There's a meme going around...
I was bored so I did the first half of it (instead of breaking it up into days like it's supposed to be because HA I would never keep up with something like that.) It got me in the mood to write though so now I can get cracking on more of these essays :D
Day 01 - Introduce Yourself
I'm 'Drea short for Andrea formerly know as Satori among a few other things. I'm a twenty something who would love nothing more than to make a career out of going to school. A math major with lofty aspirations of one day getting a second degree in Egyptology because it took her this damn long to find something she is truly this passionate about. Somewhat fluent in Spanish and would probably have to pick French back up in order to read all kinds of important texts. Arabic too which I can't even pronounce yet.
I'm pretty lazy but I always know what to do to get something I want. I used to be really passive, someone that tried to agree with everyone to avoid trouble or just to fit in but I was miserable. I don't know what happened to change that. Having good friends in high school definitely helped. I do know that after going away to school I got really jaded. I think I got hurt a few times and I was also really disappointed in myself for fucking up so that hardened me. Then I started taking responsibility for myself and I think that's when I started to figure out who I was and that I could be strong and I could be a bitch if need be and that it didn't matter if not everyone likes me because plenty of other people do and those are the ones that are worth my time.
That said I think I'm easy to get along with. I'm opinionated but I don't care to pressure other people into my opinions. I'm open minded and supported. I give what I get and I think I definitely come off as a strong willed person so other people realize they can't dick around with me which saves me from the "trouble" and "disagreements" I'd been so worried about early in my life.
I like lots of things but especially music, take away the movies and the sports and the tv and the anime but I better still have music. Be it to sing or listen to. While I'm at at the gym or at a show running into people. Here's how it makes me feel in the form of lyrics:
"I scream until it hurts
I know somewhere someone's screaming it worse
And I smile knowing here is where it collides
Here we don't have to hide" -Polar Bear Club
So I didn't think this section would be very long but I guess I could keep going for quite a while. Still I'll end it here XD
Day 02 - Your first love
I've only ever been in love twice. The first time it was with someone who was really easy to love but sometimes hard to get anything back from. Even going into it I knew it probably wouldn't work out. I don't regret it and I don't think I'm resentful or anything. We're still friends and that is more important to me than anything because she is a really cool person and can be a good friend and I'm sure she'll find someone that fits really well with her too.
Day 03 - Your parents
Dad is a bum who doesn't pay child support and only remembers he has kids when he wants to do something fun with them. I'm thinking about asking him to help me pay for Egypt if I'm accepted because it's not like he's ever done much else. Also he helps with shit for my car.
Mom on the otherhand is the most wonderful woman you'll ever know. She's smart and has a good job but she never has any money because she'd rather use it for other people. She loves her family and especially my brother and me and she would give us anything in the world if we needed it. She does more for us than any parent I know and she's really really cool. She isn't strict at all. She lets my brother and I figure things out on our own but she's always there when we need help. I can't imagine it being any other way and I'm really grateful. I really want to be someone that can make her proud. I want to do well in school and be successful in life to show her that she did a good job especially when my brother makes it hard to see that sometimes. But I think he's getting better too.
Day 04 - What you ate today
Not a whole lot but I did have leftover potato pancakes florentine from my favorite diner and that is always a good way to start the day. And now I'm going to eat amazing lentil soup that is made with cumin and cinnamon yes.
Day 05 - Your definition of love
There are too many kinds of love to begin defining them. I will say that love, and the relationships defined by them are a compromise. I believe that in everything. If you love someone you don't pressure them, you don't expect them to change. You accept them. They compliment you and you work together to achieve and even greater happiness with them. Love isn't perfect. A lot of work and conscious effort goes into once you get past those butterflies. If there is a problem you don't get to whine and act hurt. Nobody owes you. You communicate maturely and you try to find a mutual solution. You may get hurt but you also need to realize when they are being hurt too. I think that's important because you still have to respect and be considerate of each other. All love, be it with family, friends or a significant other, is a compromise and should never ever be a sacrifice.
Day 06 - Your day
My days are all the same. Work and school work and school. Go to the gym. Fill out application. Work and school XD it's okay it's for a good cause. And I appreciate everyone who understands and supports me during this busy time. You guys are what keep me going.
Day 07 - Your best friend
I don't live near many of my friends so it's hard to say that I have a best friend but I think that's better. I have lots of friends that I love for different reasons and who are all important to me but especially Renee from high school, Sam my first friend in Toronto and source for all things videogame, Steph and Skye who are always good for hockey hijinx, Bhavna too but I also feel like she who I go to for movies and music and just fun stuff, Janine who shares my love of Egypt and shows we are about 15 years too old to be watching and Justine who I have so much in common with it's not even funny. Well sometimes it's funny or it must be funny cause of how much we laugh. As it should be.
Day 08 - A moment
Laying in bed all day with the person that is most important to you.
