...*....*...~Michelle~ ...*....*...
Name: Michelle
Nicknames: May, Mish, Mich, Mishy, Michi, M, Misha, Mischia, "Michelle Kwan," Lefty [skater]
Date of birth: September 7, 1984
Place of birth: New York, United States of America
Current residence: New York, United States of America
Zodiac sign: Virgo
Chinese zodiac year: Rat
Birth gemstone: Sapphire
Height: 5'3"
Hair color: Black-Dark brown
Eye color: Dark brown
Hand: Ambidextrous
Foot: Left-footed
Hobbies/Interests: Sports/athletics, the Olympics, writing, drawing/art, movies, television, listening to music, internet, playing the piano, reading good books, writing letters/keeping in touch with friends/pen pals
Sports: Most sports -- figure skating, track & field, soccer, snowboarding, cycling, basketball, swimming, rollerblading/in-line skating, lacrosse, hockey, tennis, badminton, etc.
Sports events/positions: Single's skating (Figure Skating); Long Jump, Triple Jump, 400M, 800M, 1500M, 1600M (Track & Field); Forward, Midfielder, Goalkeeper (Soccer); Backstroke/Backcrawl, Freestyle, Breaststroke (Swimming); Forward (Basketball); Defense (Hockey); 1000M (Speed Skating)
Sports I want to try: Bobsled, water-skiing, rowing/crew, tae kwon do, judo, motocross
Skating jump: Toe loop, loop
Skating spin: Camel-sit spin combination
Musical instruments I can play: Violin (started lessons when I was 7), Piano (started lessons when I was 8), Keyboards (since it's pretty similar to piano), Harmonica (taught myself when I was 9)
Color: ROYGBIV, shades of blue
Shades of colors: Burgundy red/wine, navy blue, hunter green, lavender purple, light orange, periwinkle blue, etc.
Animals: Dolphins, white bengal tigers, panda bears, penguins, polar bear cubs, lion cubs, orcas, cats, swans, geese, ducks, rabbits
Foods: Salad, pasta, rice, rye/whole-wheat bread, tofu, grilled chicken, turkey
Beverage: Spring water, tea, raspberry smoothie, bubble tea
Tea: Black tea, green tea, peppermint tea, peach tea, bubble tea
Dessert: Petit fours, madeleines, crepes
Ice cream flavors: Coffee, orange/lemon sherbet, mint chocolate chip, strawberry, chocolate, cookies 'n cream, green tea
Fruit: Peach, most fruits
Vegetable: Potato, baby corn, celery
Candy: Lifesavers (wildberries, wintergreen), Jolly Ranchers (lemon), Starbursts (lemon, orange), Tootsie-Roll Pops (orange, raspberry, cherry), Blow Pops, Dum Dum lollipops, Kit Kat, York Peppermint Patty, 3 Musketeers, peppermints, Pierrot Gourmand lollipops, crunchy M-Azing, Mentos (mixed fruit), Milka and Ritter Sport alpine milk chocolate
Gum: Most mint-flavor gum
Jello-flavor: Orange, black cherry
Pizza topping: Pineapple
Cereal: Crispix, Rice Krispies, Honey Bunches of Oats, Honey Nut Chex, Oatmeal Squares, Golden Grahams, oatmeal
Pie: Apple, pumpkin
Bagel: Cinnamon raisin, sesame
Muffin: Corn, lemon poppy, chocolate-chip, pistachio
Restaurants: Friendly's, T.G.I. Friday's, Houlihan's, The Hard Rock Cafe, Romano's Macaroni Grill, Serendipity 3, The Cheesecake Factory
Fastfood: Subway (although I'm not really a fast food eater)
