NAME: Candace J. Dixon (Buffone)

AGE: 38

BIRTHDAY: April 16

BIRTHSIGN: Aries

BIRTHPLACE: Steubenville, Ohio, USA (that's near Pittsburgh, PA and Wheeling, WV)

HAIR/EYES: Brown or Red (it changes)/Brown

HEIGHT: 4'9 1/2"

BODY ART: 4 tattoos, belly piercing oops let that grow over, I didn't get my first tattoo until I was 33 and don't judge me!

NATIONALITY: 75% Italian (damn proud of it) 25% Gypsy Hungarian


HAVE LIVED/WORKED IN: Steubenville, Ohio; Gainesville, Florida; High Springs, Florida; Panama City, Florida; San Diego, California; Poway, California; Chula Vista, California; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Sampson City (Starke), Florida

CURRENTLY LIVING IN: on Lake Sampson in Florida (which is near Starke) renting a room in my friend's (second family) house; I love living by the water and want to live on the beach one day haha

WHERE I'D MOST LIKE TO VISIT OR LIVE: Alaska, New Orleans, deep south, London, St. Augustine, south Florida

OCCUPATION: I'm on unemployment =D My jobs have been mostly administrative/accounting.

EDUCATION: Currently attending Saint Leo University to complete my Bachelor degree in Accounting. I have an Associate degree in Accounting from Eastern Gateway Community College (1994).

STATUS: Divorced, no children, and against my will, single. I am dating someone though.

FAMILY: Both my parents live in Ohio where I grew up and both are re-married. Mom is an insurance agent and an office manager. My dad is retired after 25 years from a steel mill. I have no siblings. I do have 3 step siblings but don't know them very well which sucks.

BEST FRIENDS: Donna - since I was 6 !!! She lives in Ohio but we keep in touch. Also my ex-husband Greg has been one of my best friends even after we divorced, although we've lost touch (sad). Jeff who I've known for 4 years.

BANDS/SINGERS: *Dave Matthews Band is #1*, Alternative, Indie, Blues, Bluegrass, Classic Rock, R&B, Jazz, 80s, BB King, Miles Davis, John Lee Hooker, Tegan and Sara, Audioslave, Coldplay, Linkin Park, The Shins, Shinedown, Nine Inch Nails, Alanis Morissette, Cranberries, Evanescense, Eminem, Rush, U2, Foo Fighters, Fall Out Boy, Maroon 5, Disturbed, Gorillaz, Weezer, Nickleback, Killers, System Of A Down, Blue October, Goo Goo Dolls, Lifehouse, Fuel, Johnny Cash, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Enya, Enigma, Sarah McLachlan, Zeppelin, Floyd, Rush, Traffic, Eagles, Prince, Bob Marley, Unkle Bob, Keane, Allison Kraus, Britney Spears, Kings of Leon, Sade, Pearl Jam, Papa Roach, Shinedown, Sick Puppies, Three Days Grace, Adele, Eric Clapton, Electric Light Orchestra, All Those Great 70's Artists Who Sound The Same, and I love unsigned singers such as the ones on "Off The Clock" from Starbucks, I buy those compilations. I love the new 102.9 out of JAX.


FILMS: Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Office Space, Signs, Walk The Line, The Love Letter, The Village, Scent Of A Woman, Goodfellas, American Beauty, Titanic, Pay It Forward, Swingers, Napoleon Dynamite, Beautiful Mind, Fight Club, Donnie Brasco, Flight Of The Phoenix, SAW, Breakfast At Tiffany's, The Day After Tomorrow, Open Water, Open Water 2, Leaving Las Vegas, Failure to Launch, The Lake House, Talladega Nights, Borat, Reign Over Me, Dedication, Awake, Lars & The Real Girl, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Snowcakes, Stepbrothers, Casablanca, A Love Song for Bobby Long, The Dog Problem, Obsessed, The Social Network...and a ton more. The last movies I've watched that were any good were Contagion and Cyberbully.

