Journalism freak, 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, total Swede. That's me. :)
Enkel gladje, frid på jord, och pannkakor varje Torsdag kväll. [Simple gladness, peace on earth, and pancakes every Thursday night.] It's an unofficial Sjölunden thing.
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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, 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!!), The Red Button, Hayley Westenra, Celtic Woman, Mannheim Steamroller, Kenny Loggins, Manhattan Transfer, a few songs by Taylor Swift, THE SJÖLUNDEN PLAYLIST!, Do my most inspiring high school choirs count? ;) |
| Favorite movies: |
The Last Starfighter, Secondhand Lions, Gnomeo & Juliet, The Princess Bride, Secretariat, Seabiscuit, The Blind Side, August Rush, The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything, Tangled |
| Favorite movie stars: |
Aw, come on. Couldn't you have just given me more room to talk about quotes? |
| 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,, being funny and clever and just generally silly, journalism, writing some more, collecting sweatshirts, collecting notebooks, singing, playing the piano, daydreaming, teaching myself guitar |
| Favorite people in my life: |
Hannah, Stephanie, Danielle, Tim, Keesha, most of the rest of my German class, my choir, my band and my fellow newspaper staff members, my crazy sisters, my wonderful parents, my delightful fictional characters, my awesome cousin Katie, my fantastical advisers Devo and Martin, and the illustrious yet fictional Will Lindstrom |
| Favorite heroes: |
All my grandparents, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Christine de Pizan, Sigrid Undset, my mom and dad, Madeleine L'Engle, Ms. Martin |