About Me

  • About Me: at first a journal for my time in ghana, this site now accounts my e'ryday life in indy.

Travel

  • Places I love: Brooklyn, NY; Laurel; Florida
  • Places I've been: NYC, most American states; Canada; Ghana; London
  • Places to see before I die: Italy!!!
  • Dream Vacation: somewhere beautifully secluded, dirt cheap, and warm weather!

Video Games

  • Games I Play: um... i like watching tyler playing Rainbow Six, Vegas; and now I like Gears of War, which I used to despise because of the sound effects of the SAW; TEXT TWIST
  • Consoles: xbox360
  • Servers I Play On: um.. text twist is on Yahoo Games.
  • Most Addictive: text twist

Food

  • Favorite Dishes: Chipotle! burritos and bowls; homemade burritos, frozen pizzas, cheesy ravioli
  • Favorite Desserts: cheesecake
  • Favorite Drinks: caramel macchiato
  • Favorite Junk Foods: doritos, edy's fruit bars, any chips...
  • Favorite Restaurants: chipotle, taco bell, and BK (for breakfast)
  • Foods I hate: okra (i've been offered it twice in the past week); potato salad I hate with a vengeance

Books

  • Favorite Books: Jane Eyre
  • Favorite Authors: Mostly American Authors
  • Favorite Genres: American, 20th century fiction; British Romantic and Victorian poets
  • Recent Reads: D.H. Lawrence: Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow, Women in Love; a lot of African American Literature

College

  • School Name: Towson University
  • Status: Undergrad
  • Class of: 2007
  • Attended: 2005 - 2007
  • Degree type: Bachelors
  • Major(s): English, Writing

High School

  • School Name: Laurel High School
  • Class of: 2000

More About Me

  • Interests: reading classics and popular books, music of all kinds... (evergreen terrace, the cure, new order, etta james, billie holliday, jeff buckley, zao, metal, disney songs, hymns, and mix tapes that people make for me!), cooking and baking!, learning thinking of a way to record my sister's lives!
  • Expertise: thrift store shopping; learning to love; chillin with kids
  • Occupation: Other
  • Industry: Other
  • Website: http://www.xanga.com/plainxelaine

Contact Info

  • AIM: xdriftingdreamsx
  • Yahoo: gloryintribulations

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    • Gender: Female
    • Member Since: 7/10/2003

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  • josephpetepickle
    Karen! well it is exciting all that is happening to you. I married Elizabeth as you might have guessed and we can't wait to have kids. although we are looking to get settled in a house somewhere to do ministry first so we are just waiting. we visited BBC last weekend and it was a blast to