Smitty39
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | scientific illustrator |
| Location | United States |
| Introduction | I am a major nerd, with a love for classic film. Some of my favorite actors/actresses from days of yore are: James Mason, Audrey Hepburn, Bette Davis, Jimmy Stewart, Jimmy Cagney, Claude Rains, Jack Lemmon, Gregory Peck, Vincent Price, George Sanders, .. the list continues. I have seen over 60 Jimmy Stewart movies... because I'm a dork. I'm also a huge phan (fan of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera) and I know most of My Fair Lady by memory. |
| Interests | Art, classic film, music, dialects, hats, singing obnoxiously with my windows down in the car, comedy |
| Favorite movies | Breakfast on Pluto, The Matchmaker (1997), Nicholas Nickleby (2002)The Quiet Man, Odd Man Out (1947), Now Voyager, Roman Holiday, Sabrina, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Shop Around the Corner, Harvey, Rear Window, Vertigo, The Roaring Twenties, Angels With Dirty Faces, Harold and Maude, and many more. |
| Favorite music | U2, Flogging Molly, Smashing Pumpkins, Dean Martin, Thin Lizzy, Radiohead, Travis, Annie Lennox, Kate Bush, Queen, The Monkees, The Beatles, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, various other classical artists, opera, a lot of Celtic music/ |
| Favorite books | David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, The Scarlet Letter, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, A Christmas Carol, 'Tis, Angela's Ashes, Teacherman. I also tend to like pretty much anything by Edgar Allan Poe (working my way through his works currently). |
If you were a pirate, how would you avoid laughing when saying 'poop deck'?
I wouldn't really be able to avoid it, so hopefully I'd be a pirate on a ship where nobody would mind if I laughed when saying "poop deck."