Soooo Nemo hit us. We were fine, didn’t lose power or anything, but I have pictures!!!

My leg next to all the snow. Hopefully that gives you an idea as to how deep it is.

   

My mom’s car, covered in snow.

 

 

 

 

My car, covered in snow. The best part about it is that my license plate was basically completely covered, but I was like eh and covered the last 3 symbols that were slightly showing just to be safe. My car was the most covered because I have a 1990 Geo Prizm and it sits kind of low to the ground.

 

So, lately I’ve been having breakfast at school because of when I go to work out. I get up early-ish so I can get to the gym at school when it opens at 8. I don’t want to feel rushed eating breakfast/don’t want to eat breakfast just to feel hungry after working out so I have been bringing my breakfast to eat after I work out.

I did not want to have something large to carry my breakfast in, so when we last finished our margarine I just cleaned the container out and started putting it in that. 

Today I ate breakfast with my friend. I pull out my margarine container, a spoon, and carried on my merry way.

However, I guess I must’ve spaced a little while eating it because she kept asking me , “Hey, are you sure you don’t want some bread with that??”

Somehow I managed to hear her and it was hilarious because she told me she thought I was eating butter. I guess I could see why she thought that because today my breakfast was greek yogurt that’s totally white. She was sitting across from me so it must’ve made it look funnier. 

This amused me all day.

Anyway, the best part of this is when I told my aunt about it. She said I should have put my breakfast into a “I can’t believe it’s not butter” container so my friend could have been like “OHMYGOSH….I can’t believe it’s not butter”. Ok, that was cheeeeeeeesy, but I admit I’m a cheesy person that got a kick out of it.

 

Also, in anatomy we’re talking about the male reproductive system and my professor is a guy. I thought it was funny/felt bad for him to have to teach about that to an entire class full of women except for one guy besides him. But he told us some funny stories so it was slightly awesome as well. Apparently his chemistry professor used to give “quizzies”. One day another one of his classmates complained about how hard the quizzies were and their prof was like “Oh well if you think my quizzies are hard then you should see my testies” LOL. I died when he told us that story. Hope there are more funnies like that to come.

 

 

 

3 things today that were good

1. On the way into the school building today I heard and saw a bird singing. I love that !
2. I feel relatively good about the hormones we are talking about in anatomy and feel pretty prepared for our lab quiz tomorrow.
3. I realized today that I finally feel like an adult, and it’s not this scary thing like I used to feel like it was. I like responsibility.

I was talking to someone today and somehow we got on the topic of passports. I’ve never been out of the country, so I have no passport/have never gotten one. So one thing led to another and he came up with a brilliant plan/prank that I am totally executing….

I don’t know if it’s come across or not, but my mom is very paranoid/afraid/anxious/whatever word you want to use. She is kind of high strung and very conservative. 

The plan is for me to get a passport. I would like to get one because it is good backup just in case my wallet gets stolen or something. However, it’ll be hilarious because I’m going to be all secretive about it. So my mom will possibly see about it and wonder why I didn’t mention it to her. I’m sure her thoughts will go to  ”OMG DOES KIM HAVE A SECRET LOVER IN FRANCE OR IS SHE PEDDLING DRUGS TO PEOPLE IN MEXICO?!?!?!?!” Ok, maybe that is exaggerating a little bit….but still. It’ll be great to have to fend off conversations about why I don’t need to move to France to be with my secret lover Romeo or something ridiculous like that. To add to this I think I’m going to get information about traveling in Europe sent to the house etc. 

I think I’m going to get the form later this week….let the fun begin…

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

So, I’m really happy about a lot of the changes that have been happening my life.

