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| 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), purple, green, and scarlet |
| food: | avocados, pomegranate, pears, mangoes, seitan, sesame tofu, quiche, tempeh, thai, mexican, & indian |
| drink: | tea, lemonade, mango/pear juice, water with lime, chocolate Silk, soy latte, hot cocoa, and grape juice |
| flowers: | irises, lilies, orchids, roses, and poppies |
| people: | Peter, Amelia June, & Grandma |
| place: | bed, London, Cinque Terre, Garden of the Gods, library, and anywhere near the ocean |
| animal: | cats & dogs (actually, all canids, including foxes, wolves, coyotes, and dingoes) |
| experience: | Amelia's birth day, Europe 2001 and feeling loved |
| word: | rendezvous, brilliant, ahimsa and namaste |
| season: | fall |
| smell: | the sea, rain, curry, and bread baking |
| learning: | buddhism & sewing |
| number: | 4 & 16 |
| exercise: | yoga, pilates, and hiking |
| 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: | Law & Order, Crossing Jordan, & Buffy the Vampire
Slayer |
| 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 |
| 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: | - Peter
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Amelia June
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animals
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travel
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music
- hockey
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| Myself in six words: | - confused
- silly
- sad
- impatient
- boring
- shy
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| Six favorite things about Peter: | - kindness
- gentleness
- warm hugs
- smile
- generosity
- makes me laugh
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| Favorite quote: | "If you can not get rid of the family skeleton you may as well make it dance." --George Bernard Shaw |
