About Me

  • About Me: Blue, ye dreamer. ;] Guess you could say I'm your average day-dreaming, page-turning, paper-writing, film-cheering, cat-cuddling, dust-despising, water-drinking, gum-chewing, chocolate-craving, tale-spinning, happily-laughing, hobbit-fancying, faery-collecting, picture-taking, cockroach-hating, trivia-pursuing, unrequited-liking, movie-quoting, Maxfield-Parrishing, wall-flowering, theatre-loving, Tech-shunning, magazine-clipping, cloud-gazing, squirrel-stalking, doodle-scribbling, mah-zehing, Holy One-praising, Messianic Jewish recently grad school-graduated silly girl...dwelling in Georgia... who'd be delighted to make your acquaintance.

Books

  • Favorite Books: the Bible (esp. Isaiah, Psalms, Proverbs), Redeeming Love, Tuck Everlasting, Dr. Zhivago, Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Chronicles of Narnia, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Time quartet (Wrinkle in Time - Many Waters), Zion Chronicles, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Matilda, Catherine Called Birdy, the Great Gatsby, Number the Stars, There's a Wocket in my Pocket, the Fairy Rebel, Spindle's End, the River at Green Knowe, Blue Like Jazz, Rose Daughter. . .really, these books, movies, and music boxes cannot contain the titles of all that I love. . .
  • Favorite Authors: Mark Twain, Roald Dahl, Francine Rivers, Isaac Beshevis Singer, Mikhail Zoshchenko, Washington Irving, Alexandr Pushkin, Ivan Turgenev, John Steinbeck, Shel Silverstein, Dr. Suess, Madeleine L'Engle, J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Bodie Thoene, Ray Bradbury, Lynne Reid Banks, Jill Barklem, Jane Austen, Bodie Thoene...and many yet to be discovered
  • Favorite Genres: not sure yet...
  • Favorite Characters: Joseph, [King] Josiah, Ruth, Elizabeth Bennet, Alice (in Wonderland), Michael Hosea, Belle/Beauty, Aslan, Mr. Tumnus, Samwise Gamgee, Catherine (Birdy)...
  • Recent Reads: Bible (ongoing), The Troll Queen (John Vornholt) currently: The Treehouse (Naomi Wolf), Vienna Prelude (Bodie (and Brock) Thoene)

More About Me

  • Nicknames: Sarah girl, sister Sarah, Shmigga...
  • Nationality: American-born, Eastern European/Russian and Finnish heritage
  • Religion: Messianic Judaism
  • Heroes: Yeshua HaMashiach, family, Mr. Rogers, M. Night Shyamalan, a few teachers, a few of you
  • Interests: Please see the "Style" section of my profile for the whole list.
  • Expertise: Movie quotes, collages, procrastination, dreaming (day and nighttime), randomness, climbing stairs (formerly at UGA)
  • Occupation: University Admissions Administration
  • Website: What, other than Xanga??? ;] Facebook!

Television

  • Favorite Shows: Dr. Who, James Harriot, Malcom in the Middle, Northern Exposure, Lost, the Office, Pee Wee's Playhouse, Spongebob Squarepants, Who's Line is it Anyway?
  • Most Addictive Show: TLC stuff (though not anymore, since that was at college and now I'm back at home with no cable, but that's ok) *update!* We joined the 21st American century and got cable in early 2009.
  • Favorite Late Night Talk Show: Conan O'Brien
  • Favorite Theme Song: Dr. Who, Fraggle Rock, Northern Exposure, Pee Wee's Playhouse