My car officially became mine as of Friday, so that meant a few things that I have been waiting on for awhile. My family forbade me from going on the highway with said car because of somethings that happened (see backstory below or skip it…)

~~~~Backstory~~~~

Backstory: My family, specifically my mom and my aunt, got rear ended by a tracter trailer in my car on the highway. The steering wheel was shaking, and “We almost went off the embankment”. This was around 10 years ago. Anyway, because of this my aunt (who owned the car before me) said no highway. As it was her car and I needed to be able to get to school I followed said rule. I was concerned if I didn’t she would take the car away from me and I would have no way of getting around….

Needless to say, I have been thinking about my future. I don’t want to live in Connecticut the rest of my life. Right now it is fairly easy for me to get around without taking the highway. However, I probably will be living out west/not on the east coast where it is very spread out and not taking the highway would be idiotic. Also, I don’t want to live in fear of anything like my family does. I understand being afraid after something like that happens, but eventually it becomes unhealthy and it is just better to move on. Also, sometimes it really does not make sense to spend a 1/2 hr in the car when you can get there in 10 minutes by taking the highway (or when it takes forever to get somewhere via the main roads). So I decided as soon as we talked about these things that I would go on the highway when the car was officially mine.

I had been on the highway before, mostly in driver’s ed (though that was a 2-lane highway that has no trucks/RVs etc allowed on it, not a 4 lane highway). One other time with my dad, in Delaware. But this was going to be the first time by myself….

~~~~End backstory~~~~

So yeah, today I went on the highway on the way home from church. Totally by myself for the first time. And I got home in one piece. I didn’t die and for all those things I am grateful. Here is to taking a big step to asserting my independence as an adult and not letting my family control what I do. It’s also a big step because I rarely ever push myself to do things that make me uncomfortable. I guess for me something like this has really been a symbol of part of what it means to be an adult, making these decisions without your family telling you it’s right or wrong. Because I may not always make good decisions, but I know I’m an adult at this point and making decision on my own is my right now.

 

And on another car related note, I might be replacing my brakes soon. I have to pull my tires off and look to see if I can wait, but I was perusing on amazon and found out they have car parts! So that’s a good thing !

 

Anyway, more unrelated things now.

 

I told my friend some stuff that I thought was in confidence. Nothing bad, but nothing I wanted other people to know, just because it’s not really their business, you know? So we go to school together and during some study time we’re chatting and she casually tells me that she told her grandma what I was just talking about that I told her. Initially I was kind of mad. However, I realized a few things. I know she didn’t do it to be malicious. And I also know I have done the same thing. This taught me a few things….

1. Even though I already have been working on this, I have learned how much more important it is to be a more private person. 
2. Don’t tell this friend anything that I would not want 100% of the world to know. She’s a nice girl, but I need to be smart about what I say about myself.
3. I trust people too easily and this is part of #1, but stop being so trusting of people and make them earn your trust/learn how to tell from the get go who is actually trust worthy…

 

Through a large portion of my life I have been kind of pathetic. I have played a victim to my circumstances and just defeated/broken down to said circumstances (whatever they are at the time). I had some things happen and I have been doing a lot of thinking about that lately. I obviously can’t re-live what I have already done to make it better, but I can move forward. And to me, right now, moving forward is not being so pathetic. Part of my pathetic-ness is that I was trying to do things on my own without any help. Nobody can live like that. I don’t want to live like that anymore. But I can’t share my thoughts with a lot of my friends, it just wouldn’t be a good plan especially when I am trying to be more private. I guess I’ve realized recently that I really can find my strength and the will to change and be emotionally stable through my faith in Christ. I never really understood that until recently. I know there are verses about Christ (or at least God, I’m not very good at direct quotes) being steady, constantly with us, a rock, stronghold etc. Things don’t have to be ok. I just have to put my faith and my attention in the right place no matter what is going on. I’m happy God has brought me to a place where I realize that. Hope that makes sense. I don’t really know if that was the best way to describe it, but it made sense to me.

