1. What has been your favorite course of study in or out of school? Why?
My favorite course of study in school besides art is anthropology. I like learning about evolution and cultural changes over our species' history. Not to mention, the anthropology department at CU has the most interesting faculty, and I learn things that affect my life. Wonder why everyone gets their Wisdom teeth pulled? Blame it on the invention of agriculture. You will find out these trivia-worthy things if you take anthro courses.
2. How many pages was the longest paper you have written? Did it include endnotes and bibliography?
I wrote a 15 page paper for an upper-division humanities course last semester that included endnotes and bibliography, but I wrote a 25 page creative, fantasy piece back in fifth grade when I was an intense little writer.
3. Which was your favorite paper? Please tell us about the topic in a couple of sentences.
I wrote a short story about turkeys protesting on Thanksgiving from a turkey's point of view. The turkey was invited on the "Today Show" to voice his and the four-to-six million turkeys consumed over that holiday's opinion. The piece was funny and creative, which I like. I made Al Roker go on a tofurkey diet.
4. Is there a particular kind of writing you love to do?
Creative writing.
5. Which books have you read lately: art, fiction, non-fiction, sci-fi, poetry, environmental, film? Any comments are welcome.
I love fiction and devour books. I finished "The Help" and thought it was a brilliant book, and the film was a fairly good adaptation. I started "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle." It interests me because I believe that good, pure nutrition can solve a lot of our country's problems.
6. Which artist or writer really interests you?
Audrey Niffeneger ("The Time Traveler's Wife") creates very believable scenarios in her writing despite the fact that none of her inventions, such as a time-traveling genetic disorder,
could physically exist. It is this artful ability that translates to magic when authors construct fantastical yet believable worlds that truly feed my own imagination and inspire me. J.K. Rowling has the same effect over me.
7. What is your main interest besides writing, art, music, (i.e., the humanities)?
I love the sciences - biology, zoology, anthropology; basically all of the ologies.
8. Please describe briefly an article in a newspaper or a magazine that got you thinking lately.
The famine in Somalia has dominated international headlines. There was one article talking about a pair of twins born to a starving woman that only weighed two pounds each. I read it while casually baking a dozen chai cupcakes. It got me thinking about the inbalance of wealth and resources in the world...and my ironic display of excess.
9. Which recent cultural event has really impressed you? This can be a museum, a concert, or anything like that, but also a sports game (if you consider this a cultural event, for which there are good reasons).
Unfortunately I had a really culturally anemic, white bread (literally, I worked at the Smiling Moose Deli) summer, so I have no recent events in mind. I went to Cavalia last fall with my mother. It is like Cirque du Soleil on horseback with the most gorgeous and beautifully trained horses and talented acrobats I had ever been exposed to.
10. Is there another, non-cultural event that has affected you deeply.
This was my first summer living away from home. This also was my first summer in which I had to fully support myself. Working at minimum-wage barely covers Boulder rent prices. I really learned budgeting, discipline, and normalcy. Not everyone in this country takes annual summer vacations.
11. Please share with us a thought or an idea that really widened your intellectual horizon. If possible, give a source for this idea so that those who are interested know where to go.
Quotes and proverbs on the tags of teabags have a wide variety of cultural and intellectual messages. It's a cheap way to gain insight over your breakfast. Yogi Tea brand and Celestial Seasonings varieties will give you a step in the right direction towards widening your intellectual horizons.
My favorite course of study in school besides art is anthropology. I like learning about evolution and cultural changes over our species' history. Not to mention, the anthropology department at CU has the most interesting faculty, and I learn things that affect my life. Wonder why everyone gets their Wisdom teeth pulled? Blame it on the invention of agriculture. You will find out these trivia-worthy things if you take anthro courses.
2. How many pages was the longest paper you have written? Did it include endnotes and bibliography?
I wrote a 15 page paper for an upper-division humanities course last semester that included endnotes and bibliography, but I wrote a 25 page creative, fantasy piece back in fifth grade when I was an intense little writer.
3. Which was your favorite paper? Please tell us about the topic in a couple of sentences.
I wrote a short story about turkeys protesting on Thanksgiving from a turkey's point of view. The turkey was invited on the "Today Show" to voice his and the four-to-six million turkeys consumed over that holiday's opinion. The piece was funny and creative, which I like. I made Al Roker go on a tofurkey diet.
4. Is there a particular kind of writing you love to do?
Creative writing.
5. Which books have you read lately: art, fiction, non-fiction, sci-fi, poetry, environmental, film? Any comments are welcome.
I love fiction and devour books. I finished "The Help" and thought it was a brilliant book, and the film was a fairly good adaptation. I started "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle." It interests me because I believe that good, pure nutrition can solve a lot of our country's problems.
6. Which artist or writer really interests you?
Audrey Niffeneger ("The Time Traveler's Wife") creates very believable scenarios in her writing despite the fact that none of her inventions, such as a time-traveling genetic disorder,
could physically exist. It is this artful ability that translates to magic when authors construct fantastical yet believable worlds that truly feed my own imagination and inspire me. J.K. Rowling has the same effect over me.
7. What is your main interest besides writing, art, music, (i.e., the humanities)?
I love the sciences - biology, zoology, anthropology; basically all of the ologies.
8. Please describe briefly an article in a newspaper or a magazine that got you thinking lately.
The famine in Somalia has dominated international headlines. There was one article talking about a pair of twins born to a starving woman that only weighed two pounds each. I read it while casually baking a dozen chai cupcakes. It got me thinking about the inbalance of wealth and resources in the world...and my ironic display of excess.
9. Which recent cultural event has really impressed you? This can be a museum, a concert, or anything like that, but also a sports game (if you consider this a cultural event, for which there are good reasons).
Unfortunately I had a really culturally anemic, white bread (literally, I worked at the Smiling Moose Deli) summer, so I have no recent events in mind. I went to Cavalia last fall with my mother. It is like Cirque du Soleil on horseback with the most gorgeous and beautifully trained horses and talented acrobats I had ever been exposed to.
10. Is there another, non-cultural event that has affected you deeply.
This was my first summer living away from home. This also was my first summer in which I had to fully support myself. Working at minimum-wage barely covers Boulder rent prices. I really learned budgeting, discipline, and normalcy. Not everyone in this country takes annual summer vacations.
11. Please share with us a thought or an idea that really widened your intellectual horizon. If possible, give a source for this idea so that those who are interested know where to go.
Quotes and proverbs on the tags of teabags have a wide variety of cultural and intellectual messages. It's a cheap way to gain insight over your breakfast. Yogi Tea brand and Celestial Seasonings varieties will give you a step in the right direction towards widening your intellectual horizons.
Thank you-very interesting and lively and wide-ranging. Love the skeletons dancing in the light of bright colors.
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