About: Hi, I'm Emily. These are the things that make me smile. I hope you do too.




These are some things that you might like to know….
I was not born in a hospital.
I lived in a hotel in Denmark for third grade.
I now live on a farm that “grows” paintballs, golf balls, blackberries and cherries.
I work in a hippie health food store.
I have never had a shot.
I have matching scars on my ankles and knees because I am a rock star.
I have never bought a Halloween costume.
I collect keys, the majority of which are to the sewers of Spotsylvania, Virginia.
I have been to both of my namesakes; one is a desert, the other - a city.
I am German, Irish, Danish, Czech, Slovak, Norwegian, Russian, Australian, and Colombian.
I have two beds. One is a racecar; it does not have a mattress, and is filled with fabric.
I have never seen “Titanic.”
I know my way around New York better than I know my way around my home town.
I have jumped down an elevator shaft.
I can operate power tools that should never be allowed in my hands.
I have no pulse in my neck and my heartbeat is not rhythmic.
I am allergic to the antibiotics that should make me better.
I can make a cup out of 20 dollars.
I was a Purdue cheerleader at the age of four.
I own a sari and a kimono; and I know how to tie both properly.
I have made a teapot, an iPod, a mermaid, a neuron, Clifford, a beer mug and a Blue-Eyes White Dragon out of cake.
I was raised by hippies to be a hippie.
Oh, and I lie a lot.

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