CURRENT MISSION

Enjoying life the best I can.

ABOUT ME

IBM SPSS Statistics Specialist with extensive experience in academia and private industry who is currently seeking my next bold move. With enthusiasm I am looking forward to applying my finely tuned quantitative skill set at solving problems with Big Data using the IBM SPSS Suite of products. In my free time I enjoy exploring craft beer, fashion, art museums, music and libraries. I am active in the Michigan Jaycees / Junior Chamber of Commerce and am a budding ebay seller.

Linkedin: http://j.mp/adescham
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Twitter: @amelinda4ever
Pinterest: http://j.mp/vryPinteresting

PHILOSOPHY

"The promise of equality is not the same as true equality" Sheryl Sandberg.

"But I am not a dead butterfly, crisp and still, that can be pinned to a board and neatly labeled. As safe as it may feel behind glass, I prefer the soft pulse and dust of this temporary existence." ~ Danielle Orner

"Some of your own regrets are also not as ugly as you think they are." Kathryn Schulz

"€œNever let your memories be greater than your dreams."€“ Doug Ivester

"M.B.A.s have taken obfuscatory jargon --otherwise know as bullshit-- to a level that would have made even the Scholatics blanch." --The Atlantic

"Your revolution is over, Mr. Lebowski. Condolences. The bums lost. My advice is to do what your parents did; get a job, sir. The bums will always lose. Do you hear me, Lebowski? The bums will always lose!" Mr. Lebowski

"Yeah I'm crazy, but I get the job done."--Ben Folds Five

"Let's get some shoes." Kelly

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I surf, but I hope to return the favor one day when I obtain a more stable living situation.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Experience couchsurfer through arrangements made with friends across the United States.

Interests

Craft Beer, travel, social media, volunteering, current events, art, Data, SPSS, being awesome, Jaycees, pinterest

• arts
• fashion
• beer
• traveling
• music
• communications
• statistics
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

~MUSIC~

Recently seen in concert: Ben Fold Five, Ben Folds Guster, BNL, Metric, Third Coast Kings, Dragon Wagon, The Appleseed Collective, Vivian Tang, Lightning Love, Serena Ryder, Family of the Year, The Mountain Goats

All time favorite - The Cardigans, Sloan, Ben Folds Five, Ben Folds, Fiona Apple, Amy Winehouse, Tori Amos, Ani DiFranco, Hole, Weezer (Blue album & Pinkerton), The Breeders.

Recently listening to a lot of modern indie music, current top 40, Swedish Pop music, & 60s folk.

Favorite Musicals: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Do Patent Leather Shores Really Reflect Up?, Nunsense, Oklahoma!

~OTHER MEDIA~
Movies: Hedwig & the Angry Inch, Annie Hall, Moneyball, Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby, Iron Man, Idiocracy, Freeway, Skyfall, Casino Royal, Goodfellows, Pulp Fiction, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Hairspray, Sordid Lives, Grosse Pointe Blank, Office Space, The Big Lebowski, You've Got Mail, Happy Gilmore, Clerks

Books:
*Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error by Kathryn Schulz
*An Intermediate Guide to SPSS Programming: Using Syntax for Data Management by Sarah E. Boslaugh
*Jeffrey Eugenides' novels
*Michael Cunningham's novels

TV: RuPaul's Drag Race, The Golden Girls, Roseanne, & Grey's Anatomy

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Horse Sashimi

Teach, Learn, Share

I am available to share my knowledge of SPSS, Database management, LinkedIn profile Optimization, Statistics, being awesome

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Ireland, Japan

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States