Formerly known as Renthead07, before then BornForBrianKrause, before then, I have no idea, lol. Never ask a lady her age! Horses are by far my favorite animal. I also love elephants, giraffes, otters, tigers, and dogs. I like my cat, but am not a fan of cats in general. That's my second-cousin I'm holding in the picture. I'm totally addicted to my laptop and the internet. I'm definitely introverted and am perfectly capable of spending hours alone, although I definitely desire to be with people sometimes.

Favorites

TV Show(s): NCIS, Law and Order: SVU, Royal Pains, Batman: The Animated Series, Cash Cab
Movie(s): Transporter 2 (I'm in love with Lola), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2, Sherlock Holmes, One Fine Day, The Fugitive, War Horse, and Breaking Dawn: Part 1. Otherwise, I hate Twilight with a passion.
Band(s)/Singer(s): Death Cab For Cutie, Augustana, Paramore, Karmina, the Dixie Chicks, Coldplay, Avril Lavigne, Android Lust, and Dominic Kelly. I also love Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Bruce Rowland, Nickel Creek, Alison Krauss and Union Station, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Martina McBride...
Book(s): The Harry Potter series, the Laura Ingalls Wilder series, Leigh Greenwood's Seven Brides and Cowboys series, The Kite Runner, and Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson.
Holiday: 4th of July!
Color: Green
Language: Italian, Latin, German
Weather: Sunny or thunderstorms
Season: Summer, because North Dakota summers ROCK and it's when I'm healthiest of the entire year.
Hobby: Taking pictures with friends, playing with my two dogs and my cat, riding horse (favorite breeds are Quarter Horses and Tobiano Paints), singing, hiking, playing piano, and enjoying the outdoors during the spring, summer, and fall.

Favorite General Quotes

"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing." - Edmund Burke

“Maybe some women aren't meant to be tamed. Maybe they just need to run free til they find someone just as wild to run with them" - Carrie Bradshaw

"Maybe God wants me to get my own life in order and on track, before taking on someone else's." - Me

"Friends are the angels who help you fly." Unknown

"Everyone wants to be the sun that lights up your life. But I'd rather be your moon, so I can shine on you during your darkest hour when your sun isn't around." Unknown

"It doesn't matter where you go in life. It's who you have beside you." Unknown

"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words." Unknown

"Never give up on someone you can't go a day without thinking about." - My ex-roommate Kelsey

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything." Plato

"A true friend is someone who sees the pain in your eyes while everyone else believes the smile on your face." Unknown

"Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood." Unknown

"I might not be someone's first choice, but I am a great choice. I don't pretend to be someone I'm not, because I'm good at being me. I might not be proud of some of the things I've done in the past, but I'm proud of who I am today. I may not be perfect... but I don't need to be. Take me as I am, or watch me as I walk away." - Unknown

"Without music, life would be a mistake." Frederich Nietzsche

"The things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, even if it's not the way we expect it to." Luna Lovegood (Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix)

"I like sleeping. It's like being dead, without the commitment." - Unknown

"It's not our abilities that who show us who we really are, it is our choices." Albus Dumbledore

"Lord, give me the determination and tenacity of a weed." Mrs. Leon Walters

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." Ferris Bueller

"Music is what feelings sound like." Unknown

"The two hardest things to say in life are hello for the first time and goodbye for the last." Unknown

"Trying to forget someone you love is like trying to remember someone you never knew." Unknown

"Experience is just the name we give to our mistakes." Oscar Wilde

"In your choices lies your talent." Unknown

"It's never too late to be what you might have been." George Elliot

"What the hell?" My aunt Jill (I just love how she says it, it's hilarious)

"Strong is the new skinny." My aunt Jill

"Live, Laugh, Love." Unknown

I'm a senior in college, graduating in May with a university studies degree, finishing my music minor a year from now. For now, just working until I decide whether or not I want (or need) to do more schooling.

My dreams are to groom and exercise ride horses (any breeds), to perform lead roles in Broadway musicals (particularly Rent, Wicked, and Sweeney Todd), to write screenplays (particularly for NCIS), and edit novels professionally (for companies like Harper Lee, etc.)

Someday, I want to visit England, Italy, Germany, Antarctica, New Zealand, Australia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Hawaii, Alaska, and South Africa.

I suffer from depression and anxiety. It seriously affects my creativity at times and makes for long writer's block periods and a long time between updates. But I'm still writing, little by little, since it's a wonderful escapism for me and makes me feel good when it happens and I'm pleased with it. Thank you all for your patience during this difficult time for me. I've developed some very nice virtual "friendships" on this site. You guys are all awesome. Thank you.

