Ellen - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Grand Rapids native - 'just finished up an AA in Photography and am headed to Aquinas College in the fall for my undergrad degree in Environmental Studies and Geography (double major).

Outside of school I mostly just bum around... I have a tough time passing up any chance to travel, a weakness that has taken me to the Netherlands for 10 months, Southern France for a month, and Ireland twice in the past year. Other than that I'm pretty low key. I really miss working outdoors and like to get out as much as I can. I moved more than a month ago and, since getting the yard and the grill all set up, I haven't felt the need to unpack my kitchen yet. :)

My Interests

Photography, Dutch, politics, English, activism, HIV, rights issues, nederlands, geography, beer, road trips, living abroad, moving to a warmer climate, figuring out what to do with myself...

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Music:

Cake, Soul Coughing, Pixies, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Led Zepplin, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Ani DiFranco, Elliott Smith, Tracy Chapman, Andrew Bird, Maroon 5, Dave Matthews Band, Prokofiev, Miles Davis, Kenny Burrell, Django Reindhardt, Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie

Movies:

Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Fight Club, Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Television:

Star Trek: TNG, Futurama, Daily Show, Law & Order

Books:

Oh lordy... there are a lot of books I've enjoyed but I don't feverishly read fiction like some people. I can say that I'm definitely a sucker for Hemingway.

Heroes:

John Stewart Mill, Paddy Quinn

Your Political Profile

Overall: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Social Issues: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal
Personal Responsibility: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal
Fiscal Issues: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal
Ethics: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal
Defense and Crime: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal How Liberal / Conservative Are You?

My Blog

Update from Ireland: At Stormont

Yesterday I met Ian Paisley who is, as expected, a perfect cross between Billy Graham and Hitler. I'd never been knowingly in the company of anyone that bad, so I wasn't sure how I'd respond. Needles...
Posted by Ellen on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:42:00 PST

Adventures in South Armagh (pic)

Here's a scenic pic taken in S. Armagh. This picture has a little bit of a story... So, the trained eye might notice that those sheep are actually not sheep at all, they are rams... which I didn't r...
Posted by Ellen on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 06:01:00 PST

Ireland 2007: 5 days down, 16 to go

Surprise! I'm back in Ireland. I'll be here for 3 weeks this time. There was a last minute opening on a study abroad interim so I left on 2 days notice, which means I didn't get a chance to tell many ...
Posted by Ellen on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 05:57:00 PST

Lost and Happy

I'm feeling pretty good about writing in here because I'm pretty sure no one actually reads it. :D I'm at this point where I'm supposed to be making a lot of confident, well-informed decisions and g...
Posted by Ellen on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 07:58:00 PST

Added Pics - Fine Art, Other

I added a bunch of photos, a lot of them my own artsy-fartsy "work" (or at least that's what I try to convince people it is). Also a few pics from trips, plus a glammed up studio shot of my beloved b...
Posted by Ellen on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 06:39:00 PST

I'm a pornstar. Google said it so it must be true.

This is freakin' hilarious. I did a search on a screen name just to see what comes up and included were the following results. Notice that these 4 include both my sn and my first name. Are my legs rea...
Posted by Ellen on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:54:00 PST

Greetings from Belfast

Hey all, I'm about a week and a half into a very rock 'n roll, whirlwind tour of Ireland with my ma and I'm taking the time out of my busy rock 'n roll schedule to send greetings to all my fans (and e...
Posted by Ellen on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 01:41:00 PST

My new baby...

...should be home in a couple of days. A 650cc single-cylinder thumper. I am really excited about it and I'm also a little nervous about bad things happening to it... it's only got 800 miles and it'...
Posted by Ellen on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 10:54:00 PST