching classic movies. TCM channel. Singing. Perrier carbonated water. Cooking gourmet. Coffee shops and tea houses. Food Network. Swing dancing. Imported cheeses. Orchids. Bubble baths. Shoes. Ships. Sealing wax. Cabbages. Kings
- Expertise: Where Starbucks is located. Movie quotes. Starbucks menu. Appreciating Starbucks. Befriending Barista's. Taking up residence at nearby Starbucks. Avoiding the status quo and just simply BE-ing.
- Occupation: Assistant Manager; photographer; graphic designer
- Industry: Arts
Travel
- Places I love: London, Bath, York, Pemberley, Oxford, Sherwood Forest, Blenheim Palace, Derbyshire county, Edinburgh, Scottish highlands, Dublin, Killarney, Dingle Peninsula, Paris, Normandy, Norway, Poland, Russia (St. Petersburg & Moscow), Estonia, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Rothenburg, Salzburg, Alps, Rome, Siena, Pompei, SPAIN (I adored Spain-- Madrid and Sevilla), Portugal, Morocco (Casablanca, Marrakesh, and Tangier), Amsterdam, Brugge, Jerusalem, Galilea, Taba, Cairo, Giza Pyramids, the Dead Sea, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, En Gedi, Cozumel (Mexico), Cayman Islands, Key West, Washington D.C., Cape Cod, Nantucket Island, Boston, Mystic Seaport, Plymouth Plantation, Annapolis, Monticello, Williamsburg, Jamestown, Philadelphia, Charleston, Appalachian Mountains, St. Augustine, Savannah, Myrtle Beach (SC), New York City, Salem, Oak Alley, French Quarter, Frankfurt, Chicago, San Francisco, and Kansas City
- Places I've been: 38 states, 28 countries.
- Places to see before I die: I want to revisit everywhere I've been and see any other place I possible can. Top on the list: Brazil, Venice Italy, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, Tahiti, Antarctica, Iceland, Quebec, Turkey, Romania, and India... and visiting the Moon isn't completely out there.
- Dream Vacation: - Trans-Atlantic cruise from New York to London on the Queen Elizabeth II. - A month or more staying put in a Tuscan village in Italy. - Renting an apartment in Paris and watching street artists. Touring the city by night when everything is illuminated. - Staying at a particular B&B in Finland and sailing everyday. - Island life in Tahiti or Jamaica. Laying on a beach on a hammock and drinking exotic smoothies.
Music
- Favorite Albums: It's Time, Careless Love, Thats Amore, Beach Boys, Abbey Road..... (thinking)
- Favorite Genre: 1940s, soundtrack, swing, Celtic, opera, classical and miscellaneous others
- Favorite Songs: The Way You Look Tonight, A New Soul, 1234, Sway, What a Wonderful World, As Time Goes By, Hey Mambo, L-O-V-E, We Gather Together, Our Love is Here to Stay, Autumn Leaves, La Vien Rose, Here Comes the Sun, Riverdance, Highland Cathedral, The Parting Glass, Moon River, They Can't Take That Away From Me, A Little Fall of Rain, At the End of the Day, Tell Me What Love Is, Return to Me, What Can This Love Be?, ..... etc.
- Favorite Lyrics: Under the Sea :), L-O-V-E, Sway, Just in Time
- Songs for Roadtrips: Rockin Robin, Dreams, Here Comes the Sun, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Right Myself a Letter, The Puppy Song, Splish Splash.
- Songs I repeat the most: L-O-V-E, Pennsylvania 6-5000, "Guilty" from Amelie's soundtrack, Lets Get Together, Cinema Paradiso, I Remember You.
Television
- Favorite Shows: Passport to Europe with Samantha Brown, Good Morning America, Five Takes on Europe, Hannity and Colmes, The Office, Everybody Loves Raymond, Friends, and Nanny 911
- Favorite Channels: TCM, AMC, BBC America, Travel, Food Network, PBS, and FOX
- Favorite Reruns: Gilligan's Island, Happy Days, I Love Lucy, Blondie, King of Queens, 24, The Cosby Show, Keeping up Appearances, etc.
- Most Addictive Show: Who's Wedding Is It Anyway?
- Favorite Late Night Talk Show: I'm not a night person... but Leno can be entertaining at times.
- Characters you relate to: Pam from The Office.
- Favorite Theme Song: Monty Python's Flying Circus
- Show I Secretly Watch: Seinfeld... occasionally
- Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Sue Thomas F.B.Eye
Books
- Favorite Books: Les Miserables, Pride and Prejudice, Four Feathers, Fitzwilliam Darcy: Gentlemen, Damsel In Distress, Carry On Jeeves, Piccadilly Jim, Wuthering Heights, Code of the Woosters, Leave it to Psmith, Emma, Sense and Sensibility, Eloise, Madeline in London, Mere Christianity, A Man Called Peter, Dating Mr. Darcy, Paradise Lost, Alice in Wonderland, Jane Eyre, Shadow of the Czar, and A Severe Mercy
- Favorite Authors: Jane Austen, William Shakespeare, Charlotte Bronte, John Milton, P G Wodehouse, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Her Grace Lady Pamela, Ann Coulter, and Victor Hugo
- Favorite Genres: Historical fiction, history, detective stories.