That's pretty much a good start to getting to know me. Feel free to PM or email me if you have any questions. Looking forward to getting to know you all.

My all-time favorite NCIS fan-vid EVER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhtDgn31XZo.

Concerning My Stories:

I'll answer all unanswered reviews ASAP. Life has just been crazy.

Most of my stories are RENT, but I've branched out in the past and am working on branching out now and in the future. I plan to continue writing NCIS and maybe start an SVU story, once I get ideas. My best RENT story is "De Pelle Sorte." My best NCIS stories are "A Special Bond" and its sequel, "After Anna," which is almost complete.

I almost never read slash and I never write it (which is ironic, considering I'm bisexual.) If I do write anything sexual, it's always PG-13 at the most. It's just not my thing.

Concerning NCIS:

My favorite character is McGee. Not really sure how to explain it, but I've just always loved him, even more so than DiNozzo (because McGee is never an ass, I guess.) I would sleep with them both in a heartbeat, but I would rather marry McGee.

Next, I love Gibbs, Abby, Kate, and Tony. Then Ducky, of course, is adorable, though annoying at times. Palmer is great, too, but sometimes annoying, I love his addition to the show and I wish the producers would utilize him more and give Brian Dietzen the starring role he deserves.

I like Ziva, too, don't get me wrong, but it really depends on my mood. I also think that, while Kate sometimes was bitchier than Ziva, Ziva can be really bitchy too, sometimes, and they're both very pretty in their own ways.

My Favorite Episodes

Requiem (5.07)
Heartland (6.04)
SWAK (2.22)
Leap of Faith (5.05)
Dead Man Walking (4.16)
Corporal Punishment (5.10)
A Man Walks Into A Bar... (8.14)
Swan Song (8.23)
Sins of the Father (9.10)
Newborn King (9.11)
A Desperate Man (9.13)

Quotes

(In the showers)
Tony: Who would send me a letter with anthrax?
Kate: Pick a girl, Tony. Any girl.
Tony: That's not funny, Kate.
Kate: Yeah, I know.
Tony: This is serious.
Kate: I know, Tony! I'm sorry.
Tony: At this very instant, someone is incinerating my Ermenegildo Zegna suit, my Armani tie, my Dolce Gabbana shirt and my Gucci shoes!
McGee: You know, it might not be Anthrax.
Tony: I like the sound of that, Probie!
McGee: It could be smallpox, bubonic plague, cholera...
Tony: Probie!
McGee: ... foot powder, face powder, talcum powder...
Tony: Honeydust!
McGee: Honeydust?
Tony: Honeydust. I give it to girls.
(Kate glares at him, but she knows Tony can't see it. He knows it.)
Tony: Women! Sorry, Kate. I give it to women at Christmastime. Very sensuous. You apply it with a feather.
Kate: (Chuckles) You don't use the whole chicken?
McGee: I never heard of honeydust.
Kate: Yeah, that's because your mother raised you to respect women, McGee.
Gibbs: It makes a woman's skin feel silky smooth. When kissed, it tastes like honey.
(Everybody pokes their heads out of their showers and looks at Gibbs' shower)
Gibbs: Got a box of honeydust last Christmas. No card.
Tony: Ah... I think the post office screwed up, Boss. Somebody else got your bottle of Jack and you got their...
(Tony is cut off by Kate)
Kate: Hey! Doesn't the post office irradiate our mail?
McGee: Yeah, that's right! All federal mail is funneled through the Ion Beam facility at Bridgeport, New Jersey. If it has DNA, it dies.
Tony: The diseases that you named, they-they have DNA?
McGee: They do.
Kate: Oh, you should have let him squirm.
Tony: Haha! Then, it's no worries!
Gibbs: Unless the post office screwed up again.
- SWAK (best scene in the entire episode!)

