Barbara Gelnett

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About me

Gender Female
Industry Publishing
Occupation Teacher, writer, public speaker.
Location Chesapeake, Virginia, United States
Introduction Former manager of a Christian club, that was located in Virginia Beach VA, The Fire Escape, now residing in Chesapeake VA. Still hoping be a published author, and still teaching emotionally disturbed teens in a locked psych treatment facility. Most importantly, trying to be the kind of servant God has called me to be, wherever I am.
Interests Movies, Football (Go Patriots!), Any Sports, (Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins) Music, Ministry, Newport Church-Newport & Santa Monica, CA, People, traveling, the great film events and displays at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in Beverly Hills, Boston Sports-Red Sox, Celtics, Patriots.
Favorite Movies Turner Classics. Raising Arizona, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, Sleeper, Strawberry Blonde, Second Hand Lions, Manhattan, Lies and Misdemeanors. It's a Wonderful Life, Meet John Doe. Princess Bride, Any movie with James Cagney, Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, or Cary Grant. Cool Hand Luke, Streetcar Named Desire, The Seven Year Itch, Some like it Hot, Citizen Kane, Magnificent Ambersons, Foreign: Amelie, Kurosowa films, Chinese -Red Fire Cracker Green Firecracker, The King of Masks, Raise the Red Lantern, Farewell My Concubine, the NARO Festival of Jewish Film in Norfolk, VA and Indian Film Festival in LA. Recent favorites- UP, Avatar, The Help, Remember Me, 3-D comic book action hero flicks.
Favorite Music P.O.D., Beatles-Of Course! MXPX, Six Pence Non The Richer, Drop Kick Murphys, Iona, Bob Dylan, Switchfoot, Stavesacre, Al Green, GreenDay, Hill Song Praise, International Instrumental Music, Celtic, Ska, Reggae, Hardcore. Recently into Country Music- They tell it like it is, & how it should be: Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Taylor Swift, The Band Perry.
Favorite Books Bible, Call of the Wild, To Kill a Mockingbird, James Michener: Chesapeake, Hawaii, The Convenant. The Hobbit, The Autobiography of Mlcolm X, The Screwtape Letters. Books by Dianne Wilson- They help me live Right. "A Bright Red Scream" about people who cut & self injure it was a real eye opener to the lives of some of my students. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

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