Thursday, August 5, 2010

Meet This Crazy Wino - Selina


Name: Selina
Alias: Belina, Bean, Beanie
Occupation: Occu-what? Well, I am a sociology graduate student if that counts.

When you brag, you brag about: My family is very unique (well, mostly my father) in that we have an organic "farm" with chickens and fresh fruits/vegetables, and we also make our own wine (and it's all so good). Although I admittedly never help on the farm and I'm hardly on Long Island to partake in the wine making, I think all of it is pretty awesome and I feel super lucky to be able to reap the benefits.

What would you do if money was no issue? I would absolutely travel the world, I would actually get those front row center tickets to Radiohead next time around, buy a big boat, a house in New York and another home in Florence, Italy.

Favorite Vintage: 2009 Labriola - Zinfandel (red) OK, so we didn't even personally grow those grapes, but that's the answer I'm giving.
Why? I helped make it!

Your First Wine Experience: I have a terrible memory, so this was definitely not my first wine experience, but it's the earliest one I can vividly remember. It was Valentine's day my freshman year of college and my boyfriend at the time asked someone with a fake ID to buy us a bottle of red wine (how romantic). He wound up bringing us a bottle of Kelly's Revenge Shiraz. We sat down on my bedroom floor where we had set up an indoor dinner picnic of sorts (who knows why) and realized we didn't have a corkscrew to open the bottle. Ultimately we pushed the cork all the way down inside and every time we poured ourselves a glass the cork would obstruct the flow and red wine would spray out everywhere. I'm pretty sure I ruined my shirt, and probably the carpet.

What makes you a crazy wino? I think I read somewhere, "You know you're a wino when you brush your teeth and you spit out purple." True story.

Favorite Quote: "I saw this wino, he was eating grapes. I was like, 'Dude, you have to wait!'" - Mitch Hedberg.

Personal Motto: As the respected philosopher and great friend Darafucious always says, "You must be like the jello mold... just jiggle with it."

Top 3 items on your Bucket List: Get married, explore all 50 states, create a bucket list.

Top Choice Actor to play you for Our Monthly Wine Club - The Movie: Snooki

9 comments:

  1. Our Monthly Wine Club: The Movie...So Far Starring Paul Rudd, Katherine Heigl, and Snooki...HAHAHAHAHA!!!

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  2. I wanted Katherine Heigl. Alissa should have chose Scarlett. She robbed me. And Heigl is a brunette now anyway. ROBBED!

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  3. well i have to say that i see alissa as being a bit closer to scarlett, but not far off from katherine heigl. but i dont see you as katherine heigl at all...no offense...

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  4. totally love the first encounter with wine! hahaha hilarious!

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  5. I know I don't look like her, but I think we have the same attitude.

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  6. Like, couldn't you see her being as bitchy as me?

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  7. Evan, did you approve of all my answers?

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  8. Selina, I loved that one of the things on your bucket list is to "make a bucket list". HAHA! And Snooki was out of left field...I loved it... Nicole, I agree that your attitude is the same. I suppose it could work, but now, we'll never know...

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  9. Snooki! haha... and the new wine club motto should now be... "Do you spit purple?"

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