duanemoody.com

most recent update: 01/28/12

Here’s the little page where I try and include as much of everything you always wanted to know, but were afraid to ask… Feel free to explore my interests, ins and outs, and find out what I am sure you really want to know about the one and only duane moody. Well, not everything… I mean, you can find out a ton about me from the blog too, you know. It’s really up to you at this point, to be honest.

Just a note that you can contact me at by using the “just want to say hi?” page, if you so desire. There, you can either comment, or just send me an email using the provided form. Options! Cool, huh? Alright, now on with the show.

• Xbox Live Gamer Tag:
• Name: Duane Carson Moody, RN. It was going to be Zane Duane. Thanks Mom!
• Age: 33!!!
• Height: 6’1″. I am tall, yes I am.
• Hair: Auburn. That sounds so much nicer than dirty blonde.
• Eyes: Hazel. They are not blue, folks!
• Birth Date: August 26, 1978. Only 26 days later than I was expected.
• What’s your Zodiac sign?: Virgo, thanks for asking.
• Profession: Player by day, lover by night… Oh wait, what was the question? I used to work at CDC as a public health researcher, but I recently graduated from nursing school, and am now a registered nurse working in Atlanta.
• Where do you live?: Well, I live in Atlanta.
• What is your phone number?: Wow, you are really forward. No, seriously.
• Wii Number (let me know if you add me): 4917 7028 0506 5254
• The car I currently own/drive: 2005 Acura TSX.
• Instruments I can “play”: Clarinet (I played for 6 years) and Guitar (hahahaha… no seriously… self taught)
• Countries I have traveled to: England (twice), France, Germany, Mexico, Puerto Rico (if you consider that a different country), the Netherlands (the Amsterdam airport, full of fun and excitement), The Bahamas, and of course, the USA, where I currently live.
• Undergraduate University:East Carolina University. I received a BA in anthropology. I feel smarter when read that.
• Graduate University: Georgia State University. I received a MA in applied medical anthropology and a graduate certificate in public health. Okay, I feel even smarter having read that, I do!
• Favorite Color(s): Orange and Gray. (Can you tell?) I have cool Diesel shoes that are orange and gray. You don’t.
• Worst thing that has ever happened to me (physically): I ruptured a disk in my lower back in a gymnastic related injury when I was 16. I was out of school for 2 straight weeks because I literally could not walk or sit upright. I limped for 6 months I was in so much pain, and was on 1000mg of Naproxen a day for over a year. I still have back problems, and have very stiff muscles in the backs of my legs. Woe is me. (but, it could have been worse!)
• Some of my favorite artists, and the songs that I love the most by them: (if you want to see more of my music tastes, check out the links in the right hand column; best of (insert year), and ‘I’m listening to this right now’.)
  • The Cardigans: If There Is A Chance; Happy Meal II; …And Then You Kissed Me; 3:45 No Sleep; Been It; I Need Some Fine Wine, and You, You Need to be Nicer
  • City and Colour: Sensible Heart (This may be my favorite song of all time.), Northern Wind, Against The Grain, What Makes a Man?, The Girl, As Much As I Ever Could, Like Knives, Comin’ Home
  • Will Young: If Love Equals Nothing, Let It Go, All Time Love, Hopes and Fears, Home
  • Sara Bareilles: Basket Case, Gravity, Between The Lines, Vegas
  • Lady GaGa: Just Dance, Poker Face, Teeth, Bad Romance, Love Game, The Fame, Edge of Glory, Heavy Metal Lover
  • Adele: Someone Like You, Turning Tables, Set Fire to the Rain, Take It All, Hometown Glory, Chasing Pavements, Cold Shoulder.
  • Leslie Hall and the LYs: Blame the Booty, Gold Pants, Zombie Killer, Test Ten Guys, Beastmaster am I, Real Gold and Glamorous
  • Blur: There’s No Other Way, The Universal, Slow Down, Parklife, Magic America
  • Death Cab For Cutie: Title and Registration, Transatlantacism, New Year, Marching Bands of Manhattan, I Will Follow You Into The Dark
  • The Carpenters: Song For You, For All We Know, We’ve Only Just Begun, You’re The One, Superstar, Goodbye To Love, This Masquerade, Solitaire, Rainy Days and Mondays
  • Indigo Girls: The Language or the Kiss, Power of Two, Watershed, Winthrop, Closer to Fine, Least Complicated, I Believe In Love, Get Out The Map
  • Jars of Clay: Love Song For a Savior, Weighed Down
  • Sarah Mclachlan: Do What You Have to Do, I Will Remember You, Dirty Little Secret, Forgiveness
  • Bebo Norman: Deeper Still, I’m Alright
  • Portishead: Roads, Glorybox, Sour Times, Machine Gun
  • Postal Service: Nothing Better, This Place is a Prison, Be Still My Heart
  • Queen: Don’t Stop Me Now, Bohemian Rhapsody, You’re My Best Friend
  • David Bowie: Let’s Dance, Fame, Suffragette City, Changes, Life On Mars?, The Man Who Sold the World, Cat People (Putting Out The Fire)
  • Scissor Sisters: Mary, Might Say It Tonight, Take Your Mama, Whole New Way
