Mis Escritos Y Pensamientos

Right now, all over Facebook is the newest rage. Essentially someone writes 25 random facts about themselves. In my personal opinion this just goes to show how self-centered our culture has become. Seriously, now we can't just write our thoughts for the world to see, but we have to write about ourselves? Don't get me wrong, I love myself. In fact, I believe that it is quite possible that I could come up with the best "25 Things About Me" ever. Not that I'm conceited or anything, cause I'm not, but if I were, my 25 things would go like this....



1. I am incredibly glad that I pierced my nose. It hurt like crazy, but it was worth it. If I ever get engaged, I will take out the nose ring, because I don't want it to be in my wedding pictures.



2. I have been to four countries outside of the United States. Austria was the shortest visit, Canada was where I heard the most complaining (from my brothers), Romania was the hardest to leave, El Salvador is where I most want to return.



3. I love the Spanish language. Sometimes, my brain randomly thinks phrases in Spanish, por ejemplo, "No se," "Tengo una pregunta," o, "No Queiro."



4. My secret dream is to be a Sous Chef. I know it will never happen, because I would never want to work my way up to the top, but it's fun to pretend and dream.



5. I have a fairly recent addiction to Gilmore Girls, and I like to knit while watching them.



6. I have written over 50,000 words in a month. My novel is yet to be finished, because I am a procrastinator.



7. All as I was growing up, I refused to be a teacher, because that's what my mother did. I wanted to do something "on my own." I am now teaching my third semester of a college class.



8. I have, at one time or another, lived with the three girls that are my closest friends.



9. I want to travel to as many places as possible, and learn as many languages as possible, in order to share God's love.



10. I gave my heart away in the Spring of 2008. God filled me with His love like never before, and I will never be the same again.



11. If God ever allows me to have children, I want them to grow up bilingual.



12. I believe with my whole heart that God will one day have me living in another country, that His name may be glorified. (This could also contribute to the completion of #11.)



13. On the night that Bert and I started dating, we escorted a camp of children into a basement because of a tornado, drove through a storm, I broke my foot, and then we were questioned by a policeman at two in the morning. (It was a semi-emotional night.)



14. For some reason, unbeknownst to me, I started calling my brother Keiko when he was little.



15. I want to get my M.A. in English.



16. If I could pick, I would want to have six children one day.



17. I can tell you the exact moment that my eyes were opened to the wonderment of soccer. I was on a bus riding down a dirt road in the middle of Romania, when I saw a bunch of kids in a barren field with a partially round ball, playing the game. That's when it happened.



18. I love Louisa May Alcott. I've read Little Women about 6 times, and wrote a 30 page paper on how her life influenced her writings.



19. I have a grand obsession with kitchenware. I can spend forever in the store looking at appliances, dinning sets, glassware, utensils, etc...I can't wait until I have my own kitchen.



20. A bag of Sterzings, a Pepsi, and a game of cards with Grandma makes me pretty darn happy.



21. I cannot hold up three fingers. My brothers say it's more of a two-and-a-half.



22. When it comes to rules, I like to keep them. It makes me nervous to break rules, or if I think that I might be breaking the rules.



23. At about the age of 11 or 12, there were a few times people came up to me in restaurants and asked if I was Michelle Trachtenberg (Harriet the Spy). I told them no.



24. By the time I was in Second Grade, I had already been to three different schools.



25. Today I saw a bobcat run across the driveway in front of my house.



Interesting, no? You should try it too.