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Your nickname on IRC, ICQ, AOL or whatever? No, should
I have one?
Name given at birth? Nancy Jean Dorrans
Nickname/s? Sometimes Hey Red, or Nance, usually
by people that don't know me yet, or not very well.
Favorite words or expressions? Come on, let's go!
Hummmmm.....chocolate.....
Hometownship? Northampton.
Occupations? Currently employed as a Travel Agent, and
part-time ski instructor, Certified as a Social
Studies Teacher, formerly known as a substitute
teacher, caterer, train hostess, camp couselor and
cheerleading coach (no joke)...
Current residence? Holderness, New Hampshire on Squam
Lake (the "On Golden Pond" lake)
Dream job? Traveling educator....no textbooks, just
passports.
Dream place to live? In my own cabin with my own
family, in the mountains - any mountains.
Croutons or bacon bits? Neither, I don't like
crunchies in my salad or nuts in my ice-cream.
Favorite salad dressing? Ken's Ceasar or Greek
Have you ever gone skinny-dipping? Yes, prefer lakes
to pools.
Do you make fun of people? It's so easy in Northern
New England...ehh up.
Favorite colors? Sunset pink and orange
Have you ever been convicted of a crime? Accused,
never convicted. (serving underage drinkers at
Blossom)
Favorite singers/bands? Bare Naked Ladies, Michelle
Shocked, Bonnie Raitt, ABBA, Buddy Guy, Patsy Cline,
Blue's Traveler....and the beat goes on....
Favorite Christmas carol? Away in a manger....
Five of your favorite songs? Day Dream Believer -
Monkees, Be my Yoko Ono-BNL, River of Dreams - Billy
Joel, Son of a Preacher Man-Dusty Springfield,
Lover - MSB, Crazy - Patsy Cline
Favorite book? Charlottes Web/ A Moveable Feast -
E.Hemingway
Movies? Dramas - Howard's End, Life is Beautiful,
and Titanic. Comedy - Wedding Singer, Priscilla Queen
of the Dessert, Full Monty
Hobbies? Spending time with my boyfriend - skiing,
traveling, gardening and cooking slow food.
Toothpaste? Crest
Favorite car? Subaru 4wd wagon
Favorite town to chill in? North Woodstock, NH - off
season
Favorite ice cream? BJ's Cherry Garcia
Favorite food? Italian, in Boston's North End.
Favorite non-alcoholic drink? Nantucket Nectar -
Orange-Mango
Favorite alcoholic drink? A nice red wine to
compliment the Italian food in the North End.
Shampoo or conditioner? Pantene plus
Adidas, Nike or Reebok? Teva
One pillow or two? Cotton or feather? One, ole
favorite - foam crumbs I think.
Dogs or cats? Neither - allergies
Brains or beauty? Brains
Nick or Disney? I want more choices!
Jan or Marcia? Jan - can relate - middle child etc...
Greg or Peter? Another vote for Keith Partridge
Ginger or Marianne? Can I vote for Mrs Howell?
Mick or Keith? Mickey Dolenz and Keith Partridge
once again. (Who wrote this thing) I want new
questions.
New York or California? New York; bagels, people
watching and 1/2 price Broadway Show Tkts.
Favorite perfume/cologne? Quirky about perfumey
smells, can't tolerate them.
Favorite Web sites? Dogpile.com, Moviewaves.com, More
teacher job links Part II
Favorite subjects at school? Social Studies - Now I
know it's true - You really have to be a coach to be a
social studies teacher, ie Kowal, Toth....
Least favorite subject at school? English, I agree
with Jeff Jones - the subject had potential, the
teachers ......were disappointing.
Favorite sport to watch? The Browns!!!
Humiliating moment? Getting a "D" in Gym,
hummmm....Ms. Holman?
A cause you care about? Volunteerism (YES)
Youth Enrichment Services- organization that takes
groups of kids from Boston on weekend trips, skiing,
camping etc....I have more time to give than money.
A perfect Saturday...? A good breakfast with
friends/family, and a cool sunny ski day in the White
Mountains.
Craziest idea or silliest thing? Thinking teaching
would be a cake-walk profession, molding young minds,
good hours, summers off....huh!! Forgot to consider -
out of touch administrators, local politics - the "who
you know" world....cover your own _ _ _
colleagues...! The students were great, slightly
apathetic but weren't we all.
Do you get along with your parents? Yes, although I
told them they should have waited to move to Tennessee
until after Thanksgiving.
What do you look for in the opposite sex? Compassion,
humor, adventure....
Quirky things about you? I like personal email but
hate the group joke/warning/forward from God knows who
stuff. So, I'm trying to make this personal - in a
mass mailing kinda way.
People would be surprised to know that? In 1994, I
spent 3 months in Amsterdam and 3 months in Zimbabwe,
conducting an independant research project.
Before you die, you'd like to? Have a baby, live in
that cabin mentioned earlier, and travel to the many
places still on my list.
Something great that happened to you? I went to
Scotland with my Grandma Dorrans when she was 92, to
visit our relatives.
Something sad that happened to you? Many of my
friends live too far away.
Heroes / role models? My folks, and Grandma Dorrans
Motto: Something simple like - Carpe Diem
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