Hi. My name is Noelle. This page is just about the things in life I enjoy. Hobbies, interests, etc. . . Get to know me a little better. So, sit back, relax, enojoy and READ ON!!!!
This past fall I started kickboxing and have already made it to my Yellow Sash! It's Kung Fu style (you know, the praying mantis type stuff) I have to say it's pretty neat stuff, and it's a lot of fun. Good excerise, too! It's one of the greatest sports in my book, because you can learn self-control, self-discipline, respect, confidence, and a lot of other self-esteem buliding concepts. Also, you can advance in the sport, without having the pressures of competition and being the best. There is no "right way" to do things. There is a form, but everything has to feel comfortable and natural. I might choose to compete later when I advance in the sport, but not just yet. I'm having too much fun.
I am a huge fan of Bernadette Peters. I have all of her soundtracks except "Bernadette". I also have many of her movies, and TV appearences which I have either taped from the TV or gotten from friends. My "obsession" as you may want to call it, started about two years ago. I was over at a friend's house on a snow day and we were watching "Into the Woods". Bernadette played the "Witch" character. All through the movie I kept thinking I knew her from somewhere, but I just couldn't place it. Then, during "Witch's Lament" I yelled out "LILY!!" The reason for that is because when I was younger, I loved the Annie movie, and I still do. In Annie, Bernadette played Lily St. Regis, Rooster's blonde ditzy girlfriend. I remember when I was younger, that whenever we'd rent that movie, I'd turn to my sister or my mother and say "Bernadette Peters is in that movie", but I never really knew who that was. Little did I know that I would later love this woman's work as an actress and respect who she is as a person.
On January 9, 1999, I went to see "Annie Get Your Gun" at the Kennedy Center in DC, during its Pre-Broadway run. I loved the show and was on the edge of my seat the entire time. After the show I got to go to the stage door and meet the actress herself along with many other cast members including a friend of mine from camp. (Mia Walker who played Nellie Oakley) The cast members were all very gracious and outgoing and wonderful to talk to. Bernadette aigned my program and talked to me a little. She was very sweet and thanked me for the gift I gave her. She was gracious and pleasant to everyone. She always stopped to listen to a fan ramble on about nothing, and had a smile on her face for everyone. It was wonderful to meet her and I'll never forget that experience as long as I live.
Currently Bernadette is still doing "Annie Get Your Gun" on broadway until June 30th, 2000. Here are some pictures from the show. . . .
"YOU GOT EYES?????!!!. . . Yeah, you got eyes. . ."
"You see that rooster over there. . . BAM!. . . Now you don't."
"You Can't Get A Man With A Gun!"
"Moonshine Lullaby"
"I'm half Irish."
"You are???"
"Yep! And half Swedish, half Polish, half Dutch. . .We're half everything!"
"I Got The Sun in the Mornin', and the Moon at Night"
"Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better!"
Playbill of Annie Get Your Gun
Bernadette Links
Melinda's Bernadette Peters Fan Site
OFFICAL Annie Get Your Gun Website
OFFICAL Bernadette Peters Site
JAG
I didn't like JAG until its fourth season. Mainly because I didn't even know the show exisisted *G*. A friend of mine got me interested in it because of her many writings of Fan Fiction. I soon became what is knows as a "Harm and Mac Shipper". The show focuses around Lt. Cmdr (although now I think it's Cmdr.) Harmon Rabb Jr. and his partner, Lt Col Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie. I will say I've been so busy this past fall that I haven't gotten a chance to really watch the show, although I have heard something about Brumby being Mac's partner, although on the show I just saw last week, he left to go back to Austraila. (So long, sucker! Can't say I'll miss you!) But anyway. . . that's my story of me and JAG. Oh, here's a picture of Harm and Mac that I thought I'd include with this part of my page.
JAG Links
CBS JAG Website
Ex Libris - JAG Fanfiction
Shania Twain
Well, I loved that CD so much that I went out and bought another CD of hers called "The Woman in Me". Both very good CD's. I've never liked country music before, so for me to like Shania Twain is a huge suprise to me. Well, I guess you just have to keep yourself open to new styles and possibilities in life!
Shania Twain Links
OFFICAL Shania Twain Site
Nate's Shania Twain Site
Volleyball
I wouldn't say I still play , although you can catch me playing a recreational game every now and then. I started doing volleyball when I was 11. I did the recreation team at MVSA Volleyball. My coach then encouraged my mother and I to try out for the Junior Olympic team, which I did. I also made it that year, too and was very happy. I had a good time, and met new people. I didn't play very much, seeing as I wasn't a very experienced player at the time, but I still played and we won almost every tournament we went to that year. We also placed first in the 12's divison at the East Coast Championships at Penn State. We even won regionals and were able to go to Nationals, but we didn't have enough money to go.
I didn't do Junior Olympics the next year because I was touring with a theater company, and I missed it, so the next year I went out for Junior Olympics and made it. That was the year I finally found out it wasn't for me. This time I played A LOT more then I had my first year, but I found myself becoming even more agressive and angry, and intimidating. To me, things just weren't a game anymore, it was life or death. My game improved tremendously, but along with that came tons of injuries. I hurt my ankles so much, and my left knee has tendinitis. So, my freshmen year in high school I made the Varsity, but I didn't like it. I played recreational volleyball, and after that tried out for Junior Olympics, but didn't make it. I had become too short. So, from there I decided to stop, because I saw what it was doing to me. Once in a while I'll play a game outside, but I am much happier with kickboxing.
Theater
Theater is probably the love of my life. (Next to Harm! Hehe) I've been acting since I was 5, and started dancing around 6. I didn't start singing, however, until I was 11. I'll write this part of my page as though I was writing a bio for a program.
