About Me

  • About Me: I am a purveyor of useless trivia. And I know how to look stuff up.

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: Mexican, Cajun
  • Favorite Dishes: Gumbo, etouffée, chimichangas
  • Favorite Desserts: Cake and ice cream
  • Favorite Drinks: Iced coffee
  • Favorite Junk Foods: Popeye's fried chicken
  • Favorite Restaurants: Don's Seafood, Azteca's
  • Foods I hate: Cauliflower, eggplant

Travel

  • Places I love: Colorado
  • Places I've been: North Carolina, Illinois, Texas, Boston
  • Places to see before I die: London, Wales, Spain, Greek Islands, Istanbul

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Persuasion, Mark of Zorro, The Princess Bride
  • Favorite Actors: Gene Kelly, Katherine Hepburn
  • Favorite Directors: Peter Jackson, Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro
  • Favorite Genre: Action
  • Favorite Soundtracks: LotR
  • Movie Quotes I say all the time: She turned me into a newt! ...I got better.
  • Movies I can watch over and over: Sound of Music, UHF
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: Anjelica Huston

Books

  • Favorite Books: Lord of the Rings, Jane Eyre, V for Vendetta
  • Favorite Authors: Dorothy Dunnett, Tamora Pierce, Patricia McKillip
  • Favorite Genres: Fantasy, mysteries, history (fiction and nonfiction)
  • Favorite Characters: Crawford of Lymond, the Saint, Brother Cadfael, Sherlock Holmes, Elizabeth Bennet
  • Recent Reads: Watchmen, American Gods, The History of the Ancient World, World War Z

Contact Info

  • Yahoo: scriveling

College

  • School Name: University Of Mississippi
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 1991
  • Degree type: Bachelors
  • Major(s): English
  • Minor(s): History

Television

  • Favorite Shows: Mythbusters, Cold Case Files, Doctor Who
  • Favorite Channels: Discover, History, SciFi, TCM
  • Favorite Episode: Babylon 5: "Signs and Portents"
  • Favorite Theme Song: The Rockford Files. They don't write 'em like they used to.

Scriveling

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    • Name: Becca
    • Country: United States
    • Birthday: 10/20/1969
    • Member Since: 3/21/2002
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Friends (34)

Memories (1)

  • chrysalized
    We rocked to Weird Al, we saw a drive-in movie, and we drove around looking for eating places. We also went to Tallequa, where we saw some very informative exhibits and toured a demonstration village. All in all, a very worthwhile weekend that would be great to reenact one day! XOXOX

Chatboard (4)

  • budaboyz
    thanx for the add such a neat list of movies and books yu like i too dream of going to london and instanbul cheers
  • googliat
    Congratulation on becoming 100th friend of askdante
  • Mo_B
    The kids and I have been wasting time at youtube today and I found a few videos you might appreciate. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgMmD_Bd1L8 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u205zHyEQ9c&feature=related
    • Posted 12/21/2007 9:02 PM
    • by Mo_B
  • Dolce_Amara
    Get well!!!! Good luck with the sale of the house.