TV SHOWS: HOUSE, MD, Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, Medium, Wife Swap, American Idol, The Daily Show, Colbert Report, Reno 911 (which should NOT have been cancelled), Weeds (until they killed off the DEA agent, now I boycott it), Big Love, Laguna Beach was fun, Friends, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Comedy Central (I love standup), Discovery Channel, TV Land (Sanford and Son), the occassional Lifetime movie ;), Documentaries, Firefly (cancelled), Dead Like Me (cancelled), Nancy Grace, Ice Road Truckers, Deadliest Catch, Chopped, ID network, Nurse Jackie, Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Sister Wives (whiners!), Millionaire Matchmaker. Seriously the only shows I bother to watch anymore though are Law and Order: SVU and Reno 911 on Netflix *shrug*

LIKES: I like reading and collecting books, computers, internet stuff, music, watching TV and movies, going to the beach, going out to eat, sports bars, partying once in awhile (LILLIAN'S), very sweet red wine (he calls it "dessert wine"), visiting museums, looking at antiques and civil war related stuff, Gettysburg (been there twice), travel (yah I have driven cross country twice alone), watching football !!!, Steelers, Broncos (Tebow!), Patriots, and Florida Gators are my favorite teams, haha I met Urban Meyer once, Coast to Coast talk radio (Art Bell & George Noorey), learning, reading and writing poetry, history, shopping (clotheshorse ;)), thrift stores, used bookstores, camping, kayaking, board games, trivia, talking (good conversations), coffee (especially Starbucks), rain, attention, power

DISLIKES: Judgemental people, people who don't want to be my friend even though I've bent over backwards for them, having depression and anxiety issues, snow and ice, anime, cliques and BULLIES at work, people who interfere in my personal business when there's no possible way they really know me, cooking (I will learn for the right person ;))

FOOD: Deli, Mexican, Indian, Italian, Spicy, I'll try most anything foreign, fondue, subs, pasta, ice cream, my favorite restaurants are The Olive Garden lol and DRAGONFLY !!!

DRINK: Coffee (six cups minimum daily), lattes (I used to have one from Starbucks every morning - judge me), Budweiser, cheap wine ;) Soda (that IS how you say it!), no tequila

ACTRESSES: Kate Winslet, Patricia Arquette

ACTORS: Hugh Laurie, Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Patrick Dempsey, Nathan Fillion

COLLECT: Clothes, Candles, Books, Beanie Babies, Gator Stuff, Bears, HANDBAGS

PERFUME: Fire & Ice

COLORS: Green, Red

FLOWERS: Assorted colored roses

AUTHORS/Books: Stephen King, Greg Iles, Sophie Kinsella, Marian Keyes, Augusten Burroughs, "The Stand" (uncut), "Under The Dome", "A Reliable Wife", Pat Frank's "Alas, Babylon!"

POETS: Slylvia Plath, Maya Angelou, William Blake, Shakespeare, 18th century British Lit.

GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS: Moving From Ohio To Florida In 1996; Gaining Back My Independence In 2006; Going Back To College In 2011

I'M GOOD @: Writing Poetry, Driving Long Distances, Organizing, Being Bubbly (sometimes), All Nighters, Smiling, Budgeting, Being Independent, Writing (wow I had to cross a bunch off as I was updating lol)

I'M BAD @: Parking (look at my cars), Cooking, Being Married, Being Single, Getting Along With My Family, Going Overboard (I have OCD)

SCARED OF: Getting Old, Driving Downtown in Big Cities, Tornadoes, Being Homeless

THINGS I MISS: Pittsburgh Area (sometimes), Being In My 20's, My Family and Best Friend (they live in Ohio)

I AM: I am extraordinary. I am just your ordinary average every day sane psycho, ...supergoddess. (Liz Phair)

--a peek inside my bedroom last time I lived in Gainesville, 2007--