(Ziva stabs a can to open it for McGee, whose shoulder was dislocated)
Ziva: Straw?
McGee: No, I'm good. I've got the one arm.
Tony: Maybe it was you, McGee. The one armed man. Thought it was one of those vets we met at the Walter-Reed Hospital.
McGee: Wrong case, Tony.
Tony: Do we even have a case? We already got the guy. What are we doing? What did we miss? What's happening?
(Ziva looks confusedly at McGee)
McGee: They gave him painkillers.
- Corporal Punishment (Tony on painkillers is the main reason I watch this episode, lol, followed by GORGEOUS Corporal Damon Werth)

Gibbs: (to Corporal Werth) You got yourself in a mess, Corporal. Gonna have to get yourself out.
Gibbs: What seems to be the problem?
Gibbs: (best D.I. voice, into Werth's ear) WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM MARINE?
Werth: I want to kill someone, sir!
Gibbs: (instant whisper) Anyone in particular?
Werth: Anyone will do, sir.
Gibbs: That feel right to you, son?
Werth: No, sir, it does not. I'm not right, sir. But it's not my fault.
Gibbs: Tell me what it feels like.
Werth: Needles and pills.
Gibbs: Needles and pins?
Werth: No, sir, needles and pills. They put a cloud behind my head. I can't see in there.
Gibbs: (whispering) Who drugged you?
Werth: I don't know. I can't find it. I can't... remember! You got to help me.
Gibbs: (softly) At ease, son. I will.
- Corporal Punishment (I've always loved this interrogation between Gibbs and Werth, I'm not really sure why, I just love it)

Jackson Gibbs: "$20 bill in your wallet is just a piece of paper. You put it on the ground and suddenly, it's full of wonder."
Ziva David: Context can change a thing."
- Heartland (I LOVE Jackson Gibbs, he's such a sweetie)

Abby: Oh, I can't find my toothbrush; I think it fell out in your car.
McGee: That's all right. Your old one's still in my bathroom.
Abby: You kept my old toothbrush? That's a little creepy, McGee. Maybe you should take the sleeping bag.
McGee: What is creepy about it? I just never bothered to throw it out. (Abby brings a toothbrush out of the bathroom) What?
Abby: This is not my toothbrush.
McGee: Well, then I must have bought a second one and forgot about it.
Abby: It's a ladybug toothbrush, McGee! It's for cute girls named Gina Marie that bake cookies and wear J-Lo. Glow. Not for quasi-manly federal agents who carry a gun.
McGee: Are you going to use it or not?
Abby: An anonymous toothbrush? I'd rather remove my own tonsils with Typhoid Mary's straight razor.
McGee: Where are you going?
Abby: To get my toothbrush.
McGee: No. No, you're not leaving the apartment.
Abby: Why not, McGee? We both know Gibbs is just being over-protective.
McGee: I'm not worried about you. I'm worried about me, if Gibbs finds out I let you leave.
Abby: That's a really good point. You go.
McGee: I'm not leaving you alone, either.
Abby: Fine, then. I'll just use your toothbrush.
McGee: (scowls at her, then grabs his coat) Do not answer the door for anyone. (leaves)
(Someone knocks on the door, Abby answers it)
McGee: I told you not to answer the door for anyone!
Abby: What'd you forget?
McGee: My keys.
Abby: Why do you need your keys if I'm here?
McGee: My car keys. Now, if you answer the door for anyone, I will tie you up.
Abby: (intrigued) Really?
- Bloodbath (great Abby/Gibbs/McGee episode, especially this banter)

(Elevator dings. McGee, not watching where he’s going, steps out and runs straight into Tony)
Both: Ahh!
(Tony groans, covering his nose with his hand)
McGee: (horrified) Oh boy! Tony, I’m sorry! I’m so sorry!
(Tony groans indistinctly and holds out his hand firmly to shut McGee up. McGee stands, holding his hands up nervously)
McGee: Sorry. I’m sorry.
(Tony gets up, walks over to the elevator, still holding his nose)
McGee: I’m sorry, Tony.
(Tony snaps his fingers next to his side. McGee steps into the elevator next to him. The doors close with a ding. Tony turns to face McGee)
Tony: Hate the sight of blood, Probie? (McGee turns and looks at him) Too bad. (Tony brings his hand away; his nose is bleeding)
McGee: (horrified) Oh boy!
Tony: Handkerchief.
McGee: (horrified) I don’t have one.
(Tony bends over and uses McGee’s tie as a handkerchief. McGee unties it and gives it to him.)
Tony: Whatever you came to say, better be pretty damn important.
McGee: Abby slapped Ziva and Ziva slapped her back!
Tony: (head shoots up) Damn! I missed it?
- Hiatus (this and the bitch-slapping bit is awesome, because McGee's just staring, there's no music, and thunder rolls right after... perfect!)

Abby: (falling out of the exhaust-filled SUV, into Gibbs' arms) Permission to hug?
- Driven (she's clearly always been and is always going to be Gibbs' favorite; why? Because he dropped his coffee to save her life!)

