JessyPants
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Coffee Bitch |
| Location | Madison, Wisconsin, United States |
| Introduction | I like playing dress-up. One day, I decided I was tired of playing dress-up with other people's clothes, declared that I was genetically pre-disposed to be awesome at sewing (like my grandmother), bought a sewing machine from Elyssa for $50, and started sewing stuff. Turns out, I was right. Armed with scissors, needles and other pointy, sharp or otherwise potentially dangerous accoutrements, I create beautiful things from another time. And then I write about them here. |
| Interests | Theater, opera, any music, history, bowling, reading, arts & crafts, fine dining, wine!, cooking, camping, swimming, relaxing with friends and family. |
| Favorite movies | Juno, Sense & Sensibility, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Bob Roberts, The Devil Wears Prada, Anchorman, Dodgeball, Saved!, Overboard, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Pride & Prejudice (any version, but I like A&E best), the Elizabeth I mini-series on HBO, Office Space, Accepted. Elizabeth R and The Six Wives of Henty VIII from the BBC, There are others that I can't think of, I'm sure. |
| Favorite music | My musical tastes are constantly shifting. Constants include Broadway musicals, classical, opera and 80's power ballads. The current selection on my Zune, as of 8/31: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, The Bird and the Bee, Cat Stevens, Charlotte Sometimes, Crosby Stills and Nash, Daler Mehndi, Death Cab for Cutie, Electric Skychurch, Emilie Simon, Fleetwood Mac, Flight of the Conchords, Green Day, Kate Nash, Keller Williams, Kemopetrol, The Kissers, KT Tunstall, Lily Allen, Lisa Loeb, Liz Phair, The Lonely Island (I'M ON A BOAT), Morrissey, Paramore, Paul Van Dyk, Regina Spektor, Rufus Wainwright, Sara Bareilles, The Shins, Sia, Simon & Garfunkel, Smoking Popes, The Weepies, Willoughby, Yael Naim, Zero 7. Also soundstracks from "Wicked", "Avenue Q", "Rent", "A Mighty Wind" and a 2 Philharmonic Chorus of Madison Christmas CDs. :D |
| Favorite books | My friend Darcy calls me a "Literary Elitist". Apparently this is because I don't read trashy romance novels...my idea of a trashy romance novel is a heavily researched piece of historical fiction with some spicy scenes in it. :) Favorite books include: Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Other Boleyn Girl, the entire Outlander series, Legacy by Susan Kay, Phantom, also by Susan Kay, basically any kind of historical fiction. Anything by Jane Austen or the Bronte sisters, but particularly Wuthering Heights. I might go so far as to say that's my favorite book of all time. I have recently been introduced to The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. I'm about halfway through the 4th book of the series and am still absolutely riveted. |