About Me
- About Me: 21/F/IN-TN. I'm a History Major with a love for Music and Theater. I'm very into archaeology, and I ALWAYS have some sort of book with me. I'm "Nerdy in the extreme and whiter than sour cream...."
College
- School Name: Milligan College
- Status: Undergrad
- Class of: 2008
- Degree type: Bachelors
- Major(s): History
- Minor(s): Theater Arts, Music, French
- Greek: ΣΤΝ
- Sports: Cheerleading, Swimming
- Organizations: NAMI and Concert Choir
Music
- Favorite Artists: The Beatles, Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails, The Everly Brothers, O-Town, Aerosmith, Boston, Sonata Arctica, Within Temptation, Nightwish, Evanescence, Korn, Seether, Atreyu, Paramore, Johnny Horton, Garth Brooks, Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson, Dragonforce, Pink Floyd, Nickelback, Josh Groban, Andrea Bocelli, Il Divo, Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth, Elton John, Billy Joel, Alabama, Diamond Rio, Alan Jackson, Pam Tillis, Johnny Cash, Finger Eleven, Edward Grieg, Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Handel, Rafe Vaughn Williams, Aaron Copeland, AFI, Fall Out Boy, Panic! At the Disco, Gershwin, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Gene Kelly, Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Michael Crawford, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Madonna, Ashlee Simpson, Puddle of Mudd, Elvis Presley, Elvis Costello, Zao, No Doubt, Gwen Stefani, Kamelot, Robert Goulet, Paul McCartney, Celtic Woman, Enya, Gaelic Storm, Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphy, Shakira, Relient K, Switchfoot, Louis Armstrong, Etta James, Dean Martin, Flyleaf, Barlowgirl, Superchick, Lacuna Coil, My Chemical Romance, Three Days Grace, Michael W. Smith, Breaking Benjamin, Coheed and Cambria, Underoath, Mae, Neil Diamond, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Nat King Cole, Abba, The Fisk Jubilee Singers, Josh Turner, etc...
- Favorite Albums: Lots
- Favorite Genre: All of them. Literally.
- Favorite Songs: Too Many to Mention.
- Favorite Lyrics: Again, too many.
- Songs for Roadtrips: Everything.
- Songs I hate: Anything by Dave Matthews or Kid Rock.
- Guilty Pleasure: Ashlee Simson and O-Town.
- Songs I repeat the most: Phantom, SUperchick and the Beatles.
- Band I wish I was in: Sonata Arctica.
Contact Info
- AIM: Historical Muse
- MSN: TWbebe32@hotmail.com
- Yahoo: HistoricMusique
Movies
- Favorite Movies: Phantom of the Opera, V for Vendetta, Moulin Rouge, Pirates of the Caribbean 1 and 2, Timeline, Dracula, Dracula 2000, Dear Frankie, Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life, Beowulf and Grendel, Pride and Prejudice, Marie Antoinette, The Red Violin, White Oleander, Never Been Kissed, Ever After, Vanity Fair, Legally Blonde, Troy, Titanic, King Arthur, Harry Potter 1 2 3 & 4, Lord of the Rings 1 2 & 3, Matrix, The Mummy, Interview with the Vampire, Queen of the Damned, And Now For Something Completely Different..., MP and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian, Narnia, National Treasure, Braveheart, Tristan and Isolde, Elizabeth, Benny and Joon, A Beautiful Mind, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Rigoletto, Aladdin, The Slipper and the Rose, The Music Man, Singin in the Rain, South Pacific, Flower Drum Song, Cleopatra, Pocahontus, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Cinderella, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Fantasia, Fantasia 2000, Dirty Dancing, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Night at the Roxbury, Zoolander, Gone with the Wind, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Girl Interrupted, A Very Long Engagement, Ben Hur, Jane Eyre, The Little Princess, Heidi, Memoirs of a Geisha, Hocus Pocus, Homeward Bound, Sound of Music, Mary Poppins, History of the World Part I, The Producers, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Secondhand Lions, Cannibal: The Musical, Evita, The Princess Bride, Labyrinth, Elf, Peter Pan, Robin Hood, Shrek, The Craft, It Happened One Night, Rebecca, Father Goose, An American in Paris, Brigadoon, R and H Cinderella, Carousel, Oklahoma, My Fair Lady, Gigi, Funny Face, Holiday Inn, White Christmas, An Affair to Remember, North by Northwest, To Catch a Thief, Vertigo, It's a Wonderful Life, Psycho, The Birds, Star Wars (the old ones), Kingdom of Heaven, Pygmalion, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining, Unbreakable, The Sixth Sense, Signs, The Village, Walk the Line, The Hours, Seabisquit, Aristocats, The Rescuers, Dumbo, Van Helsing, Fear, Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc, Immortal Beloved, That Thing You Do, The Count of Monte Cristo, Little Women, National Velvet, Black Beauty, Master and Commander Far Side of the World, Underworld, Pearl Harbor, The Wizard of Oz, Meet Me in St. Louis, State Fair, The King and I, The Miracle Worker, Guys and Dolls, Amadeus, The Passion and tons more...
