Jamie
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Accounting |
| Location | Birmingham, Alabama, United States |
| Introduction | I have sold books at the Alabama Booksmith for over five years now, and have loved every minute of it. But now is a time of change. Unfortunately my plans to elope with Ian McEwan have been thwarted and therefore I am forced to find a new plan for my future. Damnit. I could kid myself with the romantic illusions of writing one day, but anything in the bookselling world would be ideal for me. I just can't seem to get over that first love of mine and my heart's one and true passion- reading. |
| Interests | Books, music, movies, volleyball, college basketball, ultimate frisbee, Sophie the cat, photography, cultural studies, professional wrestling, Ninja Warrior, Stargate, TRIVIA!, line dancing & other forms of public affection. |
| Favorite movies | The Shawshank Redemption tops a very long list of amazing films that I could not possibly list entirely here. But just for fun, some others include: Amelie, Empire Records, Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Die Hard, Boondock Saints, The Three Musketeers, Little Women (the original one), Braveheart, The Lord of the Rings (all three but my fave is probably Two Towers), HP movies kick ass, Mansfield Park, Chocolat, Emma, The Departed, Babel, Gladiator, Casino Royale, The Fountain, Children of Men, The Namesake, Bee Season, anything Bollywood, Benny & Joon, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Like Water for Chocolate, Last of the Mohicans, Footloose, Flashdance, The Goonies (because they never say die), Beyond Borders, Drop Dead Fred, Office Space, Newsies, Little Miss Sunshine, Life is Beautiful, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Gene Wilder, sorry Johnny), Lilo and Stitch, Mulan, Sleeping Beauty, Finding Nemo, The Sound of Music, The Phantom of the Opera (not as good as the show but very good indeed), RENT (again, how could it ever compete with the show, but original cast helps), The Cat from Outer Space, The Absent Minded Professor, Flight of the Navigator, Reservoir Dogs, oh and the Boy Who Could Fly |
| Favorite music | I love pretty much all music. I love world music and am especially fond of a good soundtrack especially if it is by Thomas Newman. Some of my favorite bands include: Ben Folds, The Shins, The Arcade Fire, Death Cab for Cutie, Ben Lee, Tegan and Sara, Architecture in Helsinki, Muse, The Starlight Mints, Journey, Kate Bush, Enya, The Cure, Pete Yorn, Azure Ray, The Decemberists, Lorena McKennitt, Outkast, old Weezer, Indigo Girls, love love love Otis Redding, anything from an 80s movie, and am loving me some Chicago. |
| Favorite books | The Professor's House, One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Waves, Don Quixote, Pride & Prejudice, The Great Gatsby, The Alchemist, House of Splendid Isolation, The Handmaid's Tale, Death Comes for the Archbishop, Collected Fictions of Borges, Poetry of Borges, The Secret Garden, Little Women, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Saturday, On Chesil Beach, To the Lighthouse, Mrs. Dalloway, Lolita, The Heart of the Matter, The Scarlet Letter, The Chronicles of Narnia, Oranges Aren't the Only Fruit, Motherless Brooklyn, Five Quarters of the Orange, The Assistant, Red Harvest, Farewell My Lovely, O Pioneers, My Antonia, Dubliners, Candide, The Lord of the Rings, The Lord of the Flies, The Heart of Darkness, Waiting for the Barbarians, Borges: A Life, if I had to name a few random choices... |
The love potion you made tastes terrible. How will you drink it?
um, pretty sure I wouldn't be making or drinking any love potion. Love is dangerous enough without mixing in other unknown substances.