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This is Me
I like to talk/write a lot. I think what I've already written should be sufficient cursory information for anyone skimming this profile...however, if you'd like some further musings, read on:
If you're going to read "about me," I figure you might as well gain something from it. Thus, before regaling you with tales showcasing my wit and self-effacing humor, I'll reward you for your efforts by passing along my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe. Trust me, these things are sweet!
Combine 1 cup sugar, 1cup brown sugar and 1 cup REAL butter (face it, we're making cookies, margarine can't help you now!). Add 2 eggs and mix well. Then add in 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1 teaspoon baking soda, and 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder. You should probably have a little taste now, just to be sure. Continue to mix and slowly add 2 ½ cups of flour, a pinch of salt, and 1 cup ground oatmeal. Grinding the oatmeal is key!
And now for the important part: stir in 12 ounces of semi-sweet chocolate chips! Take as many bite-sized-totally-not-unh
ealthy tastes as possible. If you want fresh cookies, bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes.
Now, about me:
1) My general punctuation of preference is the exclamation point. (!)
2) I want to believe that the hokey pokey is, indeed, what it's all about. I vacillate between this lighthearted attitude and a more serious outlook motivated by a desire to do something good with all the priviledge I've had in my life. It's extremely important for me to give something back.
3) People fascinate me. I always wonder how people became who they are...genetics? culture? Too many or not enough popsicles as a child? I suppose I AM a dorky PSYCH major at heart!
4) I'm a stickler for statistics; you will impress me if you have a firm grasp of the difference between correlation and causation.
5) A friend once said I was the happiest non-religous person he'd ever met.
6) Although most who know me would describe me as HAPPY, energetic, and easily amused, I also have a serious side...if you start singing a Disney song, I will most certainly join in (and perhaps even correct you on the lyrics), but then we may get in a 5-hour long conversation about the use of gender-specific language in Mulan versus Snow White.
7) In the past 2 years, vocations I've considered seriously include: PhD in Developmental or Clinical Psychology, occupational therapist for developmentally disabled kids, nonprofit work with a global focus, high school health teacher, writer/editor, college admissions counselor.
8) Did I mention I love cookies?
Movies
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Before Sunrise, Murderball (Quad Rugby Documentary), In America, A Goofy Movie, What About Bob?, Born into Brothels, Rainman, Philidelphia, the Shawshank Redemption, Before Sunset, Zoolander, Rabbit Proof Fence, Office Space, Junebug, Finding Nemo
Music
The Album Leaf, Andrew Bird, Aqualung, Billie Holiday, The Bird and The Bee, Cold War Kids, Coldplay, Count Basie, Dave Matthews Band, David Bowie, Death Cab For Cutie, The Decemberists, Django Reinhardt, Elton John, Explosions In The Sky, The Fray, Gnarls Barkley, The Good The Bad and the Queen, Gorillaz, The Guggenheim Grotto, Imogen Heap, Iron and Wine, James Brown, James Morrison, Jet, John Legend, John Mayer, Johnny Cash, Kaiser Chiefs, The Killers, The Little Ones, Louis Armstrong, Modest Mouse, Muse, My Chemical Romance, Nick Drake, Norah Jones, Pink Floyd, The Postal Service, Prince, Queen, Regina Spektor, Sammy Price, The Shins, Snow Patrol, Steely Dan, U2
Television
I HATE commercials and thus rarely watch TV, but (thanks to DVDs) I do have to give a HUGE shout-out to the "Daily Show with Jon Stewart, " "The West Wing, " "House MD, " and BBC's "The Office."
Books
the tipping point, all flesh is grass, catcher in the rye, a handmaid's tale, brave new world, fast food nation, swingin' at the savoy, harry potter, under the banner of heaven, deep survival, the giver, siddhartha, the river why, 1984, stitch & bitch, the culture of fear, bowling alone, the god delusion, the way we never were, the da vinci code, angels and demons, sex, drugs, and cocoa puffs, the electric kool-aid acid test