Gender	Female
Occupation	teacher/student
Location	Orland Park, IL, United States
Introduction	i am a searcher, observer, learner, optimist, dreamer, story-teller, perpetual student, one who is never quite satisfied - one who is, if nothing else, commited to truth.
Interests	traveling, reading, literary criticism, writing (creative non-fiction, poetry), theater, running, recreational tennis :), soccer, being with friends and family, movies, music, art, education, Chicago...
Favorite movies	The Royal Tenenbaums, Finding Forrester, When Harry Met Sally, Billy Madison, Alfred Hitchcock movies, Rent, The Spanish Prisoner, Bridget Jones, Moulin Rouge, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Stranger than Fiction, Anchorman, Finding Neverland, Cast Away...
Favorite music	Postal Service, Imogen Heap, The Shins, The Fray, Beatles, Beach Boys, Elliot Smith, DMB, Maroon Five, Dixie Chicks, Rockapella, Marc Broussard, Incubus, Rascal Flatts, The Corrs, Jason Mraz, John Mayer, Lucky Boys Confusion, Linkin Park, Jewel, Fall Out Boy, Evanescence, Rise Against, Yellow Card, Coldplay, Panic at the Disco...
Favorite books	The Giver, The Notebook, Perks of Being a Wallflower, Briar Rose, Secret Lives of Bees, Tuesdays with Morrie, The Twilight series, Jane Eyre, The Spiral Staircase, The Glass Castle, The Awakening, Kurt Vonnegut's stuff :) and of course poetry poetry poetry...e.e. cummings is a favorite!

Your hand has been replaced by a rubber stamp. What does it say?

Live. Laugh. Love. Just kidding. This is my Stamp of Approval -- but I have no ink so...