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Alice in Wonderland, Amadeus, Amelie, Anne of Green Gables, Beauty and the Beast, Big Fish, Billy Elliot, the Borrowers, Bruce Almighty, Disney, Edward Scissorhands, Elizabethtown, Faerie Tale Theatre, Fiddler on the Roof, Fly Away Home, French Kiss, Godspell, the Goonies, Grease, the Grinch, It's a Wonderful Life, James and the Giant Peach, Jerry Maguire, Knight's Tale, Labyrinth, Lady in the Water, Last of the Mohicans, Love Actually, LotR trilogy, Monty Python: Quest for the Holy Grail, Napoleon Dynamite, Narnia (2005), O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Pride & Prejudice (BBC/A&E), Raising Arizona, Roman Holiday, the Royal Tenenbaums, Run Lola Run, The Sandlot, Sarah Plain and Tall, Shrek, Signs, Singin' in the Rain, Sixth Sense, Stardust, Star Wars (originals), the 10th Kingdom, the Village, Zoolander...to list a few
  • Favorite Actors: Jim Carey, Leonardo DiCaprio, Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Paul Bettany, Audrey Hepburn, Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Anna Paquin, Jimmy Stewart, Gene Kelly, Emma Thompson, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Renée Zellweger, Daniel Day Lewis, Natalie Portman, Ben Barnes (wow)
  • Favorite Directors: M. Night Shyamalan !!, Andrew Adamson, Steven Spielberg, Tim Burton, Cameron Crowe...
  • Favorite Soundtracks: Amelie, Across the Universe, Chocolat, Moulin Rouge, Garden State, A Clockwork Orange (definitely soundtrack only), Godspell, Singin' in the Rain, most Disney, many musicals, Cold Mountain...
  • Movie Quotes I say all the time: "Very nice!" (Borat) "I see. I see very well." (Fiddler on the Roof) "Somezing...like dis?!" (French Kiss) "What is thais?!" (Borat) Many more I often randomly throw into conversations.
  • Movies I can watch over and over: Fly Away Home, O Brother Where Art Thou, Alice in Wonderland (and, again, most Disney), Billy Elliot, Run Lola Run...

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Beatles, Yellowcard, Newsboys, David Crowder, Nagila, Ofra Haza, Phil Wickham, Lamb, Rockapella, Enya, the Mamas & the Papas, Franz Ferdinand, Raffi, Misty Edwards, Planet Porridge, Coldplay, Queen, Weird Al Yankovich, Billy Joel, Simon & Garfunkel, Johnny Cash, The Fray, Mika, Globus, Mannheim Steamroller, Trans-Siberian Orchestra...among others
  • Favorite Genre: Folk, Jewish/Klezmer, Praise & Worship, Messianic, Irish, Israeli, Musicals, Rock/Pop, Classical, Medieval/Renaissance, new instrumental stuff, oldies, 80s, some Reggae (especially Jewish Reggae), Andes/South American...lots...pretty much anything besides rap, [most] country, or stuff that just sounds like roaring monsters or screaming
  • Favorite Songs: Octopus' Garden (Beatles); The Blob (movie's theme song); Nothing but the Blood (the hymn); We Three Kings (the Roches' version); Dark of the Matinee (Franz Ferdinand); Take a Chance on Me (A-teens [ABBA remake]); Mexican Radio (?); Great is Your Faithfulness (Newsboys); Sureshot (for that violin)(Yellowcard); Baruch Haba (Barry & Batya Segal); New Jerusalem (Nagila); Salvation is Here (Hillsong); Shalom Jerusalem (Paul Wilbur); Yeshua Means Salvation (Lamb); See the Way (Misty Edwards); Wunderkind (Alanis Morissette); Wanderer (Johnny Cash); Walking in the Air (Howard Blake, Peter Auty, Nightwish); We didn't start the Fire (Billy Joel); Golden Years (David Bowie); Chariots of Fire, the music in the Clorox Pirate and Mermaid ads, Happy Ending (Mika), Love Today (Mika), Touched (Vast), Love is Blue (Paul Mauriat), Eliza's Aria (Elena Kats-Chernin [version with the soprano]), White Rabbit (Jefferson Airplane), True Love (Phil Wickham), Divine Romance (Phil Wickham)
  • Songs I hate: eh, why give them the pleasure of being listed
  • Guilty Pleasure: A-teens

Video Games

  • Games I Play: Nowadays...pretty much just a session of Guitar Hero III. Or perhaps the ol' Super Smash Brothers, when it works.
  • Consoles: N64, PS2
  • Favorite Characters: Link...alas, only in Super Smash Brothers, for I've never played Zelda
  • Gaming Alias: Tawanda!! j/k, I don't have one.
  • Most Addictive: Prince of Persia (the original, on our old computer) was pretty intense. Actually my Mom was the most addicted to that, and she's the only person I know to have beaten it. When we first got Guitar Hero III, I skipped meals to play it. Then I realized I was just pushing buttons...not really playing guitar... ;]
  • Proudest Achievements: Got the very 1st star in N64 super Mario
  • Favorite Soundtrack: never played or even seen it, but I've fallen in love with the music of Actraiser (SNES)
  • Clans: Cavebear ...like I know what I'm talking about...

