CURRENT MISSION

To learn something new every day (and try to retain the knowledge)

ABOUT ME

Well, I'm in my early 20's and I live in Detroit. I am a student at Wayne State University. I live about 2 miles from the "downtown" area. I'm majoring in theater, with a concentration in design/tech with a specialization in props. I grew up in a town of 5,000 people, but I'm loving living in Detroit. If only it had better public transportation. :) I love movies and music, like most people, and I love reading a lot about random things. I think Wikipedia is one of the greatest things ever, no matter how reliable or unreliable it may seem, because you can learn something new every day.

PHILOSOPHY

Learn a little something about eveything, because once you gain knowledge it's one thing no one can take from you. Unless, I guess, they do a lobotomy, which I hear isn't done much anymore.

Interests

Beaches, Disney parks and their design, peppermint sticks in hot chocolate, Muppets and puppet design, art history, obscure facts, reading, movies, children's books, armadillos, random TV shows, watching people make fancy cakes, Chuck Norris factoids, making dribble castles on the beach, bright fall mornings, palm trees, piano, camping, Peter Pan, ridiculous old horror movies, midnight franchise movie premieres, sand dunes, Mo Willems, sleeping in, history of things, Ripperology, singing in the shower, thunderstorms, shopping, TV on DVD, learning random things for my job, guitar, Wii.

• arts
• books
• singing
• theater
• design
• chocolate
• cheese
• shopping
• technology
• movies
• reading
• tv
• music
• guitar
• piano
• camping
• rock climbing
• art history
• history
• sign language
• beaches
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES: Moulin Rouge, Star Wars, most Disney, Indiana Jones, Ocean's 11, 12, and 13, Casablanca, Pirates Trilogy, Muppets, Lord of the Rings, Finding Neverland, Shaun of the Dead, Peter Pan, Pulp Fiction, Now and Then, The Goonies, Amelie, Harry Potter, Resovoir Dogs, X-Men, Love Actually, The History Boys, Hot Fuzz, Speed Racer, From Hell
TV: The Office, Friends, Buffy & Angel, LOST, Arrested Development, X-Files, The Muppet Show, Mythbusters, Psych, How I Met Your Mother, Weeds, Dexter, Pushing Daisies, Chuck
MUSIC: The Beatles, Jack Johnson, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Frank Sinatra, Cheap Trick, Dave Matthews Band, Barenaked Ladies, Tenacious D, Disney, Queen, Michael Jackson, The Beach Boys, TV theme songs, Elton John, John Mellencamp, Soundtracks to movies and musicals, Beethoven, Sex Pistols, Jimmy Buffet, The Ramones, Beth Hart, Ella Fitzgerald, The Corrs, Cat Stevens, Marilyn Manson, Billy Joel, Howard Jones, Billy Idol, U2, David Bowie, The Eagles, The Doobie Brothers, James Taylor, Guster, Flight of the Conchords, Lena Horne, Classical, ELO, Bob Marley, Madonna, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Andrew Lipke, Ben Harper, Sara Bareilles, Joss Stone, Etta James, The Four Tops
BOOKS: I enjoy books about how things were/are made, like Disney World, movies, costumes, even furniture. I am a fan of Harry Potter. I like travel writing, especially Bill Bryson. Some of my favorite books are A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving, Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie, and Good Omens by Neil Gaiman.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Taking a trip to Oregon/Washington and seeing things like Multnomah Falls and the Tillamook Cheese Factory, climbing and descensing Mt. Hood, visiting Mr. St. Helens, and chilling in Astoria (where they shot the Goonies. I have now officially been to the Goonie house. :) )

Teach, Learn, Share

I make a mean chicken parmesean, I play simple guitar and piano, I know the history of things like pencils and Hershey kisses, I can say about 30 words in American sign language (but would like to learn more), and I used to sing bass in a barbershop quartet. I don't know if that's useful, unless you're three other members of a quartet who need a bass, in which case it's perfect. :)

Countries I’ve Visited

United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

•