Friday, May 5, 2017

101 Things About Me

1. I talk to traffic lights as I drive, saying "Please stay green, please stay green..." and when the lights stay green I say thank-you. When they turn red, I reprimand myself for being so crazy.
2. Mornings are my favorite time of the day.
3. I was born on the cusp of Gemini and Cancer, but I have more Cancer Characteristics.
4. I am backpacking Europe in Summer 2018.
5. I am a terrible liar. If I lie, it's written all over my face.
6. I look forward to my cup of coffee in the morning.
7. My favorite color is White, but all of my friends tell me that white is not a color.
8. I have a little sister and an older sister who I love.
9. My older sister has a baby on the way due in September 2017.
10. I get cranky when I'm hungry.
11. I drive a Jeep Grand Cherokee
12. I would love to write a book, but I can think of nothing to write about except myself. I figure no-one would want to buy it, so why bother.
13. Saturday is my favorite day of the week.
14. I am a terrible speller.
15. I sort my clothes by color, starting with white and ending in blue.
16. I sometimes fear that I will not live long enough to do all that I want to do.
17.  I eat when I am bored... and when I am happy... and sad... and stressed...
18.  I believe that practice makes perfect, but I want to be good now.
19. Fall is my favorite season.
20. Sometimes I have cereal for dinner, and I am completely okay with that.
21. I wear glasses.
22. I used to watch Americas Next Top Model, while eating a tube of cookie dough.
23. I love to go skiing, I am a snow bunny.
24. My cousin is Cat Zingano, aka Alpha Cat, one of the top female fighters in the UFC.
25.  I love storms but thunder can scare me at times.
26. I love the smell of rain, fresh cut grass, and the beach.
27. I have an unhealthy addiction to reality TV.
28. I had a pet rat when I was little...
29. ...His name was Rutger.
30. I love Christmas time, except for when I get trampled at the store, and then I dream of summer.
31. My first concert was Uncle Kracker, he was my favorite growing up.
32. The first time I saw the ocean was in Cancun, Mexico and I have loved the tropical life ever since.
33. I am capable of forgiving, but never forgetting.
34. I'd do anything to help a friend.
35. Carbs are my weakness.
36. I would love to be able to speak Spanish fluently.
37. I lobe hiking, and camping, and being in the woods.
38. I love grocery shopping and cooking.
39.  I am going to MSU next year...
40. ...and majoring in cell and molecular biology...
41. ...I then want to go to medical school at University of California San Diego...
42. ...and become a Plastic Surgeon...
43. ...eventually I want to open my own practice.
44. I have had 5 surgeries.
45. I want a Pomsky more than anything.
46. I can be very stubborn, especially when something is very important to me...or I don't get my way.
47. I would much prefer working out in the morning. No better way to start the day than with a good sweat.
48. Someday I want to hike the Camino trail in Spain.
49. Amusement parks, and fairs make me happy.
50. Road trips are the best.
51. Number one on my bucket list is to Sky dive.
52. Number two is to hike Machu Picchu.
53. I actually enjoy airports, and flying. It means I am going somewhere.
54. Sparkly things make me happy.
55. I love watching HGTV.
56. I always over pack when getting ready to go on a trip...
57. ...and put off unpacking for a couple of weeks.
58. I am the type of person who can never find anything to wear, but I have a closet full of clothes.
59. Mexican food is my favorite.
60. Chinese and Italian are close seconds.
61. I absolutely love going to farmers markets and buy fresh orgainc produce.
62. I imagine many people are getting bored by now and thinking of skipping ahead. I know this, because it's the sort of thing I do. Despite this, I never jump to the last chapter of a book - what a waste of a good journey!
63. If I could pick one super power it would be teleportation, because I think it woiuld be so cool to be able to go wherever you wanted to go, whenever you wanted to go there.
64. I only wear socks in my running shoes, rarely in other shoes.
65. I have a hard time saying no, working on this currently.
66. I took piano lessons for 8 years.
67. I went vegetarian for 6 months once and vegan for 2.
68. I am a tea junkie, all types of tea.
69. I am a middle child.
70. I want to live in the UK when I am older.
71. I want a couple of tattoos when I get older, all small and all carrying an important meaning.
72. I love doing calligraphy. I spend hours working on a design, it calms my nerves.
73. I have friends that live all over the world.
74. I hate folding laundry.
75. I love reading, and can get lost in a book for hours.
76. I always get the Snow-monster, when I go to Andy's.
77. I cannot live in a small town. Springfield is too small for me, and I cannot wait to move out after college.
78. I love watching movies, all types of movies.
79. I learned how to use chopsticks when I was 9. My dad taught me.
80. I want to do volunteer work in Ethiopian orphanages one day. 
81. I have amber colored eyes, and I've been told when the sunlight is directly on the they are bright green like a cats eyes.
82.  My first paid job was working for a bouncy house company when I was 14
83. I mentally re-decorate literally every room I go into. 
84. I love the idea of just getting into a car, and driving. 
85. I will always choose a fruity dessert over a chocolate one. 
86. I speak with a funny accent...
87. ...I am from America but I say my O's as if I was born somewhere else...
88. ...Some people say that I sound like I'm British, others Australian.
89. Hydrangeas are my favorite flower. 
90. Sometimes, when I start eating ice cream I struggle to stop.
91. I was born in 1999...
92. ...And I want to live to be a 3 century woman. 
93. Usually I don't tend to care about what you think of me, unless you are someone very important in my life.
94.  I detest using pencils as bookmarks, dog-earing pages, or even carelessly marking lines without a ruler.
95. People who don't know me think I'm shy, and people that do know me wish I were!
96. I can go on for the day with just breakfast and a cup of coffee.
97. I have a serious obsession with collecting coffee mugs, I have over 30 in my collection currently.
98. I can't go to bed without reading part of my book.
99. I love wearing oversized sweatshirts, I could spend the rest of my life in them. 
100. I love to day dream.
101. FINALLY… I love the journey, but I get a certain satisfaction when I reach the destination.


Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Music To My Ears

1) It depends on what type of music I am listening to. Typically when I'm with my girls, we listen to music to hype us up, music that we can scream at the top of our lungs. When I am by myself I listen to music with meaning, music with lyrics that move you. And other times I listen to feel good music, music to make me happy
2) My favorite song is the first song that I can remember being my favorite. It is drift away by Uncle Kracker. He was my first concert, I love his songs, and he holds a sentimental place in my heart.. He is the person that started my love for music. I will forever be grateful to him. 
6) Without music, the world would be lonely. It would be silent, and cold. Music brings happiness and belonging to a lot of people in the world. No matter your culture or ethnicity, no matter where you are from or how you are raised music brings us together. It connects us all, it is something we all have in common, something we can all share. 
9) An event that sticks out to me when it comes to music, is a series of events. When I was little my mom and I had two songs, 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' and 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough'. Every night my mom would sing 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' to me, and every time we were in an elevator we would sing 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough' together. 
15) Ever since I was a little girl, when someone would ask me what I wanted to do when I was older I would reply by saying that I wanted to be a famous singer. I have always had a love and passion for singing. If an opportunity came my way, or I am unhappy with what I choose to do in the future I will jump at the chance to sing professionally.