And on a related note, we have been talking about something I find really interesting to think about in church/bible study. My pastor, Keith, and I talked about this a little bit in bible study and then after church today everybody was talking about it at fellowship time. We have been discussing the seemingly paradoxical idea of Christ as both fully man and fully God. I used to think that Christ was just fully man and fully God in that he had the sin nature but he knew everything that God knows (the future, etc) and so via being fully God he was able to evade sin and die on the cross and all is well (aka “God in a human suit”). Then I forget when but Keith brought something up about Jesus in bible study. I forget exactly what part of Mark we were going through but I think it was the part where Jesus has the disciples go out before palm sunday and get a donkey for him and stuff. We were talking about how Jesus either could have known about the donkey in advance or he could have gone there and gotten it set up. Either way, Keith explain, Jesus is still fulfilling the prophecy he had to fulfill (which, I don’t know off the top of my head). Anyway, this brought up a different image of Jesus as man/God in my mind that we have been talking about in greater detail. The idea is that Jesus was fully man, with the sin nature. But he was also fully God, except he emptied himself of the knowledge of the future/things that would have given him an advantage on earth and kept only the ability to forgive sins and something else that I can’t think of right now. But basically, everything he did beyond that was through the guidance/blessing of the holy spirit. Initially I was kind of like :S about this, but as I’ve thought about it more I’ve been like ! Because Keith explained it more and was like “think about how much more we can follow Christ’s example if he wasn’t just God in a human suit. If God is just being God in a human suit it was definitely impossible for us to follow his example. But if we’re like Christ and we can follow the leading of the holy spirit he is truly showing us how to live our lives.” Not that it couldn’t be the way I was talking about before, but yeah…this has definitely given me things to think about. Anyway, I could go on about this, but now I’m getting lazy explaining what we were talking about. And I’m sure books upon books have been written about this (which is why it cracks me up when I think about stuff like this because I know I’m just scratching the surface sometimes…….)

 

 

 

 

I’m still on break. I don’t go back until the 28th….so I’ve been doing a bunch of things.

In no particular order:

 

I took apart an old tower so I can upgrade the computer and make it awesome for gaming/fun

BTW this comp is so old it has a floppy drive!

Made a blanket fort (and learned I’m not very good at them)

Cleaned my room and found random stuff

Like old sketches….

and my old foreign coin collection

I’m the kind of person that gets really excited and then kind of jumps at any opportunity, before really thinking about it. But I’ve learned a valuable lesson about that. As you know, I had a wonderful summer job that I enjoyed and learned a lot in. It was fun, paid well and plenty of hours. Unfortunately, they only have the excess of hours during the summer months because the children who go to get tutored have to go to school. I knew I would have a spot during breaks/summer vacation, but I did not have anything part time during the school year, which I really wanted. 

I’ve learned the lesson the hard way about not jumping at an opportunity before I’ve had time to think it through. A manager from another center contacted me just after labor day and offered me a part-time/full-time position. However, this was in New York and I would have had to take the train because my family does not let me go on the highway with my car (long story, but it’s not my fault). Initially I was very excited and told the manager yes. Then I thought about it and calculated how much of my paycheck would go to the train ticket and I was like “this is not a good plan” and had to call the manager back and decline the offer. I was so excited and desperate for a job that I was not looking at what was best for me before I said yes. Because what is a job if it does not work for you hours/pay wise (or convenience wise)? That was pretty disappointing and you would have thought I had learned my lesson, but nope.

So I’ve mentioned my friend Emily a couple of times. We met at school and we’re pretty close. We kind of bonded over not having power with Hurricane Sandy and stuff. You know how it is, one moment you’re kind of close to someone and the next you’re super close. It just kind of happens. Anyway, so her dad owns a store and the first time I went over her dad’s house he was talking about how he needs a woman’s touch there because the only people that are there right now are men. I was not thinking about working at that point because school was still in full swing and I had a lot going on with Anatomy and Physiology plus my other 2 classes. Then a month or so later Emily was talking about how she has an interview at this place. Maybe I just got sucked into the fact that she is going to have a job (because she just started yesterday the 6th) or I get greedy. I don’t really know. But we’re talking about the place she’s working at, and she said I could probably get hours there if I wanted to interview and stuff. But I don’t really want to work there because I feel like I’d have to give up my summer job and this job does not pay as well. My summer job pays so well that I want to get something comparable if I’m going to cut ties there completely. Anyway, Emily and I were talking about places I could possibly apply to and I think I mentioned her dad’s store (because the pay would be comparable to what I was already making). She said that’s definitely a possibility because he knows me/likes me and we would just have to talk to him about it. One thing led to another and she made it sound like it was a done deal. Or maybe I just assumed that. Either way, when my summer job contacted me to see if I was available at all during my winter break I told them no because I thought I would be working for Emily’s dad. I had a bad feeling about it, but I thought it would be a done deal and I figured I would be working full time during the winter break anyway so it was not a big deal.

