Missy Keenan

Drake University, Attended 1988 - 1992, Class of 1992, Bachelor's Degree, journalism

web content consultant; freelance writer; mama

home improvement (aka paying other people to do home improvement for me!), going for walks with sweet little Jack, hangin with my fam, going to the Fairfield Square for concerts or whatever else happens to be happenin, anusara yoga, writing, reading, chai tea, thai food, sushi, small town dairy bars, gardening, music, flip flops, picnics, smoochin' my sweetie, introspection, travel, going out for breakfast, goofing off, laying around in my hammock, pedicures, handbags, red boots, having fun, being happy, farmer's markets, new agey spiritual stuff, hanging out in coffee shops, good conversations, connections, synchronicities, visiting the occasional dive bar, PDA, myers-briggs (I'm INFP), going to the pool, movies, palindrome numbers, trying new things, lipgloss, love, surprises

Memoirs, essay collections, new agey spiritual stuff, Circles on the Water -- selected poems of Marge Piercy

In America, The Cooler, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Say Anything, High Fidelity, Chocolat, Elf, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, The Truman Show, Being John Malkovich, Before Sunset, Sideways, The Family Man, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Groundhog Day, Mystic Pizza, Romy and Michelle's Highschool Reunion, Napoleon Dynamite, Once

Ani Difranco, Indigo Girls, Cowboy Junkies, Ben Folds, Wilco, No Doubt, Everything But the Girl, Norah Jones, The Shins, Tracy Chapman, Lucinda Williams, Over the Rhine, Kasey Chambers, The Frames, Belle & Sebastian, Liz Liz Liz Liz Liz Liz Phair, the Beatles, Ben Lee, Regina Spektor, Lily Taylor, Rilo Kiley, Stevie Wonder (and all of the other great soul, funk, and R&B artists my sweetie has introduced me to), Gender Bender covers (good songs originally sung by one gender and then covered by the other--my current obsession!)

What Not to Wear, Project Runway, Lost, Desperate Housewives, The Daily Show, Felicity, This American Life (NPR), The Office (funniest show ever), Big Love -- my hubbie DVRs my favorite shows for me so I never have to watch commercials...

Virgo

My life is pretty great these days. I live in Fairfield with my family -- my thoughtful, funny, easy-going, easy-on-the-eyes hubby Glen; my sweet, hilarious, mischevious little guy Jack; and Jack's wonderful big sis JoEllen. We're remodeling our big ol' fixer-upper Victorian, which consumes much of our free-time and $$$. I like to enjoy life and believe in living life to the fullest and trying to be the best person I can be. I'm a spiritual seeker who's into yoga, meditation, and all of the good new agey stuff. I like to dance -- that used to mean going out dancing with my hubby, but lately it usually means jamming out to Curious George at home with Jack. I like good conversations and connections with people, whether they're good friends or soul mates or random people I meet in the coffee shop (or on friendster). For better or worse, I'm usually guided by my heart (and sometimes by the magic 8 ball). I don't like most rules, but I think the golden rule is a pretty good one. I'm a bleeding heart liberal and a sentimental soul, I'm earnest, I'm sincere, I wear my heart on my sleeve, I have my quirks, and I really appreciate the little joys of everyday life.

Check out my blog: Hugging the Midline

Fun, friendly people in the Fairfield area -- especially yoga-sters, pool-goers, writers, readers, gardeners, new-agey spiritual types, and moms who like to take their little ones for walks or to the park.