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A Writer of Passions

Chocolate. Biking. Writing.

While eating chocolate and going for bike rides are two of my favorite past times, I can't get a job and earn money with either of the two. Thus, I'm an English major and journalism minor at UMD. Still, I find my studies enjoyable. And who says I can't read while sitting on a bike in the work out room or enjoy chocolate while writing a paper?

Chocolate.

Dark, mint, raspberry, almond, orange. Mmm. According to my mother, I've been asking for it since I was a 2-year-old. My boyfriend hardly minds that I have an addiction, as I got him addicted, too! While he studied abroad in Germany, he fed my addiction still; German and Swiss chocolate found its way to me from Freiburg, Germany to Duluth, Minnesota. Lucky me!

Biking.

In the summer of 2004, I biked 750 miles. I spent my time on the Gateway Bike Trail that travels from north of Stillwater through St. Paul past Lake Phalen. I've also biked on one of the islands off of the coast of Ireland with a couple friends of mine. It was a great way to get around and see the sights -- and work off that Irish stew. Biking isn't just about exercise, though. It's a way to get to work, to the mall, to the grocery store, to a friend's house or to school. It's a money-saving mode of transportation. Besides, it feels good to know I traveled such a long way with just my bike and my legs.

Writing.

I like to write for fun in my leather bound journal which I received from my brother for Christmas. Serious writing, such as work for school, is done in Word documents on my laptop. I aspire to put my love for reading and writing to use someday as a copy editor for a magazine or newspaper. First things first, though... I will have to get an internship and get work experience.

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Top Five Favorite Authors

5. Charles Brockden Brown

4. Charlotte Bronte

3. Nathaniel Hawthorne

2. Henry James

1. Edgar Allan Poe

Reading List

- Ambrose Bierce, Ghost and Horror Stories

-Stephen Crane, Great Short Works

-Candace Ward, Great Short Stories by American Women

-Charles Brockden Brown, Wieland

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of House of Usher