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Favorite Things

Trains
I lived behind train tracks until I was 7; I used to walk along the tracks and imagine where each train was going. When we moved away, I found it hard to sleep without the noises of the trains going by.

Caramel
Melted sugar, could anything be better? Keep your chocolate and keep your hands off my caramel.

Water
Oceans, rivers, whatever; I'm a water baby and an Aquarius, I love to swim and play in water.

Woods
Pure magic, I love hiking and riding my bike through the woods; you just never know what you'll find. I have an uncanny sense of direction, so I am never lost.

Onion Rings
The kind with real onions in them, not the crap with pureed mush of onion. And, they need lots of salt and ketchup.

Favorite Books

I put in links to Amazon. I'm not getting kickbacks and I could give a shit where you buy them from.

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Brothel : Mustang Ranch and Its Women by Alexa Albert
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
The Pearl
A Very Easy Death by Simone De Beauvoir
Spider Eaters: A Memoir by Rae Yang
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love by Jill Conner Brown

I may add more later...

Favorite Places

The City Museum
A bar inside of a huge, adult-sized playground with planes to climb through and a 3 story slide. I want to live there.
Belle Isle
I have spent many a lovely day on this little piece of heaven.
Killarney, Ireland
This is the most beautiful place that I have ever seen.
Roanoke
My grandparents live on top of a mountain (actually in Boones Mill) with foot paths all over the place. Walk 'em, 4-wheel 'em, I know those woods like the back of my hand.

Favorite Music

Tori Amos... Sleater-Kinney... Hot Water Music... NIN... The Clash... Bjork... Le Tigre... Johnny Cash... Avail... Ann Beretta... The Cure... Pet... NIN... Citizen Fish... Trip 66... L7... Pixies... David Bowie... Queen... Fugazi... VNV Nation... The Smiths... Sick of it All... The Doors... Fleetwood Mac... Janis Joplin... Radiohead

Favorite Movies

The Believer
American History X
Reservoir Dogs
Secretary
Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, and Army of Darkness
American Beauty
Memento
Snatch
Heat
Schindler's List
Strange Days

...I am...

...in love with RVA... STL is just a motel on the long road of life

...tattooed and pierced

...mad that our country is run by someone that has said, "One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures."

...impulsive

...a beer drinker, the stronger the better and as a matter of fact, I'm having a Beck's right now, well, maybe not when you are reading this, but certainly while I'm typing it (daddy says he was weaned on PBR, I don't know about all that, but we luvs us some beer)

...a reader and collector of books (moving is a particular bitch for me)

...unable to leave a stray or lost animal until I find them a home or figure out where theirs is

...in love with my family; there's not an uncool person in it, even if they are a little crazy

...incapable of grocery shopping (I'm all over the place; this end, that end, middle, back to this end, and so on, I wait for inspiration to strike and run with it)

...without shoes as often as possible

...an only child (I'll bet you didn't see that one coming)

...25 years old

...16 years old in my head on most days

...40 years old in my head on others

...a little crazy

...a bleeding heart liberal and proud of it

...always listening to the radio station that only plays in my head (I get particularly happy when a really good song comes on)

...a vegetarian and have been for more than 10 years (and I don't care if you eat meat around me)

...low maintenance even if my daddy calls me a princess

...a cat person that loves dogs, especially the big, hyper ones that will roll around on the ground with you

...odd

..."the chick with the weird eyes" (yes, I've been called that; they are green and orange on most days and almost clear green on others)

...not responsible for the things I sometimes say

...a daddy's girl

...Pro-Choice

...not concerned about what you do, but I will defend your right to do it

...not shy

...pissed at Ethyl for fucking up the James River which happens to be my favorite place to swim and boulder hop

...freakishly strong

...always in control even when I don't want to be

...not a beautiful and unique snowflake. I am the same decaying organic matter as everyone else, and we are all part of the same compost pile.

...Princess Sara