30 Things

1. I’m very family centered. My family is the most important thing in my world, and anything else takes a backseat when my family needs me.

2. My friends are my family, as well. I don’t take friendship lightly. Once I call you friend, I will do almost anything for you.

3. I’m intuitive, and as a result I think my friendships progress quickly. I am able to find kindred spirits, and form solid relationships.

4. I feel things. When something good happens, I am happy all over. When I am sad, I feel it just as fiercely. I like being so passionate, even if it can be exhausting at times.

5. I am creative. I love to write, sing, craft, or basically anything that lets me release all those passionate feelings welling up inside of me.

6. I tend to look for people who bring the last two things out in me. I like being around people who make me feel. It’s how I know I’m alive.

7. I treat my dogs like they are my children. Actually, I do that with all of my pets. I used to keep bettas, and I spoiled them just as much as I spoil Klondike, Phoebe and Bella now.

8. I love the way I dress. It’s so completely, honestly me. Sometimes it’s basic, sometimes it’s a little off the wall. A girl in my BASW program told me she loved my sense of style. She said it’s fun. I loved that, because that’s what I aim for. I like having my own style.

9. I love to read. Anything I can get my hands on. Fiction, non-fiction, biographies, how-to manuals, cereal boxes, textbooks. I was one of those kids who couldn’t eat breakfast without the cereal box to read as well.

10. As a result, I think I have a well rounded knowledge base. I like knowing things that many people consider obscure.

11. My bedroom walls are bright pink. I painted them that color when I was 22. I picked the color on a whim, because it was called cheery, and it made me feel just that.

12. I take pictures of everything and everyone, and then buy frames and put them everywhere. I have had to start hanging the frames on my walls because I’ve run out of shelves and furniture to put them on. I’m running out of wall space.

13. My mom and I really are best friends.

14. I dropped out of college when I was 20, and never really thought I’d go back. But I’m graduating this spring with my Bachelor’s in Social Work.

15. I do believe in fairies.

16. I’m forgiving.

17. When I make you my friend, you are a friend for life. I don’t give up on people easily.

18. I have a weird relationship with my electronics. I think I’m electromagnetically wonky, and things tend to break on me. To solve this problem I started naming all of my electronics, and sweet talking to them. I am convinced this has made a positive difference.

19. I think I’m charming.

20. I love my voice. I think it’s very feminine.

21. I have a really good sense of humor.

22. I have a thirst for learning things.

23. I want to be a social worker because I want to change the world. And I really believe I can. I love my idealism.

24. I love my tattoos, because they are good expressions of who I am and how I view the world.

25. I’m very spiritual. And religious.

26. I used to be so thin you could count my ribs. I might wish I were a little bit thinner, or more toned, but ultimately I love my curves more than I ever loved being stick thin. They make me feel more feminine.

27. I really care about people.

28. I have these freckles on my shoulders that I think are about the sexiest thing I’ve ever seen on a person.

29. I am genuinely interested in the stories people have to tell.

30. I think that mostly I am uninhibited. I like that about myself. A lot.