Right now, I'm a high school sophmore. Believe me, they are not kidding when they say school is a full time job! I have played the violin in the school orchestra for over five years. I also play in my church sometimes, often in a quartet. Even though my life is crazy busy, I enjoy my position as editor for Serafimo's Pretense (check her out, she's awesome!).

Favorites and random "me" things:

Drink: Root Beer - out of a bottle. I don't know, just something about it..., Blue Gatorade (Glacier Freeze I think?)

Candy: Twix, circus peanuts, the bananas in Runts (the chewy ones aren’t bad either!)

Movies: National Treasure, Elf, Minority Report, Spiderman, Newsies, Jailhouse Rock, and of course, all my Disney classics

Characters: John Crichton (tv show Farscape), Calvin (book A Wrinkle in Time), Barney (tv show Mission: Impossible), David Jacobs (movie Newsies), Gary (tv show The Early Edition), Anamaria (movie Pirates of the Caribbean), Clark Kent (tv show Smallville), Joshua (book The Arm of the Starfish)

Authors: Madeleine L'Engle, T.A. Barron, Michael Crichton, Nicholas Sparks

Musicals: Oklahoma (original Rogers and Hammerstein cast recording), Phantom of the Opera (Original cast recording), Les Miserables, Jailhouse Rock, Oliver! (1968 movie), Newsies

Music Videos: The Reason (Hoobastank), Concrete Angel (Martina McBride), Long Black Train (Josh Turner), Paper Angels (Jimmy Wayne), Be My Escape (Relient K), She Didn’t Have Time (Terri Clark), Because Of You (Kelly Clarkson), Mountains (Lonestar), Some People Change (Montgomery Gentry), If You’re Going Through Hell (Rodney Atkins)

Hobbies: Biking, kayaking, reading, editing (both movies and stories), messing around with technology (this pretty much means changing the cords around on the family tv & stereo for now – I learned how to do the soundboard at church, but we just got all new equipment)

Time of day: Nite, for three reasons: 1)Erik (Phantom of the Opera) – the time of darkness 2)Jack (Newsies) – the time of dreams 3)Me – the time of solitude

Quotes:

"Ignorance may be bliss, but knowledge is power."

"With great power comes great responsibility." –Spiderman

“Headlines don’t sell papes – Newsies sell papes.” –Jack

“Headlines don’t sell papes – Newsies sell papes.” –David

“You get your picture in the papes, you’re famous. You’re famous, you get anything you want. That’s what’s so great about New York!” –Racetrack

“What do you think you’re doing?” –David... “Runnin’!” –Jack

“So here’s how it is – if we don’t act together, then we nothin’. If we don’t stick together, then we nothin’. And if we can’t even trust each other, then we nothing’.” –Jack . ... “Tell ‘em, Jack!” –Kid Blink