About Me
- About Me: Art geek. Design geek. Music geek. Film geek. Sci-Fi geek. Jesus freak. Book worm. Hipster. Anglophile. Coffee addict. Tea-holic. Granola-cruncher. Cat person - but not the type of cat person from that creepy horror movie. I just have a cat. His name is Hobie. He owns you.
Television
- Favorite Shows: Doctor Who, Torchwood, Primeval, Prison Break, South Park, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, Arrested Development, Nip/Tuck, Battlestar Galactica, CSI:, The Office, Mind Control, Man vs. Wild, Ghost Hunters, Life on Mars, Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, Flight of the Conchords
- Favorite Channels: A&E, TLC, Discovery, Animal Planet, Comedy Central, National Geographic, Sci Fi, BBC America
- Favorite Reruns: Farscape, Cheers, Friends
- Most Addictive Show: Torchwood
- Favorite Late Night Talk Show: Whatever show Conan O'Brien is hosting
- Favorite Episode: The "I don't have a square to spare" episode of Seinfeld.
- Characters you relate to: Sara Rue on Less Than Perfect, Rachel Green (less spoiled - just as neurotic) on Friends, Pam on The Office
- Favorite Theme Song: The Addams Family
- Show I Secretly Watch: American Idol
- Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Arrested Development, Farscape
More About Me
- Religion: Christian - Protestant
- Heroes: My Parents; Stephen Colbert; Bono; Super Grover; Christopher Reeve; Bret and Jemaine.
- Interests: Music, film, art + design, photography, Macs, fitness, reading, animals, family + friends, church, rock climbing, mountain biking, make up, fresh fruit, coffee - especially Starbucks, tea, my car, travel, missions, hugh jackman and trying not to kill my plants.
- Expertise: Useless knowledge/facts. Bizarre diseases. Forensic shows. Electronics/computers. Breaking bones and/or stubbing toes.
- Occupation: Art Director/Graphic Designer
- Industry: Television
Travel
- Places I love: Tofte, Tanzania
- Places I've been: Panama, El Salvador, Venezuela, Honduras, Tanzania
- Places to see before I die: Europe
- Dream Vacation: Back packing through Europe with my best girls.
Style
- Where I shop: Urban Outfitters, H&M, general ironic-hipster hodge-podge.
- Brands I love: Miscellaneous
- I like to wear: comfy clothes
- Can't live without: chapstick
- Prized Possessions: cell phone, my MacBook Pro
- Guilty Pleasure: A+F
Movies
- Favorite Movies: Night of the Hunter, Wait Until Dark, Roman Holiday, Memento, Pride + Prejudice (w/Colin Firth), Garden State, 300
- Favorite Actors: Chris Walken, Hugh Jackman, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Mitchum, Toby Stephens
- Favorite Directors: Chris Nolan, Alfred Hitchcock
- Favorite Genre: Drama, Comedy, Indie
- Favorite Soundtracks: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Garden State
- Movie Quotes I say all the time: "You can't dust for vomit", "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!"
- Movies I can watch over and over: Love Actually, Pride + Prejudice (w/Colin Firth), North + South (BBC 2004 - based on Elizabeth Gaskell novel)
- Actor that would play me in a movie: Reese Witherspoon.
Books
- Favorite Books: Anne of the Island, Jane Eyre, The Tenant of Wilfell Hall, Emma, Pride + Prejudice, Flatland, The Blue Castle, The Hound of the Baskervilles, A Long Fatal Love Chase
- Favorite Authors: Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, Anne Bronte, Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Favorite Genres: classic literature, fiction, non-fiction
- Favorite Characters: Lizzy Bennett, Mr. Darcy, Mr. Knightley, Mr. Rochester, Valancy Stirling, Barney Snaith, Gilbert Blythe, Dick Dewy
- Favorite Quotes: "Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it" - Miss Stacey in Anne of Avonlea
- Recent Reads: Spook by Mary Roach, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling, Mr. Darcy's Diary by Amanda Grange, The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson, The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester, Winkie by Clifford Chase
Food
- Favorite Cuisine: Asian
- Favorite Desserts: French Silk Pie, Cheesecake, Chocolate Mousse
- Favorite Drinks: Arizona Pomegranate Green Tea
- Favorite Junk Foods: Sea Salt and Vinegar Kettle Chips
- Best meal ever: Haystacks; Cottage Cheese loaf with garlic bread, mashed potatoes and salad;
- Favorite Restaurants: Mai Village; Papa Vinos; Twin Cities Grill; Punch Pizza; Surabhi; Frankie's Pizza
- Foods I hate: Peas; anything strained or that's a vegetable and in a souffle form;
Music
- Favorite Artists: Sigur Ros; Newsboys; Dntel; The Postal Service; Robbie Williams; Sun Kil Moon; Halloween, Alaska; Aaron Shust; The Go Find; Owen; Rufus Wainwright (and many more)
- Favorite Albums: Sigur Ros - Takk; Chris Tomlin - Arriving; Snow Patrol - Eyes Open; Motion City Soundtrack - Commit This To Memory; Owen - At Home With Owen; Rufus Wainwright - Release the Stars
- Favorite Genre: Indie, Contemporary Christian
- Favorite Songs: The Finish Line - Snow Patrol; My Savior, My God - Aaron Shust; Fix You - Coldplay; Natasha - Rufus Wainwright, Between My Legs - Rufus Wainwright
- Songs I hate: Almost the entire playlist of stations like KDWB.
- Guilty Pleasure: The Pussy Cat Dolls
- Songs I repeat the most: Ocean Floor by Audio Adrenaline; Book of Love by Peter Gabriel
- Band I wish I was in: The Pussy Cat Dolls
College
- School Name: Andrews University
- Status: Alumni
- Class of: 2002
- Attended: 1998 - 2002
- Degree type: Bachelors
- Major(s): BFA Graphic Design
- Minor(s): Photography
- Sports: Rock climbing, taekwondo, mountain biking, weight training, dancing
High School
- School Name: Robbinsdale Armstrong High School
- Status: Alumni
- Class of: 1997
- Attended: 1994 - 1997
- Sports: Rock climbing, taekwondo, mountain biking, weight training
- Organizations: French, Academics, Theater
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- Name: kristi
- Country: United States
- State: Minnesota
- Metro: Minneapolis
- Gender: Female
- Member Since: 3/25/2004
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