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phloxyloxy
- 27, Female
- Vienna
- Austria
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phloxyloxy's Groups
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Nerdfighters Abroad
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Nerdfighterlike
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Minnesota Nerdfighters!
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20Plus
522 members
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I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar
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phloxyloxy's Discussions
What are you currently reading?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by sabelmouse Mar 11, 2009.
Plans for next year?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Meghan Jun 29, 2008.
Graduate Schools?
Started Mar 23, 2008
phloxyloxy's Page
Latest Activity
Sarah Heywood replied to phloxyloxy's discussion Ravelry? in the group Crocheting and Knitting Nerdfighters"I had no clue this existed! I'm excited to check it out. Thanks for the heads up.
You'll probably see me as Pandaswat on there. And I'll be looking for the Nerdfighter group."
Lydia McKay replied to phloxyloxy's discussion Ravelry? in the group Crocheting and Knitting Nerdfighters"I'm also a member of Ravelry! My name on there is the same as it is here and I'm kind of obsessed with doing stuff on that site."
Rebekkah Portlock replied to phloxyloxy's discussion Ravelry? in the group Crocheting and Knitting Nerdfighters"Ravelry is a pattern lifesaver!
I'm bekksalot over there, and I just joined their Nerdfighter group (the larger one). I don't have that many projets posted though, since I'm kind of new there.
Also, I don't know if any of…"
Profile Information
- What Kind of Nerdfighter Are You?
- Habsburg Nerdfighter
- About Me:
- I graduated from college with a B.A. in German Studies (and a minor in music).
In September I'll be heading off to Vienna, Austria for my second year of being an English teaching assistant in two high schools. The schools themselves will be new to me, but I'm pretty pumped to get back to Austria. When I'm not there, I live in Minnesota.
A few things I like: cooking, grocery shopping, knitting, singing, reading, feminism, traveling, learning, and teaching
- Favorite Books, Movies, Music, and more
- YA fantasy, including but not limited to: Tamora Pierce (Tortall over Emelan, though), Harry Potter, Obernewtyn books by Isobelle Carmody, The Forgotten Beasts of Eld and Riddle-Master by Patricia McKillip, Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials
Other books: Madeleine L'Engle (A Ring of Endless Light), Margaret Atwood (The Blind Assassin, Oryx and Crake, The Handmaid's Tale), William Goldman (The Princess Bride), Audrey Niffenegger (The Time Traveler's Wife), Elizabeth Kostova (The Historian), Anita Diamant (The Red Tent)
Books that I feel a little guilty about liking (aka Junk Reads): Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series, Stephenie Meyer's Twilight books, Laurell K. Hamilton - both Anita and Merry, Dan Brown books, Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse novels
- What's your favorite thing to put on your head?
- my pillow
- Website:
- http://phloxyloxy.livejournal.com/
- When did you start watching the Vlogbrothers?
- July
Current Reads/Views
FINALLY updated August 2009:
I just read: The Climb by Anatoli Boukreev
I'm going through a bit of a Mount Everest binge at the moment. I read Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air, an account of the May 10, 1996 disaster and wanted another perspective on it. This book (which John incidentally put in the TOSS pile today!), provided that. Combining the deadly conditions of Everest with some real-life heroism and a taste of life after the Soviet Union collapsed, it was a really enjoyable read.
I am currently reading: Stardust by Neil Gaiman.
I'd been wary of Gaiman after reading American Gods a few summers ago, which just totally didn't do it for me, but I read The Graveyard Book this summer and really, really liked it, so I thought I'd give Stardust a shot. I'm about halfway through, and so far I LOVE it. I saw the movie a year and a half ago and heard it described as The Princess Bride for a new generation, and I can totally see where that idea came from. Definitely a fun read.
Latest movies: The last one I saw in the theater was Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which I thought was cinematically very impressive, if a bit different from the book.
Here's a link to my LibraryThing, in case anyone wants to take a gander:
I just read: The Climb by Anatoli Boukreev
I'm going through a bit of a Mount Everest binge at the moment. I read Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air, an account of the May 10, 1996 disaster and wanted another perspective on it. This book (which John incidentally put in the TOSS pile today!), provided that. Combining the deadly conditions of Everest with some real-life heroism and a taste of life after the Soviet Union collapsed, it was a really enjoyable read.
I am currently reading: Stardust by Neil Gaiman.
I'd been wary of Gaiman after reading American Gods a few summers ago, which just totally didn't do it for me, but I read The Graveyard Book this summer and really, really liked it, so I thought I'd give Stardust a shot. I'm about halfway through, and so far I LOVE it. I saw the movie a year and a half ago and heard it described as The Princess Bride for a new generation, and I can totally see where that idea came from. Definitely a fun read.
Latest movies: The last one I saw in the theater was Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which I thought was cinematically very impressive, if a bit different from the book.
Here's a link to my LibraryThing, in case anyone wants to take a gander:
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Second post! On books and movies.
First, movies, since there's really only one I want to discuss:
I saw Julie & Julia with my mom today. Yes, I'm 23 and still see movies with my mom. It's a side-effect of living at home while I'm back in the States for the summer. Anyway, I really enjoyed it, both for the cooking aspect (it spoke to the aspiring culinary goddess in me) but also for the way that they wove together the two story lines. Also, Meryl Streep as Julia Child = WIN! So hilarious, it was hard not to… Continue
I saw Julie & Julia with my mom today. Yes, I'm 23 and still see movies with my mom. It's a side-effect of living at home while I'm back in the States for the summer. Anyway, I really enjoyed it, both for the cooking aspect (it spoke to the aspiring culinary goddess in me) but also for the way that they wove together the two story lines. Also, Meryl Streep as Julia Child = WIN! So hilarious, it was hard not to… Continue
Posted on August 16, 2009 at 1:43am
First blog post!
So, I've decided to start a reading blog on here, as a place to write miniature reviews or reflections of the latest books I've read. Movies might also factor in, but I guess it will depend.
So, first off we have two very different books - Momo, the German-language young adult fantasy book by Michael Ende, and When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris, which just came out last month and is a collection of short stories for a more mature audience (but not… Continue
So, first off we have two very different books - Momo, the German-language young adult fantasy book by Michael Ende, and When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris, which just came out last month and is a collection of short stories for a more mature audience (but not… Continue
Posted on June 28, 2008 at 9:00pm
Comment Wall (20 comments)
- At 8:18pm on July 02, 2011, TOM CHIGNELL gave phloxyloxy a gift…
- At 2:09pm on August 9, 2010,
Lauren said… - Hi, fellow MN nerdfighter from John's blogtv show going on right now!
- At 11:24pm on April 4, 2010,
Allie said… - Happy Birthday, Phloxyloxy :D
[greetings from the Nerdfighter Birthday calendar, haha]
- At 1:18am on August 20, 2009,
Clive-φ-Davidson ImagesNM said…
- At 11:09pm on April 5, 2009,
Ebru said… - Happy Birthday! :D
- At 2:30pm on March 6, 2009,
sebastian sileoni said… - hello ^^ letS be "amigos"
EL GEEKO
- At 5:02pm on August 18, 2008,
El Gato said… - Just saying 'ello!
- At 12:05pm on August 17, 2008, sebastian sileoni said…
- seba__sg@hotmail.com
- At 11:38am on May 25, 2008,
Finn said… - cool, i live in st.paul too!
- At 11:31am on May 25, 2008, sebastian sileoni said…
- happy nerd`s pride day ^^
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