Well, I was wrong and I should have just told the summer job I was available during the entire 2 weeks surrounding Xmas and New Years. Because when the store came up again Emily’s dad said I would not start until after January 1st. Then last Thursday, I visited the store and talked with her dad. Everything just kind of fell through. It was a mess. He was basically like “Look, I know you’d be good here, but you’re friends with my daughter and I have concerns she would take whatever you tell her from working here outside and cause problems for the business (because she’s a really nice girl, but she’s kind of a drama queen).” Then he told me winter break is really slow, so he would not be able to offer me a job until February 1st and to call him in 2 weeks and see where we stand. 

I think I’ve learned my lesson now, and unless I feel 110% sure about any other job opportunities I have to be smart and just take what has been given to me. At least for right now, it just must not be meant to be that I work part time during the school year. Makes sense considering that if I get into the nursing program it is very rigorous and most people do not work more than 20 hours a week because they have to study so much. I guess it’s frustrating for me because I want to be able to do things with my friends and whatnot, but I guess I just have to budget better this coming summer or whenever I do finally get some income.

Now my plans for winter break are to try to get ahead in my anatomy reading/studying for this semester. Even if I only finish the chapter on the Endocrine system, that helps me, right? And I guess now I’m definitely going to be getting up early everyday to try to fit all the stuff I want to do in. I’m supposed to possibly hang out with my friend Bethany today….so we’ll see if she texts me back or not. I have a feeling it’s not going to be until later anyway since she’s the type of person that tends to get up really late. 

