About nona5000 & Her Web Page
This is pretty much my "About Me" section and also my FAQ.
ABOUT ME
My name is Nona. I live in the Atlanta, GA area. I currently work at Blockbuster Video. I hate my job. I attended Georgia State University where I recently earned a B.S. in Mathematics. I'm currently looking for a job, so please hire me! I have a sister, Tracy, who sells "W.W.J.J.D. -- What Would Joan Jett Do" T-shirts on the internet. If you would like to buy one, click here. I have a boyfriend named Ben. He's the one you see in the Egypt and Ireland pictures. I have a six-toed cat named Ernie. I found him in the parking lot where I work. He's the best cat ever. I'm 5'7". I have big feet. I can bend my thumbs down to touch my arms. I can also make my elbows touch each other behind my back. I'm a magnet for bad drivers. I have synesthesia. It's a rare brain condition where two of the five senses get a little mixed together. I have the most common form: I associate letters and numbers with colors. Yes, I know this sounds crazy, but it's true. The letter "T" is orange, the number "5" is red. If you go to my links page, you'll find a link for a 60 Minutes article about it there. My favorite joke is "What do you call cheese that isn't yours?" Do you give up? "Nacho cheese." Yeah, it's a stupid joke, but I like it.
MUSICAL TASTE -- I'll listen to just about anything but country music. Here is a list of just about all the bands I've seen live. The ones that really don't fit in with the rest are either opening bands for the band I did want to see, or I went with a friend to see them. Some of them I've seen more than once. The numbers next to the bands denotes the number of times I've seen them (if more than once). The "*****" means they are one of my favorites and they are highly recommended.
Band de Soleil
Soul Coughing
Mike Watt (with Dave Grohl, Pat Smear, William Goldsmith, and Eddie Vedder in sunglasses and a wig)
G Love & Special Sauce
Grant Lee Buffalo
Jeff Buckley ***** (well, you can't see him anymore because he's dead)
Lucious Jackson
Indigo Girls
that dog. (2) *****
The Amps
Foo Fighters
The Mieces
The Mouthbreathers (2)
Cat Fight (2)
Seven Teen Years (2)
The Handsome Family (2) *****
September '67
Wilco
Man-or-Astroman? (3)*****
Servotron *****
Japancakes
Böb
Blonde Redhead (3) *****
Helium (2) *****
The Measles
Syrup USA
Toe Nut
Rock*a*Teens
Le Savy Fav
Sponge
The Black Crows
Marvelous 3
Everclear
Iggy Pop
Reel Big Fish
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Hole
The El Caminos
Blur
George Thorogood
The Reruns
The Friggs
The Pristines
The Vendetas
Sleater-Kinney (3)
Jane West and the Lone Star Impalas
The Butchies (2)
Elliot Smith (2)
Quasi (3) *****
Sonic Youth
Atari Teenage Riot
Ec8or
Shizua
Weezer
Ash
The Ramones
Drivin and Cryin (they really suck, but my boyfriend did sell them their new tour van)
Steve Miller Band
Curtis Delgado
The Ditchdiggers
Mondo Topless
Lust
The Dispised
Tone Deaf Pig Dogs
The Boils
Last Call
The Lechers
Pelt
The Mekons
No. 2
Christine Keeler Affair
Flin Flon
Solmania
Brother J.T.
Le Tigre
Tammy Hart
Smash Nova
Hill Valley Preservation Society
No Doubt
Rolling Stones
FAVORITE TV SHOWS -- Well, growing up they were Mork and Mindy, Happy Days, Three's Company, All in the Family, Sanford and Son, Lavern and Shirley, The Jeffersons, Soap, What's Happening, Welcome Back Kotter and of course the greatest kids show of all time: You Can't Do That On Television. I worshipped that show. I've never missed an episode. Unfortunately, the show that made Nickelodeon famous has been taken off the air. One day, I will probably start a website devoted to it. Until then, just go to www.ycdtotv.com.
