* Three people (living or dead) you would like to have dinner with:

Jane Austen

Mary Todd Lincoln

Frida Kahlo

* Best place to go on vacation: Alaska

* Best piece of advice you ever got: You should always be able to look at yourself in the mirror. (I heard that growing up and I didn't quite know what it meant until later in life.)

* First job you ever had: Pyrotechnic sales -- basically I sold fireworks during the summer.

* Least favorite class in school: Gymnastics. I hated it because I never learned how to do a cartwheel!

* Music currently in your CD player or most recently downloaded to your iPod: Thriller by Michael Jackson

* Your all-time favorite book: The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

* Favorite spectator sport: World Cup Soccer

* Your favorite food: Linguini with clams

* Favorite hobby/activity: Scrapbooking