About Me

  • About Me: I am a child of God who loves others and wants others to feel loved! I love the arts (dance, drama, music, literature, etc...) and I am a COMPLETE geek! "Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it." -Matthew 10:39

Television

  • Favorite Shows: ♥ Degrassi: The Next Generation ♥ The Baby Borrowers ♥ The Dog Whisper (Ceasar Milan is the man!) ♥ The Ellen DeGeneres Show ♥ The Oprah Winfrey Show ♥ Supernanny ♥ Obscure documentaries ♥ etc...
  • Favorite Channels: ♥ Gospel Music Channel ♥ Current TV ♥ The Food Network ♥ The Travel Channel ♥ National Geographic Channel ♥ Discovery Channel ♥ PBS ♥ FUSE ♥ The-N ♥ BET-Jazz ♥ NRB ♥ TCT ♥ JCTV
  • Favorite Reruns: ♥ The Cosby Show ♥ A Different World ♥ Boy Meets World ♥ The Wonder Years ♥ Boston Public ♥ Roseanne ♥ Grace Under Fire ♥ Living Single ♥ Being Eve ♥ I Love Lucy ♥ Happy Days ♥ Sabrina: The Teenage Witch ♥ Laverne & Shirley ♥ The Mary Tyler Moore Show ♥ I Dream of Jeanie ♥ Bewitched ♥ That Girl
  • Most Addictive Show: ♥ Degrassi: The Next Generation ♥ Grey's Anatomy
  • Favorite Late Night Talk Show: ♥ The Logan Show ♥ The Tonight Show
  • Favorite Episode: ♥ "Shout" from Degrassi, season three
  • Characters you relate to: ♥ Joan - Joan of Arcadia ♥ Denise Huxtable - The Cosby Show ♥ Vanessa Huxtable - The Cosby Show ♥ Theodore Huxtable - The Cosby Show ♥ Rudy Huxtable - The Cosby Show ♥ Kimberly Reese - A Different World ♥ Eve Baxter - Being Eve ♥ Darcy Edwards - Degrassi ♥ Liberty van Zant - Degrassi ♥ Raven Baxter - That's So Raven ♥ Terri McGreggor - Degrassi ♥ Steve Urkel - Family Matters
  • Favorite Theme Song: ♥ I Love Lucy ♥ The Cosby Show ♥ The Wonder Years ♥ Taxi ♥ The Mary Tyler Moore Show ♥ Living Single ♥ Being Eve ♥ Joan of Arcadia
  • Show I Secretly Watch: ♥ Blue's Clues
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: ♥ Joan of Arcadia ♥ Being Eve ♥ Boston Public ♥ Life As I Know It ♥ My So-Called Life ♥ 24/7 ♥ Instant Star ♥ 7th Heaven

Travel

  • Places I love: ♥ Seattle, WA ♥ DisneyWorld, Orlando, FL ♥ California ♥ Macon, GA
  • Places I've been: ♥ British Columbia, Canada ♥ Vancouver, Canada ♥ Mohave Desert, NV ♥ Colorado ♥ Seattle, WA ♥ San Juan Islands, WA ♥ Oregon ♥ Anahiem, CA ♥ San Francisco, CA ♥ San Diego, CA ♥ Sacramento, CA ♥ Las Vegas, NV ♥ Phoenix, AZ ♥ Dallas, TX ♥ Chattanooga, TN ♥ Atlanta, GA ♥ Savannah, GA ♥ Hilton Head, SC ♥ Orlando, FL ♥ Panama City, FL ♥ Virginia ♥ Washington, D.C. ♥ Youngstown, OH ♥ Columbus, OH ♥ Pittsburg, PA
  • Places to see before I die: ♥ Japan ♥ Harlem, NY ♥ South Africa ♥ New York City, NY ♥ San Antonio, TX ♥ Egypt ♥ Paris ♥ London ♥ Hawaii ♥ Singapore
  • Dream Vacation: Anywhere that is as magnificantly beautiful and pure as God created with someone I love!

College

  • School Name: Georgia Southern University
  • Status: Undergrad
  • Class of: 2007
  • Attended: 2003 - 2009
  • Degree type: Bachelors
  • Major(s): Social Work/Social Services
  • Minor(s): Writing & Linguistics
  • Organizations: BCM, Chi Alpha, Wesley Foundation, St. Jude's Up 'Til Dawn, L.A.F.F., Theatre & Performance, Creative Writing, BSA, NAACP, NeoTruth, etc.

