Throughout my life, I've held a long list of various jobs, which I'll not itemise here, seeing as they were so boring I've forgotten most of them! I currently reside in Sicily- fairly close to Mt Etna to be precise- although I am not Italian. I was, in point of fact, born in Santa Monica, California, and I am the youngest child of four. I have two sisters, Judie and Carolyn, and a brother, Steve. I attended Venice High School in Los Angeles. I am, however, mostly self-educated, hold no degrees, and did not attend university. (I do not regret the latter!) I have also lived in Ireland, England, Texas, and now Italy. I have visited Canada, Mexico, Wales, Scotland, and many American states.
My ancestry is Irish, English, French, and remotely Scottish and German. In fact, six of my maternal ancestors have their own articles on Wikipedia. My distant maternal cousin was Bernie Geoffrion, also known as Boom Boom Geoffrion. My zodiac sign is Cancer (I was born 29 June) with a moon in Sagittarius, and Aquarius ascendant. I have four children, Anton, Keith, Richard, and Tatiana ; a big, bad gold cat named Tony, two canaries, and a plump, white pidgeon. I have dark green eyes, a dash of freckles across my nose, and am 5'8 tall (1.73). Currently my hair is long and dyed blue-black.
I have a penchant for black clothing, black footwear, and black nail varnish, and I own a rather large doll, photo, and book collection. I am currently collecting DVD's of my favourite films (see list below). I am a Nancy Drew mysteries reader, and have been so since I was a young girl. In the summer, I spend every single day lying on a Sicilian beach and swimming in the Ionian Sea, alongside the jellyfish and speedboats. My hobbies are reading, writing, photography, using the Internet, Tarot cards, studying astrology, genealogy, listening to music, watching films. I love discussions which can last far into the wee hours of the morning, travelling, and visiting ancient castles and places with a lot of atmosphere. I also enjoy going to car meets and watching Formula One on tv. I'm a fan of Michael Schumacher and Ferrari. Ironically, I do not drive a car myself!! My favourite cities are Venice (Italy), Dublin, Rome, London, Edinburgh, Tombstone (Arizona), and Belfast.
My politics are far- right; I'm a Monarchist, I believe in God and reincarnation, and I despise the current PC mentality as it restricts freedom of thought and smooth flow of speech. My social class is fluid, which basically means that I am intrinsically quite refined, and possess enough of the required social graces to mix easily in polite society, yet I am also street-wise, and if needs be, can find my way rather nicely around the gutter.
I'm also a long-standing Rolling Stones fan. Keith Richards is my personal hero, and in my opinion, the greatest rock guitarist of all time!!!
As far as Wikipedia articles are concerned, I am an inclusionist. Like Christmas presents under the tree, the more the merrier! As I'm just a wee bit opinionated (a trait I received from my Ulster forebears) I'm sure to annoy quite a few people. I shall now offer my apologies in advance. I do, however, strive to remain civil. You'll be hearing from me quite often.
Another bit of trivia: Back in the 1960s, I was a girl scout, but got kicked out for fighting and non-payment of dues! I prefer to use British English rather than American. I do not smoke nor do I imbibe alcoholic beverages to excess. This female also loves coca-cola, chocolate, Lapsang Souchong tea, lime Bacardi Breezers, and Mexican food!!!
My nicknames include Jenny, Medusa, and Lucrezia Borgia. My pet hates also include housework, cooking, ironing, and all other kinds of boring, mundane crap that consumes my precious time on this Earth. I also hate conceit, rudeness, condescension, and sarcastic people. I cannot abide dress codes at the workplace or other stupid rules of that sort.
As of 17 April 2009, I've made 20,000 edits; my 20,000th edit was adding a section heading to my latest article: Jeanne of Artois. I have never broken the 3RR, nor have I ever commited an act of vandalism. I have, to my regret, engaged in a few edit wars, one especially unpleasant and viewed by many. Most of the articles and stubs that I have created have been biographies of medieval heiresses and noblewomen. My most gratifying edits have been contributions to the Anne Boleyn, the Troubles, Anne of France, and Margaret of Anjou articles. My most difficult edit was fixing the grammar on the Caterina Sforza article. Well, I believe I've managed to adequately describe myself in one overlong essay.
Don't like me? No? Oh well... c'est la vie! Ciao for now!