- Favorite Actors: Gerard Butler and Reese Witherspoon. Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Depp, Colin Firth, Clark Gable, Laurence Olivier, Bette Davis, Vivien Leigh, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Lucille Ball, Gary Oldman, Richard Burton, James Dean, Grace Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor, Jimmy Stewart, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, Leslie Caron, Katherine Hepburn, Judy Garland, Jodie Foster, Patrick Wilson, Emmy Rossum, Debbie Reynolds, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney, Yule Brennar(spelling?), Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Mel Gibson, Jim Caviezel, Hugh Jackman, Gabriel Byrne, Cate Blanchett, Robert Preston, Charleton Heston, Peter O' Toole, Michael Caine, Dick Van Dyke, Andy Griffith, Mandy Patinkin, Robert Duvall, WIll Ferrell, David Bowie, Robin Williams, Rex Harrison, Doris Day, Rock Hudson, and loads others...
- Favorite Directors: Alfred Hitchcock, Joel Schumacher, and I have no idea...
- Favorite Genre: All.... But I love Musicals, Historical, Horror and Oldies.
- Favorite Soundtracks: Phantom of the Opera!
- Movie Quotes I say all the time: Probably from POTO, and lyrics from musicals...
- Movies I can watch over and over: POTO, Gone with the Wind, V for Vendetta, Little Mermaid, and lots more... Almost any movie.
- Actor that would play me in a movie: Reese Witherspoon, Kate Winslet, Debra Messing or Drew Barrymore.
Television
- Favorite Shows: Days of Our Lives, Jeopardy!, All My Children, Monty Python's Flying Circus, E! True Hollywood Story, Suite Life of Zach and Cody, Family Guy, Father Ted, Keeping Up Appearances, Are You Being Served?, Fawlty Towers.
- Favorite Channels: BBC, Soapnet, Disney, E!, History and History International, Travel, G4, TCM, Lifetime, Oxygen, WE, Comedy Central, CMT, GAC, MTV, VH1, TV Land, and Nick.
- Favorite Reruns: Flying Circus
- Most Addictive Show: Days of Our Lives
- Favorite Late Night Talk Show: David Letterman!
- Favorite Episode: The Bicycle Repairman Monty Python.
- Characters you relate to: Sami Brady
- Favorite Theme Song: Monty Python Flying Circus
- Show I Secretly Watch: All My Children and sometimes Passions.
- Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Dead Like Me
Style
- Where I shop: Bebe, Wal-Mart, Maurice's, Vintage Stores, Hot Topic, Wet Seal, Target, Old Navy, Forever 21, Torrid, American Eagle, Disney Store, Rugged Warehouse.
- Brands I love: Bebe! American Eagle, Dolce and Gabbana, Old Navy, Abercrombie.
- I like to wear: Jeans, Sweaters, Hoodies, Skirts, Dresses, Heels, Pajamas, Funny or Event T-Shirt, anything Vintage or Historical, Bell Sleeves, Extra Long Shirts, Peasant Blouses, Khakis, Corsets.
- Can't live without: A Good Pair of Jeans
- Prized Possessions: Anything Bebe, my Paris dress and shoes, my Carlos Santana heels, my Phantom of the Opera shirts from London, my London clothes, My Lace Shirt, My Authentic Birkenstocks, My Dutch Slippers, My Greek Flip-Flops.
- Guilty Pleasure: Bebe and Abercrombie.
Video Games
- Games I Play: Harvest Moon, Animal Crossing, Resident Evil, MarioCart, Tamagotchi, Silent Hill, Tomb Raider, The Sims, The Sims 2, Nintendogs and any other annoyingly addictive game.
- Consoles: PS2, GameCube, Nintendo DS and PC.
- Favorite Characters: The little harvest moon dude, all the animals in AC, Princess Peach, Yoshi, and all my personal sims.
- Most Addictive: Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon.
- Proudest Achievements: Getting a gold statue of myself in Animal Crossing, Starting a Family in Harvest Moon.
Travel
- Places I love: Yellowstone, Iceland, The QE2, My Home.
- Places I've been: All 48 contiguous states and Alaska. Canada, Mexico, England, Wales, Scotland, France, Spain, Portugal, Malta, Italy, Turkey, Greece, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Iceland, Norway, The Netherlands, and Lizton!
- Places to see before I die: Greenland, Hawaii, Africa, China, Australia, Croatia, The Carpathian Mountains, Ireland, South America, Japan, Russia, Egypt, Liechenstein, The Yukon, India, Siberia, and everywhere else!
- Dream Vacation: Oh wow.... It would be to Greenland to see the Viking settlements, down to Ireland to look up my ancestors, then to Paris to see another opera, then over to Vienna to see yet another opera, down to the Carpathians and then to visit Melly's family in Croatia, over to Egypt and then up to London, where we would take a whirlwind tour of the Scottish highlands before sailing back on the QE2 or QM2. Of course, seeing all the historical sites and archaeological digs along the way, and seeing all the theater and opera we can.
