- about me -
Well, here it is. Not that I'm sure why you wanted to know some of this stuff, but now you can if you were ever curious.


Name: Dubird (Du, Dubie)

DOB: 7/23/78

Parents: Yes

Siblings: Older brother and younger sister.

Pets: My cat, Calico

School: UCA (that's Central Arkansas, NOT CA...and yes, people do guess CA)

Jobs: Ryan's. I miss being a Graduate Assistant!

Hobbies: Reading, talking, playing on my computer, doodling, working on web designs

Things You Collect: Cats, figureines, GW or Trigun stuff, money *hint hint*

A Non-Sport Game At Which You Excel: Playing with people's minds. *most evil grin*

A Non-Sport Game Which You Enjoy: Well, I'm pretty good at Monopoly. Does that count?

Dream Car: 1975 silver Jaguar XTC Roadster convertable. Or, maybe a Jeep from the 80's (like MacGyvers!)

Favorite Anime: A tossup between Gundam Wing and Trigun. There's a lot of different anime that I like, but those top my list. ^_^

Favorite Thing To Do In The Summer: Rest! (my days off of work with no school and no chores! very rare acutally)

Favorite Thing To Do In The Winter: Snuggle up in a warm chair in front of a fire (or a heater in my case) with a good book.

Character Traits You Look For Most In A Person: Good sense of humor, someone i can talk to and have fun with.

What You Want To Be: Web developer. Ya know, doing web design for a school or company.

Future Goals: Finish school, get a good job I like, and have some fun! And maybe settle down. Haven't decided on that one yet.

Favorite Music: Pretty much anything except country (exception: some Garth Brooks), rap/hip-hop, and the boy-band/girl-group sound *shudder*. LOVE a lot of the 60's folk songs and a lot of the 80's rock and roll. (hey....i grew up in the 80's....what did ya expect?)

Favorite Color(s): Dark colors. Espically dark emerald green.

Favorite Food: Hmmm, a tough one. Well, i love my mom's italian grilled chicken. And of course BBQ ribs, mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, fried chicken. Oh, and add Stoby's cheese dip to that too. ^_^

Least Favorite Food: Green beans. In fact most beans. And my dad's "concocton" he makes for his lunches.

Funniest People You Know: Me, my mom. Lots of other people too. (Ellie, Ladywriter, Lance and WYD)

Favorite Vacation Spot: Well lets see. There's this campgroud outside of my home town we used to camp in a lot when i was little. It used to be an all girl's camp back in the 60's, but now he let familys camp there and stuff. It's right on a river. With a pool. And all the old camp buildings set into the bluffs including this old house set on the highest part of the hill. It's one of those old houses you see in the movies with wood floors and big porches. My sister and i had hours of fun playing around those buildings. I love it there!!

Favorite Subject: In school, ancient and mideavel history. Not like the wars and stuff, but the culture. And I really enjoyed being in marching band, though i didn't realize how much until i had to get out. *sniffles*

Favorite Sport To Play: Sports? Me??? Well, I can also throw a frisbee like nobody's business, does that count?

Other Sports You Enjoy: I don't know if marching band is a sport or not, but football is. I'll occasionaly watch a game here and there. And i like watching hockey games in person. Just not on tv. It's not the same!

Favorite Book and/or Author: Oh jeepers, lets see. I love the Tolkien triliogy, including the Hobbit. Ummm, RA Salvatore's books, a lot of Stephen King's stuff (LOVED Four Past Midnight), The Sphere by Michael Chricton, ummmm, the Harry Potter series, David Eddings books, the Pern series. Well, if you want a more complete list let me know. There's too many to list here!

Favorite Actors/Actresses: Robin Williams, Bill Pullman, Chris O'Donnell, Mel Gibson (love the eyes!!), Keven Costner, Harrison Ford (now there's someone whom i would LOVE to meet!), Brendon Fraiser, Lenoard Nemoy (not really for looks....though he is kinda cute....but he is an excellent actor!), Jeff Goldblum, Tom Hanks....well, there's more for various reasons. But I won't bore you any more! ^_^;;

Favorite Movies: Independance Day, George of the Jungle (funny funny funny!!), Dead Poet's Society (very sad....one of the few tear jearkers i would recomend), LOTR!, Monsters Inc., Rush Hour (1 and 2), ummmm, there's more but that's the ones that come to the top of my head right off.

Favorite Singers/Groups: Blues Travler, Cumbawamba, Brian Adams, System of a Down, Daft Punk, Madonna, various others (~i usually listen to songs...not the artist....sometimes i'll like one or two songs an artist has but not the artist themsevels)

Favorite Animal: Cats

Favorite TV Show(s): Due South, Star Trek *sheepish grin* (i know what you're going to say....acutally it's kinda getting old...i loke reading the books better than i ever did watching the show...besides...Lenoard Nemoy is one of my fav. actors...but i can't STAND William Shatner!!), Drew Carey, Everybody Loves Raymond, Who's Line, Witchblade, Mad About You (reruns on Lifetime), Farscape, Mystery Science Theatre 3000! (man, i wish i had SciFi Network!)

Favorite Holiday: Christmas. Not because of the gifts, but it really is the time of the year where people at least attempt to be nice.

Favorite Part Of The Newspaper: The comics. I can't help it, I'm a Dilbert addict!

In And Around My CD Player: Natile Merchant, Spin Docters, Chumbawamb's 2nd US album, Bryan Adams, Ace of Base, Monster Ballads! ^_^

In My Cassette Player: Most of what i have is taped off other tapes. I guess my fav would be my Chumbawamba/dance mixes i taped at work. I also have several mixes my friend taped for me, as well as various soundtracks i can fall asleep to.