30 Day Challenge: Day 1 - 30 things about myself.
1. I was born in Montgomery, Alabama. As far as I know, there was not a banjo on my knee.
2. My hometown in Bozeman, Montana and I pretty much love it.
3. I went to Cottey College in Nevada, Missouri (pronounced "nuh-vay-duh"), and those two years were probably two of the most important years of my life. I made awesome friends, learned a lot about myself and started to become a strong woman. Rawr!
4. After that, I had to transfer to a big school. University of Montana smells like hippies, so I didn't like it.
5. I have a Bachelor of Arts degree from Montana State in English Literature. I like books and I like words. Please read that last sentence in a British accent.
6. I've been to Paris, London and Edinburgh - within the two-year Cottey experience, those were the two best weeks of my life. Oh, and I got to go for free. Private women's colleges are the bomb.
7. I'm deathly afraid of bees and moths, and I don't really care if you judge me. They terrify me, and you'll never understand, so just kill them when I ask you to, pleaseandthankyou.
8. Sometimes I feel political, and other times I feel like I might embrace anarchy. I'm not incredibly educated in the politisphere, but I also don't watch Fox News, so I'm pretty sure I'm informed. ;)
9. I put one of these ---> ;) at the end of a lot of my sentences. It's a hard habit to break.
10. I like Pilates because I have mini-abs now.
11. I was pretty chubby growing up, and I most definitely have a complex about it.
12. I have two older sisters, and I feel like I embody the best things about them. I'm the best daughter, trust me.
13. Despite having a pretty intense sense of self-loathing, I'm also incredibly narcissistic. See #12.
14. I consider myself a feminist, and I'm not sure why I don't want to attach myself to the term, "feminazi." Most likely, it's the essence of the word "nazi," but at the same time, I think it's incredibly important to see strength in women, and any hint of misogyny or sexism against women pisses me the hell off. This may or may not be a result of attending a women's college - more likely, it's the result of being a woman.
15. I love musicals, I love 90's music, and I love to sing along, even if I sound like pewp.
16. I'm back in school to become certified to teach English in grades 5-12...there is a chance I'm going to be teaching Twilight with a feminist slant someday. I'm hella team Edward, but that guy needs to cool it. There will be a lesson dedicated to the name "Reneseme" and why it is just plain horrible.
17. Even though I love Montana, I see myself living somewhere else when I become a grown-up. I don't know where....but somewhere.
18. I've been working in retail for a while now, and it's really made me hate people. Kids aren't people yet, so I think teaching will bring me back to reality. ;)
19. There are certain words that I hear people say that make me cringe. Including, but not limited to:
heighth, tooken, boughten, expecially, expresso, estatic, supposably, irregardless (there's an argument for that one, but that argument is stupid, IMO), pronounciation, and when people say "is" when they mean to say "are," (for example: there's a few, or there is so many reasons, etc). Oh, and when people write, "should of" instead of "should have," I judge them. Hard. I'm not really a grammar/syntax expert (yes, I know I'm going to teach English. Don't worry - I'll get my shit together before I get a classroom), but damn.
20. I've wanted long hair for as long as I can remember...and yet, I keep cutting it. That's annoying.
21. I really love chocolate. It's an intense love, one not willing to fizzle. fo' shizzle.
22. I've been in love. I'm still in love. I've also been in hate.
23. I have two main philosophies: "Never let the truth get in the way of a good story,"and "When in doubt, dance out."
24. I have two goals this summer: read a ton of books and hike a ton of mountains.
25. What I'll actually do this summer: work a ton and miss out on a ton of fun shit.
26. In the event that I bring a child into this world, I'm going to make sure that child has a good relationship with my parents.
27. I giggle a lot. Sometimes I'm just uncomfortable, but usually I'm in a good mood and I just really like to laugh. Sometimes I switch-up my laugh to make other people uncomfortable, and then I get really happy.
28. I used to joke about wanting Morgan Freeman to follow me around and narrate my life. The older I get, the more I realize that in all seriousness....that would be freaking awesome.
29. I've had a super hardcore crush on Leonardo DiCaprio since the age of 10. It will never fade. Others come and go, but he's my unicorn. Second in line: Taylor Hanson.
30. I really hope that when I turn 30 I have a job that I love and that I'm financially independent. And I'm gonna make those student loans my bitch.
