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I  . . .
- Am an English major who stumbled into the business world and has been there ever since! ;)
- Grew up wanting to be a writer (novels) and graduated from college with the goal of becoming a technical writer
- Am a project management geek to the point of sickness (that technical writing thing didn't pan out, as you can see!)
- Am happily married to my soul mate since 1998
- Traveled to Germany on business trips (Opel International Technical Development Center in Ruesselshim) and lived there for a year (1999-2000) in the Rheingau region (Wiesbaden); visited many cities across Germany while there, as well as France, Belgium, and Luxembourg
- Am a former blonde, recently turned red-head for the second time!
- Am a self-professed gadget freak (see my interests section below!)
- Am an internet junkie
- Am a serious music fan of all types of genres
- Am a horror movie buff and haunted house addict
- Am a roller coaster lover (front seat all the way!!!!!!)
- Am an avid reader and writer (that English major thing again!)
- Am and will be liberal until death (registered Democrat thank you very much!)
- Am a committed animal lover (one doggie - Chloe and three kitties - Mozart, Stanzie & Nikita)
- Am an environmental and wildlife organization supporter
Favorites:
My Pocket PC (Toshiba e805), my iPods (4th generation 20 GB and 4th generation 40 GB) with iTrip FM transmitter and inMotion speakers); my XBOX (Silent Hill 4 is my current fave); my computer (butt kickin' Gateway 710X); my pets (Chloe, Mozart, Stanzie, Nikita); tons of music (far too many types/artists to list here but Radiohead is my favorite band and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is my favorite composer); reading (latest fave is Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue, Cormack McCarthy is my favorite author and W. H. Auden is my favorite poet), watching movies (latest fave is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; and The Lord of the Rings series has gone down in history in my book) and certain television shows (latest fave is Queer Eye); writing; surfing the net; checking out a performance by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra; wandering through the Detroit Institute for the Arts on a rainy Sunday afternoon; checking out a play at Meadowbrook Theater (Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol are my favorite productions to date); taking walks with my doggie on a cold, sunny day in the fall when everything is covered by the falling leaves; the month of October, Halloween and fall in general; Indian food (Priya); Mediterranean food (La Shish); Schloss Johannisberg wine; Belgian beer (Leffe!); European culture and history (Wiesbaden, Germany and Brugge, Belgium are definite faves); hiking Mt. Rainier in Washington and enjoying downtown Seattle; planting and caring for my flowers; the Pink Floyd laser show at Cranbrook; snowy days that force you to stay inside, thereby giving you an excuse to goof off . . .
Favorite Quotes:
"A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think; Music is immediate, it goes on to become."   W. H. Auden

"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experiences of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so."  Douglas Adams

"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."  John Lennon

"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."  Albert Einstein

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forego their use." Galileo Galilei

"How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself."
Anais Nin
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