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Joined 10-13-09, id: 2114067, Profile Updated: 11-16-11

Hey! I'm Karen and I don't actually post any stories here. So... don't expect me to. I do however, like to read the wonderful stories that are written here in fancfiction.

Interest: Anything concerning Band of Brothers, The Pacific, Boardwalk Empire, The Outsiders, Saving Private Ryan, HISTORY and Sushi

Books: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (ugh, that movie was a HUGE dissapointment), The Giver by Lois Lowry, Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends by William "Wild Bill" Guarnere and Edward "Babe" Heffron, One Day by David Nicholls, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Tides of War by Steven Pressfield, Gone With the Wind By Margaret Mitchell, The Umbrella Man By Roald Dahl, Little House Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder, etc, etc, etc.

Movies: The Great Escape, Master and Commander, The Way Back, Pride and Prejudice, Captain America, Stand by Me, Flushed Away, Thor, The Young Victoria, Flags of Our Fathers, Letters From Iwo Jima, 500 Days of Summer, Vivah, It's Kind of a Funny Story, The Pianist, Schindler's List, too many more to list

Shows: Band of Brothers, The Pacific, Boardwalk Empire, Downton Abbey, Upstairs Donwstairs (2010), Poirot, That 70's Show, Malcolm in the Middle, Pan Am, The Office, DR. Who, Criminal Minds, Changi, The Kennedy's...

Actors: Jack Huston, Tom Hanks, Barry Pepper, Matthew Gray Gubler, Michael Pitt, Rami Malek, Josh Helman, Johnny Depp, Cary Elwes, Matthew Macfadyen, Martin McCann,

Actresses: Carey Mulligan, Emily Blunt, Karen Gillan, can't think of others

Movies that will forever make me mad: Never Let Me Go, The Last Airbender (worst movies EVER!)

You're a 90's kid if:
You can finish this 'ice ice _'
You remember watching Doug, Ren & Stimpy, Pinky and the Brain, Bobby's World, Felix the cat, The Tick...AAAAAAAH Real Monsters!
You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE!"
You just cant resist finishing this . . . "Iiiiiiin west philidelphia born and raised . . ."
You remember TGIF, Step by Step, Family Matters, Dinosaurs, and Boy Meets World.
You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
You remember reading "Goosebumps"
You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.
You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence . . . not
If you remember seeing hot tub bubbles make bubbly sounds before every music video on VH1.
when everything was settled by rock paper scissors..or bubble gum bubble gum in a dish...eeny meeny miney mo...and even better daddy had a donkey inky binky bonky.
You used to listen to the radio all day long just to record your FAVORITE song of ALL time.
"Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?" was both a game and a TV game show.
Captain Planet. He's a Hero.
You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green ranger, were meant to be together.
You remember when Super Nintendos and Sega Genisis became popular.
You always wanted to send in a tape to America's Funniest Home Videos . . . but never taped anything funny.
You remember watching Home Alone 1, 2 , and 3 . . . and tried to pull the pranks on "intruders"
You remember watching The Magic School Bus, Wishbone, and Reading Rainbow on PBS.
You remember when Yo-Yos were cool.
You remember those Where's Waldo books.
You remember eating Warheads.
You remember watching the 1st Batman, Aladdin, Ninja Turtles, and 3 Ninjas movies.
You remember Ring Pops.
You remember drinking Surge, and Tang.
If you remember when every thing was "da BOMB!"
When they made the new lunchables so that you could make pizza AND tacos.
You remember boom boxes vs. cd players.
Making those little paper cootie-catcher things, and then predicting your life with them.
You played and/or collected "Pogs"
You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet, or Nano and brought it everywhere.
. . . Furbies
Saved By The Bell was the coolest show ever!
You haven't always had a computer, and it was cool to have the internet.
And Windows 95 was the best.
You watched the original cartoons of Rugrats, Power Rangers, and Ninja Turtles.
Michael Jordan was a king.
YIKES pencils and erasers were the stuff!
All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand.
You remember when the new Beanie Babies and Talking Elmo were always sold out.
You collected those Beanie Babies.
Mortal Kombat was awesome--the game and the movie
Carebears
Gak was the coolest stuff invented.
Lambchop's song never ended.
The old dollar bills.
Silver dollars, which were cool to have.
You remember a time before the WB.
You collected all the Troll dolls
You had to read Weekly Reader's in class.
If you even know what an original walkman is.
You remember wanting to sit on the orange Nickelodeon couch.
You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"
You know the Macarena by heart.
"Talk to the hand" . . . enough said
You always said, "Then why don't you marry it?!"
You remember trying to collect all 150 original pokemon cards but never could and if you did you thought you were all that!
You remember Highlight's magazine.
You went to McDonald's to play in the playplace.
You remember playing on merry go rounds at the playground.
Before the MySpace frenzy . . .
Before the Internet & text messaging . . .
Before Sidekicks & iPods . . .
Before MIKE JONES . . .
Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX . . .
Before Spongebob . . .
Back when you put off the 5 hours of homework you had every night.
When light up sneakers were cool.
When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.
When gas was 0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was The new thing.
When we recorded stuff on VCRs.
When we called the radio station to request songs to hear off of our walkmans.
When gameboy was a brick.
You did MASH to figure out your future
When you weren't cool unless you had a Starter jacket.
Way back.
Before we realized all this would eventually disappear.
Who would have thought you'd miss the 90's so much!!
Post this in your profile if you remember these days . . . .
or if you smiled at one of these things.

