About Me
- About Me: I’m an eternal optimist. I appreciate the smallest things, and I see endless beauty everywhere. I see the art in everything around me. I never cease to be inspired by the people and things I see around me. My life has fullness and meaning because of Christ. I have purpose in my life and a hope for eternal life because of Christ. My goal is to show people Jesus’ love, and that He is the answer. Nothing else matters more. I’ve been called to Ireland as a missionary. The more I learn about myself and Ireland, the more I realize that God has fashioned me especially for this. If my heart is for missions in Ireland, the blood that runs through that heart is music. Music is a big part of Irish culture, and I am so comforted in knowing that God knows I need music. Music is part of who I am; it stirs the very waters of my soul.
Video Games
- Games I Play: I like to play board games or card games. Apples to Apples, Disney Scene It?, slapjack, solitaire, solitaire golf, nerts... I do like Beyond Atlantis 2 though, where you can go to Mexico, Ireland, and China.
- Favorite Classic Arcade Games: Pinball. Like a real pinball machine.
- Clans: My mom is of the Coughlin clan. (You know, from Ireland?)
Food
- Favorite Cuisine: Asian, Italian, Mexican, and American/Americanized versions of those first three.
- Favorite Dishes: Spaghetti and mostly anything else noodley.
- Favorite Desserts: Ice cream. I believe it will be my downfall.
- Favorite Drinks: I like water. It's probably my favorite. Tea is awesome, hot, cold, or lukewarm... I like sports drinks and hot chocolate. And I make wicked smoothies. And the coolest drink ever is bubble tea.
- Favorite Junk Foods: SmartFood, gummi candy, chocolate, Tim's Chips (nice and thick and crunchy!)
- Best meal ever: It depends on who I'm eating it with. The people make the meal.
- My Original Recipes: Hmm... I'm not exactly a professional chef.
- Favorite Restaurants: Olive Garden, Applebee's.
- Foods I hate: I'm not really a hater. Quit snackin' on hater tots.
Style
- Where I shop: Everywhere.
- Brands I love: I like it when you can't tell what brand I'm wearing.
- I like to wear: Classic American T-shirt & jeans, flats, Converse, Vans, and when it's colder I like to wear nicer clothes, like button-up shirts and sweater vests. (Good thing I'm going to live in Ireland someday!)
- Can't live without: My claddagh with the Connemara marble heart, my purity ring, my guitar string ring... And my glasses.
- Prized Possessions: My awesome vintage Hanson shirt that cost me a quarter and my claddagh with Connemara marble in it.
- Guilty Pleasure: Band shirts. I'd never spend 20 dollars on a shirt at Abercrombie, but I pay the same for a band shirts at Creation. But it's okay, because I'm there to splurge anyway.
Movies
- Favorite Movies: You ready for this? Lord of the Rings, The Wind That Shakes The Barley, The Chronicles of Narnia, Pirates of the Caribbean, Amadeus, Pride & Prejudice, Newsies, That Thing You Do!, Phantom of the Opera, The Princess Bride, The Prestige, Edward Scissorhands, Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat, Ocean's Eleven, Twelve, and Thirteen, Across the Universe, Mr. Holland's Opus, Amazing Grace The Aviator, Smoke Signals, A Knight's Tale, Superman Returns, Eragon, Titanic, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Happy Feet, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, any Jerry Lewis movie, Down Under the Big Top, Riverdance, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Strange Brew, Singin’ in the Rain, The Sound of Music, The "Bourne" Trilogy
- Favorite Actors: Cillian Murphy Paul Bettany Elijah Wood Christian Bale I also really like Joe Anderson, Tom Hanks, Johnny Depp, Reese Witherspoon...
- Favorite Soundtracks: Across the Universe, LOTR, POTC, Narnia, Phantom of the Opera, Newsies, Amadeus, Pride & Prejudice, Ocean's 11, 12, and 13, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Riverdance, The Sound of Music, Freaky Friday, Rocky...
- Movies I can watch over and over: The first 10-15 on my list.
- Actor that would play me in a movie: Emma Watson
Music
- Favorite Artists: Hanson, Basshunter, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Liam Ó Maonlaí, eleventyseven, Sanctus Real, Falling Up, Switchfoot, TAIT, Family Force 5, Relient K, Newsboys, The Killers, Carman, The Send, The Beatles, The Rocket Summer, dcTalk, Danny Saucedo, Beecake, Anuna, Frank Sinatra, Glenn Miller, Louis Prima, Count Basie, Keely Smith, Dean Martin, Ray Charles, Harry Connick, Jr., Sammy Davis, Jr., George Gershwin, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Franz Liszt, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
- Favorite Albums: I have so many...
- Favorite Genre: Irish anything, rock, classical, foreign techno and jazz. And pretty much anything else...
- Favorite Songs: Tokyo by Danny Saucedo and Mozart's Requiem in Dm.
- Favorite Lyrics: Hanson lyrics are great.
- Songs for Roadtrips: Like I'm going to take a roadtrip and waste expensive gas all over the place. I'll just take a day trip to somewhere fun and come back home to my own bed. If I was in Europe, then I'd take a train all over the place.
