Dustin Petty
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Student |
| Occupation | Magazine Editor |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Introduction | This blog will follow one simple premise: every woman has a story to tell. And while each is unique, common themes can be found in all of them. The one I'll choose to focus on is strength. I'm a lucky man. I've been surrounded by strong women since birth. They are the inspiration for this blog. |
| Interests | God, family and friends, being who I am, history, reading and writing, politics, good (sometimes heated) discussions, genealogy, the smell of Windsong perfume, Wikipedia, good sleep, bookstores, well written books and tv shows, dry wit, worthy causes, laughter, my AP Stylebook, my ipod, music, being inspired, Crispix with half & half, cooking, cleaning (sometimes), the classy Katie Couric, anything that reminds me of happy times, the best of humanity, the British, youtube and all it entails, anything Kristin Chenoweth, the brilliance and oozing sex appeal of John Tartaglia, strong women, dreaming of a Bartlet presidency, liberalism, Norman Rockwell's vision of America, Diane Keaton, kicking ass and taking names in the game of spoons, anything Tom Brokaw does, Kennedy optimism, Michael Urie's way of being, discovering music via Pandora, considering a future in LGBT activism |
| Favorite Movies | The Sound of Music, Walk the Line, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Inherit the Wind, Love Actually, Elizabethtown, Everything is Illuminated, Paper Clips, Fried Green Tomatoes, V for Vendetta, Mary Poppins, An Inconvenient Truth, Rent, Little Miss Sunshine, Angels in America, Almost Famous, Shut Up and Sing, A League of Their Own, TransAmerica, The Notebook, In the Land of Women, On Golden Pond, Newsies, Hairspray, Across the Universe, Freedom Writers, The Family Stone, Meet Me in St. Louis, Sicko, A Walk to Remember, We are Marshall, Rock Haven, Juno, For the Bible Tells Me So, Latter Days, The Cider House Rules, 300, The Rules of Attraction, Mr. Holland's Opus |
| Favorite Music | Johnny Cash, Elton John, Lifehouse, The All-American Rejects, the Carter Family, Joni Mitchell, Michael Buble, Peter, Paul and Mary, Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens, Simon & Garfunkel, The Fray, Judy Garland, Dixie Chicks, Carole King, James Blunt, Rent, Mika, Mother Maybelle, Carrie Underwood, Ragtime, Wicked, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, Spring Awakening, Linkin Park, Hairspray, Savage Garden, Mahalia Jackson, Avenue Q, Sugarland, Cyndi Lauper, Melissa Etheridge, Alan Jackson |
| Favorite Books | The Grapes of Wrath, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Blue Like Jazz, A Son Called Gabriel, Leave Myself Behind, Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone, The Greatest Generation, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Looking for It, Lay That Trumpet in Our Hands |