PammieJR

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About me

Gender Female
Occupation Hospice volunteer
Location Southern California, United States
Introduction I received my MA in Counseling from the University of San Diego in 2011. I am currently looking for a job as I have been unemployed since graduating. Part of that is due to my becoming ill with bacterial meningitis in February of 2012. I have basically kicked it's ass, but still have some after effects. I knit like I would die without yarn in my hands. I also play music, I have played percussion since I was about 12.
Interests I am a mega-crafter...I love to knit, cross-stitch, scapbook, make my own cards, crochet flip-flops, make beaded jewelry...I am not happy if I am not crafting. Hobbies: Reading, collecting records [78s, 45s, LPs…not to mention 8-track tapes!] sleeping, watching TV.
Favorite Movies Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Mad Max Trilogy, The Indiana Jones Trilogy, Sense and Sensibilities, The Princess Bride, Gladiator, The Sound of Music, The Harry Potter movies.
Favorite Music in alpha order) Adam Ant, Louis Armstrong, Big Bad Voodoo Daddies, Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, Cocteau Twins, Harry Connick, Jr., The Cucumbers, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Desmond Dekker, Donkey, Duran Duran, Echo and the Bunnymen, Enya, Erasure, Falco, Benny Goodman, Martin L. Gore, INXS, Bob Marley, Mojo Nixon, Nine Inch Nails, Patti Page, Phantom Regiment, The Police/Sting, Recoil, The Selecter, Brian Setzer, The Smiths/Morrissey, Jimmy Somerville, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Tchaikovsky, Toots and the Maytals, Trio, Yaz(oo)/Alison Moyet.
Favorite Books Favorite “Classic” Books: “A Tale of Two Cities, ” Charles Dickens [but then I love ALL Dickens!]; “Moby Dick, ” Herman Melville; “Pride and Prejudice, ”Jane Austen, “Fahrenheit 451”; “The Young Lions, ” by Irwin Shaw; “Pamela, ” by Samuel Richardson. Other Favorite Books: anything by Anne Rice; “The Stand, ” Stephen King [the unabridged version]; Jean Auel’s “Children of the Earth” Series, “Memoirs of a Geisha”. Cheesy Romance novels: I love Johanna Lindsay, Heather Graham (Historical), basically anything historical...