Day 09 - Your beliefs
I am an atheist. Now I don't mean to imply that scientists are incapable of believing in a certain faith but I think being a math and science person mentally incapacitates me personally from believing in something so intangible. I think it's a nice idea that people conjure up to protect themselves from uncertain things like death and sometimes I think it would be nice to take comfort in that too but ultimately I can't.
Day 10 - What you wore today
Why do you ask this twice? :| Yes I answered the second one first lol. Since I'm not properly dressed, yesterday I wore my Buffalo jersey to go to the Buffalo Toronto preseason gaaaammmeeee. And that's all that matters.
Day 11 - Your siblings
I have one brother, David and I'm glad I do. I never would've wanted to be an only child. He's five years younger than me and I was already ridiculously spoiled by the time he came around. He's... got problems and it really makes me sad and scares me sometimes because he's so depressed and messed up but he doesn't believe in doctors and drugs and I respect that. He's really smart. He's got really strong beliefs and he sticks to him but I think he's really hard on himself. He's got really good taste in music so we share that. We get along pretty well and I try to be someone he can talk to now that we're older. But he's also got a really bad temper and it's really hard to be around him sometimes. He makes things especially hard for my mom too because they don't really understand each other very well and they have a hard time talking to each other with out pushing buttons. It's never on purpose they just have really sensitive triggers and I feel caught in the middle sometimes. Idk. I love my brother and I hope things get easier for him. He's getting better though and he's finally back in school and liking in so I think that's a good sign for now.
Day 12 - What’s in your bag
It's a purple plaid betseyville purse and I love it! Inside is my wallet and my glasses that I never wear (cause I like them more and I don't want to lose them haha) and that is seriously it. Oh the front pocket has Blistex Silk and Shine and I'm going to run out soon I seriously need to figure out where to get more XD Also a solid perfume of Love from the Harajuku girl's set in Gwen Stefani's line. Music is my favorite but I don't like to waste that one so Love or Angel are what I carry with me. Also you can always find old reciepts in my purse.
Day 13 - This week
This week was really busy and I didn't get to see a lot of the people I usually do which makes me sad. I had an essay to write and a really hard time getting it done cause I was having trouble getting feedback. But I did ask friends and busted my ass on thursday and I think it came out pretty good. I think I could even get an A. I worked a lot, work is actually really busy and I'm glad I put a cap on my hours. But I should make enough to cover rent and food now which is great because I won't have to spend my savings. Math is getting kind of hard but on thursday we watched futurama and played with a rubix cube and it was generally awesome. Yesterday I went to the first hockey game of the year and of course we won :D
Day 14 - What you wore today
Eh I'm just rolling around in bed today. Tomorrow I'm wearing my striped blue sweater cause it's finally getting cold. Also my awesome green pants and my gunmetal grey slouchy boots.
Day 15 - Your dreams
I want to travel everywhere. I want to see as much as I can of the known universe before I die. I want to experience everything. At the end I want to be able to say that I lived my life to the fullest and there was nothing more I could've possibly done because if this is all there is I want to make the most of it.
Right now I want to go to Egypt more than anything. I want to study there and live there and learn so many new things not just at school but about the people and the way of life there. I don't want to be ignorant and I don't want to let bullshit american propaganda influence my impression of a group of people who are every bit as human as me. I want to learn about the history of the world. I want to know as much as I can about people past and present so I can appreciate the similarities and respect the differences. As I wrote in my essay for my application; Everybody laughs. Everybody loves. Everybody lives. My dream is to witness and embody this.
And I should probably add that if I could share all this with someone else that would be pretty amazing too but I like to think I am comfortable independently too.
Day 16 - Your first kiss
I really don't remember it at all. It must have been in high school but that's it. Totally wasn't magical or anything.
Day 17 - Your favorite memory
I don't know if this is my favorite but it's one of my earliest and it's so normal and not something you would expect to remember I think. My mom certainly doesn't. I was probably three or four and I had this plastic dinosaurs and idk why I was sleeping with them cause they were plastic and I remember them being really fucking uncomfortable so I don't think I did this often. But one night I had them all in bed except I was missing the triceratops (WHICH IS APPARENTLY NO LONGER A TRICERATOPS BUT JUST A BABY SOMETHING ELSE IDEK XD I'm pretty sure this is worse than finding out pluto isn't a planet [because I knew that one before scientists ever made it official]) and they were named after the dinosaurs in land before time cause that was like omg one of my favorite movies ever when I was a kid. Except I didn't know it was Cera and not Sarah not that I think I could write it as a kid anyway. The point is I was missing Sarah and it was really late but I got out of bed and went down stairs and my mom was on the phone but I was a rude spoiled child so I interrupted her and was all MOMMY I CAN'T FIND SARAH. ANd mom was just like wtf I have to go kid is out of bed. To whoever was on the phone. And she hung up and that's all I remember. I must have found the dinosaur eventually XD
Day 01 - Introduce Yourself
I'm 'Drea short for Andrea formerly know as Satori among a few other things. I'm a twenty something who would love nothing more than to make a career out of going to school. A math major with lofty aspirations of one day getting a second degree in Egyptology because it took her this damn long to find something she is truly this passionate about. Somewhat fluent in Spanish and would probably have to pick French back up in order to read all kinds of important texts. Arabic too which I can't even pronounce yet.
