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About me

Industry Education
Occupation English Teacher
Location Anywhere, United States
Introduction Mildly obsessed with words, my siblings' posterity, shoes, stationery, and wondering where my 20's went. Indelibly self-conscious, self-determined, self-deprecating, accessorized. Habitually keeping my head in the clouds with one eye open for my nerd in shining armor.
Interests All forms of nerdery, writing, reading, poetry, NPR, teaching, nature, hiking, BBC, paper products, pretty things, camping, quilting, photography, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, art, friends, family, music
Favorite Movies Pride and Prejudice, Garden State, The Princess Bride, Little Miss Sunshine, The Goonies, Return to Me, The Sound of Music, Bright Star, Far and Away, North and South, and other chick flick fare
Favorite Music Foo Fighters, The Shins, Damien Rice, The Decemberists, Coldplay, The Frames, Ray LaMontagne, The Swell Season, The Smiths, Regina Spektor, The Weepies, Van Morrison, Simon and Garfunkel, Joni Mitchell, my mom playing Clair de Lune on the upright piano in the living room of my childhood home
Favorite Books My Antonia, Dream Work, Speak, The Giving Tree, Cold Mountain, The Book of Mormon, Jane Eyre, To Kill a Mockingbird, Interpreter of Maladies

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A plastic spork, of course.