(During a sexual harassment session, Ziva leans forward and licks Tony's ear)
Tony: (jumping up) Gahh!
Counselor: Another question?
Tony: Yeah, what if you slap someone on the back of the head like this? (Headslaps McGee and McGee hits him in the gut) Would that be considered inappropriate behavior?
Counselor: Absolutely. Are you saying that this has actually happened?
(Everyone looks at Gibbs and Gibbs stares at Tony, daring him to answer. Beside Gibbs, the Director smiles.)
Tony: No, I was just wondering, that's all.
(Tony sits back down and Palmer raises his hand)
Counselor: Yes?
Palmer: Uh, yes, uh, what if part of your job includes touching naked people, and—?
Counselor: That's inappropriate at any time.
Palmer: (innocently, confused) Even if they're dead?
Counselor: Why are you touching dead, naked people?!
Palmer: Well, you see, I work in autopsy...
- Driven (best part!)

Ziva: All right, but I thought maybe you needed a little cheering up.
Tony: If I needed to be cheered up, I would have put superglue on McGee’s keyboard.
McGee: (angrily) You put superglue on my keyboard!
- Family (even though it didn't work for Tony, it works for us!)

(The M.E. van pulls up, its windshield splattered with eggs)
Ducky: Sorry we're late. We had a run-in with some local youths.
Gibbs: Yeah, I can see that, Doctor.
McGee: Did you get a good look at them?
Ducky: Oh, we did better than that. Release the captives, Mr. Palmer!
(Palmer opens the van, letting out two teenagers in ninja outfits)
Ninja #1: Where are we?
Ninja #2: Are we in trouble?
Ninja #1: We said we were sorry!
Ducky: (handing them Windex and paper towels) Right... clean it!
DiNozzo: Nice work, Palmer.
Palmer: Oh, it wasn't me, Tony. Dr. Mallard chased them for three blocks.
Ducky: Oh, please, it's not that impressive. It's not as if they were real ninjas.
- Witch Hunt (my favorite part!)

Pairings

Tony as a father, with or without an OC. Not with any of the cast.
Shibbs
Neutral on McAbby. Potential significant others, such great friends.
Love/hate Jibbs. Depends on my mood, since I consider it situational and circumstantial.
I hate Hibbs (Hollis/Gibbs), Tiva, Tate, Tibbs, Tabby, Zibbs, Tucky, and JeaNozzo, no questions asked.

My Favorite L&O: SVU Episodes

Competence (3.22) is my favorite episode so far, because it hits me very close to home (my twin sister is disabled)
911 (7.03)
Scourge (2.21)
Slaves (1.22)
Wrong Is Right (2.01)
Abuse (2.11)
Coerced (5.06)
Shaken (5.10)
Choice (5.05)
Loss (5.04)
Contagious (6.11)
Paternity (9.09)
Haunted (6.10)
Payback (1.01)
A Single Life (1.02)
Closure (1.10)
Grief (4.23)
Russian Love Poem (1.12)
Disrobed (1.13)
Chat Room (1.18)
Baby Killer (2.05)
I literally became addicted to this show very, very recently, 13 years too late, and am catching up as fast as I possibly can. This list will increase as I continue catching up.

Favorite Characters

My favorite character has always been Munch. Richard Belzer is so freaking funny. I love him. I'm Olivia all the way! I'm in love with Mariska Hargitay. Closely followed by Elliot, Alex Cabot, Fin Tutuola, and Casey Novak, in that order.

Quotes

Benson: The truth is, everybody changes every day. And some things are more devastating than others. But we are never the same. And there are two ways to deal with these changes: you either accept them, or you fight them like hell all the way.

Benson: (reading suspect's paperwork) "Biology of the Amazons," by Gretchen Quinn.
Benson: (reading) There's a tiny catfish feared more than the pirahna. It's called a-
Cragen: Candiru.
Stabler: Say what?
Cragen: This is beautiful. Tell him.
Benson: (reading) "'It will swim right into a man's penis and lodge itself there by erecting sharp spines-" Ow.
Stabler: Erecting sharp spines. That's a fish with a sense of irony. How did you know that?
Cragen: In the jungle. They always taught us 'don't hold your nose, hold your stones."

Cassidy: (to Detective Munch) Ever think of having kids?
Munch: Why, when I have you?

Munch: (to Fin) Detective Tutuola, come and pollute your soul with some child porn, my friend.

Munch: (on the phone) No, we haven't made an arrest for your stolen condoms. We're a little busy, but we'll get right on it.

Munch: Excuse me if I'm alarmed by the total disregard for human rights in this country.
Fin: If you got a problem with it, why don't you get your bony ass outta here?

