Gender	Female
Location	Connecticut, United States
Introduction	I'm a 25 year old reader, writer, waitress, and MFA student. I'm obsessed with all things YA. And I treat my two dogs like a saner person treats their children.
Interests	Reading, Writing, Tattoos, Education, Animals, Road trips, Crosswords, Gilmore Girls, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, One Tree Hill, Veronica Mars, Dawson's Creek, Funky jewelry, Sophia Bush, Kristen Stewart, Decorating,
Favorite movies	The Wizard of Oz, Beauty and the Beast, Life as a House, Stand By Me, 10 Things I Hate About You, Easy A, Scream, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Now and Then, Con Air, Face Off, Armageddon, Clue, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Star Wars, Footloose, American Pie, Chasing Amy, Final Destination, Get Over It, How to Deal, Crossroads, Varsity Blues, Speed, Madagascar, Tuck Everlasting
Favorite music	The Ataris, Less Than Jake, Something Corporate, Every Avenue, Jay Brannan, The Perishers, Avril Lavigne, Backseat Goodbye, Relient K, Theory of a Deadman, Plain White T's, Yellowcard, Counting Crows, Savage Garden, Everclear, Death Cab for Cutie, Trapt, Taylor Swift, American Hi-Fi, New Found Glory, Secondhand Serenade, The Spill Canvas, FM Static, Simple Plan, Kate Voegele, Meg & Dia, All Time Low, Daughtry, Luke Bryan, A Rocket to the Moon, Dashboard Confessional, Dierks Bentley, Jimmy Eat World, The Weepies, Saving Jane, Hope Partlow, The Love Willows, Saving Abel, Hinder, Natasha Bedingfield, Blink 182, Eve6, Mozella, Augustana, Carolina Liar, The Morning Of, Vertical Horizon, Archie Star, The Rocket Summer, Making April, Stephen Speaks, Wideawake, Oval Opus, Artist vs. Poet, Aaron and Andrew, Schuyler Fisk, All American Rejects, Barenaked Ladies
Favorite books	This Lullaby (and everything else by Sarah Dessen), Some Girls Are, The DUFF, Perfect Chemistry, Pride and Prejudice, Harry Potter series, Stephanie Plum Series, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Sloppy Firsts, Charles Bukowski poetry, Under the Dome, Columbine, The Abstinence Teacher, The Pact, Nineteen Minutes, When It Happens, Summer Sisters, Dear John, Forever, Two Way Street, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, My Antonia, Sookie Stackhouse series, The Child Thief, The Summer of Naked Swim Parties, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The Lucky One, The Last Song, I Know It's Over, Thirteen Reasons Why, Not That Kind of Girl, My Horizontal Life, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, The Unwritten Rule, Dash and Lily's Book of Dares, Pretty Little Liars Series, Cracked Up to Be, Amy & Roger's Epic Detour, Delirium, The Lonely Hearts Club, Where I Belong, Getting Revenge on Lauren Wood, The Education of Hailey Kendrick

Never mind the turtle. Don't you think you're sure to win?

Well, I wouldn't want to beat the turtle and make him feel bad about himself because turtles are beautiful.