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GENERAL INFO

Full Name: Joni Marie Mueller

Age: 48

Location: Houston, TX

Occupation: Legal secretary; web designer

FAVORITES

Favorite Color: red (#e80000)

Scents: fresh mown grass; fresh brewed coffee; leather

Flowers: tulips

Board Games: Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit

Video Games: Bejeweled, Ms. Pac-Man, Legend of Zelda

Sports: shopping

Sports Teams: San Antonio Spurs (basketball), Houston Rockets (basketball)

Outdoor Activities: Looking for a parking space at the mall

TV Shows: Rescue Me, House Hunters, The Painted House

Movies: Clerks, Pulp Fiction, The Women, Allegro Non Troppo

Actors: Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, Benecio Del Toro, Harvey Keitel, Gary Sinise

Actresses: Norma Shearer, Meryl Streep, Isabella Rosellini, Angelica Huston

Music: Gibonni, Prljavo Kazaliste, Acoustic Alchemy, Paul Taylor, Scorpions, Guns N Roses, Aerosmith

Magazines: PC World, Texas Monthly, Country Living

Books/Authors: Ivo Andric (Bridge on the Drina), Robert Jensen (UT-Austin Journalism Professor), Jerzy Kosinski (The Painted Bird), Sue Grafton (Kinsey Milhone Alphabet series), Janet Evanovich (Stephanie Plum Novels)

Cereals: Fruit Loops, Grape Nut Flakes, Shredded Wheat, Malto Meal

Fruits: Pineapple, strawberries, bananas, oranges

Snack Foods: Pizza, Pringles, Luna Bars (especially Lemon Zest)

Cookies: Sand Tarts from The House of Pies on Kirby; Black and White Cookie from Katz’s Deli on Westheimer

Candy Bars: Snickers, Payday, Three Musketeers

Alcoholic Drinks: Kamikazes

Non-Alcoholic Drinks: Iced tea, Maxwell House coffee with hazelnut coffee creamer, Diet Cherry Pepsi, Diet Dr Pepper

Shoe Brand: Stuart Weitzman, Jeffery Campbell, Nicole, Van Eli, Naturalizer, Bass

Mac or PC: PC

My Addictions

To Kill a Nation: The Attack on Yugoslavia by Michael Parenti

This book is a must-read if you want to know what really motivated the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. This book pulls no punches and doesn’t sugar-coat anything. It will make you ashamed to be an American.

“Libar” by Gibonni

A wonderful love song, my friend turned me on to Gibonni last year. This song is from his album Mirakul. His latest CD is Unca Fibre.

“Clerks” (Kevin Smith)

Kevin Smith’s first — and best — film. The remake, geddouddahere! It can’t touch this film for its poignancy, freshness — even 10 years later — and saucy thumbing of convention. The scene with the gentleman using the convenience store’s bathroom, and the aftermath later in the day — is sheer genius.

Pssst!! There’s more on my Listening page.