It's weird to know that you are extremely self-aware, but really still terrible at speaking honestly about yourself in any sort of organized manner.

I like to make up horrendous, blatant, totally unbelievable lies and tell them fully dead-pan. I won't admit they are lies, but if I get called on them, I'll cop to it.

I adore music and I wish I still had the guts to sing in public. I dance in public, though, especially in grocery stores, they’re just dancy places.

I love xkcd and a softer world and I swear too much. I don't drink or smoke much anymore, but that doesn't really mean anything.

I've been to Barbados, England, Argentina, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Ireland, and I just got back from a month in Italy. I never want to stop traveling; I wish I could fly.

My biffle Sta_Minchia is exactly what her screenname suggests...? Also, lehipponain is adorable. AND palindrome22 is the best girl in the world.

I truly dislike it when people describe themselves as "awesome."
I eat ice cream SO. SLOWLY. and I don't know why.
I want to run a foster home when I am older.
I love long drives, but not driving for a long time.
I'm not nice, but I am good.
I made a student film, it's good too.
I know how to dance an Argentinean tango pretty well.
I delete people on Facebook if I think we aren't real friends.
I like working out, but it's not in my top five favorite things to do.
I don't actually have a top five favorite things to do.
I do have a top five of things I can't watch movies about because they make me cry too hard.
I think TFLN is hilarious.

I just moved here...it's pretty surreal, especially because everyone is so NICE here! It's so different than New York. People want to have conversations and...and smile? I'm having a lot of cognitive dissonance regarding my habitual behavior in public versus what everyone around me is doing. It's growing on me.

I work a couple part-time jobs in Cherry Creek and I love them, it's all kitchen stuff and cooking and girly smelling lotions all day. I'm also going to start as an intern at Swallow Hill. I'm enjoying not having a huge amount of responsibility beyond what I want, being 22, figuring stuff out for the first time. Maybe I'm not doing much, but that's a first for me, and I like it.

Writing, thinking, doing, playing, singing, sex, making mix cds and sound design for movies or plays, catching on, looking out for number one, relating to kids, reading out loud, taking stupid chances, planning, listening, hating the Phillies, cooking things, talking.

Why would I notice what they notice?

Music: Gogol Bordello is the only band I'll repeatedly pay to see live because it is worth it every. damn. time.

Other than that, I can only tell you what I'm listening to right now, which is Matt Pond PA, Mew, Lady Gaga, the Avett Brothers, and the Glee soundtrack.

Books: I love books. Love, love, love. You know what's the best? when you can spend an entire cold saturday inside on the couch and start and finish a book or two in a day, whole days devoted to reading whatever you want. That's the best.

Movies: Don't get me started.

Food: My uncle wanted to send me to the Culinary Institute instead of a liberal arts college. Luckily for me, I'm not out of my mind and, while I would have done very well there, chose not to kill myself with stress.

As for food I eat, I'll try most anything, but know for a fact that I don't like curry or tomatos or pickled herring. Grilled cow intestine, llama enchiladas, and Latvian mushroom soup, however, all fall into the category of "quite delicious."

Family and friends
Alone time
Sunlight
Culinary and travel adventures
Music that makes me dance
Comfortable space
Work to be done
Attitude
A cozy bed

I used to spend a lot of time thinking about what could happen, worst case scenario type shit, but then it got a little overwhelming and I was informed that I was "catastrophizing" things, so now I try not to do that.

Instead, I think about what I'm going to do today.

Typical is as typical does.

You know that Disney/Pixar movie, "Monsters, Inc.?" It makes me cry every time, with each subsequent viewing inspiring more tears earlier in the movie.

UPDATE: Yet another Pixar movie ("Up") made me cry!! What IS this?

For real this time: I'm terrified that I won't be able to make it on my own, even though I know deep down I can.

You're intrigued. Only intrigued, I'm not interested in interest. Or you have an questions, comments, suggestions, or associations. Or good stories.