Books: "They Cage the Animals at Night" (Jennings Michael Burch); "The Joy Luck Club" (Amy Tan); "Lord of the Flies" (William Golding); "The Painted Veil" (W. Somerset Maugham); "Little Men" (Louisa May Alcott); "Anne of Green Gables" (L.M. Montgomery); "A Little Princess" (Frances Hodgson Burnett); "A Wrinkle in Time," "A Ring of Endless Light" (Madeleine L'Engle); "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" (Anne Brashares); "Speak" (Laurie Halse Anderson); "My Sergei" (Ekaterina Gordeeva); "A Walk to Remember," "The Notebook" (Nicholas Sparks); "Redwall," "Mariel of Redwall, "Martin the Warrior," "The Bellmaker," "Pearls of Lutra," "Triss," "Loamhedge" (Brian Jacques); "Harry Potter" series (J.K. Rowling); "Hidden Passions: Secrets from the Diaries of Tabitha Lenox" (Alice Alfonsi); "Flowers in the Attic," "Falling Stars" (V.C. Andrews); "Seven Years in Tibet" (Heinrich Harrer); "A Genius in the Family" (Hilary & Piers du Pre); "Snow Falling on Cedars" (David Guterson); "The Ring," "The Gift" (Danielle Steel); The "Griffin & Sabine" trilogy (Nick Bantock)
Childhood books: "Madeline" series (Ludwig Bemelmans); "Jumanji," "The Polar Express," "The Mysteries of Harris Burdick" (Chris Van Allsburg); "The Boxcar Children" series (Gertrude Chandler Warner); "Sweet Valley Twins" series (Francine Pascal); "Goosebumps," "Fear Street" series (R.L. Stine); "The American Girls Collection" series; "The Witches," "Matilda" (Roald Dahl); "Jennifer, Hecate, MacBeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth" (E.L. Konigsburg); "The Battle for the Castle" (Elizabeth Winthrop); "Tuck Everlasting" (Natalie Babbitt); "The Upstairs Room" (Johanna Reiss); "The Cricket in Times Square" (George Selden); "Sideways Stories From Wayside School" (Louis Sachar); "Miss Nelson Is Missing!" (Harry Allard); "Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business" (Esphyr Slobodkina); "Swimmy" (Leo Lionni); "Aesop's Fables" (Aesop); "The Five Chinese Brothers" (Claire Huchet Bishop); "The Story About Ping" (Marjorie Flack); "A New Coat For Anna" (Harriet Ziefert); "Heckedy Peg" (Audrey Wood); "Strega Nona" (Tomie de Paulo); "Stone Soup" (Ann Mcgovern); "Curious George" (H.A. Rey); "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" (Beatrix Potter); "Corduroy" (Don Freeman); "The Runaway Bunny," "Goodnight Moon" (Margaret Wise Brown); "The Cat in the Hat" (Dr. Seuss); fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen and Grimm's fairy tales
Christmas/Holiday Books: "A Christmas Carol" (Charles Dickens); "The Polar Express" (Chris Van Allsburg); "The Little Match Girl" (Hans Christian Andersen); "The Night Before Chirstmas" (Clement Clarke Moore); "The Nutcracker" (E.T.A. Hoffmann); "The Gift of the Magi" (O. Henry)
Fairy tales: "The Ugly Duckling" (Hans Christian Andersen); "Rumpelstiltskin" (Paul O. Zelinsky)
Shakespeare play: Macbeth
Magazines: Women's Sports & Fitness, Sports Illustrated for Women, International Figure Skating, Skating, Runner's World, The New York Times Magazine
TV shows: Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, Smallville, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Malcolm in the Middle, U.S. Olympic Gold, most sports broadcastings
TV cartoons: The Simpsons, Family Guy, Animaniacs, classic Disney cartoons
Game show: Jeopardy!
