About Me
- About Me: I've been blogging at Xanga since most of you were being weened off of your mother's breast, or in some instances, since you sat in wet pants in car seats. Yea, even before texting! Stop in and see classic blogging in action.
Movies
- Favorite Movies: Groundhog Day, Enchanted, Uncle Buck, What about Bob?
- Favorite Actors: James Stewart, Tom Hanks
- Favorite Directors: Steven Spielberg; Alfred Hitchcock; Frank Capra
- Favorite Genre: Chick flick, "Bonnet Movies"
- Favorite Soundtracks: Mamma Mia
- Movie Quotes I say all the time: "I don't understand a word you just said." -Napolean Dynamite
- Movies I can watch over and over: Mamma Mia!, Enchanted, Ella Enchanted, Sabrina, Jane Eyre, Bride and Prejudice, Pride and Prejudice (with Colin Firth) Sleepless in Seattle, You've Got Mail, French Kiss
- Actor that would play me in a movie: Will Smith
Video Games
- Games I Play: Settlers of Catan; Ticket to Ride
- Consoles: huh?
- Gaming Alias: Yorel
- Servers I Play On: none
- Favorite Classic Arcade Games: SeaWolf
- Proudest Achievements: Beating Solstice on NES
Music
- Favorite Artists: Patty Loveless, Trace Atkins, Brad Paisley, Led Zepplin, Martina McBride, Shania Twain, Toby Keith, Yes, Los Lonely Boys, Pink Floyd, Diamond Rio, Alabama, Ted Nugent, Joe Walsh, Blind Faith, many more.
- Favorite Albums: Mamma Mia Soundtrack
- Favorite Genre: Country
- Songs I hate: In the Year 2424; Mandy; The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Roberta Flack) and most hip-hop
- Guilty Pleasure: My Humps; Doncha
- Songs I repeat the most: Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee
- Band I wish I was in: Diamond Rio
More About Me
- Nicknames: Pops; Paw-paw
- Nationality: Red-blooded American
- Religion: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Heroes: Captain Moroni
- Interests: Genealogy
- Expertise: Family History
- Occupation: Management
- Industry: Imaging technology
Television
- Favorite Shows: Dancing with the Stars; I Survived a Japanese Game Show; Keeping up Appearances; Antique Road Show
- Favorite Episode: Soup Nazi; The Trouble with Tribbles
- Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Star Trek (I'm still bitter)
Food
- Favorite Cuisine: Chinese
- Favorite Dishes: Royal Dalton
- Favorite Desserts: Strawberry and shortcake
- Favorite Drinks: Welch's grape juice, Diet Coke
- Favorite Junk Foods: Crown Burger
- Best meal ever: H'mong wedding feast
- My Original Recipes: secret
- Favorite Restaurants: Bob Evans; Cracker Barrel; and this special little BBQ place in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- Foods I hate: cat food
Travel
- Places I love: Nashville
- Places I've been: Too many to mention
- Places to see before I die: Alaska, Brazil, Kiev, St. Petersburg, Moscow
- Dream Vacation: New Zealand
Contact Info
- AIM: YourYorel
High School
- School Name: Danbury Local High School
- Status: Alumni
- Class of: 1972
- Attended: 1968 - 1972
- Sports: Track
- Organizations: Band; Latin Club; theater; Norton Award
College
- School Name: Bowling Green State University
- Status: Alumni
- Class of: 1977
- Attended: 1972 - 1977
- Degree type: Bachelors
- Major(s): Journalism
- Minor(s): Interdepartmental - Visual Communications
- Greek: ΑΦΩ
- Organizations: Photo Club; Key Staff
Books
- Favorite Books: The Book of Mormon
Style
- Where I shop: Wal-Mart; Deseret Book; Lowes; JC Penny; Sears; Smith's
- Brands I love: Pencraft; Craftsman
- I like to wear: shoes
- Can't live without: deodorant
- Prized Possessions: iPod Nano
- Guilty Pleasure: Rush 24/7 podcasts
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Oh my, do you remember the time we wanted to wear out a dozen knee pads kicking Neelix in the @$$? I did like Voyager though....but Neelix was down right annoying. Oh yeah. And I also like Deep Space Nine....and even Enterprise...I loved how they explained away the Klingon head ridges.... -
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