EC Cornell
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Museums or Libraries |
| Occupation | YA librarian |
| Location | United States |
| Introduction | I am an INFJ personality and a Virgo. This means that I am focused, determined, diligent, idealistic, organized, practical, quiet, reserved, compassionate, honest, idealistic, independent and a perfectionist. I have deep convictions about morality, social justice, civil liberties and minority education. I believe that people have a moral imperative to stand up for the defenseless and oppressed. I hope that my contributions will make a difference to make the world a better place and the people who live in it happier. I like to research an issue and investigate several viewpoints before taking a stand on my personal opinion. I try not to accept anything on face value -- My favorite questions are "Why?" and "How do you know?" I believe that citizens of democratic societies have a particular responsibility to be educated, informed and critical thinkers. I love words -- books, proverbs, quotations, research, reading and writing. I am opinionated and outspoken. I enjoy thoughtful discussions about controversial ideas. I am curious about several disciplines of the humanities and social sciences and I seek to learn more about many topics. |
| Interests | Movies and Books (science-fiction, horror, African-American), TV (Crime, Medical, Political, Legal, Supernatural dramas, news documentaries), Listening to music, Diabetes education, Discussing issues, Collecting stuffed animals, soy candles and cruelty-free bath products, Computer/Internet, Cooking and baking, Eating good food, Interior decorating, Ancient African civilizations, Nguzo Saba (Seven Principles), Volunteering with kids, Affecting global poverty, diseases and AIDS, Listening to OTR horror and suspense broadcasts |
| Favorite movies | I like too many movies to count. By genre, I generally like: Political Commentary and social justice (Crash, Sometimes in April, Hotel Rwanda, Fahrenheit 9/11, Roger and Me), Horror (John A Romero, Wes Craven, Rob Zombie, John Carpenter, or anything that is REALLY scary), Science-fiction and Fantasy (Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter), Thrillers and Suspense (Hitchcock), Action (Matrix Trilogy, Underworld, Blade Trilogy), Foreign and Independent |
| Favorite music | World Music (Deep Forest, Lonely Planet, Putomayo), African vocals (Angelique Kidjo, Soweto Gospel Choir, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, African Children’s Choir), Celtic (Enya, Clannad, Afro Celt), Positive Rap (Goodie Mob, Nas, Fugees), Rock (U2, Natalie Merchant, Sting), Folk (Indigo Girls, Tracy Chapman), Classical (Tchaikovsky, Chanticleer, Bach, Beethoven, Pachelbel) |
| Favorite books | Tananarive Due, Nalo Hopkinson, Richard Matheson, Clive Barker, Steven King, Anne Rice, Brandon Massey, Bentley Little, J. California Cooper, Toni Morrison, Paule Marshall, Ann Petry, Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Walker, Octavia Butler, Jamaica Kincaid, Steven Barnes, Leslie A. Banks, Chinua Achebe, Buchi Emecheta, Ayi Kwei Armah, Frank Herbert, Douglas Adams, Piers Anthony, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, J.R.R. Tolkein, Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, Madeleine L’Engle, Ursula K. LeGuin, Anne McCaffrey, Richard Adams, C.S. Lewis, James Tiptree (Alice Sheldon), Thomas Morus, Robert Harris |