Reality show: Fear Factor, Punk'd
Soap operas: Days of Our Lives, Passions
Old sitcoms: The Partridge Family, The Brady Bunch, Happy Days, Bewitched, The Facts of Life, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, TGIF reruns
"Star Trek: The Next Generation" episodes: Justice (Season 1), Datalore (Season 1), 11001001 (Season 1), When the Bough Breaks (Season 1), Coming of Age (Season 1), A Matter of Honor (Season 2), Pen Pals (Season 2), Q Who? (Season 2), The Bonding (Season 3), The Offspring (Season 3), Allegiance (Season 3), Captain's Holiday (Season 3), Hollow Pursuits (Season 3), The Most Toys (Season 3), Menage a Troi (Season 3), The Best of Both Worlds - Part I & Part II (Seasons 3 & 4), Brothers (Season 4), Suddenly Human (Season 4), Remember Me (Season 4), Reunion (Season 4), Data's Day (Season 4), Clues (Season 4), QPid (Season 4), Disaster (Season 5), Hero Worship (Season 5), Power Play (Season 5), Ethics (Season 5), The Outcast (Season 5), The First Duty (Season 5), Imaginary Friend (Season 5), I, Borg (Season 5), The Next Phase (Season 5), Time's Arrow - Part I & Part II (Seasons 5 & 6), True-Q (Season 6), Rascals (Season 6), A Fistful of Datas (Season 6), Ship in a Bottle (Season 6), Timescape (Season 6), Descent - Part I & Part II (Seasons 6 & 7), Phantasms (Season 7), Dark Page (Season 7), Lower Decks (Season 7), Firstborn (Season 7)
"Star Trek Voyager" episodes: The 37's (Season 2), Initiations (Season 2), Innocence (Season 2), The Q and the Grey (Season 3), Macrocosm (Season 3), Unity (Season 3), Scorpion - Part II (Season 4), The Gift (Season 4), Revulsion (Season 4), The Raven (Season 4), Scientific Method (Season 4), Concerning Flight (Season 4), Mortal Coil (Season 4), The Killing Game - Part I & Part II (Season 4), One (Season 4), Drone (Season 5), Infinite Regress (Season 5), Nothing Human (Season 5), Bliss (Season 5), Dark Frontier - Part I & II (Season 5), Someone to Watch Over Me (Season 5), Collective (Season 6), Ashes to Ashes (Seasons 6), Child's Play (Season 6), Live Fast and Prosper (Season 6), The Haunting of Deck 12 (Season 6), Unimatrix Zero - Part I & Part II (Seasons 6 & 7), Imperfection (Season 7), Drive (Season 7), Human Error (Season 7), Q2 (Season 7)
Sports to watch: Basically all of them, as well as both the summer and winter Olympics (especially figure skating, gymnastics, track & field, diving, speed skating, swimming, soccer, snowboarding, tennis, hockey, bobsledding, basketball, skiing, etc.)
Hanson TV appearances: "Meet Hanson" (ABC TV special), "Storytellers" (VH-1), "Saturday Night Live"
TV channels: ESPN, DIS, NICK, FAM, TBS, USA, TNT, VH-1
Musical artists: Hanson, Savage Garden, No Doubt, Natalie Imbruglia, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Smashing Pumpkins, Train, Phantom Planet, Goo Goo Dolls, Foo Fighters, Switchfoot, Lenny Kravitz, Jewel, Our Lady Peace, Real McCoy, Bon Jovi, The Strokes, Placebo, Smash Mouth, Vertical Horizon, Matchbox 20, Fatboy Slim, Counting Crows, Third Eye Blind, Natalie Imbruglia, Ace of Base, The Breeders, Michael Jackson/The Jackson 5, The Supremes, The Temptations, T-Rex, David Cassidy/The Partridge Family, The Angels, The Beach Boys, The Go-Go's, Blondie, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, The Kinks, The Guess Who, The Clash, The Ramones, Steppenwolf, Led Zeppelin, The Monkees, The Beatles, etc.
