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About Me

Well, gosh they give you so much space to write about yourself! I'll try not to define myself by my work or where I live, but I am generally a fun, smart, compassionate person. I love people but I love my quality Abbey time too.One of my proudest achievements is working with Jubilee USA Network, an organization that campaigns to cancel debts of Global South countries (typically referred to as impoverished or Third World countries). These debts exacerbate the already outrageous poverty situation around the world and are, in most cases, unjust. Poverty is an affront to human rights and dignity. For more information, please visit www.jubileeusa.org or send me a message with any questions.I traveled to South Africa in 2003 with Jubilee and it changed my life. I'm going to put pictures of my trip on MySpace soon, but if you'd like to see them, I have them .. and can send them to you. I hope to travel to more countries soon, and in particular would like to visit Vietnam and the countries of Central America. Of course, I really want to visit as many places as I possibly can before I die. It's a big world out there...A few years ago, I also started a weight loss journey that has taken me through a lot of emotions and healing. I worked really hard and lost quite a bit of weight and the photo in my profile is me at just about my lowest weight. I have struggled since then to maintain it, but I love to feel healthy. The process opened my eyes to what a lot of people go through in their lives. There is an epidemic of sadness in this world, and in the U.S. in particular, and it often manifests itself in weight issues for a lot of people.Ultimately, I want to combine my passions for social justice and personal self-actualization to make a difference in individual lives, so we can all make a difference in the lives of those who live in poverty. Crazy? Probably. Possible? Definitely.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Well, I think we all know the answer to that question!But besides them, and this is totally geeky, but I would really like to meet John Krasinski from the Office. He plays Jim. He's incredibly talented and amazing and adorable. There I said it!And the members of The Police. I just saw them in concert. Probably the best concert I've ever seen, seriously.And Peyton Manning and Mike Mussina of course :)

My Blog

2008 Concerts

Wow I haven't posted since May!!! This one's really just for me to keep track of all the concerts I went to in 2008, and is a month and a half late. I saw 14 shows last year, crazy lucky I know, and...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:34:00 GMT

Best Thing Ever...of the Week - Trident gum

Hello all!Hope the weather is as lovely where you are as it is here in York.This week's (or biweekly, whatever) Best Thing Ever is inexpensive and wonderful in almost every way: Trident gum. I chew g...
Posted by on Wed, 28 May 2008 15:25:00 GMT

Best Thing Ever...of the Week

Hi all - I have wanted to start this blog for a while and I'm supposed to be writing a paper right now for class, but whatever - there's shopping to be done! My friends know that while I might espous...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:28:00 GMT

B.J. Novak at GWU - 2/8/08

Last night Rebecca and I, your intrepid Office geeks, went to George Washington U in DC to see B.J. Novak, who plays Ryan on The Office. B.J. started his career as a stand-up comic and since he has a...
Posted by on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:24:00 GMT

The Office Convention - only 3 months late

Hey all - I never wrote my epic Office Convention blog, so here goes. This past October 26-28, in the lovely town of Scranton, PA, Dunderheads from across the land gathered for the first annual conve...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:29:00 GMT

The Reunion Tour Tour Part 2

Van Halen  Wednesday, October 3rd  2nd night in Philly  Wachovia Center"Edward is playing like a mother fucker tonight!"  David Lee RothSo this is the first time in 23 years that VH has played wit...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:26:00 GMT

The "Reunion Tour" Tour Part 1

Happy New Year everyone! The highlights of 2007 definitely centered on concerts, especially the big "reunion" tours of bands who haven't played together in years and I was fortunate enough to see all...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:20:00 GMT

The Beast

So yeah, in case you didn't know I'm a weenie. Total girly girl when it comes to anything bug-like. Excuse me for not wanting creepy things crawling all over me. I don't want to kill them, but I do...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:34:00 GMT

The other side of the Writers’ strike

I just wanted to highlight another side to the Writers' Guild strike.  Dale Alexander is a Key Grip on The Office, and one of the many crew members who was laid off when production of the show wa...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:47:00 GMT

Support Writers Guild of America strike - write a letter!

Hi all - Do you have a favorite TV show or movie?  I think most of us do.  Well, as you probably have heard, the people who write your favorite show or movie are on strike.  The ce...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:19:00 GMT