yet another meme

[pen37]

This one stolen from dm_wyatt

Ask me to take a picture of any aspect of my life that you're interested in/curious about - it can be anything from my DVD collection to my favorite pair of shoes. Leave your choice(s) here as a comment, and I will reciprocate by taking the pictures and posting them as an entry. That way you get to know a little bit about my

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[pen37]

It's the shelby GT 500. Actually, I think it may be one of the ones from Gone in 60 seconds. And it's hard to see, but the little red blob to the right is a die cast model of a 64 1/2 mustang convertible. I like mustangs.

Here is a better photo (I think)




The shelves on the wall have my antique camera collection. The certificate under that is the 1st runner up certificate for the darryl award that my first novel won. The blue book to the far right is that novel. A friend bought it, so I'm about to mail it out.

The books at the top shelf on the left are pretty much every book that I've ever been published in. The feather is a parrot feather quill in a stoneware inkstand. The poster on the door of the desk hutch is lefover from my first book signing (It was nice, the mayor gave me the city's official flower and a proclamation that it was my day).

The stack of books lying on their side on the left are my current reading and to-read stack. I'm reading A leader in the making (self-help), The Devil in The White City (historical), and Lachlei (Awesome fantasy). My to-reads at the bottom of the stack include two fantasies. TheDragons Tongue and the Looking Glass Wars.

pretty much the rest of that mess are old journals and research for various projects.

[bodgei]

so that's er - the Unicorn? (been a while since I saw gone in 60 seconds)

You are so orginised. You should see my 'to read pile' - well some of it is my 'easy reserch' pile...LOL

Mom read The White Ciy recently. She enjoyed it.

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Yes, that's Eleanor (not to be confused wtih Lenore, the Vampire on Supernatural XD )

I love history. If cable wasn't so expensive, I would probably have it just for the History Channel. Nothing I read is ever wasted. Eventually, it ends up in my writing in some form or other.

[bodgei]

"not to be confused wtih Lenore, the Vampire on Supernatural XD"

Or the girl from The Raven?

We have cable - but make up for it with dial-up. LOL

I love Monster Quest on History channel they almost never fand anything. And my Dad's home town was on it once.

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History Channel and Discovery both have some of the worst 'mocumentaries' on TV. Especially the ones that come on in the daytime. Usually narrorated by Leonard Nimoy. They're like the documentary equivalent of daytime soap operas.

[bodgei]

Dude, the biblical ones - i freaking love them! My mom was a minister - I've spent a lot of time reading religious stuff (and comparitve religious stuff- I was rased UU so my mind is open) so I love yelling back at them.

[pen37]

I always loved the ones about atlantis, the bermuda triangle and the nachez lines.

[bodgei]

they have one on the history of underwhere that i watch over and over again. That and the one about the war of 1812 - casue I know people in it.

[pen37]

O.o Personally?

[bodgei]

that's the funny thing about being a re-inactor it's like we all know eachother...LOL!

I know people who worked on The Village as well.

[pen37]

I meant -- "You know people who fought in the war of 1812?" (Hence the O.o expression)

But then it hit me -- re-enactor.
*headdesk*

I know what you mean about knowing folks through the re-enactment. I know a few guys who have been in civil-war era movies and a bunch of documentaries about Fort Smith, mostly through the national historic site.

It's actually not that uncommon around here for men to wear handlebar moustaches and long-gotees. You see a lawyer walk into court like that and you just know he spends his weekend wearing a wool uniform and firing a black powder rifle.

[bodgei]

*chuckle*

I mostly do 'new republic' (post rev war up to, say 1833)

Liveing in DE the civ war is - well a bit odd we were, in effect, no man's land. We had a big prison. But a huge number of soldures in the CW (from here) deserted. There are some wierd things about out little state (like our borders weren't finalized until the 80's)

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and my husband and I did renassance -- which? In Arkansas? Not so much.

This area of Arkansas was an interesting area. There were a few Civil War skirmishes, but no major battles. It's more well known because it was the border with Indian Territory, so there was a federal courthouse.

The area was at one time just prior to that lawless enough to be known as hell on the boarder, and then they established the federal courthouse, and the area became the execution capital of the world. We were known around the world, and I think we shocked the Europeans because we hung nine people in one day.

If you've ever seen the John Wayne movies True Grit and Rooster Cogburn, they both kind of deal with that history a little bit.

I didn't realize that DE had no formal border until the 80's. What does that entail with the states surrounding it?

[bodgei]

well most of our borders were finalized pritty early on - we were part of the Mason-Dixon servey. The M-D line runs east-west between MD and PA and then there is an arch between DE and PA and the intra panislar line (runs North south) between DE and MD. There were two areas of contention the 'wedge' where the arch hits the IPL and the river - between DE and NJ. The last border marker was placed in - 86 I think a few feet above the high tide line on the NJ side of the DE river. (the wedge was cntested so long that even though it's in DE it is patroled by its own police force)

I haven't watched a Jhon Wayne movie since i was very little...

[pen37]

My mother is a big fan, so I've seen quite a few.

[bodgei]

My mom loves westerns, but not so much JW. I don't know why.