Types of music: Rock/pop, oldies/classic rock (mainly late '50s thru mid-'70s), dance, classical, R&B/soul
Motion picture/Movie soundtracks: Batman & Robin, The Craft, Cruel Intentions, Space Jam, D2: The Mighty Ducks, Now and Then, Jack Frost, Josie and the Pussycats, Billy Elliot, Fantasia 2000, The Sound of Music, A Walk to Remember, Here On Earth, Sugar & Spice, Never Been Kissed, The Faculty, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Spider-Man, Great Expectations, 13 Going on 30, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Kill Bill Vol. 1, Spider-Man 2
Songs: American Woman (The Guess Who/Lenny Kravitz), The Love You Save (The Jackson 5/Hanson), I Want You Back (The Jackson 5), I'll Be There (The Jackson 5), Little Bitty Pretty One (Jackson 5), Baby Love (The Supremes), You Can't Hurry Love (The Supremes), Be My Baby (The Ronettes), Rockin' Robin (Michael Jackson), My Girl (The Temptations), Get Ready (The Temptations), Uptight (Everything's Alright) (Stevie Wonder), Twist and Shout (The Isley Brothers), Good Lovin' (The Rascals/Hanson), California Dreamin' (The Mamas & the Papas), I Get Around (The Beach Boys), Surfin' U.S.A. (The Beach Boys), Don't Worry Baby (The Beach Boys), Little Saint Nick (The Beach Boys/Hanson), My Generation (The Who), Magic Bus (The Who), Jump (Van Halen), We Will Rock You (Queen), Another Night (Real McCoy), Beautiful Stranger (Madonna), Every You Every Me (Placebo), Bittersweet Symphony (The Verve), Girls Just Want to Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper), Our Lips Are Sealed (The Go-Go's), We Got the Beat (The Go-Go's), Fading Fast (The Go-Go's), One Way Or Another (Blondie), Heart of Glass (Blondie), Call Me (Blondie), I Love Rock N' Roll (Joan Jett and the Blackhearts), Bad Reputation (Joan Jett and the Blackhearts), Love Is All Around (Joan Jett and the Blackhearts), Walk Like an Egyptian (The Bangles), Dancing with Myself (Billy Idol), Lust For Life (Iggy Pop), The Passenger (Iggy Pop), Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin), Kashmir (Led Zeppelin), Sunshine of Your Love (Cream), My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg) (The Ramones), Blitzkrieg Bop (The Ramones), I Wanna Be Sedated (The Ramones), You Really Got Me (The Kinks), All Day and All of the Night (The Kinks), Magic Bus (The Who), Knock Three Times (Tony Orlando and Dawn), All Star (Smash Mouth), Come On Come On (Smash Mouth), As I Lay Me Down (Sophie B. Hawkins), These Boots Are Made For Walkin' (Nancy Sinatra), No Matter What (Badfinger), Cotton Eye Joe (Rednex), Born To Be Wild (Steppenwolf), Magic Carpet Ride (Steppenwolf), I Want You to Want Me (Cheap Trick), What I Like About You (The Romantics), Daydream Believer (The Monkees), Rock and Roll Part 2 (Gary Glitter), Land of 1000 Dances (Wilson Pickett), Sandstorm (Darude), Sugar, Sugar (The Archies), Boom, Boom, Boom (Outhere Brothers), Life in Mono (Mono), I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor), Get It On (T-Rex), Town Called Malice (The Jam), The Loco-Motion (Little Eva), Livin' on a Prayer (Bon Jovi), Raise Your Hands (Bon Jovi), One Wild Night (Bon Jovi), It's My Life (Bon Jovi), What Ever Happened (The Strokes), Last Nite (The Strokes), Learn to Fly (Foo Fighters), Best of You (Foo Fighters), The Kids Aren't Alright (The Offspring), All the Small Things (Blink-182), California (Phantom Planet), Dare You To Move (Switchfoot), I'm Eighteen (Creed), The Anthem (Good Charlotte), Girls and Boys (Good Charlotte), Say Anything (Good Charlotte), The Day That I Die (Good Charlotte), Movin' On (Good Charlotte), The Art of Losing (American Hi-Fi), School's Out (Soul Asylum), Time of Your Life (Green Day), Holiday (Green Day), Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day), Californication (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Parallel Universe (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Bang The Doldrums (Fall Out Boy), Harder To Breathe (Maroon 5), New Slang (The