It really is all about me...
And so, Sarah's questions and my answers:
1. How and why did you get into Mills?
I knew I wanted to go to an all-women's college, and so I checked out a bunch. I really wanted to go to Smith at the time, but my psychiatrist suggested I might like Mills, so I applied to it, too. Even though I ended up getting into Smith, Mills gave me the better financial aid plan, so I decided to come here.
2. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
No clue. I could be anywhere, doing anything. But where would I like to be...well, when I'm 30...I'd like to be more settled-down then I am now. Have a job that I enjoy, someone to come home to, maybe even kids. But I have no clue where that'll be or what it'll really look like.
3. What song lyrics best describe you?
Depends a lot on my mood. I've always loved "Shimmer" by Shawn Mullins:
Sharing with us what he knows
shining eyes are big and blue
and all around him water flows
this world to him is new
this world to him is new
to touch a face
to kiss a smile
new eyes see no race
the essence of a child
the essence
he's born to shimmer he's born to shine
he's born to radiate
he's born to live he's born to love
but we'll teach him not to hate
true love it is a rock
smoothed over by a stream
no ticking of a clock
truly measures what that means
truly measures what that means
and this thing they call our time
heard a brilliant woman say
she said you know it's crazy
how I want to capture mine
I think I love this woman's way
I think I love this woman's
way she shimmers, the way she shines
the way she radiates
the way she lives, the way she loves
the way she never hates
sometimes I think of all this that can surround me
I know it all as being mine
but she kisses me and and wraps herself around me
she gives me love, she gives me time
yeahh.... and I fine
but time I cannot change
so here's to looking back
you know I drink a whole bottle
of my pride
and I toast to change
to keep these demons off my back
to keep these demons off my back
cause I want to shimmer, i want to shine
I want to radiate
I want to live, I want to love
I want to try to learn not to hate
try not to hate
we're born to shimmer
we're born to shine
we're born to live, we're born to love
we're born to never hate
4. If you could live in another time period, what would it be, where, and why?
I'd say about 1400, on this continent. To see what it was like before we fucked it up so much. See all the people and nations and animals.
5. Name a celebrity you must meet at some point in your life.
Hmm, I'd like to meet Anderson Cooper. He's very interesting to me, very introspective but also very entertaining. Parts of his memoirs make me think of myself on my best days.
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1. How and why did you get into Mills?
I knew I wanted to go to an all-women's college, and so I checked out a bunch. I really wanted to go to Smith at the time, but my psychiatrist suggested I might like Mills, so I applied to it, too. Even though I ended up getting into Smith, Mills gave me the better financial aid plan, so I decided to come here.
2. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
No clue. I could be anywhere, doing anything. But where would I like to be...well, when I'm 30...I'd like to be more settled-down then I am now. Have a job that I enjoy, someone to come home to, maybe even kids. But I have no clue where that'll be or what it'll really look like.
3. What song lyrics best describe you?
Depends a lot on my mood. I've always loved "Shimmer" by Shawn Mullins:
Sharing with us what he knows
shining eyes are big and blue
and all around him water flows
this world to him is new
this world to him is new
to touch a face
to kiss a smile
new eyes see no race
the essence of a child
the essence
he's born to shimmer he's born to shine
he's born to radiate
he's born to live he's born to love
but we'll teach him not to hate
true love it is a rock
smoothed over by a stream
no ticking of a clock
truly measures what that means
truly measures what that means
and this thing they call our time
heard a brilliant woman say
she said you know it's crazy
how I want to capture mine
I think I love this woman's way
I think I love this woman's
way she shimmers, the way she shines
the way she radiates
the way she lives, the way she loves
the way she never hates
sometimes I think of all this that can surround me
I know it all as being mine
but she kisses me and and wraps herself around me
she gives me love, she gives me time
yeahh.... and I fine
but time I cannot change
so here's to looking back
you know I drink a whole bottle
of my pride
and I toast to change
to keep these demons off my back
to keep these demons off my back
cause I want to shimmer, i want to shine
I want to radiate
I want to live, I want to love
I want to try to learn not to hate
try not to hate
we're born to shimmer
we're born to shine
we're born to live, we're born to love
we're born to never hate
4. If you could live in another time period, what would it be, where, and why?
I'd say about 1400, on this continent. To see what it was like before we fucked it up so much. See all the people and nations and animals.
5. Name a celebrity you must meet at some point in your life.
Hmm, I'd like to meet Anderson Cooper. He's very interesting to me, very introspective but also very entertaining. Parts of his memoirs make me think of myself on my best days.
1. Leave me a comment saying, "It really is all about me"
2. I'll then respond by asking you up to five questions. You will answer them, because you like talking about yourself.
3. You can update your LJ with the answers to the questions so people can READ about you.
4. If you are feeling generous and want to share the spotlight, you can include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you can ask them questions