Teachers' kid, EIC, voracious reader, formidable linguist, big imagination, bad runner, someday fourth-generation ISU Bengal, rabid NYG fan, utter word nerd, musician of sorts, skier, super conservative, aspiring sailor, total Swede. That's me. :)
A: "What are the pros and cons of living in Switzerland?" B: "Well, the flag's a plus." - Joke from one of my mom's students
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| Favorite books: |
At the Back of the North Wind, anything and everything by Lucy Maud Montgomery, Don't Call Me Katie Rose, Jane Eyre, Criss Cross, My Antonia, A House Like a Lotus, Wuthering Heights, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Caddie Woodlawn, After All, You're Callie Boone, Kristin Lavransdatter, Sophie's World |
| Favorite authors: |
the Bronte sisters, Madeleine L'Engle, Trenton Lee Stewart, Lucy Maud Montgomery!!, Agatha Christie, C. S. Lewis, Tolkien, Lynne Rae Perkins, George MacDonald, Sigrid Undset, A. A. Milne, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Louisa May Alcott, Catherine Marshall, Lenora Mattingly Weber, Michael Buckley |
| Favorite music artists: |
Owl City, Veggie Tales, die Wise Guys (Deutsch Ist Kühl!!), Sofia Jannok, Ed Sheeran, Hayley Westenra, Celtic Woman, Mannheim Steamroller, Kenny Loggins, Manhattan Transfer, Billy Joel, Harry Connick Jr., James Taylor, Per Gessle |
| Favorite movies: |
The Last Starfighter, Secondhand Lions, Gnomeo & Juliet, The Princess Bride, Amadeus, The Blind Side, August Rush, The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything, Tangled, Vitus, Despicable Me, Sleepless in Seattle |
| Favorite movie stars: |
Aw, come on. Couldn't you have just given me more room to talk about quotes? |
| Favorite TV shows: |
Okay, I admit it - The Bob Newhart Show |
| Favorite actors: |
Bob! Obviously. |
| Favorite gadgets: |
hehe! my brain. Just kidding - um, Svenja, my shmexy phone, Lovisa, my keyboard in band, Tove, my iPod, and yes, I am a gadget namer. |
| Favorite hobbies: |
making alphabetized lists of names, languages (Swedish!), reading, writing, running, skiing, swimming, knitting, sailing, journalism, photography, yoga, trying out for musicals, writing some more, collecting sweatshirts, collecting notebooks, singing, playing the piano, daydreaming, teaching myself guitar |
| Favorite heroes: |
All my grandparents, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Christine de Pizan, Sigrid Undset, my mom and dad, Madeleine L'Engle, Ms. Martin |