I would love to be able to say that I'm a simple girl, but the reality is that I'm not. I don't think that any person is ever actually simple. I love the little things. The beauty of snow, the cold, the smile from a stranger after they've just seen you do something stupid/awkward/clumsy that reassures you that life will continue. I love proper grammar, and a crisp apple. I love my family. They're absolutely wonderful - and I find that many people don't understand my relationship with them because the typical family isn't as close as mine (aside from one estranged sister). I'm ridiculously awkward, overly clumsy which has resulted in way too many scars, and I absolutely hate doing dishes. However, I'll gladly cook. :). I wish that I was shorter so that I could wear heels and not feel so uncomfortable about towering over many of the people that I'm around. I like sleeping in cold rooms with tons of blankets and sweaters are like my comfort food. I have a love/respect relationship with animals and I know their place in this world. I firmly believe in eating meat (where else will you get your vitamin B-12?) and that animals are here to serve our needs in many ways, though I still believe in the bonds that can form between animals and humans and that those bonds are precious. I'm from the second largest city in Maine but my family is from surrounding smaller towns - so I identify with small town life as well as "city" life. Though where I grew up isn't exactly normally considered a city. I like to read, watch tv/movies, drive, spend time with friends and family, work with animals, cook, swim (I swam competitively for 13 years), drink coffee, create awkward moments, sew, avoid cleaning, and decorate my room. I'll admit that I'm probably not the easiest person to get along with in the world. I have high standards of morals, right and wrong, social graces and general behavior. I expect a lot out of people, which is probably bad. I'm not a huge fan of drinking. I myself don't drink, I will try it once I am 21, however. I like to think that I'm caring, thoughtful, unique, interesting, smart, and most of all humble, :]. But, I'll let you form your own opinion of me. So, bring it on!

I'm currently a student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln majoring in Animal Science with a Pre-Veterinary Medicine option. Even though I'm far away from home to study I still like it here. I like most of my classes, and I love the friends that I have made here. I’m hoping to become an RA next year, and if I go home for the summer I hope to find a new job, as the one from last summer was kind of horrid.

Falling down. I have no grace.
Cooking. I make an amazing panini.

I love to talk, and I can say some really awkward things occasionally.

Books:
The Hobbit, Harry Potter Series, The Beans of Egypt Maine, The Truth Book a Memoir

Movies:
Bourne's, Shooter, Wall-E, Top Gun, Field of Dreams, Forrest Gump, Dirty Dancing, I Am Legend

Music:
Country, Top 40 and Alternative

Food:
Mexican, Italian, American. I hate peas, I love green beans and potatoes.

1. Family - they're my entire world.
2. A hair elastic - I think better when my hair is up.
3. My computer - I'm a compulsive email checker.
4. My cell phone - I'm also a dutiful texter.
5. A good book - it can keep you entertained in any situation.
6. Contacts - I don't like glasses and without one or the other I'm as blind as a bat.

The future, my education, my family and my friends.

Doing something different than last Friday. I don't drink and I don't party but I still have fun. Yesterday night (Friday night) I went to a movie with a few friends and then we painted pottery in downtown Lincoln. Friday nights are versatile.

I'm afraid of failure, I'm afraid of not fitting in and not being wanted.

You have a sense of humor, are family oriented, and think that randomness is a good thing. . I prefer non-smokers as well as people who either don’t drink or don’t drink to excess as a common theme, and people who don’t do drugs. Obviously I have a little list of sorts of all the things I think I want – but I think that holding myself to that list or limiting others based on that list is dumb. No person will ever come packed and defined into a list, and every person has a combination of characteristics that is unique and combines into a person with qualities that I would never have expected and that’s what I like in a person – the unexpected traits that make them an individual.