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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), 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: | - 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
- curious
- 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 |
