A Series of Unfortunate Events, American Beauty, Bonnie and Clyde, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Chocolat, Clerks, Dogma, Drugstore Cowboy, Fight Club, The Illusionist, Little Nikki, Lord of the Rings, Natural Born Killers, Office Space, Princess Bride, Pulp Fiction, Seven, Sleepy Hollow, Star Wars, Wallace &; Grommit

Last 5 CDs purchased: "Into the Wild" Soundtrack by Eddie Vedder, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss "Raising Sand", Wilco "Sky Blue Sky", Snow Patrol "Eyes Open", Amy Winehouse "Back to Black"

A Walk in the Woods, The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the OED, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Into Thin Air, Devil in the White City, DaVinci Code, Life of Pi, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, A Million Little Pieces, Angels and Demons, Anthem, The Bell Jar, Dante’s Inferno, Dracula, Like Water for Chocolate, The Little Prince, Plato’s Republic, Marx-Engel’s Reader, anything by Tom Robbins, The Secret Life of Bees, The Sex Lives of Cannibals, The Simpsons and Philosophy, Sleep Pale Sister, The Stranger, Stranger in a Strange Land, Tao T’ Ching, Tolkien books, Water for Elephants

I've been in Florida for a little under a year, I moved here from Indiana. I'm a philosopher by education (it’s never made me a nickel). My specialty is Web and interactive media; but I’m well versed in most aspects of advertising. I've won several national design awards, my articles have been published, and my white paper on "color theory" is required reading at a university. If you are seeking a freelancer, e-mail me at ks@karenstrum.com.

I took sailing lessons three summers ago. In 2006 I spent most of my time racing small, one-design dingys on Geist. In 2007, I raced with the keel boat fleet. I've sailed on Lake Michigan, Chesapeake Bay, Charlotte Harbor and Tampa Bay. I'm currently a member of the St. Petersburg Sailing Center where I take out an Ideal 18 or a Rhodes 19. I'm always looking for people to go out sailing with me, or for opportunities to crew on other boats.

When I’m not working on projects or sailing--I read a lot, paint, kayak and go hiking. Sometimes I practice yoga & or work out, but it seems like I rarely get the time. I often laugh about my dwindling number of body piercings and I ponder why I’ve never had a tattoo.

"There's no thrill in easy sailing when the skies are clear and blue, there's no joy in merely doing things which any one can do. But there is some satisfaction that is mighty sweet to take, when you reach a destination that you never thought you'd make."