Shins), Different Than You (The Exies), Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) (Class of '99), Why Can't I? (Liz Phair), Torn (Natalie Imbruglia), Hands (Jewel), I Need Love (Sixpence None the Richer), Cannonball (The Breeders), Steady As She Goes (The Raconteurs), Take Me Out (Franz Ferdinand), Going Under (Evanescence), Bring Me To Life (Evanescence), Unwritten (Natasha Bedingfield), Behind These Hazel Eyes (Kelly Clarkson), Spin Around (Josie and the Pussycats), 3 Small Words (Josie and the Pussycats), Come On (Josie and the Pussycats), Oh, Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison), Michelle (The Beatles), One Girl Revolution (Superchick), Do Wah Diddy Diddy (Manfred Mann), What'd I Say (Ray Charles), Runaround Sue (Dion), Gimme Little Sign (Brenton Wood), I Woke Up In Love This Morning (David Cassidy), I Think I Love You (David Cassidy), My Boyfriend's Back (The Angels), Easier Said Than Done (The Essex), It's My Party (Lesley Gore), Daydream Believer (The Monkees), Dangerous Type (Letters to Cleo), The End Is The Beginning Is The End (Smashing Pumpkins), Zero (Smashing Pumpkins), Spiderwebs (No Doubt), Ex-Girlfriend (No Doubt), Hella Good (No Doubt), Don't Let Me Down (No Doubt), Alive & Amplified (The Mooney Suzuki), Truly, Madly, Deeply (Savage Garden), Clubbed to Death (Rob Dougan), Another Night (Real McCoy), Beautiful Life (Ace of Base), The Sign (Ace of Base), Total Eclipse of the Heart (Nicki French), Ready to Go (Republica), Tomorrow Never Knows (Our Lady Peace), Drops of Jupiter, Ordinary (Train), Praise You (Fatboy Slim), The Middle (Jimmy Eat World)
Hanson songs: MMMBop, Lucy, Chistmas Time, Two Tears, Thinking Of You, Stories, Sometimes, Runaway Run, Wish That I Was There, Penny & Me, Lost Without Each Other
Christmas songs: O Come All Ye Faithful, Silent Night, O Holy Night, Carol of the Bells, Sleigh Ride, Winter Wonderland, Christmas (Baby Please Come Home), What Christmas Means to Me, Little Saint Nick, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, Run Rudolph Run, Jingle Bell Rock, Rocking Around the Christmas Tree, Let It Snow, Joy to the World, Deck the Halls, O Christmas Tree, Here We Come A-Wassailing, The 12 Days of Christmas
Music videos: Weird (Hanson), Californication (Red Hot Chili Peppers), From Yesterday (30 Seconds To Mars)
Classical music: The Four Seasons (Vivaldi); Symphony No. 5, Symphony No. 6/Pastoral Symphony, Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral": II. Molto vivace, Symphony No. 9 - Ode to Joy, Fur Elise, Moonlight Sonata (Beethoven); Pines of Rome (Respighi); The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Dukas); Nutcracker Suite - March, Waltz of the Snowflakes, Trepak, Dance of the Mirlitons, Waltz of the Flowers, Pas de Deux (Tchaikovsky); March of Carmen, Habanera (Bizet); Violin Concerto in E minor (Mendelssohn); Ride of the Valkyries (Wagner); Minuet in A major, Minuet No.5 in E Major (Boccherini); Adagio in G minor (Albinoni); Bolero (Ravel); Eine Kleine Nacht Musik, Final Fantasy, The Marriage of Figaro/Le nozze di Figaro, Piano Sonata No. 11: Rondo Alla Turca/Turkish March (Mozart); Minute Waltz (Chopin); Toccata and Fugue in D minor, Jesu Bleibet Meine Freude, Air on the G String (Bach); Sabre Dance (Katchaturian); Dance of the Hours (Ponccelli); Symphony No. 9/Symphony From the New World, Cello Concerto in B Minor (Dvorak); Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninoff); The Swan, Aquarium (from "Carnival of the Animals") (Camille Saint-Saens); Les Contes d'Hoffmann, opera in 4 acts Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour (Barcacarolle)/The Tales Of Hoffman: Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour - Barcarolle (Offenbach)
Concerts I've attended: Hanson - Albertane Tour 1998 - Monday, August 24, 1998 7:30PM at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, NJ; Hanson - This Time Around Tour 2000 - Monday, September 11, 2000 7:00PM at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, NY; Earth Wind and Fire - Novartis' No Limits Reception - Wednesday, February 13, 2002 9:00PM at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, NJ; Hanson - Underneath Tour 2004 - Friday, July 16, 2004 8:00PM at Irving Plaza in New York City, NY