More About Me

  • Religion: It's not about religion. It's about a relationship with my personal Lord and Savior Jesus Christ ♥
  • Heroes: Jesus
  • Interests: God-- the Father Son and Holy Spirit. Wildlife. Equality. Natural landscapes. The arts (music, poetry, film, spoken word, drawing, etc.). Activism (human & civil rights, diversity, etc.). Volunteerism. The welfare of children and adolescents. Classic films. Intriguing thoughts. Genuine happiness. Deep conversations. Expressions of love. New beginnings. Forgiveness. Grace. Mercy. Passion. The truest of friendships. Random get-togethers. Making new friends. Doing things for others. Special time one-on-one with good people. The color red.
  • Expertise: Falling over things. Being silly. Smiling. Sleeping. Dreaming.
  • Occupation: Student
  • Industry: Nonprofit
  • Website: http://www.myspace.com/chicachicaboom810

Music

  • Favorite Artists: ♥ Stevie Wonder ♥ BarlowGirl ♥ Miles Davis ♥ My Chemical Romance ♥ Goo Goo Dolls ♥ Dixie Chicks ♥ Thrice ♥ Superchic[k] ♥ Billie Holiday ♥ David Crowder Band ♥ Jay-Z ♥ John Mayer ♥ Kanye West ♥ Jason Mraz ♥ Marc Broussard ♥ Destiny's Child ♥ Thousand Foot Krutch ♥ Shawn McDonald ♥ KT Tunstall ♥ Taking Back Sunday ♥ Common ♥ Anthony Hamilton ♥ Hawk Nelson ♥ Erykah Badu ♥ India.Arie ♥ Maroon 5 ♥ Foo Fighters ♥ Nancy Wilson ♥ Michael Jackson ♥ Chris Botti ♥ LeAnn Rimes ♥ Avril Lavigne ♥ Nicole Nordeman ♥ Bethany Dillon ♥ Jars of Clay ♥ Red Hot Chili Peppers ♥ Cece Winans ♥ Third Day ♥ Story Side B ♥ Lupe Fiasco ♥ Justin Timberlake ♥ Alicia Keys ♥ Black Eyed Peas ♥ Kelly Clarkson ♥ J. Moss ♥ Nelly Furtado ♥ Josh Groban ♥ Missy Elliot ♥ Harry Connick, Jr. ♥ Kirk Franklin ♥ Corinne Bailey Rae ♥ Relient K ♥ Count Basie ♥ Fallout Boy ♥ Michael Buble ♥ Alanis Morisette ♥ Fiona Apple ♥ Whitney Houston ♥ Jill Scott ♥ Bee Gees ♥ Flyleaf ♥ Yolanda Adams ♥ Isreal Hougton & New Breed ♥ Tye Tribbet ♥ etc.
  • Favorite Albums: ♥ "Butterfly" by Mariah Carey ♥ "Bethany Dillon" by Bethany Dillon ♥ "Acustic Soul" by India.Arie ♥ "Whoa, Nelly!" by Nelly Furtado ♥ "Who Is Jill Scott?" by Jill Scott
  • Favorite Genre: Musical ;-)
  • Favorite Songs: ♥ "Beautiful" by Bethany Dillon ♥ "Can't Take That Away" by Mariah Carey ♥ "We Must Praise" by J. Moss ♥ "I Open Up My Heart" by Yolanda Adams ♥ ...a few others I cannot think of right now
  • Favorite Lyrics: "And Lord I'm overcome / Knowing You have always won"
  • Songs for Roadtrips: Anything from the early to mid '90s is good stuff!
  • Songs I hate: Anything gratuitously vulgar or made by the Pussy Cat Dolls (which, in many cases, is indeed one and the same!)
  • Guilty Pleasure: Country
  • Songs I repeat the most: In my head or in my CD player?
  • Band I wish I was in: BarlowGirl :-)

Style

  • Where I shop: ♥ Torrid ♥ Target ♥ N.Y. & Co. ♥ Gap ♥ Wet Seal ♥ Banana Republic ♥ The Loft ♥ Old Navy
  • Brands I love: ♥ Torrid ♥ Liz Claiborne ♥ Mossimo ♥ Issac Mizrahi ♥ Gap ♥ N.Y. & Co. ♥ Banana Republic ♥ Old Navy
  • I like to wear: Funky, innovative styles that accentuate my positive attributes. So if it's unique and not too trendy, and it looks good on me, I'm good to go!
  • Can't live without: ♥ Gauchos ♥ Tees ♥ Heels ♥ Flip-flops ♥ Hoodies
  • Prized Possessions: Don't really have any
  • Guilty Pleasure: I like the whole Bohemian/homeless look :-P

