i feel like i need to define myself somewhere. and here seems like a good place to do that.

• im catholic. and i love it. thats why its at the top of my list. its my favorite part about myself.
• i dont use apostraphes or capital letters when writing outside of school or work. messes up the flow, if you ask me.
• i wish i read more books, because i know there are some good ones out there.
• i dont excercise. in fact, its one of my new years resolutions. along with eating right. because a lot of times, i feel unhealthy. and i really dont like that feeling.
• i sleep too much and too little at the same time. and i know its not good for me at all.
• i would rather spend money than save it. because to me, having a material posession is worth more than having money. but my dad taught me to save money and invest, and it excites me so much to know that after the first of the year i will be investing on my own. okay, with the help of my dad.
• im independent. and i accept it. im so picky about boys it scares me. and sometimes i think its a good thing, and other times it scares me a lot. im not sure if itll help me find the perfect guy for me, or leave me alone because ill convince myself no guy is good enough.
• the thing i want most in life is to always know that my family is safe, healthy and happy.
• maybe i watch too many chick flicks, but the thing i want most in life after my family's safety, etc, is to fall madly in love.
• i want to do something extraordinary for lots of people. like, live in a third world country and help the people and help the economy get back on its feet. and give people hope. or be someone that teens can look up to and know that they dont have to be promiscuous or rebellious to be liked, because i have all the friends i could need.
• i have this deep desire to be rich beyond all means.
• i want to write a book someday. im still not sure what itll be about. probably a romance novel that will never be published lol.
• i love football. college football. and i despise pro football. once they go pro, most players lose passion and it becomes all about the money and fame.
• i love summer and i hate winter.
• my favorite day of the year is my birthday. i always feel so different on my birthday, but i cant describe it.
• i love the goo goo dolls, and matchbox twenty, and train, and augustana, and boys like girls. and i love classics like the eagles, and john cougar mellencamp, and i even love shania twain. and i basically like anything else with a beat.
• i dont particularly like parties. i would rather hang out with a few friends than go to a party.
• i like to shop.
• as far as politics go, im not sure what i am. i think im somewhere between a libertarian and a conservatist. idk. but i wont vote based on that. and i also wont vote for hillary simply because shes a girl. when the time comes, ill do my research and make an educated vote. i dont like people who only vote because they can.
• i like that 70s show, friends, lost, greys, big shots, hills, project runway, americas next top model, and life of ryan. oh and i think tila should have picked dani, even though im straight.
• i like chick flicks and movies that make you think and have lots of action in them.
• my room is generally a mess with piles everywhere. but i always know whats in each pile.
• i like quotes.
• i dont cook anything past eggos and pbj sandwiches. by the way, i make the best pbj sandwiches no lie.
• i am lazy. i havent fully taken off the heart that was painted on the front windshield of my car in may.
• im going to go to ireland and get me a boy with an irish accent. you wait and see. im also going to britain and scotland for the same reason :)
• i like to snowski, wakeboard, tube, kayak, and most of all, take boat rides where i can sing and no one can hear me because of the wind.
• im occasionally self-conscious, and im not sure if it shows or not. but usually i suck it up and accept who i am, whether it be goofy, wierd, quirky, etc.
• i read magazines. one day i will work for a magazine and be the marketing director. i think my favorite magazine is glamour.
• i like taking pictures but i like looking at pictures more. and i like to scrapbook, but i have to be in the mood.
• id take greasy fries and a hamburger any day over a dinner at a nice expensive restaurant.
• i cant sing. at all. im tone deaf. and i wish soooo badly i could sing well.
• i have the best family in the world. i have the best friends in the world. the end.
• i dont have any enemies at the moment. and i have never met anyone i couldnt stand to be around.
• i think everyone is beautiful. i really do.
• my favorite color changes on a daily basis. today it is fuschia. yesterday it was lavender.
• my favorite foods are ice cream and popcorn. not together of course.
• i love uga and i will always be a bulldawg and i will always hate florida.
• i love having freshly shaven legs. im not kidding.
• nail polish is love.
• im not very good at making decisions. usually i really have no preference.
• i would rather hang out with a bunch of guys than meet a new girl. i already have the girls i need.
• i like the sun.
• i cant think of anything else.

so in a lot of ways, im just your average 18-about-to-be-19 year old girl. and in so many ways im not. and im okay with that. i look at my desires in life and what i want to become, and you cant place a stereotype on it because its so many things. and while i might turn out to be the opposite of what i want, or encompass all of one stereotype, its by accident. and ill know that i got there by following my heart and being myself. it will be pure coincidence. and my biggest hope for the world is that every single person out there wants things because their heart truly desires them, and not because someone that they want to be desires them. because thats how you end up average, when you cover up yourself in hopes of being someone else. you cant change who you are, so maybe we should all accept us as we are. maybe then, the world might become more colorful.