About Me
- About Me: I'm a twenty-something Midwestern-girl-gone-East-Coast (and back again... for now!) chasing God and adventure, a career in the media... and a rock with a broom.
Books
- Favorite Books: The Bible, Girl Meets God, Mudhouse Sabbath, Grace (Eventually), Blue Like Jazz, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Much Ado About Nothing, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Pascal's Pensees, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the Harry Potter series
- Favorite Authors: Lauren F. Winner, Anne Lamott, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, C.S. Lewis, Vachel Lindsay, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Stefan George
- Favorite Genres: non-fiction, memoirs, regional histories, old school theology
- Favorite Quotes: "You think they call us plastic now, babe, but you just wait'll I get through tellin' 'em how we do it, huh?" - Mike Nesmith "The sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness." - French proverb "Wisdom comes only when you stop looking for it and start living the life the Creator intended for you." - Hopi proverb "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined." - Henry David Thoreau "An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered; an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered." - G.K. Chesterton "It's just as cool to be from Peoria, Illinois, as it is to be from New York City. I am validating the small town, song by song." - Sufjan Stevens "Emily, you are a fine young American, and I want to see you in the Olympics." - Don Imus "My dear, you look like you are having the BEST time!" - Garret of Thursday open mic at The Gallery Cabaret
Television
- Favorite Shows: The Monkees, Saturday Night Live, Sunday Night Live with Father Groeschel, Most Haunted, Arrested Development, Mad Men, The Office, 30 Rock
- Favorite Channels: cable news, the Catholic channel
Movies
- Favorite Movies: Driving Lessons, Head (The Monkees Movie), Moulin Rouge!, Amelie, Die Legende von Paul und Paula, Anchorman, The Wizard of OZ, the original Star Wars trilogy, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the Harry Potter series, 10-minute workout DVDs, various 9/11 conspiracy DVDs I've been handed at bars
- Favorite Genre: independent films, foreign films, documentaries
- Actor that would play me in a movie: Zooey Deschanel
More About Me
- Nicknames: Em, Emmy, McEmily
- Nationality: Polish + German + Scotch-Irish = American
- Religion: Christian
- Heroes: Norah Charles of The Thin Man series. Various friends, saints and television journalists ... and my boyfriend, Joel, and sister, Annie, who is one of my favorite people on the planet.
- Interests: becoming an Olympic curler, cross-stitching, editing and grammar, falling down in increasingly spectacular ways, geeky stuff, the German language, having adventures, journalism and the pursuit of Truth, loving God, loving others, other cultures and religions, taking ridiculous pride in my Polish heritage, telling stories with little or no point, urban nomadism, spending summers on Anishinaabe reservations, the spiritual and supernatural
- Expertise: being interested in all of the above, having adventures
- Occupation: Journalist
- Industry: The Media
- Website: http://myspace.com/mc_emily
Music
- Favorite Artists: Sufjan Stevens, The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, Lewis Knudsen, my friends and the joyful noises they make
- Favorite Genre: indie, folk and classic rock; anything with an accordian or banjo or weirdness
Style
- Where I shop: Target, Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie
- Can't live without: Jesus! Source of life eternal! Jesus, Author of our breath!
College
- School Name: New York University
- Status: Alumni
- Class of: 2006
- Attended: 2002 - 2006
- Degree type: Bachelors
- Major(s): (1) Journalism and (2) Dramatic Literature
- Minor(s): German
- Sports: member of the Ardsley Curling Club
- Organizations: contributor to Jay Rosen's blueplatespecial.net and NYU's LiveWire online news sources, contributor to the Washington Square News, college growth group leader/team leader at The Journey, news reporter on WNYU-FM, editor of the SAFE Floor News, staff writer at the Brittany Newsletter, participant in Fast-A-Thon and Relay for Life
High School
- School Name: Lutheran High School
- Status: Alumni
- Class of: 2002
- Attended: 1998 - 2002
- Organizations: newspaper (editor), yearbook, school plays, chapel drama, praise band, pep band, band, show choir, Safehouse Bible Study, Students Against Destructive Decisions (president), Spiritual Life Committee, National Honor Society, German Honor Society, German Club, Right to Life March in D.C., Presidential Classroom, National Youth Leaders Conference, Honduras Mission Trip, Minnesota Mission Trip
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- Name: Emily Mc
- Country: United States
- State: Illinois
- Metro: Chicago
- Gender: Female
- Member Since: 5/21/2004
Chatboard (8)
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Emily, Random question: would you be interested in reading Angela Hunt's book, UNCHARTED? I had gotten a free copy at the office, and then last Friday I got another copy in the mail from her publisher (evidently she'd put my name on some sort of list...?). So I really don't need two and you were th -
"not sure that I've ever chatted on anyone's board before. Feel special!" I always feel special when I hear from you, Emily. Good to see you. Having a bit of a rough time lately, but see that light at the end of the tunnel. How you been? L,r -
Hello Emily, My friend Eric has requested prayer, please drop by and check out my post and pray for him. L,r
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Where is Emily, the world wonders? Hows the barefoot apartment quest proceeding? Miss you. L,r
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Hi Em! If it's okay with you I'm going to post my review of Magdalene tomorrow or Wednesday...being sick has given me a lot of reading time, LOL! One of the perks I guess, haha. So are you incredibly busy with graduation fast approaching? I'll bet...congrats!
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I read your comment about your mother and I stand corrected -- I've been terribly off my "game" lately and have decided I'm just nuts! ;-) Looking forward to tandem-blogging on MAGDALENE!! I probably have about a book and a half to finish before I can get to it too so we're in good shape, LOL!
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I am second. We should all plan a mini gathering for Springfield this summer. Are you up to the challenge? -
Wow...I'm first. Unfortunately I don't really have anything profound to say. ;-) Anyways...I am so behind, I haven't started MAGDALENE yet. I'm going to have to knock that out this weekend. I sometimes come across free books at work so if one shows up I'll let you know as I'd be glad to mail it to y
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