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: Jewish, Italian, Indian, Mediterranean, Chinese
  • Favorite Dishes: Brisket, Matzah Ball Soup, Tomato Soup, Grilled Cheese (in fact...just cheese), Ranch Chicken Fingers, Spaghetti, Carrots and Green Bell Pepper with Ranch dressing, nachos/tacos/Taco Bell chalupas, Mom's Broccoli Casserole, sweet potato souffle, PBJ, sugar snap peas, pineapples, apples, milk and cereal, bagels and cream cheese, hummus, falafel, chicken tika masala, chocolate chip waffles...
  • Favorite Desserts: chocolate, strawberry swirl cheesecake, oreos, Grandma S's apple pie, Grandma G's brownies, Mom's chocolate chip banana bread, Moosetracks icecream
  • Favorite Drinks: Water, root beer, ginger ale (esp. raspberry), Blue Sky cherry vanilla, tea, hot chocolate
  • Favorite Junk Foods: Raisinettes, York Peppermint Patties, cheeseburger/fries/shake
  • Best meal ever: either my Mom's matzah ball soup or broccoli casserole...and my Uncle Wes' grilled salmon...and my Dad's grilled salmon, too.
  • My Original Recipes: I used to be the waffle queen... :\
  • Favorite Restaurants: Ed Debevic's, Steak 'n' Shake
  • Foods I hate: raw tomatoes, asparagus, trayf stuff, mushy grapes...

Travel

  • Places I love: OREGON, England, Israel
  • Places I've been: international: Israel, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France (airport), Germany(airport), Mexico---within North America: Alaska, Washington (state), Oregon, California, Utah(airport), Arizona, Illinois, Tennesee, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York (ugh, just the airport), Washington, D.C., Virginia, Maryland, Puerto Rico
  • Places to see before I die: Colorado, Montana, Australia, New Zealand, Finland, Italy, the Shire
  • Dream Vacation: Oregon or Ireland...or Scotland!

Style

  • Where I shop: I'm commandeering this space for my interests: The Good Book, the Good News, Accents, Accomplishing tasks, Art, Audrey Hepburn, Aurora Borealis, Autumn, Babies, Ballet, Bargains, Beach, Birds, Blushing, Books, Castles, Children, Cleverness, Clouds, Collage-making (aka gathering ridiculous quantities of magazines), Compassion, Countryside, Creativity, Dahlias, Day dreaming, Dancing, Deep sleep dreaming, Disney, Down-to-Earth, Drama, Elves, Faces, Faeries, Fairy Tales, Family, Film, Finland, Firm Handshakes, Friendships, Fun, Games (cards, board games, charades, hide-n-seek...in the dark!, etc), Genuineness, Gnomes, Good guys, Goofiness, Grammar, Greeting Cards, Handwriting, Handwritten letters/notes, Holidays, Hugs, Impersonations, Israel, Judaism, Kindness, Kindred Spirits, Kitties, Lakes, Laughter (esp. snorting, sides aching, gasping for breath), Learning, Literature, Love, Make-believe, Memory, Messianic Judaism, Mishpocha, Movie quotes, Muppets, Musicals, Music boxes, National Geographic, Nature, Neatness, Nice-smelling things, Nifty Advertising, Nostalgia, Oregon, Paper lanterns, People, Photography, Piano, Play battles (laser-tag, squirt guns, water balloons, pool foam noodles, etc), Pondering, Prayer, Quality Conversations, Racquetball, Rainbows, Rainy days, Reading, Recycling, Renaissance Festival, Shalom, Sky, Smiles, Squirrels, Starbucks, String family (I heart violins), Stringed lights, Summer night cicadas, Sunscreen, Theatre, Travel, Trees, Tulips, Uniqueness, Vintage, Wades, Wit, Writing

College

  • School Name: Kennesaw State University
  • Status: Grad
  • Class of: 2008
  • Degree type: Masters
  • Major(s): Creative Writing

Contact Info

  • AIM: Dirgisquirrel

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    • Name: Sarah
    • Birthday: 6/26/1984
    • Gender: Female
    • Member Since: 3/21/2004
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  • TheMajesticPickle
    Hi there!It's nice to see that Xanga never seems to run out of interesting people. :) Of course, you're no exception. It's nice to meet your acquaintance! I'll hopefully see you around.
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    hello my name is kimberly ann and im 35 years old and i live in illinois usa... im a christian and i love reading my bible and hanging out with my friends and family.. i hope that we can be friends.. thanks kimmiekim