167 | Day 01 - Introduce yourself
JUMPING THE MEME BANDWAGON AW YEH. Because why not.
I'm Miru. My surname's Lee, my given name is something incredibly girly and, as a result, rather embarassing, so I never go by it online. (I'd love to change my real name to something like Alex, something nice and androgynous.) My Korean name's Sohyun Lee. It's also a fairly girly name, sigh.
I was born in Chicago (August 19, 1989) while my parents were Ph.D. students at University of Chicago, and I lived there until I was five, when my parents graduated and we all went back to Korea. I grew up there for most of my life, although I went to an American school within Korea -- Seoul International School -- so I speak English a lot better than Korean and don't really have any sort of Korean accent. (Which is why it always startles people when I say I grew up in Korea.) I was pretty smart through elementary school before I had a magnificent middle-school-rebellion crash-and-burn and sort of became the brooding, antisocial, pseudo-goth-brat up through high school. My grades weren't that hot, and I disappointed my parents by failing to get into an Ivy League. Ah, well.
I'm currently a senior studying at Carnegie Mellon University, with a double major in Professional Writing (basically journalism and the like) and Creative Writing, and a minor in Communication Design (basically graphic design). I first came to college planning to study Electronic Engineering, as per my parents' wishes, but soon gave up because I realized that it just wasn't the thing for me. I wandered through Engineering, and then Computer Science, before landing in the humanities department. If things go well, I should graduate sometime in May. I'm not really sure what I'll be doing after I graduate, but I've been studying for the GRE in my free time with the intention of applying to the Carnegie Mellon Entertainment Technology Center and a few graduate design programs. (Haw haw, maybe I stand a chance.)
I enjoy drawing and used to want to do it for a living before realizing that's far too lofty (read: impossible) a goal, so it's been demoted to a hobby, pretty much. I drew a comic for a while but I've been distracted lately. My creative writing professor's pretty supportive of me attempting some sort of short comic to submit for publication, so we'll see.
I love reading and collect far more books than I should, and am in a bit of despair about what I'm going to do with the boxes of books and manga and artbooks I've amassed when I graduate. I love writers who have a sort of more clean, minimalist style. I love reading manga, but not anime as much, since just watching (as opposed to turning/clicking through pages) gets me so bored. I love dystopian and/or post-apocalyptic settings, lots of violence, and dark stories, but I'm not that averse to veering out of those categories when something catches my eye. I used to RP a lot, but it's winded down lately. Maybe I'll eventually go back.
Uh, what else. I'm stupidly healthy, pretty much never get sick, have no allergies, so on and so forth, which is lucky. My dad teases me saying that even if I have nothing else, at least I'll be healthy. (There's that saying that idiots don't get sick, so this worries me vaguely.) I'm fiercely shy and withdrawn around strangers but I can make small talk when necessary. I'm really polite (because I'm Asian, haw haw) most of the time and have a tendency to bottle up all emotions and then punch a pillow to vent. I also wear huge headphones whenever I'm walking around -- a pair of Sennheisers that I bought a few years ago and have been using daily since -- and have a shameful love of trashy electropop and disco music. I also listen to a wide assortment of weirdo things. I'm not that picky.
I can't cook worth shit, and I'm capable of setting off the fire alarm when attempting to cook pancakes. ): I'm also hilariously direction-blind, and can (and will) get lost just about anywhere. My biggest weaknesses.
Also I'm very awkward when it comes to writing introductions.
Yup.
Nice to meet you.
30 Days Meme
Day 01 - Introduce yourself
Day 02 - Your first love, in great detail
Day 03 - Your parents, in great detail
Day 04 - What you ate today, in great detail
Day 05 - Your definition of love, in great detail
Day 06 - Your day, in great detail
Day 07 - Your best friend, in great detail
Day 08 - A moment, in great detail
Day 09 - Your beliefs, in great detail
Day 10 - What you wore today, in great detail
Day 11 - Your siblings, in great detail
Day 12 - What’s in your bag, in great detail
Day 13 - This week, in great detail
Day 14 - What you wore today, in great detail
Day 15 - Your dreams, in great detail
Day 16 - Your first kiss, in great detail
Day 17 - Your favorite memory, in great detail
Day 18 - Your favorite birthday, in great detail
Day 19 - Something you regret, in great detail
Day 20 - This month, in great detail
Day 21 - Another moment, in great detail
Day 22 - Something that upsets you, in great detail
Day 23 - Something that makes you feel better, in great detail
Day 24 - Something that makes you cry, in great detail
Day 25 - A first, in great detail
Day 26 - Your fears, in great detail
Day 27 - Your favorite place, in great detail
Day 28 - Something that you miss, in great detail
Day 29 - Your aspirations, in great detail
Day 30 - One last moment, in great detail
I'm Miru. My surname's Lee, my given name is something incredibly girly and, as a result, rather embarassing, so I never go by it online. (I'd love to change my real name to something like Alex, something nice and androgynous.) My Korean name's Sohyun Lee. It's also a fairly girly name, sigh.