Currently Cities By Anberlin A Whisper and a Clamor see related

1. First thing you wash in the shower? hair
2. Are you more of a coffee or alcohol drinker? Neither, but I don’t drink, so coffee 
3. Would you kiss the last person you kissed again? Yes
4. Do you plan outfits? Sometimes, not usually
5. How are you feeling right now? good, chilling
6. What’s the closest thing to you that’s red? a folder
7. What would you do if you opened the door and saw a dead body? Probably scream/call cops
8. Tell me about the last dream you remember having? My friend Emily (she’s Jewish) came to my church and my pastor was dealing with this guy who was demonically posessed and it was strange and the service was nothing like it normally was and I was like “OMC EMILY CHURCH IS NOT NORMALLY LIKE THIS, I SWEAR!!”
9. 3 of your current feelings? impatient, content, anxious
10. What are you craving right now?  Nothing really?
11. Turn ons? “tank” build (not necessarily muscular, just built really solidly), funny/has a good sense of humor, can have a good conversation —even if it’s about random stuff, scruffy look
12. Turn offs? smoker, does drugs, is rude to people like waiters, sexist, 
13. What comes to mind when I say cabbage? Ew.
14. When was the last time you cried? couple of days ago??
15. If you could be a superhero, who would you want to be? Myself. I would have the power of invisibility. 
16. Did the one person who hurt you most in life apologize? No. But it’s ok, sort of.
17. Do you bite into your ice cream or just lick it? Both. I lick, get impatient and then bite. Then repeat the process. lol
18. Favorite movie ever? Not sure. Pirates of the Caribbean maybe.
19. Do you like yourself? Sometimes.
20. Have you ever met a celebrity? No? But I met the senator of Delaware a few years back.
21. Could you handle being in the military? No, I’m kind of a wimp and wouldn’t survive.
22. What are you listening to right now? Who I am hates who I’ve been- Relient K, typing
23. How many countries have you visited? never been outside the US
24. Are your parents strict? Not really. My mom has tried to be since my sister had some problems that were probably caused by her not being strict enough
25. Would you go skydiving? Nah.
26. Would you go out to eat with George W. Bush? Maybe, just so I could see what his thinking was. I saw him on Oprah or some show like that once and he seemed like a nice guy even if I don’t agree with what he did.
27. What’s on your mind right now? I’m hoping my summer job has hours for me this week as I thought my friend’s Dad was going to give me a job so I told them I was not available.. 
28. Is there anything you want to say to someone? nope
29. Have you ever been in a castle? I don’t think so.
30. Do you rent movies often? If amazon instant video or the rare redbox counts, then yes.
31. What’s your zodiac sign? Libra
32. When was the last time you had sex? —-
33. Name 5 facts about yourself. 1. I used to hate the feel of velvet when I was a kid, 2. Most of my nightmares have to do with cars/car accidents. Which is strange because to my knowledge I have never been in a serious car accident, 3. I’m a better knitter than I am crochetter 4. My favorite color is blue (like sapphire blue) 5. My 2nd favorite color is purple (I’m really bad at facts about myself)
34. Ever have a near death experience? No, not really. 
35. Do you believe in karma or predestination? No.
36. Brown or white eggs? Either? Don’t they taste the same? I concur with the previous answer. Though I don’t think I’ve ever had brown eggs.
37. Do you own something from hot topic? Probably. 
38. Ever been on a train? Yea, lots of times to visit my dad
39. Ever been in love? Yea
40. If you were paid 1 million dollars to spend a night in a supposed haunted house, would you do it? Maybe? Depends on if I got to bring someone with me or not.
41. If you could trade places with anyone living or dead, who would you trade places with? Not sure I’d want to trade with anyone, but for the sake of the question some celebrity that I find absolutely adorable, like the girl whose name that played Ilse in spring awakening when I saw it.
42. If you could shorten your life by 10 years to become more attractive, would you do it? No, because I get hardly any male attention now, and that’s fine with me!!
43. Whom do you admire and why? Matt because he’s a really cool person that is fun to be around, loyal, smart, funny, and has helped me grow and pushed me even when I didn’t know I wanted to be pushed. 
44. What was your favorite bed time story? Hm. Runaway Bunny (it’s a book)
45. You’re walking down the street, you come across a burning building, a woman says her baby is trapped inside. What do you do? Ask exactly where, then run in. I don’t know when the firefighters are going to get there!
46. If you could choose the future profession of your son or daughter, would you? Um no…
47. What was your best experience on drugs or alcohol? When my mom/aunt let me have a sip of their wine at dinner?? I don’t like alcohol so whenever I’ve had it’s been like EWWW, and I spit it out/die

48. What was your worst experience on drugs or alcohol? Nothing to tell?
49. As you’re walking down the street, you find a suitcase full of money sitting next to a parked car, would you take it?  No, that would be crazy.
50. If you found that a close friend had aids, would you still hang out with them? Of course, I just wouldn’t mix blood/body fluids, but I don’t do that with my friends in general!
51. In front of you are 10 pistols, 5 of which are loaded. If you’d survive, you’d receive 100 million dollars. Would you be willing to place one to your head and pull the trigger? No way.
52. How old were you when you lost your virginity? —
53. Do you believe in ghosts, vampires, or werewolves? Only in stories, not in real life  Demons and angels? Yea
55. If you could live forever, would you?  Maybe. I agree with the previous answer that only if everyone lived forever because it would be lame if everyone around me kept dying.
55. Which fictional movie character most resembles who you are? Hm, I have no clue.
56. If you could go back in time, which time period would you visit? The 60s. I don’t like the drug aspect, but hippies are cool. And I would have participated in an antivietnam protest, definitely!
57. If they were to televise a live execution, would you watch it? Noo
58. If you could be president of the United States, would you? Nope
59. If you could choose the sex of your unborn child, would you? No.
60. Would you rather live longer or be wealthy? Live longer. I want enough money to live, but I don’t care about being wealthy.

I have way too much fun with these.

1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4.

   “Be aware that there also exists an older British system where the larger the number, the smaller the needle”- Lily Chin’s Knitting tips & tricks

2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can, What can you touch?