Food
- Favorite Cuisine: Probably Japanese or Italian. Or maybe Chinese....
- Favorite Dishes: Spaghetti Carbonara, Filet Mignon, Prime Rib, and Fried Chicken.
- Favorite Desserts: Strawberry Shortcake, Chocolate, Angel Food Cake, Apple Pie, Pound Cake, Red Velvet Cake, Cookie Dough Ice Cream.
- Favorite Drinks: Cream Soda!
- Favorite Junk Foods: Strawberry Fruit Roll-Ups, Chocolate Caramels, Chips and Salsa, Cheese....
- Best meal ever: My Grandmothers beef roast with mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, corn on the cob, sun tea, angel food cake and yeast rolls.
- My Original Recipes: I make my Grandmother's chili, but I have special apple and cherry pies.
- Favorite Restaurants: Ginza!
- Foods I hate: Mayonnaise and Pepper.
Books
- Favorite Books: Phantom of the Opera, Rebecca, Pride and Prejudice, Great Expectations, Adam Bede, The Odyssey, Tale of Two Cities, The Chronicles of Narnia, Harry Potter Books, Memoirs of a Geisha, Jane Eyre, Anything Shakespeare (almost), and too many others....
- Favorite Authors: Gaston Leroux, Daphne Du Maurier, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, George Eliot, John Keats, The Bronte Sisters, Emily Dickenson, Edgar Alan Poe, Mark Twain, Margaret George, J.K. Rowling, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, William Shakespeare, Goethe, Lewis Carroll, Elizabeth Kostova, Christine Feehan, Alison Weir, Lisa Kleypas, Hannah Howell, Shannon Drake, Anne Rice, L.M. Montgomery, and SOOOOOO many more...
- Favorite Genres: Classics, Gothic Romance (Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, etc..), Horror, Trashy Romance, Historical Fiction, Historical Nonfiction, Biography, Christian, Fantasy, Reference, Self-Help, basically... ANYTHING THAT CAN BE READ!
- Favorite Characters: Erik(The Phantom of the Opera), Christine Daae, Raoul de Chagny, Jane Eyre, Pip, Estella, Odysseus, Penelope, Adam Bede, Delilah, Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, Elizabeth Bennett, The Persian, Mr. Darcy, Anne of Green Gables, Gilbert, Tom Sawyer, Dracula, Lestat, Aslan, the young wife of Maxim de Winter, and so many more....
- Favorite Quotes: "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Eleanor Roosevelt "Life isn't about finding yourself, it's about creating yourself." George Bernard Shaw "If Music be the food of love, play on!" Shakespeare
- Recent Reads: The Historian, the first two Harry Potter books, Unconquered, Master of Seduction, Pride and Prejudice, Who's Who of the Middle Ages, Dracula, and The Prince Kidnaps a Bride. Oh! And Shakespeare's "A Comedy of Errors."
More About Me
- Nicknames: Ali, Alice in Wonderland, Ace, Little Emmert, Jenalison.
- Nationality: American
- Religion: Christian
- Heroes: Oh Gosh... I'm not even gonna start. Jesus, My Mom, My Grandmother, My Grandma, My Dad, Walt Disney, Eleanor of Aquitane, Mozart, Abraham Lincoln, Marian Anderson, Rahab, Ruth, Esther, Mary, Paul, Mr. Clark, Hatshepsut, Cleopatra, Handel and way too many others....
- Interests: God, Family, MUSIC, History, Theatre, Phantom of the Opera, Writing, Literature (reading), Singing, Piano, Violin/Fiddle, Guitar, Cosmetics, Opera, Monty Python, British Comedy, Cooking, Needlecrafts, Swimming, Cheerleading, Dogs, Horseback Riding, Archaeology, Vikings, Celtic Culture and Music, Gerard Butler, Monarchial History, Eleanor of Aquitane, Elizabeth I, Henry VIII, St. Olav, Erik the Red, Leif Erikson, Having Children Someday, Names, Rain, Toys, Faery Folk, Mermaids, The Little Mermaid, Languages, Friends, Talking, Sleeping, Video Games, Trashy Romance Novels, Traveling, Cream Soda, Strawberry Fruit Roll-Ups, Chocolate (with Caramel), MySpace, Facebook, Fan Fiction, Harry Potter, Wicked, Jeopardy!, Days of Our Lives, and Writing Lond Useless Profiles.
- Expertise: MUSIC, comedic acting, being a history buff, writing long pointless blogs, Phantom of the Opera, Monty Python, singing like a man, traveling and being a tourist, sleeping, taking medicine, trashy romance novels, dogs, acting like a mom even though I'm not one, becoming addicted to useless video games, getting sucked into books, being awkward, embarrassing myself, torturing professors, and others and cooking fattening food.
- Occupation: Student
- Industry: Other
- Website: http://www.myspace.com/alisonchrista


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