25 Things

Here are 25 things you’ll be glad to know about me once I’m famous…

• I prefer having quiet nights at home instead of going out to clubs. This leads me to feel sort of out ofplace at college.
• I’m a night owl. I love being the only one awake.
• I have been to the following states: Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, Delaware, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, California, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Kansas, Missouri, Colorado, Illinois, Washington
• I was in choir all throughout high school. I can’t really sing - I was just there because my friends were. I always sang off key and made others around me laugh.
• I love planning things. This can lead me to be sort of a control freak.
• My brother-in-law and I dance to “Come On Eileen” at every wedding we go to. Which has only been two. When it came on at my sister’s wedding, I got so into it that I ended up unintentionally shaking my butt - basically “grinding” - against him in front of my whole family.

                      

 

 

 

 

 

 

• I watch Oprah and Dr. Phil every day. It’s fascinating to me.
• I am asked pretty regularly why I don’t have a Texas accent. I’ve considered trying to incorporate the word “y’all” into my everyday conversations, but it’s simply too obnoxious for me.
• My boyfriend is my best friend. He has decided to name our first-born Bootyshaker, and I think that sums up our relationship pretty accurately.
• I’m terrified of heights. However, I have been to the top of the Empire State Building and the Seattle Space Needle. Witness the intense trepidation and apprehension I am conveying in this picture as I try to walk toward the edge at the Space Needle:



• I also love roller coasters which again doesn’t make sense due to the heights thing. I scream my head off and speak in tongues because I get so scared.  ”Did that come from a human?” - innocent person who was lucky enough to accompany me on a ride at Knott’s Berry Farm.
• I love creative writing, but I don’t make time for it like I used to.
• My dream job is to be a wedding photographer. 
• I’m very critical of myself, but I’m trying to work on it.
• I wore a uniform for all of my schooling except kindergarten. When it was time to go to college, it was like I was transported to a strange new world devoid of plaid skirts and Oxford shirts. The shellshock is still pretty traumatizing, but I’m trying to develop my own sense of style. Ha.
• I’m a recycling fiend. I’m the crazy roommate who goes through the trash to make sure no one put in any plastic bottles.
• I love Ikea

• I’m a naturally quiet person. When I was in pre-school, the teachers thought I was “slow” because I just didn’t talk. Or at least that’s what my sister tells me.
• I never clean the lint trap after I take my clothes out of the dryer. I’m also bad about putting a new roll of toilet paper on the roll when it’s out. I usually just stick it on top of the toilet instead of going through the 5 second process of correctly assembling it. I have better things to do, you know?
• I was a paranoid child. I was pretty sure I was going to be abducted by aliens, so I slept on my parents’ bedroom floor in a sleeping bag for almost two months. Then I became completely convinced that the Unabomber was outside my bedroom window, and this lead to another month or so of invading my parents’ room.
• I try to surround myself with positive people. I also try to be a positive person and to offer others any help I can.
• I just finished working for a publishing company. Someday I want to write my own children’s book.



• I go through phases where certain things interest me. Recently I’ve been fascinated by pregnancy and babies.
I like people who aren’t afraid to talk about farting.
I love animals, but it’s hard for me to pick a favorite because it’s always changing. Right now the hierarchy is:  polar bears (because I’m watching “Growing Up Polar Bear” on Animal Planet), panda bears, and elephants.