About Me

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  • Nicknames: Janie is a nickname
  • Nationality: American
  • Religion: Protestant
  • Heroes: Jesus, Rich Mullins, Bono, Anne Lamott
  • Interests: life
  • Expertise: Jane of all trades, master (mistress?) of none...
  • Occupation: graduate student
  • Industry: education

Travel

  • Places I love: Spain, New York, North Carolina, Kentucky, Washington, Texas
  • Places I've been: All of the Southeast and mid-Atlantic, most of the midwest and west, the northern states and New England are the only ones I haven't seen in the US. Outside of the US, I've been to Spain and Canada.
  • Places to see before I die: Everywhere else, especially Ireland, Italy, Thailand, Kenya, India, China, Chile, Alaska, Fiji, etc.
  • Dream Vacation: a three-month excursion through Europe

Television

  • Favorite Shows: Lost, Law and Order, Roseanne, Northern Exposure, Sex and the City, the Simpsons, The Wonder Years, Christy
  • Favorite Channels: TBS, Nick at Nite, Bravo, HGTV, TLC, the Travel Channel, the History Channel, A&E, Animal Planet, the Food Network, the Style Network, etc.
  • Favorite Reruns: Roseanne, Sex and the City, Northern Exposure, King of Queens, the Simpsons
  • Most Addictive Show: Sex and the City, LOST
  • Favorite Late Night Talk Show: Conan O'Brien
  • Favorite Episode: The Sex and the City where Miranda and Steve get together
  • Characters you relate to: Miranda Hobbs, Darlene Conner, Lisa Simpson, Kevin Arnold, Christy Huddleston, Becca from Life Goes On
  • Favorite Theme Song: Northern Exposure
  • Show I Secretly Watch: I think my real list is embarassing enough
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Most of my favorites

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Elizabethtown, Forrest Gump, Fried Green Tomatoes, Steel Magnolias, Reality Bites, the Breakfast Club, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Indiana Jones Trilogy, Back to the Future Trilogy, Walk the Line, Crash
  • Favorite Actors: Tom Hanks, Kevin Spacey, Reese Witherspoon, John Cusack, there are more...
  • Favorite Directors: Cameron Crowe
  • Favorite Genre: not sure
  • Favorite Soundtracks: Garden State, Walk the Line, Elizabethtown, Forrest Gump
  • Movies I can watch over and over: See above
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: Anne Hathaway

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: Italian
  • Favorite Dishes: anything
  • Favorite Desserts: tiramisu!!!
  • Favorite Drinks: good wine
  • Favorite Junk Foods: cheetos, chocolate/peanut butter combinations
  • Best meal ever: IHOP garden omlet with strawberry pancakes
  • My Original Recipes: Black Bean Chili
  • Favorite Restaurants: Macaroni Grill, the Italian Garden, MiPueblito
  • Foods I hate: none :)

Books

  • Favorite Books: The Ragamuffin Gospel, The Cotton Patch Gospel, The Chronicles of Narnia, A Farewell to Arms, Catcher in the Rye, This Side of Paradise, Jane Eyre
  • Favorite Authors: Charlotte Bronte, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Salinger, Hemingway, Manning, Lewis, the Apostle Paul, Isaiah
  • Favorite Genres: Religion and Culture, Historical Christianity, Travel
  • Favorite Characters: Jane Eyre, Frankenstein
  • Favorite Quotes: (paraphrase) I'd live for Narnia even if there was no Narnia. - Puddlglum, The Silver Chair, C.S. Lewis
  • Recent Reads: school stuff :(

High School

  • School Name: Lone Oak High School
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 1999
  • Attended: 1995 - 1999
  • Organizations: FCA, Choir, History Club, Student Government, Academic Team

College

  • School Name: Cumberland College
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 2003
  • Attended: 1999 - 2003
  • Degree type: Bachelors
  • Major(s): History and Political Science, Religion
  • Organizations: SGA, Campus Ministries, Residence Life, Chorale

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    • Name: Janie
    • Country: United States
    • State: North Carolina
    • Metro: Charlotte
    • Birthday: 1/15/1981
    • Gender: Female
    • Member Since: 10/20/2003