Interests- TRAVELING (next place- New Zealand), taking pictures along the way, my wonderful and hilarious friends, inside jokes, other cultures,
satire, music of ALL kinds,
making people smile,
learning other languages- especially Japanese and French, New Orleans restaurants (and food/cooking in general), international relations (politics) and current events, ancient civilizations, movies, adventure (even when it's hard), not knowing what's going to happen tomorrow.
Music
Instrumental and world (especially Indian, Arabic, Asian folk, and Celtic), Amos Lee, Aqualung, The Arcade Fire, Augustana, Bach, The Beatles, Belle & Sebastian, Ben Folds, Ben Lee, Billie Holiday, Bright Eyes, Chester French, The Cinematics, The Cinematic Orchestra, Cold War Kids, Cursive, Damien Rice, Deftones, Dropkick Murphys, The Eels, Feist, Fleet Foxes, The Fratellis, The Fray, The Guggenheim Grotto, Hannah Miller, Hans Zimmer, The Hush Sound, Imogen Heap, Iron & Wine, IZ, Jack White, James Morrison, Jeff Buckley, Jem, Jimi Hendrix, Justin Timberlake (collaborations), Kaki King, Kings of Leon, Klaus Badelt, Lady Gaga, Lily Allen, Margot & the Nuclear So and So's, Mark Ronson, Matthew Santos, Manchester Orchestra, Massive Attack, M.I.A., Miles Davis, Muse, older Nelly Furtado, Nickelcreek, Nine Inch Nails, Norah Jones, OneRepublic, older Panic at the Disco, A Perfect Circle, Phantom Planet, The Postal Service, Radiohead, Ratatat, Ray LaMontagne, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Sara Bareilles, Schuyler Fisk, SEABEAR, The Shins, Son Lux, Snow Patrol, The Submarines, Sigur Ros, Sufjan Stevens, the Swell Season (Glen Hansard And Markéta Irglová), Taylor Swift (I love her, don't judge), Tegan and Sarah, T.I., Timbaland, Travis, Twelve Girls Band, Tycho, The Verve, William Fitzsimmons, The Weepies, Yael Naim, Yoshida Brothers... Etc.
or you could just listen to Girl Talk, which "makes your entire CD collection seem redundant."
Television
Battlestar Galactica. And if I ever have TIME... House, Lie to Me, Burn Notice, No Reservations, Man vs. Wild, Dexter, 30 Rock, Arrested Development, Firefly <3, Psych, Family Guy (before it was canceled the first time), Tree Hill.
Books
Oscar Wilde, Dan Brown, Anderson Cooper (Dispatches from the Edge), Alice Sebold (The Lovely Bones), Chuck Palahniuk (only Invisible Monsters), Hamlet, Anthony Bourdain (Kitchen Confidential), George Orwell (1984), The Reader, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Road, The Harry Potter Series(I love it and I don't care what you think), Jon Stewart (America the Book), The Onion's Atlas of the World, Plato's The Republic... I can keep going.
Heroes
"To me, those are the heroes of the story. It was government that failed. It was people who stood up."
-Anderson Cooper
"Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience and rebellion that progress has been made."
Troy State University-Main Campus
Troy, AL
Graduated: N/A
Major: International Relations/PreMed
Minor: Political Science
Clubs: GBP Officer, Environmental Awareness Organization Treasurer
Greek:
Gamma Beta Phi
2006 to 2009
Northside Methodist Church & A
Dothan, AL
Graduated: 2006
Student status: Alumni
Clubs: Drama Club President, Government Club, Jr. Civitan Volunteer, Youth Legislature 2006
My Palestinian family in Israel, Angelina Jolie, Anderson Cooper, Anthony Bourdain. Jeremy Cowart, Zalmai, Tim Matsui, Albert Einstein, Bill Maher, President Obama, Chelsea Handler, everyone from BSG, and everyone who traveled with us/took care of us from Puerto Rico and in Japan, again.
Micah is in TX studying, and Im in Japan going to go to grad school from this April. I dont think I will be in America soon.... New camera? wow!! I like canon, but some people likes nikon too! SO I think which ever you like is the best! haha Im doing good!!