About Me

  • About Me: "The only place outside Heaven where you can be perfectly safe from all the dangers and perturbations of love is Hell."

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: summer squash, zucchini, mashed potatoes, mac 'n' cheese, chili
  • Favorite Desserts: tiramisu, anything pumpkin
  • Best meal ever: hamburg gravy with rice and cooked carrots. hands down.
  • Foods I hate: tomatoes, onions, celery

Television

  • Favorite Shows: Lost, 24, Studio 60
  • Favorite Channels: TLC, HGTV, Discovery Channel
  • Favorite Reruns: Crocodile Hunter Diaries
  • Most Addictive Show: 24
  • Show I Secretly Watch: Will & Grace, The Girls Next Door
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Alias

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Jay-Z, Damien Rice, Iron & Wine, Over the Rhine, Kanye West, The Used, Frank Sinatra, U2, Outkast, Muse, Thom Yorke, Radiohead, Imogen Heap, Matisyahu, Ben Folds, etc.
  • Favorite Albums: Muse "Absolution", U2 "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb," Nick Drake "Pink Moon," Ben Folds "Rockin' the Suburbs," Jay Z "The Black Album"
  • Favorite Genre: Folk, Hip Hop, Indie, Big Band/Jazz
  • Favorite Lyrics: "I have recurring nightmares that I was loved for who I am and missed the oppurtunity to be a better man." - Muse
  • Songs I hate: "My Humps" by BlackEyed Peas
  • Guilty Pleasure: "Toxic" Britney Spears
  • Band I wish I was in: Over the Rhine

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Saved!
  • Favorite Actors: Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner, Natalie Portman, Billy Boyd, Julia Roberts
  • Favorite Soundtracks: Swing Kids
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: Drew Barrymore

Travel

  • Places I love: Seattle
  • Places I've been: not enough...
  • Places to see before I die: Vancouver
  • Dream Vacation: Canada, eh? Or New Zealand. Either one. Or both.

Style

  • Where I shop: thrift stores.
  • Brands I love: sick.
  • I like to wear: flip flops!
  • Can't live without: flip flops.
  • Prized Possessions: brown flip flops.
  • Guilty Pleasure: pink flip flops.

High School

  • School Name: Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 2000

College

  • School Name: Grace College & Theological Seminary
  • Attended: 2000 - 2003
  • Major(s): Biblical Studies
  • Minor(s): Missions, TESOL

Books

  • Favorite Authors: Donald Miller, Rob Bell, N.T. Wright, Doug Pagitt, Brian McLaren

More About Me

  • Expertise: God is most glorified in me when I am most satisfied in him.