Madeleine
My blogs
Blogs I follow
- An American Jew in Jerusalem
- Hunger, Squashed
- Porting Cyanogen
- The Lost Graduate
- The Rockstar Rabbi
- This Must Be The Place
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Student |
| Occupation | Writer....I hope |
| Location | United States |
| Introduction | These little sections are always awkward, aren't they? Hmm...how to describe myself. I won't promise a riveting read, but here goes: For all those Jane Austen fans out there, I am an Elinor Dashwood. I've always been rather quiet and, consequently, I have focused my time and effort on calm and reflective pursuits. I like being alone or with a group of close friends, I love to read and to write, and I take great pleasure in observing the world around me--from social interactions to the natural world. Some scattered facts: I love British television and have a special passion for British drama and literature. I love the theatre and am happiest when upon the stage. I enjoy knitting, cycling, and playing tennis. People I admire: Jane Austen, Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Singer Sargent, Lewis Carroll In the future, I hope to become a professor and/or a writer. |
| Interests | Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Anglophilia, Francophilia, Art Deco and Art Nouveau, Garden Gnomes, Knitting, Tennis, English literature, Museums, Botany, Birds |
| Favorite Movies | Anything with Fred Astaire, How to Steal a Million, The Seven Year Itch, My Favourite Brunette, Amelie, Atonement, Pride and Prejudice, Sabrina, Roman Holiday, The Forsyte Saga |
| Favorite Music | Regina Spektor, Dvorak, Strauss, Verdi (i.e. La Traviata), Twenties and Thirties Jazz, Big Band Swing, Breton folk, Showtunes, The Beatles, Fred Astaire, Ray Ventura, Edith Piaf, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter |
| Favorite Books | Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Atonement, Shakespeare, The Great Gatsby, Tender is the Night, Crime and Punishment, Jane Eyre, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Forsyte Saga, The Lord of the Rings, Everything is Illuminated, Memoirs of a Geisha, Wives and Daughters, Alice in Wonderland |