My favorite shows in my older years are Who's Line is it Anyway (I prefer the British version), Boston Common, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, The Young Ones, Absolutely Fabulous, Titus
FAVORITE MOVIES -- Clerks, Chasing Amy, Heavenly Creatures, Flirting With Disaster, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Sixteen Candles, Shawshank Redemption, The Little Princess (Shirley Temple version), Fargo, Shallow Grave, Pulp Fiction, Paper Moon, The Big One, Being John Malkovich, Very Bad Things, Dancer in the Dark, Shrek, American Beauty, Sorority Boys, South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut, Bowling for Columbine
BRUSHES WITH GREATNESS -- Well, I met Mr. T when I was 7. It was really hard to shake his hand with all those rings on his fingers. Like I mentioned on my Weirdness at Work Page, I rented movies to Lynn Russell from Headline News. A couple of Falcons players are customers as well. (I'm Ron Sams favorite Blockbuster employee.) :-) I actually rented movies to Usher one night. His mother lives near my store. When I was in Ireland, I met the youngest person to ever be charged with fraud in that country. He was 15 if you were wondering. And the vice president of Ireland was on my flight to Egypt. And the oldest flight attendent in the world was on another one of my flights. And I also had a 20 minute conversation with Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill. Some of you may know her as the girl who got punched in the face by Courtney Love at a Lollapalooza show. Others may know her as the girl dancing around in the "Bull in the Heather" video by Sonic Youth. Others may know her as an ex-girlfriend of Kurt Cobain's and the person responsible for the title of the song "Smells Like Teen Spirit". My sister made a shirt for her and sent it to her a while back. The shirt said "W.W.J.J.D. -- What Would Joan Jett Do?" Funny, huh? Anyway, my sister thought she would never hear back from her, but she found some pictures on some Le Tigre websites (Le Tigre is Kathleen's new band). Kathleen wears her shirt on stage all the time. Kathleen wrote back to her and thanked her for the shirt and said that she should make a shirt that says "One Nation Under Yoko". My sister made one. We went to Athens to see Le Tigre play, and she gave her the shirt after the show. Kathleen was extremely excited. She asked, "Have you sent Joan (Jett) a shirt?" "No, not yet." "Why not?" "Because I don't have her address." "Oh, I'll get it for you." Kathleen went to the tour van and gave my sister Joan Jett's address and phone number. How cool was that!
FAQ
#1 -- Is "Nona" your real name?
---------No, nona is not my real name.
#2 -- What is your real name?
---------None of your business. Sorry.
#3 -- Where in the hell did you get "Nona" from?
---------I took it from one of my favorite characters from the show The Adventures of Pete and Pete. I know it's a kids show, but it is way cool. It had a bizarro sense of humor, and there's always cool guest stars.
#4 -- Where do you live?
---------In the Atlanta area. That's all I'm gonna tell ya.
#5 -- If you hate your job so much, why do you still work there?
---------Well, I'm in college, and the hours there are very flexible. For those of you who are Seniors in college, you know how hard it is to schedule your classes at good times. It's next to impossible. That is the case for me this semester. Most jobs wouldn't accept a person who can work days on some days of the week, and nights the other days. But believe me, I'll be gone from that hell hole as soon as I graduate. (Most likely Spring of 2001) And then this web page will be no more. For some of you, this will break your heart. For others, you will be jumping for joy.
#6 -- Are you really Sandy Skoglund?
---------No, for the last time, I'm not Sandy Skoglund. If I were, why would I call my page "The Sandy Skoglund Worship Page." That would mean that I was worshipping myself. Also, I wouldn't be working at a Blockbuster. I don't know why you people think I'm her. I guess it's kind of neat. One of her Swedish relatives even thought I was her. But I promise -- I'm not. You don't have to believe me if you don't want to.
#7 -- Did you really get kicked out of the house of the people you were staying with in Ireland?
---------Yes, but it wasn't my fault, and it wasn't Ben's fault. It's a really long story, which I do plan on putting on the Egypt and Ireland page one of these days. It's too long of a story to put here, but I will say that it involved a drunk woman and tranqilizers. Once again: not my fault.
#8 -- That accident of yours looked awful. Are you OK?
---------Yeah, I'm pretty much OK now. It's not something that I want to go through again, though.
Email me at nona5000@hotmail.com.
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