About Me

  • About Me: to explain the name, in case you were wondering-- it's about the recurring Scriptural theme of women crushing the heads of bad guys. generally it happens in the course of their normal domestic life. it makes me smile.

Books

  • Favorite Books: Against Christianity by Peter Leithart, After Virtue by Alisdair MacIntyre, The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Favorite Authors: Jane Austen, Peter Leithart, C. S. Lewis, Terry Pratchett
  • Favorite Genres: theology, novels of manners, fantastic satire
  • Favorite Characters: Jane Bennett, Jane Fairfax, Fanny Price
  • Recent Reads: "Building Her House" by Nancy Wilson, "The Baptized Body" by Peter Leithart, "Thud!" by Terry Pratchett, "Leepike Ridge" by N.D. Wilson

Food

  • Favorite Dishes: sweet potatoes in nearly any incarnation (though, sadly, I have discovered a few in which they aren't always so great: dining commons fries and my own mashed...). I also like beets, which some people find odd.
  • Favorite Desserts: cheesecake, cotton candy ice cream
  • Favorite Drinks: sweet tea, Dr. Pepper
  • Favorite Restaurants: McAlister's, Back Yard Burger, Raisin' Cane's

Television

  • Favorite Shows: Firefly, House, Lost, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek (mostly Next Gen)
  • Favorite Channels: Food Network (when I can get it)
  • Favorite Reruns: X-Files, M*A*S*H*, Star Trek, Frasier, Seinfeld
  • Most Addictive Show: Firefly... I watched the whole thing in two weeks, including Serenity, and I'm seriously jonesing...
  • Favorite Late Night Talk Show: Craig Ferguson ('cause o' the accent)
  • Characters you relate to: at different points of life, pretty much any Jane Austen heroine
  • Favorite Theme Song: Star Trek: the Next Generation
  • Show I Secretly Watch: if I told you, it wouldn't be a secret! (ok, occasionally I'll have a fling with something in the reality genre)
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: The O'Keefes (it was about a homeschooling family and was SO DEAD ON, but apparently not a lot of homeschoolers watch TV, except militant, easily offended ones... :( ) and of course FIREFLY!!!

More About Me

  • Nicknames: the Tawnz, Tawnzi, Tawnzilla, TawniRebec
  • Nationality: American of Scandinavian descent
  • Religion: Christian
  • Heroes: Kiersten Brandt, Nancy Wilson, Idelette Calvin
  • Interests: doing my husband good and not evil all the days of my life (including these ones when I don't know who he is yet)
  • Expertise: getting lost in my own head
  • Occupation: Resident Director
  • Industry: Student Life

College

  • School Name: Friends University
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 2005
  • Attended: 2000 - 2005
  • Degree type: Bachelors
  • Major(s): Music and Christian Studies
  • Greek: ΜΦΕ
  • Organizations: Singing Quakers, Acts of Faith

High School

  • School Name: Outreach Progam/home Education
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 2000
  • Attended: 1987 - 2000
  • Sports: 1 year of basketball
  • Organizations: Bible quizzing, AWANAs, piano, choir

Contact Info

  • AIM: tawnirebec
  • Yahoo: tawnirebec