Cranes, trains and automobiles

In my first post, I will introduce myself and some interesting things about me. My name is Liz Allen and I am 22. I go to the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana and am majoring in Journalism. Some random facts about me and things that I enjoy:

1. I enjoy making paper cranes. I hang them all around my apartment. I can do some other simple orgami but cranes are the only things I can do from memory.

2. I love crocheting. It is different from knitting for those of you that don't know. It is done using only one needle instead of two and the needle is more like a hook. While knitting is done vertically, crocheting is done horizontally.

3. I really like any books, television shows (Paranormal State, Ghost Hunters) and films about the paranormal.

4. One of my dreams is to write a novel that would really affect people. Maybe it would be made into a movie starring Rob Pattinson <3>

5. One goal I have is to move to Chicago and write for a magazine. I would love to eventually move to New York and work for Entertainment Weekly. I read EW cover to cover.

6. When I was younger I wanted to be an archaeologist. In fact, I would dream of living in Egypt and going on digs for artifacts. But then I realized that going on digs meant days of digging in the dusty earth and finding almost nothing.

7. I am ridiculously obsessed with Twilight and Harry Potter, but honestly who isn't? However, I liked Twilight before it was mass hysteria and even got Eclipse signed by Stephenie Meyer.

8. I really like Hanson. I know you can't get past their MMMbop days but if you give them a listen now that they are 23, 25, and 27 you may actually like them: Download-Great Divide.

9. Halloween is my favorite holiday. I love carving pumpkins, going to haunted houses, watching scary movies and dressing in costumes.

10. I have been a Civil War Re-enactor for 22 years now. My sister and I were basically forced into it because it is my parents job but I actually have enjoyed dressing like a soldier or a woman in the 1860s. It has even inspired the novel I am working on now.

11. I love old movies. I think that they are much better quality than movies that are slapped together today. Some of my favorite actors and Jimmy Stewart, Carey Grant, Gregory Peck, Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, and Marilyn Monroe.

12. I love having jam sessions. I can play piano somewhat well and so does my sister along with other instruments. During the Christmas season we probably play and sing Christmas songs a few hours a day

13. I love riding the train more than any other means of travel. I get my best thinking done while on the train and I have met some "interesting" people.

14. If I could be anyone (which I don't recommend because you should always be yourself) I would be Tina Fey because I think that she is absolutely the funniest woman alive and she is nerd chic which is what I can be at times. However if I could be someone that has passed I would be Audrey Hepburn because she is my favorite actress and completely fabulous.

15. I'm obsessed with television shows that have mythologies for example: Lost, The X-files, Fringe, and more. They challenge my mind and make me think about possible theories.

I realize that this isn't really the assignment blog for this week but I thought that I would just write something for fun and then write a blog more with a news editing scope for next time. But for those of you reading this, I thought you may enjoy a few fun facts.