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Will Smith, Mel Gibson, Morgan Freeman, Joaquin Phoenix
Actresses: Jodie Foster, Angelina Jolie
Characters from books/novels/films: Jo March ("Little Women"), Dan ("Little Men"), Nan Harding ("Little Men"), Mariel ("Mariel of Redwall," "The Bellmaker"), Triss ("Triss"), Sarobrando ("Loamhedge"), Ishmael Chambers ("Snow Falling On Cedars"), Manfred von Trapp ("The Ring"), Pip ("Great Expectations"), Jane Eyre ("Jane Eyre"), Anne Shirley ("Anne of Green Gables"), Scout Finch ("To Kill a Mocking Bird"), Harriet Welsch ("Harriet the Spy"), Gilly Hopkins ("The Great Gilly Hopkins"), Jennifer ("Jennifer, Hecate, MacBeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth"), Mulan ("Woman Warrior"), Anna Leonowens ("The King and I"/"Anna and the King"), Sara Crewe ("A Little Princess"), Heidi ("Heidi"), Fred and George Weasley ("Harry Potter"), Danny Partridge ("The Partridge Family"), Madeline ("Madeline"), Matilda Wormwood ("Matilda"), Jamie Sullivan ("A Walk to Remember"), Annabel Andrews ("Freaky Friday"), Roberta Martin ("Now and Then"), Dottie Hinson ("A League of Their Own"), Lara Croft ("Tomb Raider"), Rogue ("X-Men"), The Bride ("Kill Bill"), Clarice Starling ("The Silence of the Lambs"), Hannibal Lecter ("The Silence of the Lambs")
Movie genres: Action/adventure, drama, comedy, horror, science-fiction, family/children, Disney animation
Movies: "Batman" movies, "The Mighty Ducks" trilogy, "A League of Their Own," "Now and Then," "Little Man Tate," "Forrest Gump," "Home Alone," "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York," "Star Trek: First Contact," "Snow Falling on Cedars," "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," "The Sixth Sense," "Enemy at the Gates," "The Patriot," "Pearl Harbor," "A.I. Artificial Intelligence," "Dances with Wolves," "Tess," "Indochine," "Seven Years in Tibet," "Anna and the King," "The Last Samurai," "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider," "Panic Room," "Hearts in Atlantis," "The Silence of the Lambs," "Whale Rider," "Harry Potter" movies, "X-Men," "X2: X-Men United," "Spider-Man," "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," "Kill Bill Vol. 1," "I, Robot," "Bend It Like Beckham," "School of Rock," "Remember the Titans," "The Notebook," "House of Flying Daggers," "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events," "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," "Freaky Friday" (original 1977 version), "The Sound of Music," "The Parent Trap" (original 1961 version)
Disney animated movies: The Lion King, Bambi, Fantasia, Fantasia 2000, Mulan, Finding Nemo
Other animated movies: Spirited Away, Shrek 2, Shark Tale
Athletes: Michelle Kwan, Kristi Yamaguchi*, Ekaterina Gordeeva*, Scott Hamilton*, Brian Boitano*, Todd Eldredge, Alexei Yagudin*, Xue Shen & Hongbo Zhao (figure skaters); Marion Jones*, Wilma Rudolph*, Jesse Owens*, Mebrahtom Keflezighi (track & field runners); Venus Williams* (tennis player); Morgan White, Dominique Moceanu*, Amy Chow*, Andreea Raducan*, Andreea Isarescu (gymnasts); Mia Hamm*, Kristine Lilly*, Briana Scully*, Maren Meinert (soccer players); Brooke Bennett*, Lenny Krayzelberg* (swimmers); Kelly Clark* (snowboarder); Bonnie Blair*, Chris Witty*, Claudia Pechstein*, Apolo Anton Ohno*, Joey Cheek*, Shani Davis* (speed skaters); Cammi Granato*, Julie Chu (hockey players); etc. (* = Olympic Gold Medalists)
Sports teams: New York Yankees, New York Liberty (WNBA), Boston Breakers (WUSA)
"Star Trek" characters: Original series - Spock (Vulcan); The Next Generation - Worf (Klingon) and Data (Android); Deep Space 9 - Odo and Dax; Voyager - Seven of Nine (Borg), Tuvok (Vulcan), and Icheb and Mezoti (the Borg children).