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: ♥ Crash (best movie I've seen in a long time!) ♥ Mr. Holland's Opus ♥ Polly I & II ♥ Spanglish ♥ Remember the Titans ♥ Vanity Fair ♥ Breakfast at Tiffany's ♥ Funny Face ♥ Legally Blonde ♥ Miss Congeniality ♥ Bye Bye Birdie (Original) ♥ The Parent Trap (Original) ♥ Virgin Suicides ♥ Napoleon Dynamite ♥ L'Auberge Espanol ♥ Big Fish ♥ The Mighty Ducks trilogy ♥ Grease ♥ Chicago ♥ ...and some indie films you have probably never heard of
  • Favorite Actors: ♥ Sidney Poitier ♥ Phylicia Rasha ♥ Sally Field ♥ Diane Carroll ♥ Ann-Margret ♥ Christina Ricci ♥ Halle Berry ♥ Leonardo DiCaprio ♥ Oprah Winfrey ♥ Reese Whitherspoon ♥ Matthew Maconaughey ♥ Julie Andrews ♥ Will Smith ♥ Juliette Lewis ♥ Giovanni Robisi ♥ Aubrey Graham ♥ Shia Labouef ♥ Denzel Washington ♥ Audrey Hepburn ♥ Anyone from the cast of "Grey's Anatomy" ♥ I'm sure a whole host of others I cannot remember right now.
  • Favorite Directors: ♥ Spike Lee ♥ Stephen Speilberg ♥ Debbie Allen ♥ Orson Welles
  • Favorite Genre: ♥ Classics (from the 1930s thru the mid 1960s) ♥ Musicals ♥ Romantic Comedies
  • Favorite Soundtracks: ♥ Clueless ♥ Chicago ♥ Charlie's Angels ♥ The Bodygaurd ♥ Polly I & II ♥ Rent ♥ Bye Bye Birdie ♥ etc.
  • Movies I can watch over and over: ♥ Polly ♥ Polly II: Comin' Home ♥ The Parent Trap (original) ♥ Clueless
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: Either Raven-Symone or Keisha Knight Pulliam

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: Mexican
  • Favorite Dishes: Authentic chicken enchiladas
  • Favorite Desserts: Cookies-n-creme ice cream
  • Favorite Drinks: ♥ Hot chocolate ♥ Shirley Temple
  • Favorite Junk Foods: Butterfingers
  • Best meal ever: Almost anything my mom makes, but specifically fried chicken and mashed potatoes. Yum. Oh, and her quick peach cobbler for dessert. Wonderfulness.
  • Favorite Restaurants: ♥ Red Robin's ♥ Atlanta Fish Market ♥ Iver's ♥ Fisherman's Warf ♥ Cheesecake Factory ♥ Justin's
  • Foods I hate: ♥ Brussel sprouts ♥ Octopus (I've had it. It's nasty.) ♥ Canned spinach (Fresh is best.)

Books

  • Favorite Books: ♥ The Holy Bible ♥ The Great Gatsby ♥ If You Give a Mouse a Cookie ♥ Mind Readings and Rereading America (literary anthologies) ♥ Chicken Soup for the Soul books ♥ There's a Girl in My Hammerlock! ♥ The BFG: Big Friendly Giant ♥ Where the Sidewalk Ends ♥ The World According to Mr. Rogers
  • Favorite Authors: ♥ God ♥ Maya Angelou ♥ Rald Dahl ♥ Louie Giglio ♥ etc.
  • Favorite Genres: ♥ Mystery ♥ Fantasy ♥ Poetry ♥ Anthologies
  • Favorite Characters: ♥ Sherlock Holmes
  • Favorite Quotes: ♥ "Keep it simple." by Mr. Rogers
  • Recent Reads: ♥ The Air I Breathe by Louie Giglio ♥ Dreaming in Black And White by ♥ Authentic Beauty by Leslie Ludy

High School

  • School Name: Roswell High School
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 2003
  • Attended: 2000 - 2003
  • Organizations: F.A.C.E.S., band, drama club, Spanish club, Key club, FBLA, JROTC, Peer Leaders, Jr. Toastmasters, etc.

Contact Info

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