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About Me

I am Compassionate, Hard-working, Reliable, Innovative, and Sensitive. (Go ahead and roll your eyes, I did, but it's the best "About Me" blurb that I've come up with in years.)

I am many things - a good and loyal friend, a voracious reader (especially when it comes to YA literature), and an aspiring YA writer.

So welcome to my world.

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My Interests

My three major interests:

Reading

Writing

And of course, sleeping.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who shares my passions and interests.

Music:

Country:
Johnny Cash, Kenny Chesney, and Alan Jackson

Rock:
Ben Folds (Five), The Fray, Green Day, New Found Glory, and Three Doors Down

Movies:

A Few Faves:
Anything Pixar, American Beauty, Good Will Hunting, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars (the original trilogy), and the X-Men trilogy.

Television:

All-time Favorite Cartoons:
Chalk Zone, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Rocko's Modern Life, Spongebob Squarepants, and Peanuts specials, especially What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown, the special about D-Day.

A few must-see shows:
Chuck, CSI (Vegas), and Heroes. (Although I'm a season behind on Heroes.)Best reruns/TV on DVD - Buffy, Frasier, Friends, and M*A*S*H.

Books:

YA:
Laurie Halse Anderson, Jay Asher, Chris Crutcher, Terry Davis, Alex Flinn, John Green, Steven Harrick, Brent Hartinger, A.M. Jenkins, David Levithan, Barry Lyga, Sonya Sones, Jordan Sonnenblick, Terry Trueman, Sara Zarr, and Markus Zusak.

Modern Classics:
In the Lake of the Woods and The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.

Poets:
Robert Frost, Billy Merrell, Brian Turner, Mark Vinz, and William Wordsworth.

Heroes:

My nephew, Wayne. And the ever-so-awesome Larry Stanley and Rusty Casselton, RIP.

My Blog

Update Coming Soon

I know that I've said it before, but I really mean it this time....I'll start posting on a regular basis. But I need to get a draft of my thesis in by March 10. But I promise you that after that, I pl...
Posted by Chris on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:57:00 PST

My Outstanding Books of 2007

Of the 178 books I read this past year, the overwhelming majority were either YA or MG, in fact I read 110 YA books and 34 MG. I'm a little disappointed that I didn't read more non-YA fiction, but fig...
Posted by Chris on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:58:00 PST

Winter Break

Ahhhhh. That was the sound of relief after a long semester. Right now I'm typing this in a computer lab on campus while I wait for my last "final." All I have to do is turn in a paper and I'm done.We...
Posted by Chris on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:28:00 PST

New Entry Coming This Week--I Promise

As the subject line says, I'll finally post a new blog entry this weekend once I catch up with some homework. I pinky promise!
Posted by Chris on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:29:00 PST

Just one more...

Just one more year, and I'll have my MFA degree, which means 1. This will be my last summer as a carefree college student. 2. I have to actually work on my thesis . 3. I also should think about wha...
Posted by Chris on Wed, 16 May 2007 11:46:00 PST

End of Semester.........Augh.

I shouldn't be writing this blog, because I have so much work to do, but when else do I find the time to write a blog or clean house except for finals week. Well, it's not finals week yet, but on Tues...
Posted by Chris on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 10:49:00 PST

The Beginning of the End...Thesis

So this week I decided to set up my thesis committee so I can graduate next May. And although I have enough credits to graduate in December, I'm giving myself the extra semester since I know I'll be w...
Posted by Chris on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:02:00 PST

Thanks for the B-Day Wishes

It's a little bit funny how last year I was so worked up about turning the big 3-0, and now that I'm 31, it's no big deal. Just another year.This birthday I got to spend with my mom, my older sister, ...
Posted by Chris on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 03:48:00 PST

I need a hot drink

As the subject line reads, I need a hot drink, because simply when it's below zero out, ice cold Pepsi just doen't cut it. But I'm not a big fan of most hot drinks because: coffee, especially any drin...
Posted by Chris on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:54:00 PST

Almost Done and Gone

I'm just about done with my final draft of my screenplays. Okay, I'm almost done with one draft, but I'm hoping the other draft goes fast so I can pack and catch some ZZZZs. I'll have some internet ac...
Posted by Chris on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:34:00 PST