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Whitney

I know it's clean when I gag!

About Me

I'm a student, daughter, friend, sister, etc. I want to pursue medicine and knowledge and wisdom but also new friendships and different parts of the world.
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My Interests

Discovering who Christ really is and how this transcends daily life, Going to Uganda to live/work and love children, Medicine, The French language, English literature, Music, Singing, PEOPLE, my family- my nephew and new niece!, traveling, bustin' out of Corvallis- to New York? movies, musicals, blah blah blah! Singing....Fashion, my Firwood fam- you're the greatest!, having a blast, making memories, randomness, humor, humanitarian work..

I'd like to meet:

My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ face to face, my husband, FW 2007 staff!!!, UGANDANS

Music:

U2, Hanson(hahah middle school!), Keith Urban, Simon and Garfunkle, The Eagles, Josh Groban, classical, some country, The Beatles, Coldplay, Delays, Jonny Lang, Franz Ferdinand, classical, opera, shameless catchy pop music, the Calling, Sarah Brightman, Queen, Michael Buble, John Mayer, Nickel Creek, basically anything friends introduce to me. etc... In one summer, I saw Keith Urban, John Mayer feat. Maroon 5, Jessica Simpson (soooo worth the money ;) the tix were $10!!!), Franz Ferdinand feat, Delays, and Josh Groban...actually I saw him twice that year.

Movies:

Invisible Children, the Holiday,Love Actually,The Sea Inside, Garden State,the Constant Gardener, Roman Holiday, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Lord of the Rings, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Legally Blonde, The Princess Bride, Disney movies, Braveheart, Gladiator, Last of the Mohicans, While You Were Sleeping, You've Got Mail, A Very Long Engagement, Mean Girls, Notting Hill, Amelie, Unbreakable, the Village, almost anything with good costumes/wardrobe/makeup, I can't think of very many at this instant!

Television:

Lost, American Idol, news, The Style Channel- they show Whose Wedding is it Anyway!, Discovery Health, sometimes CMT (for the beautiful moment when a Keith Urban music video is played *sigh*), TLC- you know, A Makeover Story, A Wedding Story (sad to say, I may have shed a tear for these once or twice.)

Books:

The Bible, Blue Like Jazz, practically anything by Elizabeth Elliot, The Chronicles of Narnia, Lord of the Rings, My Utmost for His Highest, To Kill a Mockingbird, Streams in the Desert, The Alchemist.- Paulo Cohelo is brilliant. Like Paul Simon.

Heroes:

Jesus Christ, my mom who is also my closest confidant. She has given her life for all my siblings and I and I want to follow in her footsteps, Mother Teresa, Corri Ten Boom, the orphans and victims of the LRA in Uganda. This may seem strange, but missionaries, artists, broadway stars, Olympic athletes, revolutionary doctors and scientists and marathon runners are my heroes also. They inspire me to go above and beyond what I am comfortable with.

My Blog

the past, present and future.

Isn't it funny how you plan your future and dream of how fantastic and fulfilling it will be? And then when you do reach the future, it's mundane because life must go on and you have to do the mundane...
Posted by Whitney on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 02:26:00 PST

What.? No way....

It just hit me that I was a CIT Lead this summer. Yes, I lived with 7 high school aged young women and was their leader! I mean it was my job and I know that, but I was seriously just thinking about 2...
Posted by Whitney on Sat, 09 Sep 2006 03:14:00 PST

My life as a GONG SHOW.

So, the saga of my life continues. It's been more random in the past 2 days than it has been in the last two weeks. Yesterday morning my mom and dad had to leave at 2am to take my mom to the airport b...
Posted by Whitney on Thu, 04 May 2006 01:45:00 PST

God Does Bless the Broken Road....

I know that this song is probably entering into the Halls of Cliche Romantic Song Fame, but I am utilizing its meaning for other purposes. Like my life in general. Seriously- I haven't been able to ke...
Posted by Whitney on Tue, 02 May 2006 11:49:00 PST

Apathy is the enemy. Turn your heart ON. (scroll to the end for links)

FACTS from~Civil Society Organizations for Peace in Northern Uganda~ KEY FACTS after 20 years of war in northern Uganda MORTALITY Excess* death rates in northern Uganda are three times higher ...
Posted by Whitney on Sun, 16 Apr 2006 11:29:00 PST

Plans have changed....

Plans have changed again. Lame, I know...Basically, you need health insurance, right? Well, I have to be attending school full-time in order to have it. I wouldn't be attending school full time in Was...
Posted by Whitney on Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:12:00 PST

Change

I've always been a big proponent of change, but more in the ways of hair color or my major. But now the time has come for me to leave the crippling comforts of Corvallis. That's right, I'm moving awa...
Posted by Whitney on Sun, 12 Mar 2006 05:53:00 PST