I'm pretty lazy but I always know what to do to get something I want. I used to be really passive, someone that tried to agree with everyone to avoid trouble or just to fit in but I was miserable. I don't know what happened to change that. Having good friends in high school definitely helped. I do know that after going away to school I got really jaded. I think I got hurt a few times and I was also really disappointed in myself for fucking up so that hardened me. Then I started taking responsibility for myself and I think that's when I started to figure out who I was and that I could be strong and I could be a bitch if need be and that it didn't matter if not everyone likes me because plenty of other people do and those are the ones that are worth my time.
That said I think I'm easy to get along with. I'm opinionated but I don't care to pressure other people into my opinions. I'm open minded and supported. I give what I get and I think I definitely come off as a strong willed person so other people realize they can't dick around with me which saves me from the "trouble" and "disagreements" I'd been so worried about early in my life.
I like lots of things but especially music, take away the movies and the sports and the tv and the anime but I better still have music. Be it to sing or listen to. While I'm at at the gym or at a show running into people. Here's how it makes me feel in the form of lyrics:
"I scream until it hurts
I know somewhere someone's screaming it worse
And I smile knowing here is where it collides
Here we don't have to hide" -Polar Bear Club
So I didn't think this section would be very long but I guess I could keep going for quite a while. Still I'll end it here XD
Day 02 - Your first love
I've only ever been in love twice. The first time it was with someone who was really easy to love but sometimes hard to get anything back from. Even going into it I knew it probably wouldn't work out. I don't regret it and I don't think I'm resentful or anything. We're still friends and that is more important to me than anything because she is a really cool person and can be a good friend and I'm sure she'll find someone that fits really well with her too.
Day 03 - Your parents
Dad is a bum who doesn't pay child support and only remembers he has kids when he wants to do something fun with them. I'm thinking about asking him to help me pay for Egypt if I'm accepted because it's not like he's ever done much else. Also he helps with shit for my car.
Mom on the otherhand is the most wonderful woman you'll ever know. She's smart and has a good job but she never has any money because she'd rather use it for other people. She loves her family and especially my brother and me and she would give us anything in the world if we needed it. She does more for us than any parent I know and she's really really cool. She isn't strict at all. She lets my brother and I figure things out on our own but she's always there when we need help. I can't imagine it being any other way and I'm really grateful. I really want to be someone that can make her proud. I want to do well in school and be successful in life to show her that she did a good job especially when my brother makes it hard to see that sometimes. But I think he's getting better too.
Day 04 - What you ate today
Not a whole lot but I did have leftover potato pancakes florentine from my favorite diner and that is always a good way to start the day. And now I'm going to eat amazing lentil soup that is made with cumin and cinnamon yes.
Day 05 - Your definition of love
There are too many kinds of love to begin defining them. I will say that love, and the relationships defined by them are a compromise. I believe that in everything. If you love someone you don't pressure them, you don't expect them to change. You accept them. They compliment you and you work together to achieve and even greater happiness with them. Love isn't perfect. A lot of work and conscious effort goes into once you get past those butterflies. If there is a problem you don't get to whine and act hurt. Nobody owes you. You communicate maturely and you try to find a mutual solution. You may get hurt but you also need to realize when they are being hurt too. I think that's important because you still have to respect and be considerate of each other. All love, be it with family, friends or a significant other, is a compromise and should never ever be a sacrifice.
Day 06 - Your day
My days are all the same. Work and school work and school. Go to the gym. Fill out application. Work and school XD it's okay it's for a good cause. And I appreciate everyone who understands and supports me during this busy time. You guys are what keep me going.
Day 07 - Your best friend
I don't live near many of my friends so it's hard to say that I have a best friend but I think that's better. I have lots of friends that I love for different reasons and who are all important to me but especially Renee from high school, Sam my first friend in Toronto and source for all things videogame, Steph and Skye who are always good for hockey hijinx, Bhavna too but I also feel like she who I go to for movies and music and just fun stuff, Janine who shares my love of Egypt and shows we are about 15 years too old to be watching and Justine who I have so much in common with it's not even funny. Well sometimes it's funny or it must be funny cause of how much we laugh. As it should be.
Day 08 - A moment
Laying in bed all day with the person that is most important to you.
