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Updated: June 16, 2005

Name: Donna
Nickname: D, Dbabe, DMC, Bad Andy >:Þ
SCA Profile: Edonea
Astrological sign: Aries
Age: 37
Height: 5'9"
Eye color: Hazel/Green
Hair color: Brown
Piercings: Two in each ear lobe
Tattoos: None
Meiers-Briggs: ENFJ
Level of Education: B.A. Studio Art & B.A. Art History
Birthplace: New York
Marital status: Single (never married)
How many children: None
Pets (if any): Four Cats
Do you drink (alcohol): Yes, socially.
Do you smoke: I did, but not anymore since about November 2000. I quit for good after two evil bouts of pneumonia.
Favorite outdoor activities: Archery, tennis, hiking, biking.
Favorite indoor activities: Brewing, reading, redecorating, darts or pool.
Favorite colors: Black, Green
Favorite type of music: Alternative/Rock
Favorite musical groups/performers: Peter Gabriel, Sting, U2, Tori Amos, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Fleetwood Mac, Depeche Mode, INXS, Aimee Mann (of 'til Tuesday), The Rogues
Favorite soundtracks: Passion (The Last Temptaion of Christ), The Piano, City of Angels
Favorite song at the moment: "Mr. Brightside," The Killers
What's in your home CD/Casette player right now: "Hot Fuss," The Killers
What's in you car CD/Casette player right now: Mixed tape
Do you play an instrument: No
One pillow or two: Two
Croutons or Bacon Bits: Neither... I like real bacon.
Favorite salad dressing: Creamy Parmesan or Peppercorn Ranch
Have you ever had your appendix or tonsils removed: Neither
Have you ever gone skinny-dipping: Once
Do you make fun of people: Yes. When they deserve it, but all in jest. I wouldn't do it just to be mean to someone else.
As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up: Veterinarian
What would be your dream job now: Movie or Restaurant Critic
Have you ever been convicted of a crime: No
Places you'd most like to visit: Scotland, Click here for the Loch Ness LiveCam! :)
Your first car: Chevy Citation
Dream car: Any SUV would be cool
Toothpaste: Sensodyne
Shampoo/Conditioner: Anything from Suave to TIGI
Favorite season: Summer
Favorite holiday: Thanksgiving (Mmmmm... Turkey)
Favorite board/card game: Othello
Favorite hobbies: Playing pool or darts, Shopping for cool finds in thrift stores or yard sales, making things.
Favorite sport to play: Archery
Favorite sport to watch: Baseball
Least favorite sport to watch: Soccer
Most humiliating moment: Trying to make a graceful entrance and tripping and falling flat on my face. :(
Do you have any siblings: Older sister, younger sister, and youngest half-brother.
Do you get along with your parents: No. I guess I am the "black sheep". I've moved away from my family and made my own life on my terms, and they've just never been happy for me.
Favorite place to chill: Center Cafe, Union Station - I love the bartender "Doug".
Favorite place to visit: My girlfriend's house in NY.
What is your bad time of day: Early morning.
What is your good time of day: Early evening.
Favorite perfume or cologne: "Obsession" by Calvin Clien, "Happy" by Clinique, "Secret Crush" by Victoria's Secret.
Favorite scent of candle: Honeysuckle, Cucumber
Favorite flower/plant: Peach Carnations or roses, Daffodils, Honeysuckle
Favorite subject in school: Art, Science, Math
Least favorite subject in school: History
Favorite authors: Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Ann Rule
Favorite book genre: Horror/Suspense, True Crime
Favorite book: Misery, by Stephen King
Favorite magazine: "Wired"
Favorite movie you have seen recently: Madagascar
Favorite movie of all time: Braveheart
Other favorite movies: Amelie, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, As Good As It Gets, The Piano, City of Angels (and Wings of Desire), Run Lola Run, The Matrix, Being John Malkovich, Leaving Las Vegas, Goundhog Day
Favorite actors/actresses: John Cusack, Nicholas Cage, Brendan Fraser
Favorite all time TV show: It used to be News Radio (That show always cracked me up big time.), but now I'd have to say SCRUBS.
Current favorite TV programs: SCRUBS, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, SURVIVOR, Big Brother, The Amazing Race, Hell's Kitchen, Boston Legal, CSI, CSI NY, CSI Miami, ER, Everybody Loves Raymond, That 70's Show, The Outer Limits, King Of The Hill, Family Guy, Kitchen Confidential, Malcom in the Middle, and I hate to say it, but these are really funny as well, Blind Date, Elimidate.
Favorite cartoon character: Mooch, the cat from "Mutts".
Favorite Sesame Street character: Oscar
Favorite food: Lobster Bisque... or just Lobster!
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Favorite ice cream: Ben & Jerry's Pistachio Pistachio, Starbuck's Java Chip
Favorite Snapple: Diet Peach Ice Tea
Favorite alcoholic drink: Cuervo Tequilla Margarita, Vanilla Vodka & Soda Water, Pete's Wicked Strawberry Blond Beer
What is your bedtime: 11:00pm-12:00am
Interesting fact about your childhood: I was very quiet, shy and extremely introverted.
How many rings before you answer the phone: I screen all phone calls.
The first thing you think of in the morning: I need more sleep.
Favorite thing to do when you're home alone: Take a nice, warm, scented bath with candles and music, throw darts, listen to music, cook, talk on the phone with my friend in NY.
Things that make you feel good: My kitties greeting me at the door when I get home and coming to me in the morning when I wake up, the aromas of fresh coffee and fine cooking, the warmth of the sun, the smell of cut grass, freshly laundered bedsheets, soft kisses and caresses, nice surprises.
Things you don't like: Drivers in the passing lanes that don't ~pass~, cold & damp weather, loud gum chewers and gum snappers/poppers, way overdoing of cologne or perfume.
Worst feeling in the world: When you lose something that means a lot to you and is irreplaceable.
Best feeling in the world: Being happily surprised.
Do you get motion sickness: No, but I hate flying in airplanes and get sea sick.
Roller Coasters - Deadly or Exciting: Exciting
Thunderstorms - Cool or Scary: Cool
Pen or Pencil: Pen
Do you like to drive: Not really, because I find bad/slow drivers on the road immensely frustrating. Otherwise, yes.
Do you sleep with stuffed animals: Only when I need to :Þ
Did you have imaginary friends or a blanket as a child: No.
What is on the walls of your room: Black & White Framed Posters
What words or phrases do you overuse: Freakin or Jeez.
Coolest things anyone ever gave you: A "Butt Man" magnet from San Francisco, a copy of "Inches" magazine... LOL!
How would you characterize your political leanings: I am a Conservative Republican with leanings towards Libertarianism. I'm open to others beliefs though, and absorb much insight from others points of view. I believe in general that we all want the same things and just differ on the approaches.
If you could pick one super-human power, what would you choose: To heal the ailments and sickness of others.

