Valerie

• Gender: Female
• Astrological Sign: Cancer
• Industry: Education
• Occupation: Art Historian
• Location: Johnstown : PA : United States

About Me

thefoolishpleasure@yahoo.com

Interests

• Horse Racing
• Architecture
• History
• Books
• Ice Hockey
• Home Renovation
• Antiques and Flea Market shopping
• Gardening
• Handicapping

Favorite Movies

• "Lord of the Rings" trilogy
• "O Brother Where Art Thou?"
• "Fargo"
• "Wings of Desire"
• anything by Pedro Almodóvar
• "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"
• "The Last Emperor"
• "Slapshot"
• "Aria"
• "Bull Durham"
• "Deep Impact" (actually any good...or bad...disaster movie)

Favorite Music

• U2
• The Pogues
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
• John Mellencamp
• Guns 'N Roses
• Pat Benatar
• ABBA
• Johnny Cash
• Wagner
• Puccini
• Ravel
• Verdi
• Patsy Cline
• Cyndi Lauper
• late 50s-early 60s doo-wop

Favorite Books

• "Not by a Longshot" by T.D. Thornton
• "Old Bones the Wonder Horse" by Mildred Mastin Pace
• "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville
• "Under the Tuscan Sun" by Frances Mayes
• "Iliad" by Homer
• "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac
• "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert Heinlein
• "Far From the Madding Crowd" by Thomas Hardy
• "Dune" by Frank Herbert
• "Mandala" by Pearl Buck
• "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula LeGuin