Alex
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Advertising |
| Occupation | Account Manager |
| Location | Austin, TX, United States |
| Introduction | I am introspective and analytical-maybe to a fault. At one point in time I considered myself an athlete, and I am highly competitive. I'm an only child, but I wish sometimes that I hadn't been-I think it is why I spend so much time in my own head, and not in the world. I often surprise myself, which I find to be somewhat odd. I am the only person I know that hates to sneeze. I am a control freak, though in recovery. I love cherry blossoms and New York City in the spring. I am not good at making simple decisions, so don't ask me where we should eat for dinner. I accepted Jesus as my savior when I was 16 and His grace & love has become the central core of my existence. I shop and eat all-natural and organic. I can remember birthdays and phone numbers of people that I haven't seen in years. I struggle with what it means to be a woman, a wife, and a mom in our society, and what I want that to mean for myself. I am coming to a point in my life where I crave to try new things, and to do things differently from the way I've been taught...but I fear change. I don't make much sense. I someday want to start a charitable non-profit. My son, Max, was born Friday, April 13th, 2007! |
| Interests | Reading, backpacking, wine, cooking & cook books, eating, travel (though I've done very little), theology, theatre, nature, the subtle interactions that make relationships (between anyone or thing) work, watching musicians play their instruments, metaphors, baseball, football, pop culture, advertising, genuine silence, The Family Guy, my crazy dogs, tennis, poetry, really good movies, coffee (organic, free-trade), tea, moments of surprising beauty, children playing while they don't know you are watching, uninhibited creativity, Macs, laughing, long nights with good friends & conversation, anything that provokes thought, learning interesting facts about people, useless trivia, architectural details, emotional moments that make you cry for reasons you can't really determine, listening to someone play the piano, the emergent church, New York City, meeting new people, eating with chopsticks, surprises, sustainability/sustainable living, organic farming, farmer's markets, optimism, nostalgia, movie/TV/lit references in conversation (or other movies/tv/lit), the way planted fields look when you drive past, art in everyday life, and Max |
| Favorite Movies | Month Python Holy Grail, the Great Escape, Fight Club, Amelie, Punch Drunk Love, One Hour Photo, La Vita e Bella, The Princess Bride, Goonies, Anything with Harrison Ford, Forest Gump, TLOTR, Monster's Inc., Grease, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, The Passion, Life Aquatic, Garden State, The Royal Tennenbaums, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, Bottle Rocket, Brave Heart, The Lion in Winter, Pride & Prejudice, Walk the Line, As Good As it Gets, Shakespeare in Love, Zoolander, Office Space, The Notebook, The Life of David Gale, Lucky Number Sleven, Brick, The Science of Sleep, Children of Men, the list goes on..... ol. |
| Favorite Music | New stuff. Old stuff. Classic stuff. Rock stuff. Texas country stuff. Emo stuff. Select rap. Independent stuff. Ska stuff. Classical. Gospel. Blues. Folk. I basically haven't met many types of music I won't listen to at least a little of. My ipod is almost always on 'shuffle' (if I can find it). |
| Favorite Books | Really too many to mention without this being ridiculously long, but I'll try not to bore you...the Bible, Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller, Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell, What's so Amazing About Grace by Phillip Yancy, the Chronicles of Narnia, The Lord of the Rings, anything by Tom Robbins, The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, The Devil in the White City by Eric Larson, Isabelle Allende, Edwidge Danticat, Zora Neal Hurston, Shakespeare, Pablo Neruda, e.e. cummings, Maya Angelou, J.D. Salinger, Eric Schlosser, Fight Club, The Bluest Eye & Love by Toni Morrison (or anything by TM), Traveling Mercies & Plan B by Anne Lammott, Jane Austen, The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova and many, many others. |