- Favorite Characters: Elizabeth Bennett, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Bertram Wooster, Jeeves, Jean Val Jean, Eloise, and Harry Feversham
- Favorite Quotes: "The world is a book and those who don't travel only open the first page." "Come here, Watson. I need you" ~ Sherlock Holmes "I regret that I have but one life to give for my country." ~ Nathan Hale "Brisk give and take is the foundation of the happy marriage. Do you remember that beautiful line of Tennyson's, "We fell out, my wife and I"? It always conjures up for me a vision of wonderful domestic happiness. I seem to see us in our old age, you on one side of the radiator, I on the other, warming our old limbs and thinking up snappy stuff to hand each other-- sweethearts still!" - Piccadilly Jim
- Recent Reads: "Piccadilly Jim" by P G Wodehouse "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare
Food
- Favorite Cuisine: I have an Italian stomach
- Favorite Dishes: Eggplant Parmesan, seafood pasta, gourmet salads, fish and chips, real pizza, and gyros.
- Favorite Desserts: creme brulee, Godiva chocolate ice cream, and Godiva cheesecake.
- Favorite Drinks: Shirley Temple, ginger ale, carbonated water, Earl Grey, cappuccino, latte, espresso, iced coffee, java chip frappuccino.
- Favorite Junk Foods: I don't eat junk food. Okay. Cape Cod salt and vinegar potato chips, maybe a few french fries there and again, and Walker's shortbread.
- My Original Recipes: Patent pending
- Favorite Restaurants: Olive Garden, Buca di Beppo, Tasso's (Greek), Cascone's, Cheesecake Factory, Brio's, and Panera Bread
- Foods I hate: stuffed peppers, tabouli, banana pudding with vanilla wafers, dry cake, buffalo wings, corn chowder, and raw onions
Movies
- Favorite Movies: Pride and Prejudice, You've Got Mail, The Patriot, Life is Beautiful, Sabrina, Joyeax Noel, For the Love of Mary, The Village, Horatio Hornblower, Victoria and Albert, North by Northwest, Wives and Daughters, Charade, Bon Voyage, Sleepless in Seattle, Birds, Singing in the Rain, Casablanca, Rear Window, Top Hat, Annie, Sense and Sensibility, Anna and the King, Roman Holiday, The Grace Kelly Story, Return to Me, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Funny Face, To Have and To Have Not, To Catch a Thief, The Birds, Sound of Music, The Princess Bride, Love Affair, and My Favorite Wife.
- Favorite Actors: Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks, Cary Grant, Gary Cooper, Katharine Hepburn, Jean Arthur, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Gregory Peck, Greer Garson, Lawrence Olivier, Audrey Hepburn, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon, Mel Gibson, and Grace Kelly
- Favorite Directors: M Night Shalasomething, Alfred Hitchcock, Frank Capra
- Favorite Genre: classic 1920s- 1940s
- Favorite Soundtracks: Les Miserables, Life is Beautiful, Amelie, Sabrina, Pride and Prejudice, Les Choristes, Casablanca, The Majestic, Master and Commander, You've Got Mail, Singing in the Rain, An Affair to Remember, and The Patriot
- Movie Quotes I say all the time: "Other way, Mr Collins!" ~ P&P "When you get to the end of a book... close it." ~ Herbie "Starbucks is for people with no decision making ability whatsoever, to make six different decisions, just to buy one cup of coffee." ~ You've Got Mail "No offense meant" "No apology accepted" ~ Only Angels Have Wings "Of all the gin joints in all the world, she walks into mine." ~ Casablanca "Your not a star until they can spell your name in Karachi" ~ Humphrey Bogart said it in something "So you think *I'm* the murderer? What do I have to do to convince you I'm not. Be the next victim?" "Well that would be a start" ~ Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn in Charade "If I'm not back in five minutes... just wait longer." ~ Ace Ventura: Pet Detective "Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops." ~ Arsenic and Old Lace
- Movies I can watch over and over: You've Got Mail, Madeline, Casablanca, Masterpiece Theatre's collection, all Deanna Durbins, all Cary Grants, Pride and Prejudice (2005), Eloise
- Actor that would play me in a movie: Alexis Bledel?
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- Name: Meg
- Country: United States
- State: Missouri
- Metro: Kansas City
- Gender: Female
- Member Since: 11/30/2004
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Hi Megan I just read your father's day peice, and I love your writing style. Please contact me if you ever want to be published Anisha -
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I've stumbled upon an interesting profile for once... ha. Your photies make me jealous! chin-chin
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hey hows it going? The worlds newest US Marine is hollering atch ya from Flagstaff AZ. How are things back in KC? I tried to get on messinger to talk but the computer I'm on has more issuies than my D.I.s did. I'll be back in KC tommorow for a few days. I'm trying to get a few friends together to -
Quick question How did you add the music to your blog?
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yo wassup? havn't heard from ya in a while! I'll be at grace on sunday so I'll hollar at ya then. Peace Out!
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You disabled comments on your latest post! Now how are we supposed to communicate??!?!?!?! :P
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