Welcome to the wonderful world of um…Woodie! Yeah… (last prof. update 1/6/07)
I decided that my profile was exceptionally run-of-the-mill and boring, so I decided to spruce it up…then, (mostly because it was one o’clock in the morning) I decided just to streamline and spruce it up later…Then I realized all I managed to do was ADD more too the chaos…shakes head anyway… Please check out some of my stuff (I know I haven’t updated in a while but that should change soon!) If you review I promise to try and review back—and I’ll give you a cookie!
A Little About Me
Name: Call me Woodstock/Woodsie/Woodie/Woods/Wood… hopefully I’ll come up with a better nom de plume before sending any of my work to a publisher… _
Age: 19
Gender: F
Hobbies/Talents/Interests: I love to read, draw, and act, but I live to write. I love history, Scotland, and rainy days...
Places I've Lived: Michigan, Texas, and Alabama
Places I've Been: Michigan, Texas, Alabama (heh), New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Colorado and California. (whew...)
Places I wish I'd been: New England, Alaska, Scotland, Ireland, Greenland, Iceland, Scandinavia, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, India, Australia, Egypt, Uganda, Morocco -cough- just to name a few...
Personal Quote: I never said I wasn’t crazy, I just said I was pretty much harmless…
A few (thousand) favorites!!:
Cars: 1968 VW TIII Fastback, Ford Mustang GT390 (aka Bullitt), 1971 Datsun 1200 (coupe and pickup) 1970 Austin Mini Cooper
Motorcycles: Triumph Bonneville, Suzuki Hayabusa
Music: I love almost every type of music except rap and most hiphop... (because the list is so long I'll just name a few I love the most): U2, CCR, Coldplay, The Beatles, Dropkick Murphys, John Denver, James Taylor, Rufus Wainwright, Damien Rice, Sarah McLochlan, Nightwish, Jethro Tull, and Celtic Women…Right now I’m listening to "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" by Elton John
Food/Beverages: Hot Cocoa, Herbal Tea (Sleepytime is the best), Fish n' Chips, grilled Salmon, Balsamic Chicken, Bulgogi (korean) and anything you can drench in soy sauce...right now I'm cravin' Chocolate =)
Movies: Dear Frankie, Hamlet (both the Campbell Scott version and the Kenneth Branagh version), A Little Princess, The War of the Buttons, The Best Two Years, Dying Young, Underworld, A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999), Shindler's List, Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken, I Dreamed of Africa, Saints and Soldiers, 300, Timeline, PotO, The Importance of Being Earnest, Pride and Prejudice (2005), As You Like It (2006) Finding Neverland, Rob Roy (1995), Much Ado About Nothing (BBC 1993), Remember the Titans.
TV Series: Robin Hood (BBC series), Jane Eyre (2006 BBC mini-series)
Books: The Camerons, Jane Eyre, The Secret Garden, The Last of The Mohicans, Anne of Green Gables series, Little Women & Little Men, Outlaw Sword, The Devil's Arithmetic, Schindler's List, Phantom of the Opera, HP Series, Prince Across the Water, “Who’s Afraid of Beowulf?”, and Timeline...I like most fantasy and scifi and absolutely adore Historical Fiction.
Authors: Shakespeare, The Bronte Sisters, Emily Dickinson, Jane Yolen, Sir Walter Scott, L.M. Montgomery, Louisa May Alcott.
Actors (current): Gerard Butler, Michael Sheen, Vincent Perez, Campbell Scott, Ralph Fiennes, Liam Cunningham, Kenneth Branagh, Richard Armitage, James McAvoy Ewan McGregor, Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Isaacs, Christian Bale, Liam Neeson, Angus Macfadyen, Toby Stephens, Sean Connery, Billy Connolly, Donald Sutherland, David Thewlis, Ethan Embry, Matthew Macfadyen, Michael Fassbender, Jason Barry, Sean Patrick Flannery, Stuart Townsend, Paul Bettany, K.C. Clyde, Ryan Hurst,… the list goes on.
(past): Leslie Howard,Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charlton Heston, Rudolph Valentino, Dirk Bogarde.
Actresses (current) : Emily Mortimer, Julia Stiles, Romola Garai, Bryce Dallas Howard, Frances O’Connor, Laura Fraser, Liesel Pritzker-Bagley (listed as Liesel Matthews), Gabrielle Anwar, Anne Friel, Keira Knightley, Kate Winslet, Meg Ryan, and Nicole Kidman.
(past): Audrey Hepburn
You can find me on Gerardbutler.net under the sn Woodstock (hugs all her fellow tarts), I'm currently working on a personal site devoted to my writing and maybe artwork.
On a side note I know I haven’t updated much and I apologize. I do intend to finish “Eyes of the Beholder” and “That’s Life” though I’m not sure when exactly as I don’t have a lot of free time right now.
Stories I'm Working On:
In Gallant Flame (working title): Beginning in the years leading up to the second Jacobite uprising of 1745, this is a family saga of the clan Cameron. (more info soon to come...)
The Highwayman: Deserted coach-roads, daring thieves, distressed damsels and a better summery soon to come!
Stories in Queue:
Blackbird: Set in 1899, “Blackbird” is the story of the indelible Margaret Campbell from Boston who leaves behind everything she knows for the backwoods mining town of Hanover, West Virginia. She seeks freedom and adventure but when relations between the Hanover Coal Company and Miner’s Union begin to collapse Maggie realizes this ‘adventure’ may be more than she bargained for…
The Rivers of Babylon: Set in German-Occupied France during the second world war. The Story centers around Marie Cloutier, a young member of the French Resistance, and Frederick "Fritz" Kirsch, an officer in the Gestapo. Despite their differences the two form an unbreakable bond that will teach them both acceptance and understanding in a world of hatred and prejudice, and change their lives forever.
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