Cartoon characters: Animaniacs, Simba, Pooh, Marvin the Martian, Mickey Mouse, Daffy, Garfield, Snoopy, Care Bears, Teddy Hugglesbie, Sanrio and Morning Glory characters
Cat breeds: Siamese, Tabby
Dog breeds: Alaskan Malamute, Siberian Husky, Beagle, Jack Russell Terrier
Theme park: Six Flags Great Adventure, Disneyland
Theme park ride: Batman the Ride (Six Flags); any really fast roller coasters with lots of loops
Bath/Beauty Products: Bath & Body Works, C.O. Bigelow, Origins, Philosophy, Dove, Neutrogena, St. Ives, Neutrogena, L'Oréal, Garnier
Fragrance/Scents: Gap Blue, CK Truth, Hollister August
Fashion/Designer labels: DKNY, Tommy Hilfiger, Polo Ralph Lauren
Athletic brands: Nike, Champion, The North Face, Puma, Umbro, Brine, Speedo, Burton
Clothing stores: Gap, Aeropostale, Lady Footlocker, The Sports Authority, Modell's
Article of clothing: Jean jacket
Types of footwear: Athletic/running sneakers, sandals, boots, flip-flops
Footwear: Nike, DKNY, Dr. Martens, Skechers, Vans, New Balance, Saucony, Puma
Stores: Barnes & Noble, Morning Glory, Hallmark, Bath & Body Works, Spencer Gifts, the Postal Store, Borders, Target, athletic stores, card stores
Vacation spots: California, Massachusetts, Alaska, Paris/France
Cities: New York City, San Francisco, Paris
U.S. states I've visited: Alaska, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia
Place I want to visit: Australia
Bad habits: Going to bed late, sleeping late (I am definitely NOT a morning person), procrastinating, tardiness
School subjects: Art, Math, English, Chemistry
Collects: Stamps, coins, Beanie Babies, Absolut vodka ads, postcards, stationery, mugs, DVDs, articles from newspapers/magazines on stuff I like, magazine covers that I like, mail (letters/cards/postcards) that I receive, photos
Beanie Babies: Gracie, Jake, Loosy, Peace, Ariel, Waves, Echo, Baldy, 1999 Holiday Teddy, Issy, Union
Numbers: My lucky # is 7, but other numbers I like too are 1, 9, 14, 16, 97, 99, and 100
Letter of the alphabet: All of them -- the whole alphabet, A-Z.
Work of art/Paintings: The Starry Night (Vincent van Gogh), Goldfish (Henri Matisse), At the Piano (Pierre-Auguste Renoir), Two Cats (Alexandre Theophile Steinlen), The Spirit of 1976 (Norman Rockwell), Lighthouse at Two Lights (Edward Hopper), anything by Schimmel and Tristram
Artists: Van Gogh, O'Keeffe, Renoir, Matisse, Monet, Hopper, Magritte, Steinlen, Schimmel, Tristram
Flowers: Tulips, apple blossoms
Quotes from literature:
Quotes from films: "It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard...is what makes it great!" - "A League of Their Own" "I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make me." - Estella ("Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens)
"Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching...I have been bent and broken, but -- I hope -- into a better shape." - Estella ("Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens)
"...my soul began to expand, to exult, with the strangest sense of freedom, of triumph, I ever felt. It seemed as if an invisible bond had burst, and that I had struggled out into unhoped-for liberty...." - Jane Eyre ("Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte)
"Allwissend bin ich nicht; doch viel ist mir bewisst -- I do not know everything; still many things I understand. Goethe." - Mrs. Who ("A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle)
"All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own." - Werther ("The Sorrows of Young Werther" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
"Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them." - The Narrator ("The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
"Here is my secret. It's quite simple: One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes." - The Fox ("The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
"When you will not fly into a passion people know you are stronger than they are, because you are strong enough to hold in your rage, and they are not, and they say stupid things they wish they hadn't said afterward. There's nothing so strong as rage, except what makes you hold it in -- that's stronger. It's a good thing not to answer your enemies." - Sara Crewe ("A Little Princess" by Frances Hodgson Burnett)
"I'm American -- I think in miles, not kilometers." - "The Beach"
"Oh, it's the hardest thing when someone has a notion about you, and you can't convince them otherwise. Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me pegged, because of the way I am, the way I talk. And they're always wrong." - "Capote"
E-mail me: may-0907@angelfire.com
