About Me
A little about me. I'm the 8th out of 10 girls - no brothers. I have 4 adult children. And as I was not always Mother-of-the Year, who would ever have guessed my children would all grow up to be such wonderful people? And I have 13 grandchildren - how'd that happen? So, without intending to, I find myself defining ME as the doting grandmother, albeit long-distance for more than half of them.
A little about me. I'm the 8th out of 10 girls - no brothers. I have 4 adult children. And as I was not always Mother-of-the Year, who would ever have guessed my children would all grow up to be such wonderful people? And I have 13 grandchildren - how'd that happen? So, without intending to, I find myself defining ME as the doting grandmother, albeit long-distance for more than half of them.
Currently, my most repeated activities appear to be Sitting on my Ass, blogging, writing stuff I'm not sure about. Such is the way of writers, apparently. I was laid off a job I had for 9 years in March of 2009, so I have more time than I'm used to, and I'm loving it. Not so much that I wouldn’t rather be hired by someone – preferably in the field of writing.
My current interests tend to be mostly Reading Trashy Books, and some that aren't so trashy. Currently I'm reading Homer. Not easy, but interesting. I used to wish for some personal time to read all the things I could imagine. I even imagined that the only way that would ever happen would be if I was in a slight accident and had to be hospitalized or just on bed rest for several weeks. Now I have the time. I hope soon to have less personal time.
For music, my favorite is – eclectic. Most genres. Not much rap, thank you, and whatever that stuff is I’ve heard my son listen to. The hip-hop stuff? Well, thank you very much, but I listened to some last year. I’m good from here. Most currently? My sister Roni gave me a CD of Susan Boyle. I’m "absolutely gobsmacked" by Susan Boyle. I weep over something every time I listen to her new CD.
Favorite TV Shows: TV? Hmmm. Well, Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Next Generation. What? They aren’t a regular offering any longer? Actually, I knew that. That is basically when I stopped watching TV. Except my daughter’s children forced me to watch “Spongebob Squarepants” and some show about a real survivor – he goes out alone, sets up a camera, and usually hurts himself in a gnarly way. Also, once, when my washer broke down, I went to the Laundromat and they were playing something horrible rather loudly. It was freezing cold (I mean in the teens) outside so since I hate the cold more than TV, I was force-fed what they told me was a great show, “House.” The worst thing I had even seen on TV (and that’s including Dynasty).
For my favorite movies – To be truthful, there are Too Many! Some of them are - Rob Roy, the Bourne movies, Cast Away, Harry Potter (his best hair was in the 2nd and third, though), Lord of the Rings trilogy, (and don't tell anyone, - the Twilight Saga), Master and Commander, Meet Joe Black (for Anthony Hopkins, not degenerate Brad Pitt), Shipping News, Ladies in Lavender, A Fish Called Wanda, August Rush, Defiance, P.S. I Love You, King Arthur, Matrix (just the first one) Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day, Sense and Sensibility (with Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson - I love Alan Rickman), Troy (I know, I know), Princess Bride, any Star Trek:TNG (wish they would make DS9 movies), Star Trek 2009, The Bird Cage, What the Bleep Do We Know: Down The Rabbit Hole, Terminator movies, Shawshank Redemption, Julie & Julia (soo in love with that one) and I admit it - the X-Men movies. In my exploration of escapism, I've seen at least 100 movies since my job ended last March.
As for my favorite books, there are many - Earths Children Series (Clan of the Cave Bear, Valley of the Horses, etc.); Eat, Pray, Love; Harry Potter series; Twilight series; Sue Grafton's ABC mysteries; personal expansion books - i.e. - books by James Arthur Ray, John Assaraf, etc.
Favorite Quotations: If At First You Don’t Succeed, Fry, Fry a Hen
Useless Stuff About Me: I’m ageless; I’m enjoying an extraordinarily long youth.
Political Views: Ever Evolving
Spiritual Beliefs: Universal/Quantum Spirituality/Personal Expansion (whatever that is, and I don’t mean my girth, although that is happening with all this personal time).
Favorite TV Shows: TV? Hmmm. Well, Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Next Generation. What? They aren’t a regular offering any longer? Actually, I knew that. That is basically when I stopped watching TV. Except my daughter’s children forced me to watch “Spongebob Squarepants” and some show about a real survivor – he goes out alone, sets up a camera, and usually hurts himself in a gnarly way. Also, once, when my washer broke down, I went to the Laundromat and they were playing something horrible rather loudly. It was freezing cold (I mean in the teens) outside so since I hate the cold more than TV, I was force-fed what they told me was a great show, “House.” The worst thing I had even seen on TV (and that’s including Dynasty).
For my favorite movies – To be truthful, there are Too Many! Some of them are - Rob Roy, the Bourne movies, Cast Away, Harry Potter (his best hair was in the 2nd and third, though), Lord of the Rings trilogy, (and don't tell anyone, - the Twilight Saga), Master and Commander, Meet Joe Black (for Anthony Hopkins, not degenerate Brad Pitt), Shipping News, Ladies in Lavender, A Fish Called Wanda, August Rush, Defiance, P.S. I Love You, King Arthur, Matrix (just the first one) Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day, Sense and Sensibility (with Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson - I love Alan Rickman), Troy (I know, I know), Princess Bride, any Star Trek:TNG (wish they would make DS9 movies), Star Trek 2009, The Bird Cage, What the Bleep Do We Know: Down The Rabbit Hole, Terminator movies, Shawshank Redemption, Julie & Julia (soo in love with that one) and I admit it - the X-Men movies. In my exploration of escapism, I've seen at least 100 movies since my job ended last March.
As for my favorite books, there are many - Earths Children Series (Clan of the Cave Bear, Valley of the Horses, etc.); Eat, Pray, Love; Harry Potter series; Twilight series; Sue Grafton's ABC mysteries; personal expansion books - i.e. - books by James Arthur Ray, John Assaraf, etc.
Favorite Quotations: If At First You Don’t Succeed, Fry, Fry a Hen
Useless Stuff About Me: I’m ageless; I’m enjoying an extraordinarily long youth.
Political Views: Ever Evolving
Spiritual Beliefs: Universal/Quantum Spirituality/Personal Expansion (whatever that is, and I don’t mean my girth, although that is happening with all this personal time).
Victoria J Mecham
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