-Your Friendly Neighborhood Dentonista
My blogs
Blogs I follow
- And I Am Not Lying
- Better Living Through Technical Writing
- Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
- Elana's Pantry
- Hipstercrite
- Homesick Texan
- It's all about Allie
- just write click
- Manly Vintage
- Moment Junkie
- Orangette
- PostSecret
- Stuff White People Like
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Writer |
| Location | Denton!, Texas, United States |
| Introduction | A transplanted Yankee, I’m one of those sad souls who came to school (“uni”, for European readers) and never left. What can I say? I fell in love, and I bought a house. Now, years later, I have roots, friends, good professional connections, and the bunch of stuff we all accumulate and hate to move! |
| Interests | The fabulousness that is Denton, reading, astrology, cats and all their majesty, my excellent friends, traveling, eating, local weirdness - wherever you find it. |
| Favorite Movies | Rear Window, Any Alfred Hitchcock movie, Charade (the original "The Truth about Charlie"), High Society, African Queen, Bell Book and Candle, Pillow Talk, That Touch of Mink, Pajama Game, Damn Yankees, The Music Man, My Fair Lady, Kiss Me Kate, Cat Ballou, Bus Stop, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How to Marry a Millionaire, Some Like it Hot, The Brass Bottle, Hello Dolly, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Murder by Natural Causes, Deathtrap, The Graduate, Emma, (with Gwenyth Paltrow), Pride and Prejudice, (with Colin Firth), Sense and Sensibility, (with Emma Thompson & Hugh Grant & Kate Winslet), The Usual Suspects, Sliding Doors, Catch Me If You Can, The Sweetest Thing, Mostly Martha, Advertising Rules, Shower, Chocolat, Monsoon Wedding, Strictly Ballroom, Shall We Dance, (The Japanese original), Almost Famous, Under the Sand, The Swimming Pool, Young Sherlock Holmes, Mystery Train, Midsummer Night's Dream, (with Kevin Kline), Romeo and Juliet, (Claire Danes & Leonardo DiCaprio), My Big, Fat Greek Wedding, Wet Hot American Summer, Don't Tempt Me, Finding Neverland, Bubba Hotep, Clay Pigeons, Broken Flowers |
| Favorite Music | The Beasties Boys, The Dixie Chicks |
| Favorite Books | Auntie Mame, Vanishing Acts, Mandarin Plaid, Kissing in Manhattan, The Salaryman's Wife, Practical Magic, The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian, The Emperor of Scent, The Joy Luck Club, Interpreter of Maladies, Caramelo, Caramba! : a tale told in turns of the card, Travelers Tales Hong Kong, including Macau and Southern China, (My favorite is a story by Austin Coates), Tin Plate, The Witching Hour, Tender At The Bone: Growing Up At The Table, Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code, A Cook's Tour: In Search of The Perfect Meal, Anything Considered, The Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier And Clay, Artemis Fowl, The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Red as blood or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer, (Gothic. All these years later I still think about it.), Thank You for Smoking, Them : A Memoir of Parents, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Don’t Get Too Comfortable, Fraud, Honeymoon With My Brother, Yes Man, Skipping Towards Gomorrah, The Thirteenth Tale, The Gallery of Regrettable Food, The Last Witchfinder |
What's the most amount of sand you've ever had in your swimming trunks?
OOh lots. That's how I learned to skinny dip.