Name: Connie Fields
Birthdate: 31 Oct 77
Astrological Sign: Scorpio
Chinese Zodiac Sign: Snake (or serpent, your choice. It's still slimy and scaly. Yuck!)
Where I Live: Orange, CA, USA
Family: My dad, my mom, various half-siblings, most of whom I've never met. I have met one though, my half-brother John, and his wife Donna.
Boyfriend: Peter van Mierlo
Best Friend: Rebecca Johnson
Pets: Some fish; my dad's nameless dog; three rabbits
School: Cal State Fullerton
Year in School & Major: Junior & International Business. (I should be a senior, but halfway through my school career I decided that political science had nothing to offer me, so I switched majors, thus creating nothing but more classes for me. Yay.)
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 5'6"
Weight: Too much
Car: 1998 Toyota Corolla CE
Hobbies: Sleeping, reading, spending money, eating (unfortunately!!), tennis (both watching and playing, too bad I suck at playing), watching TV, spending money, collecting various things I don't really need, travelling, being with my boyfriend, spending money, watching American Movie Classics and Turner Classic Movies, languages, and some stuff I can't think of at the moment. Did I mention spending money?
Stuff I Collect: Stationary from Japan or Taiwan, Takara Licca & Jenny dolls, Muffy VanderBear, Sanrio, different colored nail polish, old movie memorabilia, 50s stuff, and basically anything from Japan that's cute. Taiwan has some pretty cute Japanese knock-offs too.
Stuff I Try to Collect: Vintage Barbies. Maybe someday my collection will extend beyond two. I do have three Francies, three Tuttis, and one Skipper though.
Favorite Color: Blue, white, and black
Favorite Singers: Céline Dion, Sarah McLachlan
Favorite Music Groups: The former Take That, Blur, the Partridge Family (okay, just David Cassidy), Abba, all those 80s one hit wonders
Favorite Songs: Pour Que Tu M'Aimes Encore, Céline Dion; Truly Madly Deeply, Savage Garden; Never Forget, Take That; Con Te Partiro, Andrea Bocelli; To Love You More, Céline Dion; all those old songs you only hear on AM radio stations. Perry Como rules!
Favorite Radio Station: Star 98.7, KLAC 570
Favorite Sport: Tennis
Sports I Like to Watch: Tennis, women's gymnastics, soccer
Favorite Athlete: Steffi Graf
Favorite Gymnast: Svetlana Khorkina
Favorite Soccer Team: Bayern München
Favorite TV Shows: Seventh Heaven, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dawson's Creek, Unsolved Mysteries
Favorite Cartoons: Chibi Maruko-Chan (a Japanese cartoon about the adventures of a little girl), Doraemon (a Japanese cartoon about a big blue cat with a magic pocket from which he can get neat problem solving gadgets), Slam Dunk (a Japanese cartoon about a Japanese high school basketball team), the Rugrats (quite honestly the ugliest cartoon I've ever seen!)
Favorite Movies: Breakfast at Tiffany's, Mary Poppins, Empire of the Sun
Favorite Actors: Gary Cooper, Robert Redford
Favorite Actresses: Audrey Hepburn, Bette Davis
Favorite Book: All the "Claudia" books, by Rose Franken. And for something people have actually heard of: the Diary of Anne Frank (the definitive edition, not the chopped up one)
Favorite Magazine: Mademoiselle, any tennis magazine
Favorite Animal: Cats
Favorite Car: Lexus LS or GS 400
Favorite Types of Food: Chinese, Japanese, Italian, most seafood
Favorite Thing to Cook: Tuna Helper (because it's the only thing I'm _really_ good at making!)
Favorite Fast Food Items: McDonald's Double Cheeseburger (sadly I've only ever seen it offered in the US), Jack's Spicy Chicken
Favorite Salad Dressing: Ranch
Favorite Cereal: Berry Berry Kix
Favorite Fruit: Er, I don't know what they're called in English. They're little, round, and brown, and you have to peel them. They're sort of like lychees, but not quite as big.
Favorite Thing To Drink: Milk, Coca-Cola, yogurt based stuff, milk tea
Least Favorite Foods: Green salads, oysters
Favorite Thing To Wear: Shorts
Favorite Shoes: The brown boots that I forced Peter to buy for me :-)
Favorite Holiday: Christmas, Chinese New Year (money money money!!)
Favorite Names
for Any Kids I Might Have:
Girls:
Annika, Alexandra, Amélie (No, I don't have fixation with the letter
A)
Boys:
Nicholas, Alexander
Favorite Country: the Netherlands, because my boyfriend is there ...
Favorite Cities: Tokyo, Japan; Eindhoven, the Netherlands