Go with the flow, man, or else you get the sh.t kicked out of you. Just picture yourself standing in the first couple of rows at an Aerosmith concert in 1978 amidst a seething, churning, agitated mob of drunken humanity and you'll get the picture.
Occasionally one has to eat Humble Pie. Now, this is not such a bad thing, especially when it comes in the form of Steve Marriott. Yummy or more-ish as they used to say when I lived in Brighton.
In addition to the three silver rules of survival, to edit successfully at Wikipedia, one needs the courage of Richard the Lion Heart, the hide of an elephant, the patience of St. Catherine tied to her wheel, plus a decent library certainly doesn't hurt.
I have appeared on RAI Italian national television; I have also appeared on several Sicilian regional channels, and have been interviewed on TRA, which is Television Radio Acireale.
Old Judge JonesLes Dudek Great song by a brilliant, underrated guitarist. Twas a wee bit disappointing, however, to discover his Confederate roots went back no further than 1959!
Fade to GreyVisage (Stepping out of a back shop poster, wishing life wouldn't be so long)
Sicilian performer Tatiana at a presepe viventeTatiana in the role of seamtressSicilian performer Richard in the role of arrotino
My 35 Favourite Films
Far From The Madding Crowd (1967) ("Kiss ME, Frank, kiss ME"- Bathsheba Everdene to Sgt. Francis Troy)
Farewell, My Lovely (1975) ("Find me my Velma"- Moose Malloy)
Anne of The Thousand Days ("I would ask him how his wife liked it"- Anne Boleyn to Henry VIII)
Platoon ("Stay out of this Elias, this ain't your show"- Sgt. Bob Barnes)
Michael Collins ("Aye, but what a day, Mick"- Harry Boland)
The Long Good Friday
Double Indemnity ("Mexico!? You won't even make it as far as the elevator"- Barton Keyes to Walter Neff)
A Place In The Sun ("See you, George"- man on death row to George Eastman)
The Godfather ("I'm Moe Green!"- Moe Green to Michael Corleone)
Lady Jane ("Where is it?"- Jane Grey, blindfolded, searching for the block)
This Property Is Condemned
The Commitments
Play Misty For Me ("What am I supposed to do, sit here all dressed up in my little whore suit?"- Evelyn Draper)
Doctor Zhivago
Gone With The Wind
Quadrophenia ("He's very good-looking"- Steff commenting on Ace the Face)
Heat
Kingdom of Heaven
JFK
Ragazzi Fuori (Italian film set in Palermo in the late 1980's)
The Color Purple ("Ooh baby, I'd drink your bath water"- man to Shug Avery)
Raintree County
Henry V (starring Kenneth Branagh) ("All our ranks are broken. Shame, and eternal shame, nothing but shame"- French commander Charles d'Albret after being fatally wounded by an arrow shot by an English archer)
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly ("If you're gonna shoot, shoot, don't talk"- Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez-known as THE RAT)
Full Metal Jacket ("Your days of finger-banging Mary Jane Rottencrotch are over"- Gunnery Sergeant Hartmann)
The Doors
The Praying Mantis
Saturday Night Fever ("Hey, you almost broke my pussy finger"- Tony Manero)
West Side Story ("You better get reed of your accent"- Bernardo (George Chakiris) to Anita)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
La Reine Margot
Mary, Queen of Scots
Nicholas and Alexandra
The Accused
The Servant
File:Jeanne B2.JPGJeanne when she's at home, summer 2008Tatiana, the most beautiful girl in the worldTatianaRichard
I support the prudent application of the death penalty
I strongly opposedomestic violence, rape, and child abuse. (And if more people opposed these living nightmares they would not occur with such frequency!)
I oppose the findings of the Warren Commission into the assassination of John F. Kennedy and I firmly believe that Lee Harvey Oswalddid not act alone, and was instead part of a larger conspiracy. (No, I will not state my opinion as to the identity of the conspirators although I do have my own theory)
I oppose attacks against all organised religions. A person is free to be an athiest if he or she chooses, but don't knock people who believe in God, Allah, Jesus, or Buddha.
I support free health care for everybody
I oppose the burning of flags in public, and catcalling at stadiums during the playing of national anthems.
I STRONGLY CONDEMN the terrorist attacks which are still going on at this moment in Bombay, and I offer my condolences to the families of the dead and injured.
Memorial
My dear cousin Jack Rorke, and his son Michael, taken in Vietnam, 1967
In loving memory of my cousin Jack Rorke, and his son Michael. May you both rest in peace.