Day 09 - Your beliefs
I am an atheist. Now I don't mean to imply that scientists are incapable of believing in a certain faith but I think being a math and science person mentally incapacitates me personally from believing in something so intangible. I think it's a nice idea that people conjure up to protect themselves from uncertain things like death and sometimes I think it would be nice to take comfort in that too but ultimately I can't.
Day 10 - What you wore today
Why do you ask this twice? :| Yes I answered the second one first lol. Since I'm not properly dressed, yesterday I wore my Buffalo jersey to go to the Buffalo Toronto preseason gaaaammmeeee. And that's all that matters.
Day 11 - Your siblings
I have one brother, David and I'm glad I do. I never would've wanted to be an only child. He's five years younger than me and I was already ridiculously spoiled by the time he came around. He's... got problems and it really makes me sad and scares me sometimes because he's so depressed and messed up but he doesn't believe in doctors and drugs and I respect that. He's really smart. He's got really strong beliefs and he sticks to him but I think he's really hard on himself. He's got really good taste in music so we share that. We get along pretty well and I try to be someone he can talk to now that we're older. But he's also got a really bad temper and it's really hard to be around him sometimes. He makes things especially hard for my mom too because they don't really understand each other very well and they have a hard time talking to each other with out pushing buttons. It's never on purpose they just have really sensitive triggers and I feel caught in the middle sometimes. Idk. I love my brother and I hope things get easier for him. He's getting better though and he's finally back in school and liking in so I think that's a good sign for now.
Day 12 - What’s in your bag
It's a purple plaid betseyville purse and I love it! Inside is my wallet and my glasses that I never wear (cause I like them more and I don't want to lose them haha) and that is seriously it. Oh the front pocket has Blistex Silk and Shine and I'm going to run out soon I seriously need to figure out where to get more XD Also a solid perfume of Love from the Harajuku girl's set in Gwen Stefani's line. Music is my favorite but I don't like to waste that one so Love or Angel are what I carry with me. Also you can always find old reciepts in my purse.
Day 13 - This week
This week was really busy and I didn't get to see a lot of the people I usually do which makes me sad. I had an essay to write and a really hard time getting it done cause I was having trouble getting feedback. But I did ask friends and busted my ass on thursday and I think it came out pretty good. I think I could even get an A. I worked a lot, work is actually really busy and I'm glad I put a cap on my hours. But I should make enough to cover rent and food now which is great because I won't have to spend my savings. Math is getting kind of hard but on thursday we watched futurama and played with a rubix cube and it was generally awesome. Yesterday I went to the first hockey game of the year and of course we won :D
Day 14 - What you wore today
Eh I'm just rolling around in bed today. Tomorrow I'm wearing my striped blue sweater cause it's finally getting cold. Also my awesome green pants and my gunmetal grey slouchy boots.
Day 15 - Your dreams
I want to travel everywhere. I want to see as much as I can of the known universe before I die. I want to experience everything. At the end I want to be able to say that I lived my life to the fullest and there was nothing more I could've possibly done because if this is all there is I want to make the most of it.
Right now I want to go to Egypt more than anything. I want to study there and live there and learn so many new things not just at school but about the people and the way of life there. I don't want to be ignorant and I don't want to let bullshit american propaganda influence my impression of a group of people who are every bit as human as me. I want to learn about the history of the world. I want to know as much as I can about people past and present so I can appreciate the similarities and respect the differences. As I wrote in my essay for my application; Everybody laughs. Everybody loves. Everybody lives. My dream is to witness and embody this.
And I should probably add that if I could share all this with someone else that would be pretty amazing too but I like to think I am comfortable independently too.
Day 16 - Your first kiss
I really don't remember it at all. It must have been in high school but that's it. Totally wasn't magical or anything.
Day 17 - Your favorite memory
I don't know if this is my favorite but it's one of my earliest and it's so normal and not something you would expect to remember I think. My mom certainly doesn't. I was probably three or four and I had this plastic dinosaurs and idk why I was sleeping with them cause they were plastic and I remember them being really fucking uncomfortable so I don't think I did this often. But one night I had them all in bed except I was missing the triceratops (WHICH IS APPARENTLY NO LONGER A TRICERATOPS BUT JUST A BABY SOMETHING ELSE IDEK XD I'm pretty sure this is worse than finding out pluto isn't a planet [because I knew that one before scientists ever made it official]) and they were named after the dinosaurs in land before time cause that was like omg one of my favorite movies ever when I was a kid. Except I didn't know it was Cera and not Sarah not that I think I could write it as a kid anyway. The point is I was missing Sarah and it was really late but I got out of bed and went down stairs and my mom was on the phone but I was a rude spoiled child so I interrupted her and was all MOMMY I CAN'T FIND SARAH. ANd mom was just like wtf I have to go kid is out of bed. To whoever was on the phone. And she hung up and that's all I remember. I must have found the dinosaur eventually XD