Marissa Jaret Winokur: From A Fans Eyes

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Even though this site is devoted to Marissa, I thought that you may want to know a little about me.  If there's anything specific you would like to know, please ask me!
 
You'll notice that I have removed the pictures--this is so I had enough space to put pictures of Keala on the other site I am making.  Check it out!  Http://winokur_fan.tripod.com/kealasettle  But that's ok, because the site wasn't meant for me anyway!

I have written a review from seeing Hairspray in L.A. so...click here to read it!

 I'm Dannah.  The Winokur-Fanatic!  I think that Marissa is totally awesome, obviously.  If you would like to learn more about me, feel free to read on!

 

I recently started an Acting Troupe at school.  Click here to read about it! Like it is said, you must be the change you wish to see in the world.  Dreams are very important to me.  As is school.  I have a great respect for teachers, and I think they are completely gypped on many aspects.  However, that's a whole other subject on it's own.  I try to maintain a 4.0 at school, and am a big supporter of this years school play, Shoestring Theatre.  I participate in Forensics, and I have advanced to State Level...I scored a perfect score of 25 which is a gold medal!  I am totally ecstatic!  My friends are the coolest people I know.  They all rock my chicken pox!  That is about all there is to know about me.  Oh, and you will be seeing my name in lights on Broadway, so keep your eyes peeled!  One more thing...click here to check out the coolest person in my life. 

My Dreams:

People always say that if you can dream it you can do it...I am a firm believer in this.  I have met Marissa Jaret Winokur, and I was so sure I was absolutely going to die!!! She just seems so sure of her self and what she wants. She doesn't exactly fit the Hollywood stereotype of 110 pounds, and 5'5'' tall w/ blonde hair (her hairs much better anyways!) and she doesn't let that stop her from making her dreams come true. One of my favorite quotes of hers is: "If I lost 20 pounds, its entirely possible that Id suddenly feel a lot of pressure to lose 20 more. But instead, Im a total Diva, and I dont need to change." Marissa Jaret Winokur.  Plus shes unquestionably adorable! J

I also want to be involved in theatre.  I am hoping to work on Broadway some day.  I want to be a choreographer.  However, I want to be an English teacher first and foremost.  Rest assured, you will be seeing my name in lights some day. 

Finally, I just want to be the best that I can as a person.  I want to make people happy and know that their smile is real and not just hiding the tears. Yay!

Well, you may wonder how I became such a "Winokur-Fanatic".  I have always loved the movie Hairspray.  I had heard they made it into a musical, but never got around to looking @ it on the internet.   Then I heard about a new movie comming out on ABC Family.  It was called "Beautiful Girl".  When I saw the previews I kept saying "Mom! Remind me to watch that!"  Then when it finally aired, I was awed by Marissa's acting!  I had to see it again!  This time I taped it.  I swear that I watched that movie a thousand times~ I had almost every line memorized!  After that I went onto the Internet to look up the lyrics to the songs "Beautiful Girl" and "fall reaching".  In the process it clicked that Marissa was Tracy in the Broadway Musical Hairspray.  Well I started to listen to the demos of the music and just HAD to have the CD.  Once I got the CD I couldn't stop listening to it!!!  My cousin, Catherine, and I even made up dances to ALL of the songs.  I know this sounds corney but Marissa's voice is like a magnet~ Every time I hear her sing I have to get up and dance, or do something, I can't just turn it off.
     I hope that one day I can meet Marissa...It would be and absolute dream come true!

Here's a survey to let you know a bit more about myself!

FIRSTS~

First best friend: Tracy from 2nd Grade

First real memory of something: Standing up in the middle of the aisle during a wedding and saying “Look everybody!! I’m wearing Pull-Ups!“

First Break-up: Probably preschool. haha
First screen name: Hpp60s
First self purchased album: Britney Spears...what can I say “Opps I did it again” was kinda catchy!! Until she did it again n’ again and again...
First funeral: Lil’ Jon John’s funeral a few years ago.
First pet: Chelsie, a black lab
First piercing/tattoo: ears...but I now have my belly button done!! *Giddy*
First credit card: Don’t got one--nor do I really want one.

First true love: I don’t know love.
First enemy: Let’s not go there.
First big trip: Florida
First play/musical/performance/concert: My first concert was probably the Beach Boys...play was the Nutcracker (is that a play or musical?), first musical was Miss Saigon.

LASTS~

Last big car ride: When in California going from Carpenteria to Los Angeles

Last good cry : Few nights ago
Last library book checked out: Broadway: The American Musical

Last movie seen: Thirteen...if you haven’t seen it, get it now.
Last beverage drank: 7 Up
Last food consumed: Pizza from Pizza Hut

Last crush: I’d rather not answer...
Last phone call: Mrs.V called me.
Last TV show watched: Short term memory is shot. The last one I remember was Survivor
Last time showered: About 6 hours ago
Last shoes worn: Adidas sandals
Last cd played: Hairspray!!! Along w/ Black Eyed Peas

Last item bought: Pink jacket to go over my blue tank-top.
Last annoyance: My mother


LAYER ONE~

-- Name: Dannah

-- Birth date: 11-28-88
-- Current Location: My bedroom
-- Hair Color: Reddish-brownish-blondish
-- Righty or Lefty: Lefty!!


LAYER TWO~

-- Your heritage: 1/2 Finlander, lotta bit of Belgium, some German, Bo hunk (sp), Indian, and a couple of other things.

-- Your weakness: Sensitive. People attacking my dreams. Perhaps a bit impatient at times. My friendships are my weaknesses--they are very important to me, and I’d be lost w/ out them.

