From Minnesota, schooled it up in small town Missouri and the beautiful Chicago. Now I'm here. I like to travel, I love to learn new things, and I like to DIY whenever possible. My greatest loves are astronomy, Minnesota, TV and root beer.

I once was the subject of an improv act and my friends described me to the... actors?...as "sweet" and "neurotic". I can't completely remember if they actually said sweet, but they definitely used neurotic.

Getting acquainted with the LA scene and planning out which hikes I want to go on. I'm slowly learning the ancient art of Shorthand, as well as thinking about maybe teaching myself html... but damn that seems like a lot to bite off.

Right now I'm at a TV production company, doing what I consider to be pretty cool. Other people may call it talking on the phone all day, and they'd be right too.

Ice skating. Cartwheels. Being very close to the normal person version of Buddy the Elf.

My laugh.

Malcolm Gladwell, David Sedaris, crime/murder mysteries, Harry Potter.

Back to the Future, The Departed, The Shawshank Redemption, LA Confidential, The Prestige, Singing in the Rain, 10 Things I Hate About You, Little Miss Sunshine, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Almost Famous, American Beauty, Jurassic Park, Zombieland, Heavyweights and any Judd Apatow flick for that matter.

Parks and Recreation, Scandal, Happy Endings, Friday Night Lights, Psych, The Mindy Project, Veronica Mars, Shameless, Law & Order: SVU and I love Craig Ferguson. Also I hate that I love The Following--Kevin Bacon can do no wrong in my eyes. And Hannibal, you might as well scrap out The Following because I am so obsessed with this show right now.

The Lumineers, MGMT, Britney Spears, Phoenix, Broken Social Scene, JT, Iron & Wine, Metric, Tune-Yards, Janelle Monae, Dawes, Cold War Kids, Ellie Goulding, Matt & Kim, The xx, Lily Allen, Ke$ha.

1. Root Beer: if all else fails I'm going into the Root Beer business with my best friend.
2. Stars: I've loved stargazing since we did StarLab in science class in Kindergarten.
3. Cell phone: tried to do without on a trip to England and Scotland, did not love it.
4. Photos of friends, family, and good times.
5. Television
6. Minnesota, my motherland.

Weekend plans. Ann Sather cinnamon rolls. Sleeping and snuggling.

Out with friends. In with friends. Doing something with friends. Or watching Home Alone 2.

On my celebrity family tree Tom Hanks is my dad and Bill Cosby is my grandpa.

I wish more people liked hugging. Is that weird?

You don't take yourself too seriously.

You've seen (and love) Turner & Hooch.

You know the best place to stargaze in this city.