Rachel

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Gender Female
Industry Architecture
Occupation Student
Location Kent, Ohio, United States
Introduction I am a student at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. I am majoring in Architectural Studies and minoring in Photo Illustration. I had the opportunity to study abroad in Florence, Italy in the Fall of 2009. I plan to graduate in May 2011 and eventually go to graduate school for Acoustical Architecture.
Interests Architecture, Art Restoration, Crafts, Movies, Music, Painting, Photography, Running, Walking, Writing
Favorite Movies 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, American Beauty, Batman [1989], The Birds, Black Book, Brazil, Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Breakfast Club, Chicago, Como Agua para Chocolate, Crash, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Doubt, Edward Scissorhands, Fargo, Fiddler on the Roof, Forrest Gump, Frost/Nixon, The Fly, Ghostbusters, The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II, The Godfather: Part III, The Green Mile, Hard Day's Night, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, House of Wax, House on Haunted Hill, The Hunt for Red October, I Am Legend, The Illusionist, Juno, The King and I, Little Miss Sunshine, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Manchurian Candidate, Milk, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Namesake, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, The Outsiders, Paris je t'aime The Princess Bride, The Producers, Psycho, The Reader, Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical, Revolutionary Road, Roman Holiday, Sabrina, Saved!, Secretary, The Shawshank Redemption, Silent Movie, Singin' in the Rain, Sixteen Candles, Slumdog Millionaire, Some Like it Hot, Spaceballs, Star Trek, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Star Trek VI: The Voyage Home, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Wars VI: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars IV: A New Hope, Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi, Theater of Blood, Y Tu Mamá También, La vita è bella, West Side Story, Young Frankenstein
Favorite Music Aerosmith, AC/DC, Christina Aguilera, The Andrew Sisters, Architecture in Helsinki, Louis Armstrong, A.R. Rahman, The Avett Brothers, Barenaked Ladies, Beast, Beastie Boys, The Beatles, Beck, Björk, Black Box Recorder, Blink 182, Boston, Breaking Benjamin, The Cars, Celtic Woman, Chanticleer, Ray Charles, Coheed and Cambria, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Kimya Dawson, The Decemberists, Dixie Chicks, Dschinghis Khan, Bob Dylan, Enya, Ella Fitzgerald, Foo Fighters, The Four Seasons, Aretha Franklin, Green Day, Guns and Roses, Guster, Arlo Guthrie, Imogen Heap, I Set My Friends on Fire, Julianne Hough, Mark Isham, Etta James, Jet, Elton John, Norah Jones, Journey, Alicia Keys, Carol King, The King's Singers, Led Zepplin, György Ligety, Lynard Skynard, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Metallica, MIA, Modest Mouse, Mötley Crüe, Randy Newman, Joanna Newsom, The Offsping, Brad Paisley, Kellie Pickler, Queen, Relient K, R.E.M., Chris Rice, Rolling Stones, Emmy Rossum, Regina Spektor, Ravi Shankar, Frank Sinatra, Smashing Pumpkins, Styx, Taylor Swift, Switchfoot, System of a Down, The Temptations, U2, Carrie Underwood, Van Halen, Weezer, Weird Al Yankovic, White Stripes, The Who, ZZ Top
Favorite Books Go Ask Alice - Anonymous, Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen, Wuthering Heights - Charlotte Brontë, In Cold Blood - Truman Capote, Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll, And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie, The B.F.G: Big, Friendly Giant - Roald Dahl, Welcome to the World, Baby Girl - Fannie Flagg, The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd, The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri, The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis, Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier, This is Not a Novel - David Markson, I Am Legend - Richard Matheson, Angela's Ashes, Teacher Man, Tis, - Frank McCourt, Atonement - Ian McEwan, 1984 - George Orwell, Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert M. Pirsig, The Stories of Beatrix Potter, The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - J.K. Rowling, The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold, Falling Up, The Giving Tree, Where the Sidewalk Ends - Shel Silverstein, Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck, The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan, Accidental Tourist - Anne Tyler, Dicey's Song, Homecoming - Cynthia Voigt, The Glass Castle - Jeanette Walls