My E-Mail
Should anyone wish to contact me, they may do so here at my E-Mail address: Windows Live Messenger richard91@aol.it I'll keep everything said to me in the strictest confidence, and while I do welcome frank comments, be they critical or otherwise, I shall only reply to those with Wikipedia user names, anonymous IP's will be ignored.
If I am unable to access Wikipedia, for any number of reasons (holiday, computer problems, internet problems, kids monopolising computer watching Dead or Alive videos, whatever), and someone needs to contact me, here is my cell phone number:39 3472476063
Parallel Time
My user page and related talk page are proof in themselves that parallel time does indeed exist and was not merely a figment of Dan Curtis's imagination. On my pages, in various co-existing dimensions, the inhabitants of Naxos, Sicily have not yet been massacred by the army of Dionysius of Syracuse; Jesus, Dismas, and Gestus are drinking to their mutual health from a cup of vinegar; the Magna Carta is waiting for the royal signature, thus King John of England is happily walling people up and plucking out eyes; Charles d'Albret is arrogantly placing the visored-helmet upon his head as he disdainfully surveys the bedraggled troops of Henry V fine-tuning their longbows before the Battle of Agincourt; Margaret of Anjou is carefully selecting the man who will father her legitimate son, Edward of Westminster ("Butler or Beaufort, who shall it be? Oh, decisions, decisions"); Leonardo Da Vinci is painting a nervous Cecilia Gallerani (Hope that fu..ing ermine doesn't pee on my new Roberto Cavalli dress!"); Queen Anne Boleyn has not yet lost her head; the Spanish Armada is still a resplendant forest of oak; Lee Harvey Oswald is selecting curtain rods at a hardware shop in Irving, Texas; Brian Jones plays sitar for the Rolling Stones as (Ed Sullivan frowns in consternation); Jim Morrison cycles along Pacific Avenue; and user Jeanne Boleyn is seated (under dreaming spires) on Venice High School's quad which is an Aunt Ruby's quilt of various shades of lush emerald green grass; her long flowing hair iridescent with sparkling rainbow-winks of glitter, long coltish legs in their wide flared jeans crossed Indian-style, is giving free astrology lessons, and discussing with Tom W., Eric M. and Patsy G. the merits of David Bowie's latest Aladdin Sane album. Time, he flexes like a whore, falls wa..ing to the floor, his trick is you and me- Time by David Bowie, 1973
In no particular order (thus no offense is given-therefore, none should be taken):
GoodDay, for bringing out the wild and zany side of my character which I thought had sunk back in 1912 along with the Titanic
Big Dunc, for his constant help and advice which he has tirelessly given me ever since I crashed-landed at Wikipedia in April 2008 with all the finesse of a meteorite
Jack Forbes, another kind and humourous gentleman
Sarah777, for defending me against a trollish attack
High King, for saying that I looked like Chrissie Hynde in one of my photos (Jim Kerr is not my cuppa tea, however)
Daicaregos, for being a nice guy; and politely correcting me on my Maud de Braose article as well as accurately noting my Goth tendencies
Boleyn, for our mutual collaboration on Tudor-related articles
PKM, for providing me with an image of Agnes Keith
QP10qp, for his cultured wit, sage advice, and help on Charlotte de Sauve
Joegoodfriend, for his constant defence of poor little me against the omnipotent force of the Oswald acted alone crowd
Frania W, for her charm, praise, style, and élan français
Sal73, for our work together on Sicilian articles
Daaviiid, another medievalist is bound to find favour with me
Nick19thind, for awarding me a barnstar for my work on fashion articles
Henry V, for his sheer determination, politeness, and the proof that there does exist on this planet another human being as obsessive as I am
Tatiana kitty, for obvious reasons
Attilios, for his help on Italian-related articles
DayTrivia, for her many articles which she has created on historical personages
Millbanks, a nice, decent chap even though we'll never see eye to eye on the European Union-Sorry!
Last but certainly not least, I need to mention Titch Tucker who has gone away, but has not, nor will he ever be, forgotten. A million thank-yous for your many acts of kindness, and sharing with us at Wikipedia, your gentle soul
From Millbanks
Thanks for your kind message, dear Jeanne. Yes, I'm fine thanks and I hope you are too! Millbanks (talk) 11:39, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
A fact from the article [[Bianca Riario Janet Beaton ]], which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page.
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