About Me
- About Me: "Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, "What! You too? I thought I was the only one!" ~C.S. Lewis
Music
- Favorite Artists: Bach, Brahms, Josh Groban, Frank Sinatra...I don't really listen to that many individiual artists, so perhaps I can throw Gilbert & Sullivan in here....
- Favorite Genre: Musicals! Pretty much anything Broadway (especially Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, the Scarlet Pimpernel, Fiddler on the Roof...),
- Songs for Roadtrips: Definitely Gilbert and Sullivan--especially when all present sing all the songs!
More About Me
- Nicknames: Abbi
- Nationality: American (in other words, a crazy quilt of nationalities)
- Religion: Christian (Anglican)
- Interests: Antique books, sepia photographs, pen and ink drawings, culinary arts, Renaissance music, England, cobblestone streets, Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and all the other Inklings, church bells, bittersweet chocolate, pine scented candles, Christmas Eve, silent snowy nights, cello, Emily Post, musicals, earl grey tea, late night cocoa parties, Mucha, fountain pens, calligraphy, Waterhouse, toile prints, Leighton, tulips, and above all my amazing Lord. "Still round the corner there may wait/ A new road or a secret gate/ And though I oft have passed it by/ The day will come at last when I/ Will take the hidden paths that run/ West of the Moon, East of the Sun."
- Occupation: Student
College
- School Name: Wheaton College
- Status: Undergrad
- Class of: 2008
- Attended: 2004 - 2008
- Degree type: Bachelors
- Major(s): Biblical and Theological Studies
- Minor(s): English Literature
- Organizations: Women's Chorale, Chorale Librarian
Style
- Where I shop: Mostly St. Vincent's right now, because I see all the good stuff that comes in AND I get 50% off.
- Brands I love: J.Crew is pretty much my ruling favorite.
Contact Info
- AIM: cithien18
- MSN: browniemix18@hotmail.com
Books
- Favorite Books: Lord of the Rings, the Silmarillion, the Hobbit, Till We Have Faces, Mere Christianity, A Severe Mercy, The Father Brown Omnibus, Sherlock Holmes, Gaudy Night, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Ella Enchanted, Two Are Better Than One, Pride and Prejudice, Emily of New Moon, Anne of Green Gables, Scottish Chiefs, Right Ho Jeeves, to name just a few.
- Favorite Authors: Tolkien and Lewis lead the list!
- Favorite Genres: Fantasy, Comedy, Historical Fiction
- Favorite Quotes: "Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, "What! You too? I thought I was the only one!" ~C.S. Lewis "Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness."~C.S. Lewis "Deserves it [death]! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. For even the wise cannot see all end." ~J.R.R. Tolkien "When men have come to the edge of a precipice, it is the lover of life who has the spirit to leap backwards, and only the pessimist who continues to believe in progress." ~G.K. Chesterton
Movies
- Favorite Movies: Lord of the Rings, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Pirates of the Caribbean, Roman Holiday, Casablanca, The Princess Bride, Kate and Leopold, White Christmas, Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Fiddler on the Roof, Guys and Dolls, Newsies, West Side Story, Phantom of the Opera
- Favorite Actors: Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Errol Flynn, Johnny Depp, Colin Firth, Colleen Dewhurst (can you tell what kind of movies I watch?)
- Favorite Soundtracks: I like quite a few--does it mean anything that I have 17 sountracks in my iTunes?
- Movies I can watch over and over: I never get tired of the Princess Bride, no matter how many times I watch it.
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