Wooh! Thats so TRUE!! Im proud to be a 90's KID!!

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The Worth of a Life by PhoenixFire55 reviews
The squad is sent to retrieve a girl, but it quickly becomes a mission that could affect the outcome of World War II as Al Capone and the Italian mafia get involved.
Saving Private Ryan - Rated: T - English - Friendship/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 24 - Words: 47,729 - Reviews: 101 - Favs: 31 - Follows: 15 - Updated: 5/26 - Published: 3/20/2009
The Misleading Fairy Tale by Elenor GreanLeEf reviews
It has been about sixteen years since Alice lost the love of her life. Now her fifteen year old daughter wants to know what happened. Alice is now forced into remembering a past that she would like to forget. Rated for T violence & language it may change.
Saving Private Ryan - Rated: T - English - Romance/Adventure - Chapters: 19 - Words: 43,555 - Reviews: 64 - Favs: 38 - Follows: 37 - Updated: 7/24/2016 - Published: 8/29/2008
A Broken Hallelujah by CarlenieBeanie reviews
Amelia's been hurt, and is being hurt. Jack knows what it's like to have been hurt, then be safe. Can Jack show her what it's like to be safe, and not afraid? Might he be too late already?
Four Brothers - Rated: T - English - Romance/Adventure - Chapters: 15 - Words: 21,382 - Reviews: 30 - Favs: 48 - Follows: 47 - Updated: 7/15/2013 - Published: 8/28/2010 - Jack M.
Paper Dolls by onebyone reviews
When Grace Barnes signs up to become a combat nurse she has no idea what will by asked of her. From D-Day to the end of the war the story of Grace and her fellow nurses runs in parallel with our favourite BOB characters and has its fair share of drama.
Band of Brothers - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 27 - Words: 93,623 - Reviews: 125 - Favs: 52 - Follows: 65 - Updated: 3/26/2013 - Published: 8/31/2009
Falling Star by fiona1987 reviews
Roseanna Caine, famed US starlet and WW2 USO performer, is doing one last USO performance with her spoiled stepsister in Mourmelon before going home for Christmas. Tricked,she gets on the wrong truck...headed for Bastogne. Stuck with Easy. Please review!
Band of Brothers - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 35 - Words: 150,110 - Reviews: 250 - Favs: 129 - Follows: 49 - Updated: 7/28/2012 - Published: 7/3/2009 - Complete
Believe It or Not by the cowardly figment reviews
Sylvia knew a lot of things, too many things. After getting injured in her last mission she's thrown into the loony bin. Hannibal the man who once saved her life is now in prison. No longer believing in her hero Sylvia has to find a different way out.
A-Team - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Romance - Chapters: 11 - Words: 14,255 - Reviews: 57 - Favs: 53 - Follows: 86 - Updated: 5/10/2012 - Published: 6/25/2010
Reversing Time by captain ty reviews
Sometimes the only way to move forward, is to explain the past. This is a story from Captain Ty and Ber1719.
Band of Brothers - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 25 - Words: 77,109 - Reviews: 72 - Favs: 23 - Follows: 12 - Updated: 9/18/2011 - Published: 3/20/2010 - Complete
Lèse Majesté by Bobadoo reviews
Krista Nimholtz becomes a wanted woman when her father’s plan to assassinate Hitler goes awry. Can she find her way in a world that has finally shown its ugly side? Will she find safety? And what happens when she runs into a certain Band of Brothers?
Band of Brothers - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Crime - Chapters: 28 - Words: 155,240 - Reviews: 181 - Favs: 87 - Follows: 78 - Updated: 8/16/2011 - Published: 5/20/2008
Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree by dudeurfugly reviews
George Luz was never one to turn down a bet, especially with an engaged woman involved. Luz/OC
Band of Brothers - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 10 - Words: 18,051 - Reviews: 43 - Favs: 31 - Follows: 31 - Updated: 8/6/2011 - Published: 7/17/2011 - G. Luz
That Is How Long I Have Loved You by fiona1987 reviews
It started in Toccoa.... Photography was her passion, Nursing was her sister's. Such different careers but for both girls one things reamined the same...him. It was always him.
Band of Brothers - Rated: T - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 18 - Words: 79,351 - Reviews: 103 - Favs: 32 - Follows: 30 - Updated: 12/28/2010 - Published: 3/11/2010
CrossRoads by hansolo18 reviews
