Sunday Spotlight: Cassie Kurth

1.      How did you meet your husband?

      We were in the same BYU ward. Nate had the dubious distinction of being the second guy in one night to ask me to the dinosaur museum.

2.      Are you in school? Working? Graduated? A mother? On the job hunt?  All of the above?

      I am in school and working. I’m pursuing a Classical Greek major with an Anthropology minor. I work as a technical/copy writer.

3.      What is your comfort food?

      Mashed potatoes, probably.

4.      If you taught a class what would you teach about?

      Intro to Pan-Mediterranean Literature, probably. I could also do a seminar course on baking pastries.

5.      What would you do with a million dollars?

      Transfer to a different school immediately, buy a really cool house, pay off our student loans, invest a large chunk of it, and donate the rest to a reputable charity or aid organization.

6.      Who is your celebrity crush (before you were married of course)?

      Christopher Lee, hands down. He was a British spy in WWII, speaks like eight different languages, is a fantastic actor, is approximately eight feet tall and would probably be a much more interesting date than the likes of Channing Tatum or Rob Pattinson.

7.      What was your favorite wedding present you received?

      Would saying money come across as materialistic? Because that’s really what it was.

8.      What is your ideal date night?

      It would start with a really pretentious art-house movie, followed by a trip to Barnes and Noble, and finished off with dinner at an authentic Mexican restaurant.

9.      Favorite book?

      It’s a three-way tie between Jonathan Strange and Mr Norell by Susanna Clarke, Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. I know that the Brontes are super cliché now, but it’s true. Honorable mentions go to The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis and Candida by George Bernard Shaw.

10.   Dream Vacation?

      Le Grand Tour, spanning three months. I’d start in London and hit all the major spots in the UK and Ireland before crossing the Channel and spending three weeks in Paris.  After Paris, I’d probably hit up Germany, because why not, spend some time visiting friends in Poland and Italy, and spend the last month in Prague.