About Me

  • About Me: I'm a twentysomething year old college student going to Holy Cross College in Notre Dame, Indiana. I'm kind of shy around new people and new situations.. but I'm working on that. Once you get to know me (or I get to know you) I open up.. and then I am pretty sarcastic, witty, I laugh easily (I laugh at myself all the time!) I'm also an optimist who enjoys complaining about school. I always have a song going in my head.

College

  • School Name: Davenport University
  • Status: Undergrad
  • Class of: 2012
  • Degree type: Bachelors
  • Major(s): Business Management & Paralegal Studies

Contact Info

  • AIM: fireflywishes22

Travel

  • Places I love: Michigan!
  • Places I've been: Washington D.C., West Virginia (can't remember if it was W. Virginia or just Virginia..) Mississippi, Missouri, Florida, Tennessee, Illinois, Minnesota, Kansas, Indiana and I've driven through tons of states.. not sure if that counts haha!
  • Places to see before I die: Italy, Hungary, Ireland, England, Australia, Hawaii
  • Dream Vacation: An authentic Italian dinner at an outdoor restaurant in Italy, watching the people walk by.

Books

  • Favorite Books: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, The Witches by Roald Dahl, The Harry Potter books, Finding George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larkin, False Memory by Dean Koontz, The Left Behind Series and many others
  • Favorite Authors: Dean Koontz, J.K. Rowling, John Grisham, Jim Butcher, Roald Dahl, Kathy Reichs, James Rollins and others
  • Favorite Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Adventure, Humor
  • Favorite Characters: Temperance Brennan, The Grand High Witch, The Weasley Twins, Harry Dresden, Odd Thomas
  • Favorite Quotes: The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it is shot through with beauty, with love, with glints of courage and laughter; and in these, the spirit blooms timidly, and struggles to the light amid the thorns. -George Santayana "Never consent to creep, when you have the impulse to soar." --Helen Keller Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you'll be criticized anyway. -- Eleanor Roosevelt I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. -- Thomas Paine "Everything in life changes you in some way. Even the smallest things. If you do not accept these changes you do not accept yourself. For through these changes brings new and greater things to you, making you wiser, as time progresses. To avoid these changes is a loss. You only live your life once. Do not waste a minute of it avoiding things. Let them come to you, and learn from them. There is always tomorrow." - Adam R. Gwidzala
  • Recent Reads: The Quality of Life Report and Island by Aldous Huxley

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Matthew West, Switchfoot, Alanis Morissette, BNL, James Morrison, Aqualung
  • Favorite Albums: Stunt, Jagged Little Pill, The Beautiful Letdown, Mad Season, The Lion King Soundtrack, Thrive, The Nightmare Before Christmas Soundtrack
  • Favorite Genre: contemporary Christian, Alternative, Pop
  • Favorite Songs: Come on, Come out by A Fine Frenzy, The Minnow and the Trout by A Fine Frenzy, Mission Responsible by Michael Tolcher, The Sun Song by Michael Tolcher
  • Favorite Lyrics: "..we are twelve billion light years from the edge that's a guess no one can ever say it's true... there are six billion people in the world more or less, and it makes me feel quite small..." -Katie Melua "Cause sometimes it rains All over your parade It's like you're reaching for the sun, And you're landing in the shade But it's not the end The end of the world It's just another day Depending on grace" -Matthew West
  • Songs I hate: any rap music
  • Guilty Pleasure: singing along to Loreena McKennitt
  • Songs I repeat the most: all of my favs

More About Me

  • Nicknames: A.P., Aprilly
  • Nationality: American born and bred
  • Religion: Christianity
  • Heroes: People who give without taking, who offer without asking, who love as if their hearts have never been broken, who hope when the world says things are hopeless.
  • Interests: Pondering the intricacies of life, analyzing the human specimen, searching for answers to the unanswerable questions, reflecting on it all [and probably way to much], sunny days with warm breezes, cool crisp bottles of Snapple Peach Iced Tea, laughing at myself, taking really long showers, talking for my cats, getting different songs stuck in my head at the same time, READING, never being completely satisfied but maintaining my optimism, struggling to escape my lackadaisical study habits while I'm still in college.
  • Expertise: singing in the shower
  • Occupation: Student
  • Website: www.myspace.com/fireflywishes21

Television

  • Favorite Shows: The Amazing Race, Ghosthunters, (yes, I'm a reality show junkie!) The O'Reilly Factor, and more..
  • Favorite Channels: Fox News Channel, Discovery, TLC, and A&E
  • Favorite Reruns: Seinfeld, That 70's Show
  • Most Addictive Show: The Amazing Race
  • Favorite Late Night Talk Show: Red Eye
  • Characters you relate to: Daria
  • Favorite Theme Song: Reading Rainbow's theme song.. "take a look, it's in a book.. reading rainbow, I can fly anywhere.." haha I still get that song stuck in my head every now and then!
  • Show I Secretly Watch: The Real World [which is nothing like the real word.. err my real world that is, haha!]
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Daria

Video Games

  • Favorite Characters: Mario and Luigi

Style

  • Where I shop: Old Navy, other department stores, Hobby Lobby and online!
  • Brands I love: not really a name brand type girl..
  • I like to wear: casual comfortable clothes
  • Can't live without: sandals (except in the winter..)
  • Prized Possessions: my laptop and my books
  • Guilty Pleasure: watching chick flicks when no one is home (shh! that's a secret!)

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Tommy Boy, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Grinch Stole Christmas (the cartoon version and Jim Carrey's), The Goonies, The Witches (based on Roald Dahl's book), Pirates of the Caribbean, What Lies Beneath, The Sixth Sense, Meet the Parents, Other Peoples Money, Ace Ventura Pet Detective movies
  • Favorite Actors: Chris Farley :(, Ben Stiller, Drew Barrymore, Bette Midler, Danny DeVito, Haley Joel Osment, and David Spade
  • Favorite Directors: M. Night Shyamalan
  • Favorite Genre: Comedy, Psychological thriller/suspense
  • Favorite Soundtracks: The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Lion King
  • Movies I can watch over and over: Nightmare Before Christmas, Tommy Boy
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: Dakota Fanning?? I really have no clue!

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: Macaroni 'n Cheese
  • Favorite Dishes: any kind of pasta, love spaghetti and lasagna, sweet 'n sour meatballs, 7 Layer Salad, my mother's wet burritos, fresh spinach salad on and on and on..
  • Favorite Desserts: Pumpkin Pie, Carrot Cake, Chocolate Cake
  • Favorite Drinks: Snapple Peach Iced Tea, Sierra Mist, Faygo Red and Orange Pop..
  • Favorite Junk Foods: Little Debbie snacks, Cheetos, Chex Mix on and on..
  • Best meal ever: Friday's Macaroni 'n Cheese
  • Favorite Restaurants: Outback Steakhouse, Brann's
  • Foods I hate: anything past it's expiration date, most kinds of fish, rice

High School

  • School Name: Orion High School
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 2004
  • Attended: 2001 - 2004

Fireflywishes

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    • Name: April
    • Birthday: 12/21/1984
    • Gender: Female
    • Member Since: 10/27/2006

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