   The wall (my bed is in a corner)

3. Before you started this survey, what were you doing?

   reading

4. What is the last thing you watched on TV?

   I never watch tv, but sometimes when my family is watching I’ll take a peak of the news

5. Without looking, guess what time it is

   6:45?

6. Now look at the clock. What is the actual time?

   6:51pm

7. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?

   music, myself typing (that probably counts as the compy but whatever)

8. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?

   I stepped outside earlier because my mom had rubber boots she was going to let me borrow in her trunk. I ended up leaving them there because they were smaller than the boots I had already.

9. Did you dream last night?

    Yes, but I can’t think of what I dreamed.

10. Do you remember your dreams?

    about 85% of the time

11. When did you last laugh?

    Earlier , at dinner time

12. Do you remember why/at what?

    Something stupid my family and I were talking about

13. What is on the walls of the room you are in?

     paint, 2 photos I took and developed, 3 oil paintings I painted, a goodbye/good luck card signed by everyone at my church by eastern

14. Seen anything weird lately?

    Not really

15. What do you think of this quiz?

    It’s interesting

16. What is the last film you saw?

    Something on volcanoes

17. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?

    anywhere but New England

18. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy?

    a moving truck and an apartment somewhere else

19. Tell me something about you that most people don’t know.

    I have a birthmark that looks like an octopus on my right knee

20. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?

    Get rid of all nuclear weapons and make everyone forget how to make them

21. Do you like to dance?

    Yeah it’s fun,but I’m not good at it…

22. Would you ever consider living abroad?

    I would consider it, definitely. I don’t think I would want to live abroad long term though.

23. Does your name make any interesting anagrams?

    No

24. Who made the last incoming call on your phone?

    My mom

25. What is the last thing you downloaded onto your computer?

    Quicksilver (a mac app)

26. Last time you swam in a pool?

    I don’t even know. It’s been awhile.

27. Type of music you like most?

    Pop Rock

28. Type of music you dislike most?

    Screamo, Country. Though I do like some of those genres, just overall don’t really like them.

29. Are you listening to music right now?

    Yea

30. What color is your bedroom carpet?

    I don’t have carpet. I have this ugly brown tile that has been here longer than I have been alive (probably, but I don’t know ). LOL

31. If you could change something about your home, without worry about expense or mess, what would you do?

    make it so we have another bathroom. It gets crazy with 3 women and only 1 bathroom.

32. What was the last thing you bought?

    Food from a deli

33. Have you ever ridden on a motorbike?

    Not that I can think of.

34. Would you go bungee jumping or sky diving?

      I’ve thought about it and I don’t think I would anymore.

35. Do you have a garden?

    Not right now, but I did over the summer.

36. Do you really know all the words to your national anthem?

    I don’t know if I still do, but I used to know them.

37. What is the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning?

    That it’s a good morning.

38. If you could eat lunch with one famous person, who would it be?

    Abe Lincoln.

39. Who sent the last text message you received?

    My friend Emily

40. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?

    I wouldn’t max out my card, but I spend a lot of my money on amazon so probably there if i spent a lot.

41. What time is bed time?

    Whenever. Usually 10-11pmish. Often later.

42. Have you ever been in a beauty pageant?

    Nope

43. How many tattoos do you have?

    0

44. If you don’t have any, have you ever thought of getting one?

    I’ve thought about it and couldn’t ever decide on something that I know I would like forever. I appreciate other people’s tattoos though.

45. What did you do for your last birthday?

    Hung out with my family, had ice cream cake

46. Do you carry a donor card?

    I carry my id, if that counts since I’m an organ donor.

47. Who was the last person you ate dinner with?

    My family

48. Is the glass half empty or half full?

    Half full. Even though there are bad things, but there’s so much good as long as you’re willing to focus on that.

49. What’s the farthest-away place you’ve been?

    Texas

50. When’s the last time you ate a homegrown tomato?

    Dunno

51. Have you ever won a trophy?

    Probably

52. Are you a good cook?

    I can follow a recipe, but other than that no.

