About Me

  • About Me: I have a BA in Theatre, English minor. I want to be a director/playwright professionally. Lived in Northern Indiana and had plans to move to Chicago, but they fell through. So I moved to Texas (where my dad lives) to get back on my feet and get some theatre under my belt. I'm also looking into getting my teaching certification. I've always wanted to run the theatre department at a high school. And I work great with kids. I enjoy writing plays and short stories. I also like to sing and tap dance. I enjoy photography, horse back riding, and astronomy. I love outdoorsy things. I love to camp, kayak, hike, white-water raft, hunt, fish, canoe, etc. I have traveled a lot within the US, and finally got to see Europe. My passion was to visit Ireland, which I was able to do my best friend for two weeks. I am very quirky and outgoing. I like to think of myself as a strong and independent woman.

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: anything Asian
  • Favorite Desserts: Pineapple Upside Down Cake; Tiramisu; apple pie
  • Favorite Drinks: Amaretto and coke; Strawberry Daquairi; Dr Pepper
  • Favorite Junk Foods: Bugels; Pizza bites
  • Best meal ever: Corned beef (or little smokies) and cabbage with a side of red potatoes.
  • My Original Recipes: Pumpkin Soup (I promise, it's good. My family LOVES it.)
  • Favorite Restaurants: Olive Garden (pre food poisoning); Melting Pot; Crackle Barrell
  • Foods I hate: ONIONS

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Empire Records; Garden State; Princess Bride; Labryinth; Resident Evil; Pan's Labyrinth; Children of Men; Braveheart; Star Wars (6 is best); Lord of the Rings Trilogy; Boondock Saints; Never Ending Story; Serenity; X-Men; Monty Python and the Holy Grail; Pitch Black; The Village; Signs; Willow; Tomb Raider; Lady in the Water; Underworld; Little Miss Sunshine; The Departed; V for Vendetta; Pirates of the Caribbean; Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
  • Favorite Actors: Julia Roberts; Johnny Depp; Mel Gibson; Mila Jovavich; Val Kilmer; Natalie Portman; Robert Downey Jr.; Angelina Jolie; John Cusak; Uma Thurman; Gerard Butler; Elijah Wood; Drew Barrymore; Dennis Quaide
  • Favorite Directors: M. Night Shyamalan; Ron Howard; Peter Jackson; Tim Burton; Mel Gibson
  • Favorite Genre: Horror; Fantasy
  • Favorite Soundtracks: Garden State; Center Stage; LOTR; Labryinth; Life Aquatic; Almost Famous; Empire Records; Pan's Labyrinth; Children of Men; Little Miss Sunshine; Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
  • Movie Quotes I say all the time: Anything from Labyrinth, Princess Bride, or Empire Records. "Stephen: I'm the most wanted man on my island! But I'm not on my island. Hamish: You're island? You mean Ireland. Stephen: Yeah. It's MINE." -Braveheart
  • Movies I can watch over and over: any!!
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: Drew Barrymore

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Queen; Coldplay; Eisley; Enter the Haggis; U2; The Cranberries; Nickelback; Enya; 3 Doors Down; Sarah McLachlan; Evanescence; Incubus; Crossfade; The Doobie Brothers; Tom Petty; Pink Floyd; America; Fleetwood Mac; Stevie Nicks; AC/DC; Indigo Girls; Journey; Linkin Park; Moody Blues; Frou Frou; David Bowie; Chris Daughtry
  • Favorite Genre: Alternative Rock; Classic Rock; Bluegrass; Broadway/Musicals
  • Favorite Songs: Bohemian Rhapsody; Broken; Everything I Do; Full of Grace; Lithium; My Immortal; Zombie; Don't Panic; Savin' Me; Cold; Black Water; Rhianon; Closer to Fine; Golden Years; Comfortably Numb
  • Favorite Lyrics: "You're eyes can be so cruel. Just as I can be so cruel." -David Bowie
  • Songs I hate: any heavy rap
  • Guilty Pleasure: Spice Girls (back in the day) and Cher
  • Band I wish I was in: Indigo Girls or Evanescence

Television

  • Favorite Shows: Stargate; Heroes; The Black Donnellys; Grey's Anatomy; Desperate Housewives; Boston Legal; Lost; House; Bones; Nip/Tuck; Hex; America's Next Top Model; The Riches; Dirt; Footballer's Wives
  • Favorite Channels: Sci Fi; VH1; FX; BBC America
  • Favorite Reruns: Buffy; Farscape; Firefly; Angel; X-Men and Pink Panther (the old cartoons)
  • Most Addictive Show: Heroes; Grey's Anatomy
  • Favorite Episode: "Once More with Feeling" or "The Gift" -Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • Favorite Theme Song: Grey's Anatomy; Angel; House; Firefly
  • Show I Secretly Watch: The Hills; Real World/Road Rules Challange; Hogan Knows Best
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Firefly and Farscape

High School

  • School Name: Franklin Community High School
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 2004
  • Attended: 2000 - 2004
  • Organizations: Yearbook, Newspaper, Drama Club, Sensations, Impressions, Concert Choir

College

  • School Name: Valparaiso University
  • Status: Undergrad
  • Class of: 2008
  • Degree type: Bachelors
  • Major(s): Theatre and English
  • Greek: ΑΨΩ
  • Organizations: VUDU, Soul Purpose, Society of Poets, DramaWrights, VUSAN, VU College Dems

More About Me

  • Nicknames: Jill, Jilly, Jilly Bean, Barnold (long story), Mumpfrey (even longer story)
  • Religion: Christian
  • Heroes: MLK Jr, RFK, my mother, David Bowie (J/K I just love him)
  • Interests: writing (plays, short stories); reading; acting/directing; singing; photography; horse back riding; tap dancing; astronomy; camping; hiking; white water rafting; kayaking
  • Occupation: Student
  • Industry: Education/Research

Contact Info

  • AIM: destined4ireland

Video Games

  • Games I Play: Tomb Raider; DDR; Super Mario Brothers; The Sims; Resident Evil; Grand Theft Auto; racing games
  • Consoles: PS2; Super Nitendo; PC
  • Favorite Characters: Lara Croft
  • Favorite Classic Arcade Games: Cinepede
  • Most Addictive: Tomb Raider

Travel

  • Places I love: Chicago; Boston; Floyd, VA
  • Places I've been: Just about everywhere in the US, but not outside it yet.
  • Places to see before I die: IRELAND; Europe; Thailand; India; Egypt; Italy
  • Dream Vacation: Ireland

Books

  • Favorite Books: Sherlock Holmes stories; The Princes of Ireland; The Lord of the Rings Trilogy; Magician's Nephew (Narnia Chronicles); Pilgrim's Progress; Murder on the Orient Express; The Cat Who... series; The Phantom of the Opera; Da Vinci Code
  • Favorite Authors: Agatha Christie; Neil Gaiman; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; J.R.R. Tolkien; C.S. Lewis; Bernard Shaw; Rudyard Kipling; Poe
  • Favorite Genres: mystery/suspense; Ireland; fantasy
  • Favorite Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Hercule Poirot; The Phantom of the Opera
  • Favorite Quotes: "To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hands, and eternity in an hour." -William Blake "Critics are like eunuchs in a harem: they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves." -Brendan Behan "The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that's the essence of inhumanity." -George Bernard Shaw
  • Recent Reads: The Princes of Ireland