All the world's a stage...
++BACKGROUND++
NAME: Ellen
LOCATION: I'm from Indiana, but I'm living in Bargteheide, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
AGE/DOB: 16; 17.11.1989.
OCCUPATION: I'm an exchange student who tutors English. At home I'm also a summer camp counselor and a roadie for my dad's recording company.
HOBBIES: Making music, reading, writing, wasting time on the Internet, camping, hiking, cycling.
GOOD MUSIC: Acoustic rock, a cappella music, folk music, bündische Musik, classical, Die Ärzte, Nina Hagen.
GOOD MOVIES: Sophie Scholl, Dead Poets' Society, Finding Forrester, Goodbye Lenin!
GOOD QUOTES: "We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on its way out." -Decca Music, upon rejecting The Beatles.
"Und nichts von unserer Zeit für eure Wirklichkeit..."- Keine Zeit, Roving Bottles.
GOOD JOKES:
Did you hear about the English Monastery that tried to open a fish and chips shop to raise money? It didn't work because all the members of the Monastery wanted to be fish friers, and no one would be the chip monk.
These friars were behind on their belfry payments, so they opened up a small florist shop to raise funds. Since everyone liked to buy flowers from
the men of God, a rival florist across town thought the competition was unfair. He asked the good fathers to close down, but they would not. He went back and begged the friars to close. They ignored him. So, the rival florist hired Hugh MacTaggart, the roughest and most vicious thug in town to "persuade" them to close. Hugh beat up the friars and trashed their store, saying he'd be back if they didn't close up shop.
Terrified, they did so, thereby proving that only Hugh can prevent florist friars.
THE MAIN PROBLEM WITH THE WORLD IS: that there are too many people in it who think that they aren't.
++YOUR THOUGHTS ON++
BUSH: They look nice in gardens, but not in the White House.
CHEESE: Not bad, for the most part. But some of it smells really, really bad.
PAD THAI: Tasty.
BATMAN: na na na na na na na na BATMAN! I was actually never allowed to watch Batman as a child.
THE NAME HENRY: My choir director at home is named Henry.
NOAM CHOMSKY: I haven't actually read his stuff, but his name is cool.
SWINGLINE STAPLERS: I've always liked that brand more than the others.
JAPAN: I've never been there, but the food is good.
BRITNEY SPEARS: Hit me baby, one more time!
TEX-MEX: No, thanks.
MONTY PYTHON: Indeed!
SOCIALISM: Why not?
FASCISM: Eew.
STEVE MARTIN: He can play the banjo!
HARRY POTTER: I liked him before he was popular.
POLITICS: I want to major in it.
SHOESTRING PASTA: I like pasta.
CANADA: Our home and native land!
++YOUR FAVORITE++
COLOR: Black. Or purple.
VEGETABLE: Asparagus. Or Brussel Sprouts.
FRUIT: Tomatoes.
HIGH-CARB GUILTY PLEASURE: Haribo.
BASEBALL PLAYER: I don't know anything about baseball. Babe Ruth?
SEASON: Springy-Summer.
ORGANIZED RELIGION: Unitarian Universalism.
IMPERSONATION: um... no idea.
UNCLE: Uncle Ben.
BRAND OF TV DINNER: I used to eat tons of Kid's Cuisine.
TEACHER: In Germany? Herr Musehold. Or Herr Fimm.
COMMUNIST COUNTRY: ...um... I would say DDR, but that's not around anymore and was socialist.
BOOK: I've been digging "Das fliegende Klassenzimmer" lately.
SHADE OF BLUE: Dark.
OLYMPIC EVENT: That weird one where they ski and shoot at the same time.
GOLDIE HAWN MOVIE: I don't really like Goldie Hawn.
CELL PHONE SERVICE PROVIDER: I hate them all!
BROADWAY SHOW: Avenue Q... or Wicked... or The Producers.
JEWISH CELEBRITY: Ira Glass.
GROCERY STORE CHAIN: I usually go to Edeka.
ENDANGERED SPECIES: Panda!
DICTATOR/DESPOT: Erich Hoenecker.
MADONNA SONG: Like a Virgin!
SITTING SUPREME COURT JUSTICE: Kennedy.
++WHO WOULD WIN IN A FIGHT & WHY?++
LINDSAY LOHAN or HILARY DUFF: Lindsay Lohan... she can act better and sing better. She doesn't do either particularly well, but...
DAVE LETTERMAN or JAY LENO: Letterman, because my mom saw his mom while shopping last week.
JANET RENO or CONDOLEEZZA RICE: Condi... she's more intelligent, eventhough I don't like her much politically.
BARBARA STREISAND or BETTE MIDLER: Um... Barbara Streisand. Because of her nose.
MIKHAIL GORBACHEV or AYN RAND: Ayn Rand. Her books are longer.
PAUL MARTIN, STEPHEN HARPER, GILLES DUCEPPE, or JACK LAYTON: I have no idea who these people are.
HARRY POTTER or DRACO MALFOY: Harry Potter, because I said so.
JENNIFER ANISTON or ANGELINA JOLIE: Angelina Jolie. She's queer and more socially involved.
++ETC.++
WHERE DID YOU PROMOTE: in my user info
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