Favorite Quotes/Lyrics/Poems:

"I dare you, DARE you, Dangerboy!" ~~Aeon Flux~~

"That which does not kill us makes us stranger." ~~Trevor Goodchild~~

"Time to get scared, time to change plan
Don’t know how to treat a lady
Don’t know how to be a man
Time to admit what you call defeat
‘Cause there’s women running past you now
And you just drag your feet"
- Joe Jackson, from "Real Men"

"Her heart’s like crazy paving
upside down and back to front
she says ooh, it’s so hard to love
when love was your great disappointment
...count those rattlesnakes
she says a girl needs a gun these days
on account of all the rattlesnakes
hey, on account of all the rattlesnakes"
- Lloyd Cole & The Commotions, from "Rattlesnakes"

"6.58 are you sure where my spark is... here, here, here" - Tori Amos, from "Spark"

"Three o'clock in the morning
It's quiet and there's no one around
Just the bang and the clatter
As an angel runs to ground
Just the bang and the clatter
As an angel hits the ground"
- U2, from "Stay (Far Away, So Close!)" (Think... "Wings of Desire"/"City Of Angels")

"Come to the edge. We might fall. Come to the edge. It's too high! Come to the edge. And they came, and we pushed, And they flew."
- Christopher Logue

".... I'm ready for the PUSH." - U2, from "Zoo Station" (Think the poem above)

"What you don't have you don't need it now, What you don't know you can feel it somehow."
- U2, from "Beautiful Day"

"There is no reality; Only perception." - Phillip C. McGraw, Ph.D.

"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." - William Shakespeare

"I dream of love as time runs through my hands." - Sting, from "Desert Rose"

"And if the night runs over, and if the day won't last, and if your way should falter, along this stony pass
It's just a moment. This time will pass." - U2, from "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of"

"It's a fool who looks for logic in the chambers of the human heart."
- Ulysses Everett McGill (Character in the movie, "Oh Brother, Where Art Though?").

"I need someone to love me the whole day through. Ah, one look in my eyes and you can tell that's true." - Neil Young

"The heart is the sleeping beauty and love the only kiss it can't resist. Even as eyes lay open wide, there is a heart that sleeps inside, and it's to there you must be hastening, for all hearts dream, they dream only of awakening." - Nicholas Klein (From the movie, "The Million Dollar Hotel")