Stephanie
Nicknames:stephers, steph, stephi, & hani
Age:29
Birthplace:Chicago, Illinois, USA
Current residence:Denver, Colorado, USA
Hair:Brown. Shortish.
Eyes:Hazelgreen
Height:5'2.5"
Alma mater:Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Degree:B.A. English; History & Women's Studies minors
Meyers-Briggs:INFP
Dog:Iris, 3.5 year-old dachshund mix
Cats:5: Vinnie, Turtle, Owen, Clyde, & Snickers
Bad habits:nailbiting and scratching (don't ask)
Obsessions:lip gloss, eye drops, water, dental hygiene, and animals
Colors:Grey, black, blue (any shade), and pink/brown together
Food:Pomegranates, mangoes, seitan, sesame tofu, tempeh, Dum Alu, Channa Masala, and Peter's Mocha Chip Muffins
Drink:Tea, lemonade, mango/pear juice, water with lime, Chocolate Silk, soy lattes, Mojitos, and White Cosmopolitans
Flowers:Irises, lilies, orchids, roses, and poppies
People:Peter, Amelia June, and Busia
Place:Bed, London, Cinque Terre, Garden of the Gods, the library, and anywhere near the ocean
Animal:Cats & dogs (actually, all canids, including foxes, wolves, coyotes, and dingoes)
Experience:The day Amelia was born, Europe 2001, and seeing the ocean for the first time
Word:Rendezvous, brilliant, ahimsa and namaste
Season:Fall
Smell:The sea, rain, curry, and bread baking
Learning:To follow the 8-fold path the best I can, crochet, and being the best mother I can be
Number:4 & 16
Exercise:Hiking, yoga, and does Wii Fit count?
Sport:Ice hockey and soccer
Sports team:Colorado Avalanche!!!
Athletes:Peter Forsberg, Joe Sakic, Patrick Roy, Mikka Kiprusoff, Steve Yzerman, Marcus Naslund, Rob Blake, Marek Svatos, & Ian Laperierre.
Tv:Forensic Files, Snapped, I Survived, Intervention, Criminal Minds, and American Idol
Film:Il Postino, Ma Vie En Rose, Divided We Fall, The Pianist, Big Fish, Bend It Like Beckham, Amelie, & Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas
Actors:Ewan Macgregor, Jude Law, Joaquin Phoenix, Colin Firth, James Marsters, Alan Rickman, Johnny Depp, Vincent D'onofrio, Natalie Portman, Liv Tyler, Audrey Hepburn, Audrey Tatou, & Cristina Ricci
Music:Cure, Leonard Cohen, Hot Hot Heat, Beatles, Frank Sinatra, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Belle & Sebastian, Smiths, Morrissey, Johnny Cash, Tom Waits, Tricky, Erykah Badu, Bright Eyes, Tori Amos, Dar Williams, Beth Orton, Rufus Wainwright, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Damian Rice, PEACHES, Jimmy Dorsey, Elliot Smith, Joseph Arthur, Bebel Gilberto, Sigur Ros, etc.
Songs:Birthday--Sugarcubes, Hallelujah--Leonard Cohen, Silent All These Years--Tori Amos, Both Hands--Ani difranco, Do What You Have To Do/Good Enough--Sarah MacLachlan,M/Fear of Ghosts/Just Like Heaven/A Letter to Elise/Catch/ Six Different Ways---Cure
Book/author:The Stranger--Albert Camus, A Prayer for Owen Meany--John Irving, Catcher in the Rye--J.D. Salinger, The Handmaid's Tale--Margaret Atwood, Beloved--Toni Morrison, Pablo Neruda, Shakespeare, & Nick Bantock
Clothes/Stores:Comfortable
Love:Peter, Amelia, Grandma, animals, travel, hockey, house, ocean, rain, stars, sky, & dreams
Dreams:to raise my daughter to be confident & happy in her own skin--to love her life.
Politics:Liberal. Yep, a bleeding heart. At least I have one... :P
Believe:peace, conservation, gay rights, ahimsa, feminism, anti-discrimination, & stopping domestic violence
Six things I couldn't live without:
  1. Peter
  2. Amelia June
  3. animals
  4. travel
  5. music
  6. hockey
Myself in six words:
  1. confused
  2. silly
  3. sad
  4. impatient
  5. curious
  6. shy
Six favorite things about Peter:
  1. kindness
  2. gentleness
  3. warm hugs
  4. smile
  5. generosity
  6. makes me laugh
Favorite quote:"If you can not get rid of the family skeleton you may as well make it dance." --George Bernard Shaw