About Annie

Hey - I’m Annie!

What is there to know about me? I’m a born and bred Yankee, living down South, and am picking up southern phrases and twangs much to the dismay of my Northern family and friends. I escaped from my short career in television because I realized to make it to the top you have to be an evil person, and I am not. I got a fabulous last minute opportunity, and was able to make a cross over to education, which I absolutely love.

Recently I began my journey of getting a Ph.D. It’s overwhelming, scary, stressful…and I reached that conclusion after 2 weeks. Despite the newness and overwhelmingness of it all, I’m really enjoying it. It’s opening up a lot of new things for me to see and think about. The degree that I’ll be earning will be a degree of “Communication and Information Sciences” - which means I study communication, and I’m leaning towards focusing on uses and effects of ‘new media’ - specifically the Internet. I’m also interested in studying stereotypes in the media, and body image/sports media. I guess you could say I’m interested in various forms of the media.

I have a boyfriend, who is known as ‘my boy’ around here, and we have lots of adventures together. I love to travel, read, watch college football and gymnastics, ski (although geography makes that tough), consider myself an amateur photographer (some days I’ll tell you I’m good, some days I won’t!), and have realized that lately I’ve become old, and I don’t really care because I’m happy with my life.

I have two cats. I used to move a lot, but I’ve managed to settle down. I’m contemplating address labels. I’m a complete wiseass. I also have a dirty sense of humor.

Thanks for reading!