About Me

  • About Me: I live like a hermit in my own head/But when the sun shines again/I'll pull the curtains and blinds to let the light in.

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Pride and Prejudice, Gone With the Wind, The Lake House, While You Were Sleeping, Lord of the Rings, the Emperor's New Groove, Pirates of the Carribean, Napoleon Dynamite, Star Wars, Lady in the Water, The Princess Bride, Unbreakable, The Sixth Sense, The Village
  • Favorite Actors: Sandra Bullock
  • Favorite Directors: M. Night Shamylan
  • Favorite Soundtracks: Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Carribean, Pride and Predjudice
  • Movie Quotes I say all the time: "Not happy, Bob...Not Happy..."

More About Me

  • Nationality: Italian!
  • Religion: Christian
  • Interests: Reading, music, writing, talking, people
  • Expertise: Sleeping, eating, procrastinating...
  • Occupation: Student (save me)

Music

  • Favorite Artists: U2,Counting Crows, the Fray Relient K, Keane, Coldplay, Flogging Molly, the Killers, Kevin Max, Castle Door, The Elms, Jars of Clay, Sara Groves, Jennifer Knapp, LaRue, Bethany Dillon, Anberlin, Lifehouse, Beethoven, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Bach, and Opera.
  • Favorite Albums: Anything by U2, Keane's "Under the Iron Sea", Counting Crow's "August and Everything After," The Fray's "How to Save a Life," Jars of Clay's "Good Monsters"

Books

  • Favorite Books: Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Gone With the Wind, Lord of the Rings, Great Expectations, Watership Down, Emma, Villette, So Big, Giant, Authentic Beauty, The Count of Monte Crito, Great Expectations, The Great Gatsby, Guards!Guards!, Pride and Predjudice, Montsrous Regiment
  • Favorite Authors: Jane Austen, Shakespeare, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, William Butler Years, TS Eliot, Ted Dekker, Robert Whitlow, Frank Peretti, Edna Ferber, Davis Bunn, Beverly Lewis, Terry Pratchet, Edgar Allen Poe
  • Favorite Genres: Classic, Historical, Fiction
  • Favorite Quotes: "How art thou out of breath when thou hast breath To say to me that thou art out of breath?" Romeo and Juliet Act II, Scene 5 "All long pajamas are frozen dust."
  • Recent Reads: the Count of Monte Cristo, Monstrous Regiment.

Style

  • Where I shop: Stores
  • I like to wear: clothes
  • Can't live without: air

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: Italian
  • Favorite Dishes: Pasta. Ice Cream.
  • Favorite Desserts: Candy. Ice Cream
  • Favorite Junk Foods: Oreos. And Skittles. And Ice cream.
  • Best meal ever: Ice Cream. (Hello, my name is Allison and I'm addicted to ice cream...)

Television

  • Favorite Shows: Monk, Psych
  • Show I Secretly Watch: If I told, it wouldn't be secret, now would it?

Travel

  • Places I love: Paris, Hawaii
  • Places to see before I die: Italy, Russia, England, Spain
  • Dream Vacation: To see everything in the Louvre would be great. Although I might need a wheelchair after standing that long.

High School

  • School Name: Christian Heritage School
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 2006
  • Attended: 1999 - 2006
  • Sports: Volleyball, Basketball, Track and Field
  • Organizations: Uncle Chester

College

  • School Name: Patrick Henry College
  • Status: Undergrad
  • Class of: 2010
  • Major(s): Journalism