Jann's profile

Places I've been

I've lived in North Carolina and Maryland all of my life. I have done some traveling: England, Mexico (Cancun), Florida (NASA and Disneyworld), New York City, Arizona and New Mexico. I finally saw the Grand Canyon!!!

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I have finally mastered the art of being comfortable in my own space. That makes Life so much easier. It's too bad that it took me so long to figure this out! I like to learn new things, if only to disprove that whole "old dog/new trick" saying.

Favorite Movies

"Casablanca, " "The Princess Bride, " "Singin' in the Rain, " "Moonstruck, " most Hitchcock films, most of the Disney films from my childhood, as well as recent ones ("Monsters, Inc."), "Young Frankenstein, " "Pirates of the Caribbean"

Favorite TV Shows

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer, " "Dead Like Me, " "Frasier, " "Lost, " "The Dick Van Dyke Show, " "Eureka, " "Friends, " PBS mysteries such as Poirot, Miss Marple, Midsommer Murders, Frost, and Nero Wolfe, "Jeeves and Wooster, " "As Time Goes By, " "Rosemary and Thyme, " "The Vicar of Dibley"

Activities

Reading, spending time with friends, attending the theater in NYC (when I can get there) and in Baltimore, surfing the Internet (especially for crosswords and Sudoku), listening to music, watching movies, eating out, spending time with my cats, learning new things, The Wodehouse Society

Favorite Charities

Helping my friends and trying to commit random acts of kindness

Favorite Music

I love show tunes!!!! I also enjoy rock and roll, a lot of country music, classical music, the Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Michael Buble, Billy Joel, and most anything except for heavy metal and rap. Lately, I spend more time listening to the sounds of nature rather than to television or stereo.

Favorite Books

anything by: P.G. Wodehouse, Jasper Fforde, J.K. Rowling, Douglas Adams, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Diana Gabaldon; I love a good mystery (British cozies are my favorites) Brideshead Revisited, The D Case, Time and Again, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, The Doomsday Book, The Heaven Tree Trilogy

Favorite Quotes

"The world is made of stairs, and there are those who go up and those who go down." "Adversity is the stuff that shows whether you are what you thought you were." "When I find myself fading, I close my eyes and realize my friends are my energy." "Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience." "Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published every day, like those of a baseball player." "Having the world’s best idea will do you no good unless you act on it. People who want milk shouldn’t sit on a stool in the middle of the field in hopes that a cow will back up to them." "Make it a rule...never, if possible, to lie down at night without being able to say, "I have made one human being at least a little wiser, a little happier or a little better this day."

Favorite People

My friends!!!!

Favorite Places

My home, Ladew Gardens, New York City, London, Tea by Two (a tea shop in town), the Grand Canyon

Favorite Animals

Yes, I believe I have officially become a "cat lady." I love cats!!! I love dogs and horses, but cats share my home.

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