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Gender Female
Industry Non-Profit
Occupation -al forces in Iraq, Afghanistan
Location New England, United States
Introduction War is Peace* Freedom is Slavery* Ignorance is Strength* Wanted to be a nun or astronaut as a child.
Interests Edward Dowling wrote: "The two great obstacles to democracy in the US are, first, the widespread delusion among the poor that we have a democracy; and second, the chronic terror amongst the rich, lest we get it."
Favorite Movies Two For The Road, St. Elmo's Fire, the Final Destination series, the Phantasm series, Brother Sun Sister Moon, Young Frankenstein, The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's, Where Angels Go Trouble Follows, What Dreams May Come, The Money Pit, the Grapes of Wrath, 1984 (w/ Peter Cushing), LOTR, Fantasia, The Longest Day, Scrooged, The Wicker Man (original), The Haunting of Hill House
Favorite Music Rock, punk, waltzes, R&B, intelligent rap and hip-hop, prog rock, OT & BG, old gospel, old Celtic folk songs
Favorite Books Orwell, Stegner, Fitzgerald, CS Lewis, Straub, Steinbeck, Galbraith, Shirley Jackson, sci fi, horror, fantasy, Thurber, King, AA Milne, Julia Child, Ivins, biographies, history, poetry

Sponges and tongues are frequently misspelled. Is it because both are thirsty?

No, it's because people can't spell anymore.