I’m extremely close with my grandparents; they’re honestly my favorite people on this planet. I’m obsessed with penguins. Ask anyone I know, and they’ll tell you I have a problem. I can’t help it; I have the innate ability to find them. If they’re in a store, I’ll find them. This is the result of a fall I took at Santa’s Village at age 3 where the first thing I saw when I came to was a penguin trash barrel, which made me laugh. I kid you not.
I’m a hardcore grammar nazi, and I love marking up pages with red ink. I like to think of myself as having an expansive vocabulary. I said my first word at 6 months, and as my family likes to say, I haven’t shut up since. I was reading chapter books at age 3 and finished Jurassic Park [the novel by Michael Crichton] by the end of 3rd grade. I was once told by my favorite art teacher that I have “a touch of OCD,” and I completely agree. I like [certain] things just so, and no other way will do (see the pet peeve about browsers). My best friend is hysterical and knows me almost too well. We like to think we can read each others’ minds. I’m considered the fourth daughter in their household, and she’s the third in mine. My senior year of high school was insanely busy, and I reveled in it. I love always having things to do. Even today, I feel guilty when I sit around and do nothing, especially when I know there are things I need to get done. Despite a fun senior year, junior year was the best year of my life. I had an amazing group of friends (3 great guy friends, my bff, and another good friend of mine), and we had way too much fun. During junior year, I got stuck climbing through a window to get into my best friend’s house (we were locked out!), met Chuck Norris with Mike Huckabee as well as other candidates, and had my best season of lacrosse to date. Speaking of lacrosse, it is because of this sport that I have no feeling in any of my fingers. (Can you say “frostbite?”)
I’m a history nerd/buff. I took AP European History my senior year of high school, and my only regret was that I didn’t take it earlier. The ancient Egyptians, the Tudors, and the Romanovs fascinate me. (Did you know the Romanov princesses sewed diamonds into their dresses in order to smuggle them when they were being held prisoner?) Despite this, my absolute favorite time period is the American Revolution. I cannot get enough. I want to live in a little colonial house in a historic little town one day. I love driving. One of my favorite things to drive is my truck, which I named Collosus, a white Ford 4-door, F-150 pickup with an 8 foot bed. It has a skull on the ball hitch whose eyes light up red when I brake, and it makes me feel so bad ass when I drive it. (I frequently drive this truck in heels, mind you.) I drove it all during senior year and it became a legend, as it was the biggest vehicle in the parking lot.
I love to eat. It’s ridiculous. I can out eat my boyfriend and do so frequently. I can’t help it; I’m always hungry. I maintain that I am a music junkie, and have 3 favorite artists that I refer to as “the tri-fecta:” Aerosmith, Lady Gaga, and Eminem.
I spent two years of my life working at a Sears Essentials store that I lovingly refer to as “Satan’s Essentials” (Satan’s for short) where I worked as a cashier and got paid way less than I should have for all the stuff I dealt with. I found out two weeks ago that the store was closing and that I was being laid off, and I found out via Facebook.
People tell me I have the best stories – and they’re all true. I’m regarded as the top storyteller among my friends, both from high school and college. I’m also pretty good at impersonations, if I do say so myself. If you’re interested, ask me about my exploding goldfish.
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