About Me

I'm a spunky architect in Kansas City who enjoys all things design oriented.

1. I am an only child.

2. However, I have had a total of 3 step-siblings from my mother's marriages.

3. I am left-handed.

4. I am a music fanatic.

5. I am a book nerd.

6. I wet the bed when I was little.

7. I took ballroom dancing classes in college with my architecture buddies.

8. I like it when someone plays with my hair.

9. I have moved twice in my life and didn't know a soul there.

10. I had only been to Memphis once (to interview) before I accepted my job there.

11. I have a nervous stomach.

12. I like cats alot. My cat's name is Venus.

13. I have never broken a bone.

14. I played the flute for 7 years.

15. I took gymnastics for a few more than that.

16. I went to Ireland when I was 16 for cheerleading.

17. I was on the tennis team and walked off the court in the middle of practice my senior year of high school. I haven't picked up a racquet since.

18. I fall asleep almost every time I go to the dentist.

19. I can't keep a secret.

20. I love all John Cusack movies.

21. My two favorite people in the world are my grandparents, Mema and Papa.

22. My mom and I are best friends.

23. I love board games.

24. I'm still close friends with my best friend from high school.

25. I love to bake cakes and cookies. I haven't tried pies but I'm sure I suck at pies and breads.

26. I can't cook very well.

27. I love cheese. And bacon.

28. The Chrysler Building in NYC is my favorite building.

29. I dye my hair.

30. Going to the doctor doesn't bother me, but peeing in a cup does.

31. I love copper. (yeah, the metal)

32. I used to hate the color pink. Now, along with purple, it's my favorite color.

33. I daydream alot.

34. I hate working out.

35. I can't stand water on my face.

36. I can't say no when people ask for a favor.

37. I love graphic design.

38. If I don't talk (via email) to Rusty and Julie every day (my two close friends) I go into withdrawal.

39. I have had my navel pierced since April 20 (Earth Day) 1996.

40. I have no tattoos.

41. I spent a semester studying in Italy for architecture school in the Fall of 1998.

42. My birthday is May 21st. I share it with Mr. T.

43. I went to alot of raves in college.

44. I cuss alot.

45. I never had braces and it used to bother me.

46. I really like my alone time.

47. I am a social butterfly.

48. I speak what's on my mind.

49. I rarely get embarrassed over things.

50. Compliments on my looks embarrass me.

51. I like to be the center of attention.

52. I think I'm funny. But I'm not.

53. I feel old sometimes although I look like I'm 18.

54. I like my hair best when it's pixiecut.

55. None of my friends from college or high school that I'm still close to have children. And very few are married.

56. After years of lost sleep in college, my favorite thing to do now is sleep.

57. I love being in a pool during the summer.

58. I am 1/8 Sioux.

59. I tan quickly.

60. My dad was in the army Vietnam and is a different person because of it.

61. My mom and my dad got divorced long before I could remember.

62. I'm scared of the dark.

63. I was/am spoiled.

64. I knew I wanted to be an architect when I was 11 years old.

65. I am a Gemini.

66. I have green eyes.

67. I have a weakness for bartenders and musicians.

68. I always wanted to be a fiction writer when I grew up.

69. I want to go to grad school but it's too expensive. And I don't think I'd make a good professor anyway.

70. I have fairly high self-esteem except for a handful of things.

71. I'm not a jealous person but if someone is not direct with me, then I have jealous tendencies.

72. I trust people too much.

73. I eat too much junk food.

74. I like beer. Alot.

75. I like bourbon and whiskey even more.

76. I think I fart in my sleep. How embarrassing...

77. I always fall for the wrong guys.

78. I love living alone, except I have nightmares and sleepwalk.

79. I really really want a pop up camper.

80. When I get mad, I cry.

81. I cry at anything sappy too. Even commercials.

82. I chew my fingernails incessantly.

83. I laugh alot.

84. I talk even more than I laugh.

85. Overall I am a very positive person.

86. Spiders really creep me out.

87. My high school mascot was a Zizzer.

88. I worked at McDonalds for almost 3 years in high school. Breakfast shift.

89. I have since ceased to be a morning person.

90. I drank so many zillions of gallons of coffee in college that I try to steer clear of it now.

91. I used to never drink caffeine or carbonated beverages. Then I went to college.

92. When I first visited the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville campus my junior year of high school I instantly knew that was where I wanted to go.

93. I am a cuddler.

94. I like to do things for people.

95. Sometimes I get taken advantage of when I do things for people and it makes me mad.

96. I love Adobe Photoshop. It's my trusty sidekick in life.

97. I'd rather be hot than cold.

98. I have really bad circulation so my feet and hands are constantly freezing.

99. The heater under my desk at work runs every day I'm at work.

100. I love Dave Grohl and flip flops.