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Born |
California. August 25, 1969.
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| Family | Parents: Mike & Bonnie, Sister: Liz (36) | ||
| First Job | Bresler's 33 Flavors Ice Cream - sales, cake & pie creation/decoration, asst. mgr | ||
| Current Job | Contract Consultant for Strategic Technology Architects, assigned to large Insurance provider in Illinois. Performing systems consulting services. | ||
| Education |
Kellogg Graduate School of Management (96-98, MBA) |
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| Places Lived | California, Guam, Cleveland, Chicago, Kansas City, NYC, Dallas, Sydney | ||
| Favorite Places Visited | New Zealand, Malaysia | ||
| Places I'd really Like to Visit | South America - Amazon Rain Forest | ||
| Favorite Movies | Indiana Jones Series, Star Trek Series, Princess Bride, The Green Mile | ||
| Favorite Authors / Book Styles | Tom Clancy, Clive Cussler, John Grisham, Michael Crichton | ||
| I Feel Most Alive Doing | Outdoor Adventure: hiking, climbing, rafting, camping, biking | ||
| Favorite Foods | Chicago-style (Deep Dish) Pizza, Flank Steak, Filet Mignon | ||
| Favorite Dessert | Desserts of all kinds, particularly chocolate. Love Mint-Oreo ice cream, too. | ||
| Favorite Rainy Day Activity | Play board games indoors with a group of close friends | ||
| Most Embarrassing Moment | Throwing up in my high school pool ;) & making a sucking noise loud enough for all to hear when kissing a lead actress on stage in high school. | ||
| Most Thrilling Moment | Jumping off a cliff into the water far below | ||
| Biggest Pet Peave | People who answer their mobile phone during a movie | ||
| Biggest Fear | Not being good enough | ||
| Working on Learning | Spanish, Web Technologies, how to be a better listener | ||
| Before I Die I Must | If I died today, I will die knowing that I have led an incredibly rich and blessed life -not just in adventure and travel, but a life in which I have loved and been loved deeply. | ||
| Most Proud Of | Knowing that I have made a positive difference in a number of people's lives | ||
| People Are Surprised I | Was a really oafy, clumsy kid. I cracked my head 3 times; I ran head first into a pitchfork; I used to break everything in sight; I sat on a stove in my diapers, turned it on & burnt my butt (still have the scar to prove it!); I rode my tricycle into a bees' nest and thus became allergic to bee stings... | ||
| Biggest Dream | Writing and recording a song that would meaningfully touch the hearts of many. | ||
| Idea of a Fantastic Date | Cuddling and watching a romantic 'feel good' movie. | ||
| What I Respect Most in my Parents | Their unswerving support for both my sister and me. | ||
| Astrological Sign | Virgo (Rising Sign: Sagittarious) | ||
| Characteristics of my sign | Organized, Structured, Clean, Good attention to detail | ||
| Fit of my sign versus my personality | Very well, except Virgos are supposed to be less outgoing, which isn't me. | ||
| Favorite Drink | Absolute Kurant (grape) + 7 Up | ||
| Favoite Food to Bake | Deluxe fudge brownies with chocolate chunks | ||
| Favorite Food to Cook | Chicken Breast w/veggies and some type of sauce (it's easy, but good & healthy!) | ||
| Favorite Game | Taboo, Pictionary | ||
| Meyers-Briggs Assessment | "ESFJ"... Extroverted: gain energy from being with others, Sensing: Things are to me as they appear (concrete), Feeling: Make decisions more based on feelings than logic, Judging: Tend to be very practical, energetic - type "A" personality. |
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| Favorite Magazines | Scientific American, Technology Review, Discover, Popular Science | ||
| Favorite Music Style | I appreciate most types of music, but dislike acid rock, country and rap. | ||
| Favorite TV Shows | Friends, Star Trek, Will & Grace | ||
| When I have 30 free minutes | I read/write emails, check out CNN.com - headlines, science and space news | ||
| When I have 1/2 day free | I like to get outside to play | ||
| When I have a weekend free | I like to travel to see friends, or to a place I've never been before | ||
| Why I created this website | I feel that often times there's an imbalance between what I know about others and what they know about me. Often people don't get the chance, or don't have the time and energy, to REALLY get to know someone else. I learned long ago that asking lots of questions helps to get to someone's core. I ask myself some of those questions here in the hope that others might get to better understand, and hopefully appreciate, me. |