  • Smashing Pumpkins: Cherub Rock, Mayonaise, Rocket, Spaceboy, Hello Kitty Kat, Thirty-Three
  • Weezer: Say It Ain’t So, My Name is Jonas, Best Friend
  • Westlife: Written in the Stars, Us Against the World, When You’re Looking Like That, Something Right, If I Let You Go, Against All Odds, My Love, almost all of them really.
• Britney or Christina: Britney, DUH!
• My very first CD: Paula Abdul: Shut Up and Dance!! (The Remixes) (Take-a-take another-’nother look into his eyes and you will on-ly see a rep-tile)
• The second CD I owned: Mariah Carey: Mariah Carey (ooo ooo, somedayeee!)
• My First Concert: Bush, with No Doubt opening.
• My All Time Favorite Movies (in no particular order):
  • Brokeback Mountain — Jack and Ennis make for a beautiful love story.
  • Beautiful Thing — probably one of the best gay love stories ever.
  • Hedwig and the Angry Inch — “and now I’m left with a Barbie Doll crotch!”
  • Donnie Darko (Director’s cut) — Never doubt my commitment to sparkle motion.
  • Shakespeare In Love — such a great love story; come ruin or rapture.
  • Moulin Rouge — “How wonderful life is, now you’re in the world!!”
  • Magnolia — whoa… this movie is so well made it’s scary.
  • Mommie Dearest — “When you polish the FLOOR, you have to MOVE the TREE.”
  • Clueless — flawless. a voice of my generation.
  • Drop Dead Gorgeous — “you might even meet a few celebrities!”
  • Best In Show — “Where’s busy bee!?!? What are you; a magician, a wizard?!”
  • Shaun of the Dead — “You’ve got red on you.”
  • Hot Fuzz — “Yeah boyieee! Punch. That. Shit!”
  • Mean Girls — “Stop trying to make ‘fetch’ happen… it’s not going to happen.”
  • Moonlight Mile — sad, thoughtful, fantastic; and not great JUST because of Gyllenhaal!
  • Love Actually — Love actually is all around. Beautiful!!
  • The Notebook — I cry EVERY time I see this.
  • Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind — Poignant, beautiful, and magical story and visual journey.
  • Spirited Away — This movie is a true vision, an event even; it will blow you away. Amazing.
  • Notting Hill — “I’m just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.”
  • Stardust — “But of course! Nothing says “romance” like a kidnapped, injured woman!”
  • Dreamgirls — “Move! Move! Move right outta my life, move it, move it! Outta my liiiife!”
  • Scott Pilgrim vs. The World — “He punched the highlights out of her hair!!!!”
• The First Movie I remember seeing: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. (and oh, I cried!)
• Musicals I have seen on Broadway and LOVED: Wicked, Avenue Q, RENT, and Legally Blonde (original cast!)
• Favorite Shows: Alias, Spaced, Felicity, Heroes, Torchwood, Modern Family, 30 Rock, Doctor Who, and Fringe.
• Favorite Cartoon Shows: The Family Guy and American Dad
• Favorite Beers: Blue Moon, Sam Adams Cherry Wheat, and anything Sweetwater makes (with the exception of the Blue, which tastes like blueberries. Blueberries are a BIG NO for duane). (21 or older, sorry)
• Favorite Adult Drink: Irish Car Bomb(s) or a Stoli Vanil (or Absolute Vanilla) and Tonic. YUM!
• Favorite Soft-Drink: Diet Vanilla Coke (RIP 2002-2005)… Aside: Diet Black Cherry Vanilla has taken its place. Vanilla Coke Zero has taken its place.
• Favorite Condiment: Frank’s Red Hot sauce. (you can put this on anything. I try to put it on everything; especially bean burritos from Taco Bell… yum!)
• Heinz or Hunts: What is Hunts?
• Best steak sauce ever: A1 steak sauce.
• Favorite Jelly Belly Flavors: Juicy Pear, Peach, and Pina Colada. (I even like jalapeño, on occasion)
• Favorite American Candy Bar:5th Avenue and Whatchamacallit
• Favorite International Candy Bar: Cabury’s Flake
• Favorite (Picture) Book: Tom Ford by Tom Ford, Anna Wintour, Graydon Carter, and Bridget Foley. This is a beautiful book about a beautiful man. Shut up bitches.
• Favorite “Stand Up” Comedians: Kathy Griffin, Margaret Cho, Patton Oswalt, and Zach Galifianakis.
• Favorite Colognes: Clinique Happy, Gucci by Gucci, and Eau d’Orange Verte by Hermes.
• Tattoos: Let’s just not count, and say that I have lots. I have two half-sleeves, a big piece of a red panda on my left calf, and tons of others all over. What can I say, I love tattoos, and I am fairly certain that I will continue to collect them as long as I can afford them. There are some pictures of some of them over on flickr, so go check them out if you want.
• Favorite Quote: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead
• Favorite Dog Breed: Italian Greyhound. I have two beautiful Italian Greyhounds, Sydney (if you want, check out his no longer updated site here) and Mr. Pickles). Also, check out flickr for pictures of these boys, and the occasional picture of their shenanigans.
• Favorite Actress: Jennifer Garner
• Favorite Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Simon Pegg, Seth Rogen and Nick Frost.
• Current Obsessions:Acquiring Blu Rays, apparently. Music. Trying to lose some weight. Life. You know, all of it, really.