An "About Me" Update

Although most people who see this blog are my close friends, I thought it would be a good time to just give a little “About Me” update. In any case, it will be interesting to look back at it in 5 years and see where I was and what I liked.

Birth Place: Born and raised in Arizona.

College: Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Arizona

Med School: A.T. Still University of Health Sciences (ATSU): The Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, in Kirksville, Missouri

Out-of-Country Travel:
1. Victoria, BC for a day trip.
2. Corozal, Belize, in Central America for four weeks, learning about missionary work.
3. Aasenfjord and Oslo, Norway, for seven weeks in high school with a program called Youth for Understanding.

Some places I’ve spent time at:
1. Chattanooga/northern Georgia
2. NYC
3. Philadelphia, PA
4. Washington, DC
4. Boston/northern Massachusetts
5. Vermont/New Hampshire/southern Maine
6. Miami Beach, FL
7. New Orleans, LA
8. St. Louis, Kansas City, and Columbia, Missouri
9. Chicago, IL
10. Nashville, TN
11. Albuquerque and Las Cruces, NM
12. Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Fort Worth, TX
13. Las Vegas, NV
14. Colorado Springs, CO
15. San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, CA
16. Detroit and Grand Rapids, MI
17. Port Angeles/Puget Sound/Seattle, WA
18. Lewisburg, WV
19. Minneapolis, MN
20. Arizona
21. Ohio.

Personality Type: (Myers-Briggs) ENTP

Career: Out Patient Only Family Practice

Siblings: One sister, plus a brother-in-law and a nephew

Favorite Games:
1. Settlers of Catan (Cities and Knights)
2. Taboo/Catch Phrase
3. Trivial Pursuit
4. Magic, the Gathering Card Game

Favorite TV shows:
1. Battlestar Galactica (new series)
2. Lost
3. My Name is Earl
4. The Office
5. Scrubs (way too close to home… very hilarious)

Favorite Sports:
1. Ultimate Frisbee
2. Racquetball
3. Tennis

Church:
1. Home Church. We meet in either my home or a friend's home, depending on the weather.
2. I will visit Wide Eyed Life, a new community within First Christian Church of Canton.

Spiritual Background: I grew up in the non-instrumental Churches of Christ.

Favorite cities I’ve been to:
1. Seattle, WA (love it!)
2. San Fransisco (too bad there are so many earthquakes!)
3. Boston (awesome history!)
4. Austin (cool, laid back city)

Least favorite cities I’ve been to:
1. New Orleans (the REAL Sin City)
2. NYC (lots to do, but little greenery)
3. Albuquerque (not much goin’ on there)

Most beautiful places I’ve been:
1. Puget Sound area of Washington (perfect combo of cool weather, mountains, and water!)
2. Sedona, Arizona (Red Rock Country)
3. The Grand Canyon (need I say more?)
4. Norway (very similar to Washington)
5. Holmes County, Ohio (Amish Country… beautiful rolling hills, woods, and farms)