53. Do you know how to pump your own gas?

     YES!! I learned how to do that last year. It was awesome.

54. If you could meet any one person (from history or currently alive), who would it be?

    I already said Abe Lincoln above for eating lunch, but I guess I’m not sure who else I would want to meet besides him.

55. Have you ever had to wear a uniform to school?

    nooo

56. Do you touch-type?

    Yup. ~50wpm.

57. What’s under your bed?

    A pull out container full of shoes, the cord to my electric blanket

58. Do you believe in love at first sight?

    Nope.

59. Think fast, what do you like right now?

    Chocolate

60. Where were you on Valentine’s day?

    I was still at Eastern. I really can’t remember besides that.

61. What time do you get up?

    6:30am

62. What was the name of your first pet?

    Eby, he was a mutt.

63. Who is the second to last person to call you?

    boyfriend

64. Is there anything going on this weekend?

    no, not really

65. How are you feeling right now?

     ok

66. What do you think about the most?

    life

67. What time do you get up in the morning?

    I just answered this.

68. If you had A Big Win in the Lottery, how long would you wait to tell people?

    Not long. I would be too excited.

69. Who would you tell first?

    boyfriend, then probably family

70. What is the last movie that you saw at the cinema?

    Breaking Dawn pt 2

71. Do you sing in the shower?

    Sometimes

72. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?

    Already answered this

73. What do you do most when you are bored?

    Look up random stuff on wikipedia

74. What do you do for a living?

     I’m a student….

75. Do you love your job?

     I liked my summer job a lot.

76. What did you want to be when you grew up?

    I want to be a nurse.

77. If you could have any job, what would you want to do/be?

    Dunno. Maybe a doctor?? But they have to learn so much random stuff.

78. Which came first the chicken or the egg?

     Chicken

79. How many keys on your key ring?

    5 or so.

80. Where would you retire to?

    I don’t know. Too far off to think about.

81. What kind of car do you drive?

    1990 Geo Prizm Hatchback (it’s slightly relic-y, I know)

82. What are your best physical features?

    Recently I’ve been told my eyes/face/smile. 

83. What are your best characteristics?

    I like to help people. I’m smart. I smile and laugh a lot.

84. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation where would you go?

    Tuvalu

85. What kind of books do you like to read?

    Fantasies, Mysteries, adventures

86. Where would you want to retire to?

    already answered this.

87. What is your favorite time of the day?

    Morning because I can get up before everyone else and it’s all quiet and introvert-y.

88. Where did you grow up?

    Connecticut

89. How far away from your birthplace do you live now?

    4ish hours

90. What are you reading now?

    This survey? 

91. Are you a morning person or a night owl?

    Morning

92. Can you touch your nose with your tongue?

    No

93. Can you close your eyes and raise your eyebrows?

    Yes lol

94. Do you have pets?

    I have 3 dogs

95. How many rings before you answer the phone?

    usually 1, I tend to answer right away

96. What is your best childhood memory?

    I don’t know.

97. What are some of the different jobs that you have had in your life?

    Smoothie maker, dog walker, tudor of sorts

98. Any new and exciting things that you would like to share?

    Yesterday I took a part an old tower so that I can make it ready to upgrade and make a super cool gaming/fun computer. It’s going to be awhile before I get everything together, but I’m excited !!

99. What is most important in life?

    Love

100. What Inspires You?

I don’t know?? 

Stole this from @Miajoythewritier

1. What is something you did in 2012 that you’d never done before?
Gone to community college, taken a college level summer class, dissected a rat and now for something totally unacademic—became a member of my church 

2. Did you keep your New Year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? 

Hm. Well, I didn’t achieve my resolutions the way I would have liked, but I think I have made steps in the right direction toward them?

1. Get closer to God….be a better Christian, grow spiritually—–I struggled with this more than I would like to admit, but I basically read through the old testament this year so it was progress .
2. be better at being a more private person—progress was also made with this. But there’s still more work to be done
3. cut out toxic people (gossips etc)- some progress, not that much
4. be more aware of other people- I’m so oblivious D:
5. be an adult and learn adult stuff—-This was a weird one, but I think I became more adult-y. 

