Here's a little questionnaire that most of us in the U Squad have done. Hope you get little bit bigger snippet of me from this:
What is your favorite season and why?
Autumn. Everything in nature is an explosion of loveliness and all of my favorite colors are present in it concurrently. It reminds me that transition seasons, and seasons of things dying in order to ultimately come back to life, can be, and are, richly beautiful.
Where is the coolest place you’ve ever been?
Cesarea Beach off of the Sea of Galilee in Israel. Walked along/in the Sea and just prayed, sang, thought. Was so peaceful and beautiful.
What is your favorite iPhone (or subpar alternative) app?
YouVersion and Instagram. Although Merriam-Webster is very handy and I use it almost daily.
What was your favorite food when you were a child?
Strawberries on pancakes
What’s your favorite food now?
Strawberries on pancakes. haha. Or roasted lamb.
What is your biggest pet peeve?
Unnecessarily loud/open mouth chewers.
Do you have any strange habits/quirks?
Many. One is that I hum/"lalala" background music for myself a lot. (A WHOLE lot.)
If 10 of your friends were asked to describe you in one word, what would be the most common response?
Wise.
What is one of your favorite quotes?
" "Yea, He is altogether lovely." Song of Solomon 5:16.
"The sentence labors to express the inexpressible, it pants to utter the unutterable. The person writing these words evidently feels a great deal more than any language can possibly convey to us. It is the utterance of a soul that is completely overcome with admiration, and therefore feels that in attempting to describe the Well-Beloved, it has undertaken a task beyond its power. Lost in adoration, the gracious mind desists from description and cries with rapture, 'Yea, He is altogether lovely.' " – Charles Spurgeon
What’s your favorite indoor/outdoor activity?
Indoor: playing the piano/reading. Outdoor: sketching/reading.
What is your favorite fast food restaurant?
One Stop Coney Shop (mom and pop local hotdog/burger joint. I love a good burger.)
What is your favorite form of exercise?
Cycling or just plain "working out." Typically to 90's/ early 2000's workout videos. For reals.
What is your favorite sound?
Music. At this present moment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izsW6LjExEQ
What is your favorite smell?
Fresh dill.
If you were invisible for a day, what would you do?
Go inside some cathedral, or several different ones throughout the day, and sing. "Where is that voice coming from?!" lol
If you had to change your first name, what would you change it to?
Venese. It's my middle name, so maybe that's cheating. But I really like my name(s).
If you could meet anyone, living or dead, who would you meet and why?
J. S. Bach. His music almost always enriches me. I'd love to hear about his compositional process.
If you had a movie made of your life, what celebrity would you want to play you?
Zoe Saldana
What do you want to be when you grow up?
A worship leader/visual artist. And a wife and mother.
What do you like to do in your free time?
SLEEP. Naps are so lovely.
If you had to eat the same thing every day for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Some sort of epic sandwich with roast beef and a ton of veggies on it.
What is your favorite beverage?
Smoothies. Pretty much any variety.
What is your favorite childhood memory?
Singing with this children's choir in Chattanooga, TN under the direction of "Miss Myrna." (Didn't/don't know her last name. But she just taught me that being in a choir is one of the most beautiful privileges for people, which I still think to be true.)
What’s the thing you’re most scared of regarding the World Race?
Sketchy bathroom situations. (I know, I know…I WILL for sure encounter those…)
What is your favorite movie/show/book?
Movie: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Return of the King if I must just pick one)
Book: The Bible
Show: Lost
If you could be any animal for a day, what would it be?
A cheetah. I'd run like the wind. (:
What is your favorite sport to play/watch?
Play: soccer Watch: gymnastics.
First celebrity crush? Current celebrity crush?
First: Jonathon Crombie as Gilbert Blythe. *sigh. haha Current: Mario Lopez.