-- Your perfect pizza: Cheese, sausage, Canadian bacon, and that’s about it.

LAYER THREE~

-- Your most over used phrase on MSN/AIM: Lately it’s been “nice”, but it’s probably ‘lol’

-- Your thoughts first waking up: Depends on the night before. Either “Poohy...” or “Yay!”

-- Your best physical feature: I’ve been told my smile lights up a room...but idk.
-- Your bedtime: Normally around 11:00
-- Your most missed memory: I wish I could remember more about my earlier years, b4 I moved w/ my dad. I wish I could live all my memories over again.

-- Pepsi or Coke?: Neither, but if I had to choose, Coke.
-- McDonald's or Burger King: Mickey Donnie’s!! I like their ice-cream, it’s the only ice-cream that doesn’t give me a tummy ache.
-- Single or Group Date: Group, less pressure and more fun.
-- Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Lipton
-- Chocolate or vanilla: vanilla
-- Cappuccino or coffee: Definitely cappuccino. My uncle Dewby got my hooked.


LAYER FIVE~

-- Smoke: Never
-- Cuss: You caught me.

-- Sing: Yes...usually more than once a day...but I never said I was any good haha

--Dance: Too often...lol, everywhere all the time.
-- Take a shower everyday : Every other.
-- Have a crush: Have a b/f
-- Do you think you've been in love: I’ve loved someone...but never been in love.
-- Want to go to college: That’s a dumb question

LAYER SIX~

-- Liked high school: I love high school, it’s so much better than middle school. I hear things that they are ‘fretting’ about and it’s like “Get over it!”. Middle school was fun, but high school is better.

-- Want to get married: That would be nice.
-- Believe in yourself: Over the past year my view of myself has really changed. Yes, I believe in myself.
-- Get motion sickness: Very much so

-- Think you're attractive: I don’t think I’m gross...I hate these questions.
-- Think you're a health freak: Haha, ya’ll make me laugh!
-- Get along with your parent(s): Not on a very regular basis at all.

-- Like thunderstorms: yes I do. I don‘t really like the lightening, but I like the thunder.

-- Play an instrument: yes, the piano, the ocarina, and the tenor and alto sax, and the spoons...yes, the spoons.

LAYER SEVEN~

In the 6 past months...

-- Drank alcohol: Yup, only once. And it shan’t happen again.

-- Smoked: Nope, but I’ve inhaled enough second hand smoke...ick!
-- Done a drug: No

-- Had Sex: No
-- Made Out: Yes.
-- Gone out on a date: Yes
-- Gone to the mall: Yes
-- Eaten an entire box of Oreos: No, I don’t like Oreos
-- Eaten sushi: No
-- Been on stage: YES!!!
-- Been dumped: Nope :-)
-- Gone skating: Nope

-- Made homemade cookies: Nope, but thanks for the idea.
-- Gone skinny dipping: Not in the past 6 months, but previous to that yes.
-- Dyed your hair: Yes, but it was totally involuntary.
-- Stolen anything: Nope

LAYER EIGHT~

Have you ever...

-- Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: Never ever not once ever.

-- Been caught "doing something": Define “something”. I like to think I’m good enough to not get caught while ‘doing something’ as you say.
-- Been called a tease: Yup!
-- Shop Lifted: nope
-- Changed who you were to fit in: Nope


-- Age you hope to be married: Whenever I find the right guy. I’m hoping before I’m 30.
-- Numbers and Names of Children: however many happen lol. No, I want about 3-4, if possible. Too many names that I like--Lorelei, Starr and Tracy, n’ Matt and Jaden.

-- Describe your Dream Wedding: Dream wedding? Being married in a theatre. The invitations will be ticket stubs, and the young talent of my family will sing our wedding song on stage, and the ceremony will be held on stage also.

-- What do you want to be when you grow up: Teacher and a Choreographer. :-D And a wife and a mother--hopefully in that order.

-- What country would you most like to visit: Country? Hmm...Finland.

LAYER NINE~

In a boy/girl...

-- Best eye color?: who cares?

-- Best hair color?: who cares?
-- Short or long hair?: short
-- Height: doesn’t matter to me


LAYER TEN~


--# of drugs taken illegally: None, but I could tell you some people who have lol

-- # And Names of people I could trust with my life: I trust 1 person fully in my life. The people I trust other than that, but not w/ everything, are all of my friends at school n’ stuff.
-- # of CDs that I own: Prob. about 15.

-- # of piercing: 4--2 in each ear and a navel piercing.
-- # of scars on my body: 1 on my forehead, 1 on my lip, and a whole bunch on the inside of my mouth--these are all from a car accident. And one across my stomach from a kidney operation. The others aren‘t nething special.

-- # of things in my past that I regret: I don’t regret anything. If there was one thing I could change it would be less nervous, and more adventurous. There are too many things that I missed out on the past few years, but I can’t dwell on them, I can only look ahead and take every opportunity that comes my way to live my life to the fullest. :-D

THE DRESS:  Ok, you all may be wondering why I have a picture of a dress on my site.  Well, here's the story:  We were at the mall the other day and we were looking at dresses (for no reason).  And I saw this dress and I screamed!  It is the EXACT dress that Marissa wore in her movie, "Beautiful Girl".  The freaky thing is that there was only ONE of the dresses in the whole store and it was in my size!!! FREAKY!?!?!? Still haven't worn it...I'm still trying to "fill it in"!  I'm sure I'll find a use for it, right now it is just really cool to show everyone!

"Beautiful Girl" dress
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This is the dress that Marissa wears in her movie

My Dress!
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I bought this dress at the mall...it's exactly the same (hers has some stuff added on- sleeves&lace)