About Me

  • About Me: I'm an art student at my local community college. I'm an emerging Christ-follower, an obsessive reader, a radical feminist, a potter, a photographer. I'm a dog-lover, a cookie-baker, and I cannot cannot cannot live without NPR. I am sick of primaries and politics and especially John McCain. My Xanga ID is TrumvilleOrbison, but I blog more on Wordpress. Check it out if you get some time!

College

  • School Name: Edison Community College
  • Degree type: Associates
  • Major(s): Fine Arts
  • Organizations: Phi Theta Kappa, Campus Crusade for Christ

More About Me

  • Religion: I'm not religious.
  • Heroes: Strong, independent women today and throughout history
  • Interests: Art, literature, music, current events, politics, social activism, feminism, animals, vegetarianism
  • Occupation: Student
  • Industry: Art
  • Website: http://youngadultsindayton.wordpress.com

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Elvis Presley. The Jonas Brothers. Regina Spektor, David Ford, Lilly Allen, the Donnas, the Veronicas, Kate Nash, Rachael Bissex, Judy Collins, the Herman's Hermits, the Spiral Staircase, Tom Jones, the Archies, the Hardy Boys, ABBA, Rain Perry, Brian McLaren, the Monkees, the Cowsills, the Osmonds
  • Favorite Genre: Folk, indie, world, oldies
  • Favorite Lyrics: Currently "I'm not a yo-yo. I'm not a thing you let go. I'm not a yo-yo. I don't come back when I'm thrown." [Mandy Moore]
  • Guilty Pleasure: Boy bands :]

Books

  • Favorite Books: Dracula, Pride and Prejudice, Macbeth, everything by Dr. Seuss, Bridge to Terabithia, Fahrenheit 451
  • Favorite Authors: Agatha Christie, Dr. Seuss, Shakespeare, Lois Lowry, MT Anderson, Jane Austen, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Katherine Paterson, Roald Dahl
  • Favorite Genres: Dystopias are always a sure thing. History/historical fiction/alternate history, sci-fi, fantasy, picture books, plays and a wide range of nonfiction topics
  • Recent Reads: What Women Want Next, Peter and the Secret of Rundoon, Hallowe'en Party, Crime and Punishment, Matilda, The Chocolate War

Travel

  • Places I've been: Mexico, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, Canada, Nicaragua

Style

  • Where I shop: Thrift stores :]
  • Brands I love: My own.
  • I like to wear: Jeans with skirts or dresses
  • Can't live without: Glitter
  • Prized Possessions: My music collection, my book collection, my camera and lenses