3. Did anyone close to you give birth? 
Not really. I know a lot of people having babies right now though.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Nope.

5. What countries did you visit?
None, just living here.

6. What would you like to have in 2013 that you lacked in 2012?
#Patience, Full-time #gratefulness (instead of just sometimes gratefulness, most of the time ungrateful), being more loving than I am now, being more graceful than I am now

7. What dates from 2012 will remain etched upon your memory and why?
I’m not sure. I really don’t have anything coming to mind right now.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting a summer job

9. What was your biggest #failure?
Freaking out when I came home because of all the big changes going on

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I got strep last week. That’s it though, Thank God!

11. What was the best thing you bought? 

Hm. I got a lot of cool stuff this year, so I’m not sure. Top 5: Bible, Fallen Angel Omnibus 0, Batman Dark Knight Shirt, batman batarang knife, and electric blanket

12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
I don’t know. My niece? She’s talking and stuff a lot now and that’s really exciting for me. 

13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
My dad’s. My aunt’s. Usually my family. My friends sometimes.

14. Where did most of your money go? 
Car Insurance, Gas, Clothing, saving for the possibility of being able to do things like travel later

15. What did you really, really, really get excited about?
In no particular order: Seeing my boyfriend, Anatomy and Physiology, comic books, getting a credit card, having a winter vacation etc. I’m always excited haha.

16. What song will always remind you of 2012?
Hm.  #GANGAM STYLE. LOL

17. Compared to this time last year are you:
Happier? Yea, I guess so. Not sure. 
Thinner? Probably not lol
Richer? Yeah by a little but not much

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Exercise. Write. Read, spend time with friends/family

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Time-wasting

20. How did you spend Christmas?
With my mom and aunt. It was quiet as usual. I had a good Christmas.

21. How will you be spending #NewYears?
At my friend Emily’s house. We’re going to bake cookies and hang out.

22. Did you fall in #love in 2012?
No, I’ve been with the same guy since 2011.

23. How many sexual partners?
————————————-

24. What was your favourite TV program?
Firefly. But I discovered Grey’s Anatomy this year, so that was kind of cool.

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
No?

26. What was the best book you read?
I didn’t read many books this year….. :S But I really liked the Ragamuffin Gospel?

27. What was your biggest musical discovery?
Anberlin, tenth avenue north

28. What did you want and you got? 

Good grades

29. What did you want and not get?
a part time job during the fall semester. I was pretty disappointed about it, but it worked out for the best.

30. What was your #favouritefilm of this year?
John Carter

31. What did you do on your #birthday?
It was quiet. My family and I met up with my sister and niece at Wendy’s and then we went home and had cake/opened presents.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Seeing more of the people that matter to me, more reading, more exercising, more thinking about things that actually matter

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2012?
Frumpy and comfortable

34. What kept you sane?
Who said I was sane?? But I don’t know. I think doing my best to have a positive attitude?  

35. Which #celebrity did you fancy the most?
Nathan Fillon

 

36. What #political issue stirred you the most?
The election in general stirred me because I felt like Romney was the worst Republican candidate they could have chosen….ever. 

37. Who did you miss?

Blah.

38. Who was the best new person you met?
I met some cool people in my spring semester and then my friends I met this semester were awesome as well. I don’t want to pick favorites either .

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2012:
It’s ok to fail. 

 

40. #Quote or Song Lyric that sums up your year:
“Hold on just a little bit longer
He knows that this is gonna make you stronger, stronger
The pain ain’t gonna last forever
And things can only get better”

Stronger by Mandisa. Not that I had a bad year, but that I’m kind of at that place where I’m just learning a lot of things and being stronger as a person and stuff. That sounds so cheesy, but I’m not good at picking out song lyrics to match life. I just listen to whatever.

So I thought of a better one….but I’m still leaving that one because I’m indecisive.

“Life will write the words, but you choose your own 
melody.”  Circa ’46 -Rocket Summer