Awkward Dinner Parties

Darn you Bob Stewart. Darn you.

Okay, well some (most? all?) of you are at SF Inman Connect, I am here at ActiveRain Command Headquarters in a top secret Location (Bellevue, WA) holding down the fort!! Be very afraid...

Anyways, I forgot to do this MeMe in which Bob tagged me, hence the "Darn you Bob Stewart". So enjoy getting to know me a little bit more, while I go to chew on a couple of wires on the server...I mean support tickets.

1. Who is your favorite musical artist?

This is a tough question. It changes almost daily...My dad was a music major in college so it was important to him that I listened to EVERYTHING. He told me I couldn't dislike something if I never listened to it. So I learned to pretty much like everything. Currently I've been listening to a lot of a band called Vampire Weekend. But if you want OVERALL favorite musical artist, it's a tie between Kurt Cobain and Harry Chapin. They are the reasons I started to play guitar and really get into music.

I learned this song for my dad and I've sadly forgetten how to play it, but I'm teaching myself again so I can play it again.

2. Who is your favorite artist?

Dali and VanGogh. Hands down. Next Question!

3. Who is your favorite blogger?

Me :P No really: Warren Ellis. That man cracks me up. I also read a web comic by him called Freak Angels, comes out every Friday.

4. If you could meet anyone (alive or dead), who would it be and what is the most interesting thing about them?

I would like to meet someone alive, because dead might be awkward. So, I think I would like to meet Johnny Depp because I look up to him as an Actor (one of my degrees is in Theater).

5. What did you want to be when you grew up?

Happy. I think in general that is a good answer for that question. I wanted to be a vet, but then I realized I would have to kill pets when they got old or sick...then I wanted to be a doctor, then I realized that I hated needles and blood. Then I became utterly amazed with rocks and dirt and wanted to be a Geologist...then I started writing and I wanted to be a writer and went to school for Journalism. I don't really want to be a journalist anymore, but I still want to be a Geologist and a novelist.

I would also like to point out that I am not done "growing up" I am 23 years old and still get my behind handed to me by my parents on a regular bases.

6. What is the most interesting piece of trivia you know?

That neon lights are made by hand. I heard this piece of information once and now it's pretty much stuck with me.

7. If you could live in any point in history what would it be and why?

I think I like living in the now :)

8. What is the most interesting job you have ever held?

Community Builder for ActiveRain. My day is never boring.

I'm not going to tag anyone. If you feel the need to do the meme then do so :)

Now, back to chewing-I mean working.

Believe it or not, I have been working for ActiveRain for about a year now. Today is the day I joined ActiveRain, on June 8th was my first official day...or was it the 6th?...I don't remember.

Doesn't it feel like it's been much longer then just a year? I mean it only seems like yesterday I was harassing all of you about your Localism photos. Hahaha, those were the days, *wipes away tear*. A lot has happened in a full year. Last year I was right out of college, and had no experience in the "Real World". ActiveRain was my very first job outside of being a nanny, working as a media technician, and a videographer in college. And other odd jobs that I would rather not experience again.

So what has changed in a year? Everything. My role here on ActiveRain has changed within this past year, but I have adapted. My job still continues to change and grow. Without growth we are nothing.

What about my life outside of ActiveRain? I think all of us here at ActiveRain can say, ActiveRain is a huge part of our lives. My day/night on ActiveRain effects my mood. I smile with the community, and I cry with the community. I have made some amazing friends by working here, not only with my co-workers (past and present), but with our members.

So, here's to one year at ActiveRain, and hopefully many more. Have a piece of cake, just leave me a piece :)

Crofton, Maryland, is located in Anne Arundel County, home of the U.S. Naval Academy, Fort George G. Meade, NSA, BWI, and Northrop Grumman; about 35 minutes from Washington, D.C. and Baltimore Maryland.

Crofton is a "community," however, and not just a subdivision or zipcode .  The distinction is in the residents who make Crofton one of Money Magazine's Top 100 Best Places to live. 

One of the residents responsible for making Crofton, Maryland, the community it is today is Kaye Callahan. 

As a young mom in the late 60's/early 70's, Kaye spearheaded the effort to line Crofton Parkway with flowering cherry trees and other sections of the community with Bradford Callery Pear trees.   Crofton residents have enjoyed the fruits of her efforts (or should I say "blooms" of her efforts) for four decades.   Here are a few pictures to show you April in Crofton, Maryland, thanks to Kaye Callahan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don't you love our Cherry Trees? 

Thanks again, Kaye, for bringing such beauty to a community that could have been just another suburban subdivision of cookie-cutter homes.  It truly is the people - not just the location or the homes - that make Crofton a special place to live!

 

If you're relocating to the Baltimore-Washington area for a new job at Fort George G. Meade, Andrews AFB, the U.S. Naval Academy, BWI, NSA, NASA Goddard, Northrop Grumman or anywhere in the D.C.-Baltimore area, consider Crofton.