When a girl from our century is offered a difficult decision, stay safe in the 21st century or go back in time and help out the men of Easy Comapany, she can only hope she made the right one. A differnt take on the 'Went back in time set up' Speirs/OC
Band of Brothers - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 24 - Words: 76,737 - Reviews: 147 - Favs: 97 - Follows: 71 - Updated: 11/13/2010 - Published: 3/12/2008 - R. Speirs - Complete
Blue by celestial1 reviews
In a church basement, the dead and dying stacked all around them, Eugene Roe has absolutely zero sense of irony. "He's paralyzed. He can't feel a thing." Complete, no slash.
Band of Brothers - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,802 - Reviews: 19 - Favs: 47 - Follows: 2 - Published: 6/13/2010 - E. Roe/Doc - Complete
Decode by AivieEnchanted reviews
A month before her wedding to Babe, Eve gets a surprise visitor that turns her world-and possibly her forthcoming marriage-upside down. The sequel to Ashes & Wine.
Band of Brothers - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 12 - Words: 27,741 - Reviews: 81 - Favs: 29 - Follows: 15 - Updated: 5/22/2010 - Published: 12/29/2009 - E. Heffron/Babe, R. Speirs - Complete
Dreams by captain ty reviews
When life tears apart true love, can anything ever bring it back together again. Speirs/OC
Band of Brothers - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 12 - Words: 38,511 - Reviews: 44 - Favs: 31 - Follows: 16 - Updated: 1/26/2010 - Published: 12/2/2009 - Complete
Riding a Fine Line by captain ty reviews
What do you do when things aren't what you expected? Speirs/OC possible Luz/OC
Band of Brothers - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 10 - Words: 29,369 - Reviews: 46 - Favs: 39 - Follows: 14 - Updated: 11/8/2009 - Published: 9/25/2009 - Complete
Ocean's 14 by Mari Knickerbocker reviews
What does a native New Yorker, new to Las Vegas have in common with Danny Ocean and his gang of, well, mistfits. Why her profession of course!... takes place during Ocean's 13. ps i know the title isn't that original but i'm feeling a little lazy. LinusOC
Ocean's 11 - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 10 - Words: 17,953 - Reviews: 64 - Favs: 55 - Follows: 73 - Updated: 10/8/2009 - Published: 1/7/2008
Through the Eyes of a Soldier by Artemis1292 reviews
please read author's note! This is the story of Private Jesse Henderson. Yes, it's the classic 'girl in army' story, but you won't find out everything for awhile. I haven't decided what the pairing will be yet read note bad summary good story!
Saving Private Ryan - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 7 - Words: 15,667 - Reviews: 40 - Favs: 34 - Follows: 30 - Updated: 10/5/2009 - Published: 4/18/2009
The Call by hansolo18 reviews
An entry I made for a Band of brothers contest on Deviant Art. Challenge word: Guns We all know the man, the pretty American Nazi from episode 2; let's get a closer look into his mind as the events of D-Day unfold.
Band of Brothers - Rated: T - English - Horror/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 499 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 1 - Published: 7/4/2009 - Complete
Story Of A Girl by PunkKitten118 reviews
If one of your childhood enemies just happened to be stationed on the same base that you were on...And also just happened to have become quite good looking...You wouldn't fall for him right?...Right?
Pearl Harbor - Rated: T - English - Romance/Adventure - Chapters: 10 - Words: 7,991 - Reviews: 57 - Favs: 23 - Follows: 34 - Updated: 6/17/2009 - Published: 5/26/2005
Big, Brown Eyes by A Soldier Of My Own reviews
It was all so new. I wasn't supposed to be here, and yet, I found myself caught up in their world. As I drifted off to sleep, and listened to the chorus of 'good nights,' I wondered if that was really a bad thing… HIATUS
Band of Brothers - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 15 - Words: 56,291 - Reviews: 89 - Favs: 37 - Follows: 38 - Updated: 5/4/2009 - Published: 4/24/2007
Uninvited by littlebatgirl reviews
Somebody is stalking Amelia West, Gotham's IT girl and childhood friend of Bruce Wayne. That person claims to be able to unlock the secrets of her terrifying past. Amelia is drawn into the Joker's grasp and learns she isnt the ony one who needs saving.
Batman Begins/Dark Knight - Rated: T - English - Romance/Crime - Chapters: 16 - Words: 37,925 - Reviews: 70 - Favs: 179 - Follows: 43 - Updated: 11/17/2008 - Published: 11/10/2008 - Joker, Bruce W./Batman - Complete