About Me

  • About Me: I've been here over 7 years. Wow. Still don't have much to say.

Books

  • Favorite Books: The Wedding, The Notebook, French Word-a-day
  • Favorite Authors: Nicholas Sparks, Kristin Espinasse
  • Favorite Genres: Easy Reading
  • Recent Reads: Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen

Travel

  • Places I love: NC Mountains, PA Amish Country
  • Places I've been: OH, TN, SC, GA, NC, VA, WV, PA, FL, AR, MO, AL, MS, KY
  • Places to see before I die: France, Ireland, Maine, Oregon, Alaska, Canada
  • Dream Vacation: European Tour, West Coast cruise, Train ride across northern states, TX

Video Games

  • Games I Play: Super Mario Bros
  • Consoles: NES
  • Favorite Characters: Mario
  • Proudest Achievements: Rescuing the Princess

Style

  • Where I shop: Old Navy, Thrift Stores, Consignment Stores
  • Brands I love: Old Navy
  • I like to wear: Jeans and a t-shirt
  • Can't live without: BLUE JEANS
  • Prized Possessions: Little black dress with see-through midrift - not that I could wear it now, mind you, but when I could, I rocked it.
  • Guilty Pleasure: tall boots

Television

  • Favorite Shows: Heroes, My Boys, Big Shots, Grey's Anatomy, ER, CSI, Dog Whisperer, How It's Made, Dirty Jobs, Extreme Home Makeover, Smallville, Smarter Than a 5th Grader, Singing Bee, Don't Forget the Lyrics
  • Favorite Channels: NBC, National Geographic, Food, Discovery, CNN
  • Favorite Reruns: Flinstones, Smurfs, Snorks, Bugs Bunny & Friends
  • Most Addictive Show: Smallville, Heroes
  • Favorite Late Night Talk Show: Late? Who can stay up late?
  • Favorite Theme Song: Smallville - we mess it up all to pieces.
  • Show I Secretly Watch: SuperNanny
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Hee Haw

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Jewel, Alanis Morrisette, Fiona Apple
  • Favorite Albums: Spirit, 0304, Pieces of You, Goodbye Alice in Wonderland, Joy, This Way, Jagged Little Pill, Under Rug Swept, Tidal
  • Favorite Genre: Folk, Country, Smooth R&B, 90s Rock, Easy Listening, Musicals
  • Favorite Songs: Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Absence of Fear, Iris, King of New York
  • Favorite Lyrics: Venus De Milo in her half baked shell, understood the nature of love very well, she said a good love is delicious you can't get enough to soon, it makes you so crazy you want to swallow the moon...
  • Songs for Roadtrips: anything by: Destiny's Child, Matchbox 20, Jewel, Bon Jovi, Keith Urban, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, OutKast, Counting Crows, Hootie & the Blowfish, Beach Boys, the Cranberries, Johnny Cash, O Brother Soundtrack
  • Songs I hate: Barbie World, Blue, anything by Dave Matthews Band
  • Guilty Pleasure: Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-a-lot, If You Could Only See - Tonic
  • Songs I repeat the most: Down So Long - Jewel

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: Italian, Japanese
  • Favorite Dishes: Pasta, Sushi
  • Favorite Desserts: anything with chocolate
  • Favorite Drinks: Water, Cheerwine
  • Favorite Junk Foods: Brownies, Oreos
  • Best meal ever: Anything I eat when I'm really hungry.
  • My Original Recipes: I'm not original, but I'm a darn good copy cat.
  • Favorite Restaurants: TGIFriday's, Applebees, La Rosa's Deli, Kimonos, Outback
  • Foods I hate: Cabbage (unless it's coleslaw), cottage cheese, polish sausage, liver

High School

  • School Name: Mount Tabor High School
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 1999
  • Attended: 1995 - 1999
  • Sports: Drill Team
  • Organizations: French Club, JROTC, SADD

College

  • School Name: Wilkes Community College
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 2002
  • Attended: 2000 - 2003
  • Degree type: Associates
  • Major(s): Broadcasting
  • Minor(s): Accounting

More About Me

  • Nicknames: Mandie, Momma, Girlplease.
  • Nationality: American
  • Religion: Christian
  • Heroes: Superman, my dad, Boop
  • Interests: Photography. Computing. that is all.
  • Expertise: Jack of all trades - master of none.
  • Occupation: Government
  • Industry: Government
  • Website: http://www.captivatedbymandie.com

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Newsies, Transformers, What Dreams May Come, Harry Potter, Fast and Furious, Chronicles of Riddick, XXX, Premonition, Aladdin
  • Favorite Actors: Vin Diesel, Christian Bale, Gabriel Damon, Robin Williams
  • Favorite Genre: Animated, Action, Mind-Bender
  • Favorite Soundtracks: Newsies, Any Given Sunday, Don Juan DiMarco, City of Angels
  • Movie Quotes I say all the time: Laugh it up, fuzzball.
  • Movies I can watch over and over: Newsies, Harry Potter
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: Sandra Bullock