- Songs I hate: Most mainstream stuff. I mean it's catchy but it's mostly manufactured junk.
- Guilty Pleasure: Swedish pop music.
- Songs I repeat the most: Oh man....
- Band I wish I was in: Switchfoot or Hanson.
More About Me
- Nicknames: Nicknames never stick on me, almost like Punchinello.
- Nationality: You'd think I just stepped off the boat from somewhere in Europe after looking at me, but amidst the German, Scotch, and Irish blood, there is Mexican blood flowing in my veins! I'm a mutt, which I guess makes me a true American. I don't even know my entire heritage, sadly.
- Religion: I'm a follower of Christ, which makes me a Christian.
- Heroes: Jesus Christ. My future husband. My family and friends. The Irish People. Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh. Hanson. Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Liszt, and the like. Switchfoot. Paul Bettany, Cillian Murphy, Elijah Wood, Christian Bale. Peter Furler & Newsboys. Kevin Max. Samwise Gamgee. Frodo Baggins. Commodore Norrington. Willy Wonka. Superman.
- Interests: People, music, Ireland, Gaeilge, art, languages, old things, learning...
- Expertise: Creating, expression, listening, watching, being inspired, observing...
- Occupation: Student
- Website: www.myspace.com/droftreeology
Books
- Favorite Books: I have a huge long list on my myspace... The Holy Bible is the ultimate book. Other than that I like books. Good books. Thick books. Thin books. New books. Old books. Red books. Blue books. I ♥ books.
- Favorite Authors: Too many to name...
- Favorite Genres: Sci-fi, fantasy, sometimes Christian fiction
- Favorite Characters: Samwise Gamgee, Willy Wonka, Ron Weasley.
- Favorite Quotes: “God’s mill may grind slowly, but it grinds finely.” -Irish proverb “Get down on your knees and thank God you’re on your feet.” -Irish Proverb "Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him." -St. Augustine "Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see." -C.S. Lewis "The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul." -Johann Sebastian Bach " If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God so as to teach these peoples; even though some of them still look down on me." -St. Patrick "You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.” -C.S. Lewis "And I add this part here, to hint to whoever shall read it, that whenever they come to a true Sense of things, they will find Deliverance from Sin a much greater Blessing than Deliverance from Affliction." -Daniel Defoe (from Robinson Crusoe) "All that is gold does not glitter." -J.R.R. Tolkien "A true friend stabs you in the front." -Oscar Wilde "Be embraced, Millions! This kiss for all the world! Brothers!, above the starry canopy A loving Father must dwell. "Can you sense the Creator, world? Seek Him above the starry canopy. Above the stars He must dwell." -from Schiller's "Ode to Joy" "Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven." -Walter Savage Landor "Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend." -Ludwig van Beethoven “Everything has it’s beauty, but not everyone sees it.” -Confucius Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. -Romans 12:11 “Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music.” -Angela Monet “Made in God’s image, man was made to be great, he was made to be beautiful, and he was made to be creative in life and art.” -Francis Schaeffer “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” -Pablo Picasso “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” -Pablo Picasso “Every block of marble has a statue inside it and it is the job of the sculptor to discover it.” -Michelangelo “Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.” -Michelangelo “Creativity is discontent translated into arts.” -Eric Hoffer “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” -Thomas Merton “Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.” -Robert Motherwell
Television
- Favorite Shows: I'm not a huge TV fan, but I sometimes like: Drake & Josh, I Love Lucy, The Colgate Comedy Hour, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Emperor's New School, Hannah Montana, Phil of the Future, Lizzie McGuire, Growing Pains, Mythbusters, Punk'd, American Idol, America's Next Top Model
- Favorite Channels: National Geographic, Discovery, Disney, History
- Favorite Reruns: Growing Pains, Full House, Cosby, Drake & Josh
- Most Addictive Show: American Idol
- Characters you relate to: Nobody on TV.
- Favorite Theme Song: Bill Nye the Science Guy
- Show I Secretly Watch: I don't watch TV secretly.
- Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Colgate Comedy Hour!!! DEAN MARTIN AND JERRY LEWIS!!! And the Dick Van Dyke show. And I Love Lucy.
Travel
- Places I love: The woods, Oregon, Seattle, Leavenworth. One place I know I love, but I've never seen is IRELAND.
- Places I've been: Victoria BC, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Idaho, Oregon, Alaska (born there) and of course this lovely state.
- Places to see before I die: Ireland, of course. I'm going to live there though, so I'm not worried about not seeing Ireland. As much of the world as I can see. I'd love to travel Europe and see a lot of Britain.
- Dream Vacation: Somewhere nice with my future husband, whoever he is. :D
High School
- School Name: Moses Lake Senior High School
- Status: Alumni
- Class of: 2008
- Attended: 2006 - 2008
- Organizations: Chamber Choir, National Honors Society
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- Name: Leslie
- Birthday: 12/28/1989
- Gender: Female
- Member Since: 3/12/2005
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