Fin: (to Officer Austin Bates) I got no problem shootin' you.
Munch: (to Officer Austin Bates) Twelve jurors or six pallbearers. Your choice.

Munch: (to Mathers) We're just being helpful. The furnace is a lost cause, by the way. (holds up his hands) Look how dirty my nails are.
Fin: Oh man, you're gonna need a manicure.
Munch: (to Mathers) You can make an appointment for me down at our station.

Stabler: If I die, the spot where I go down, you better make sure none of this happens to it, or I'm gonna haunt you the rest of your days.
Benson: Noted.

Munch: I don't just want to rain on your parade. I want to burst all of your floats.

Munch: Miss Webber was told to disrobe, put her feet up in stirrups, and try to picture David Hasselhoff on Baywatch.
Defense Attorney: Objection! Your Honor, this witness is not qualified to testify on the treatment for hysteria.
Munch: Actually, sir, I am. Up until 1952, hysteria was one of the most commonly diagnosed illnesses among women. The medical treatment was hysterical peroxism.
Court Reporter: Could the witness spell that?
Munch: O-R-G-A-S-M.

Stabler: How long have you been sleeping with Cassidy?
Benson: Uh, I'm not.
Stabler: Your stomach just dropped two floors, Olivia. The unconscious doesn't lie.

Stabler: (to suspect) You get to Tribeca a lot?
Suspect's Lawyer: You don't have to answer that.
Stabler: (to lawyer) What questions can your client answer?
Lawyer: Anything that's a matter of public record. (To Munch) I want to know what my client's being charged with.
Munch: (to Stabler) You don't have to answer that.
(Stabler grins.)

Elizabeth Stabler: Daddy, why does Christmas only come once a year?
Elliot Stabler: Because Santa Claus' credit cards are all maxed out.

Kathleen Stabler: What, do you wanna read my journal, too?
Elliot Stabler: No!... You have a journal?

Lawyer: He'll have parole in 38 years.
Evan: 38 years? But he's almost 60.
Lawyer: Yeah... Isn't math wonderful?

Munch: (to Fin) You have to give me a ride early tomorrow morning, you need some sleep.
Fin: You need to hire a driver.

Fin: (to suspect) You're making me run on my bad knee!

Olivia: (to suspect) I'm too pissed to sleep.

Cragen: Since when is oral sex not sex?
Benson: Since Bill Clinton said so.

Stabler: Man, I never want to grow old.
Benson: In our line of work, be careful what you wish for.

More to come!!

Pairings

Olivia/Elliot friendship (SHIP!)
Olivia/Elliot relationship (they would make beautiful babies, but I like them better as partners)
Munch/Cassidy friendship (SHIP!)
Fin/Munch friendship (SHIP!)
Olivia/Alex friendship (SHIP!)
Elliot/Kathy relationship (hey, I liked it while it lasted, and I'm glad they're back together now)
That's all for now. Remember, I'm about ten seasons behind. Forgive me!

RENT

Favorite Character(s): Mark. Closely followed by Roger, Angel, and Collins. Don't get me wrong, I love Mimi, Maureen, Joanne, and Benny, just not as much.

Pairings

RogerOC, MarkOC, CollinsOC (pre or post-RENT, if well-written)
Collins/Angel (of course, they're perfect together!!)
MarkMo (pre or post RENT, if well-written, I just adore them together)
BennyOC (pre or post RENT, if well-written)
Benny/Alison (I like writing Alison as a nice woman, not as a demonic, neurotic woman)

Pairings I Dislike

Non-canon slash, e.g. RoJo, MarkJo, and MoBenny (no, just NO!!)
MoJo (just not a fan, their incompatibility bugs me... sorry, Jonathan, no offense)

Quotes

Mark: There are times when we're dirt-broke, hungry, and freezing, and I ask myself, why the hell am I still living here?... And then they call, and I remember.

Collins: Merry Christmas, bitches!!

Mark: Close-up on Mark's nosedive. Will he get out of this alive?

RENT. April 29, 1994 - September 7, 2008.
12 years.
Lives changed.
Love shared.
Love = Art = Disease = Pain = Life.

I clapped along during Seasons of Love.
I mooed at Maureen's protest.
I smelt the smoke from Mimi's candle.
I saw Mark point his camera at me.
May 30, 2008.
I saw Rent live and it was awesome!!

Anything else you guys wanna know about me, feel free to PM or email me. :) Lots of love to my fellow Rentheads and NCIS addicts!! You know who you are!!