I was born in Chicago (August 19, 1989) while my parents were Ph.D. students at University of Chicago, and I lived there until I was five, when my parents graduated and we all went back to Korea. I grew up there for most of my life, although I went to an American school within Korea -- Seoul International School -- so I speak English a lot better than Korean and don't really have any sort of Korean accent. (Which is why it always startles people when I say I grew up in Korea.) I was pretty smart through elementary school before I had a magnificent middle-school-rebellion crash-and-burn and sort of became the brooding, antisocial, pseudo-goth-brat up through high school. My grades weren't that hot, and I disappointed my parents by failing to get into an Ivy League. Ah, well.
I'm currently a senior studying at Carnegie Mellon University, with a double major in Professional Writing (basically journalism and the like) and Creative Writing, and a minor in Communication Design (basically graphic design). I first came to college planning to study Electronic Engineering, as per my parents' wishes, but soon gave up because I realized that it just wasn't the thing for me. I wandered through Engineering, and then Computer Science, before landing in the humanities department. If things go well, I should graduate sometime in May. I'm not really sure what I'll be doing after I graduate, but I've been studying for the GRE in my free time with the intention of applying to the Carnegie Mellon Entertainment Technology Center and a few graduate design programs. (Haw haw, maybe I stand a chance.)
I enjoy drawing and used to want to do it for a living before realizing that's far too lofty (read: impossible) a goal, so it's been demoted to a hobby, pretty much. I drew a comic for a while but I've been distracted lately. My creative writing professor's pretty supportive of me attempting some sort of short comic to submit for publication, so we'll see.
I love reading and collect far more books than I should, and am in a bit of despair about what I'm going to do with the boxes of books and manga and artbooks I've amassed when I graduate. I love writers who have a sort of more clean, minimalist style. I love reading manga, but not anime as much, since just watching (as opposed to turning/clicking through pages) gets me so bored. I love dystopian and/or post-apocalyptic settings, lots of violence, and dark stories, but I'm not that averse to veering out of those categories when something catches my eye. I used to RP a lot, but it's winded down lately. Maybe I'll eventually go back.
Uh, what else. I'm stupidly healthy, pretty much never get sick, have no allergies, so on and so forth, which is lucky. My dad teases me saying that even if I have nothing else, at least I'll be healthy. (There's that saying that idiots don't get sick, so this worries me vaguely.) I'm fiercely shy and withdrawn around strangers but I can make small talk when necessary. I'm really polite (because I'm Asian, haw haw) most of the time and have a tendency to bottle up all emotions and then punch a pillow to vent. I also wear huge headphones whenever I'm walking around -- a pair of Sennheisers that I bought a few years ago and have been using daily since -- and have a shameful love of trashy electropop and disco music. I also listen to a wide assortment of weirdo things. I'm not that picky.
I can't cook worth shit, and I'm capable of setting off the fire alarm when attempting to cook pancakes. ): I'm also hilariously direction-blind, and can (and will) get lost just about anywhere. My biggest weaknesses.
Also I'm very awkward when it comes to writing introductions.
Yup.
Nice to meet you.
30 Days Meme
Day 01 - Introduce yourself
Day 02 - Your first love, in great detail
Day 03 - Your parents, in great detail
Day 04 - What you ate today, in great detail
Day 05 - Your definition of love, in great detail
Day 06 - Your day, in great detail
Day 07 - Your best friend, in great detail
Day 08 - A moment, in great detail
Day 09 - Your beliefs, in great detail
Day 10 - What you wore today, in great detail
Day 11 - Your siblings, in great detail
Day 12 - What’s in your bag, in great detail
Day 13 - This week, in great detail
Day 14 - What you wore today, in great detail
Day 15 - Your dreams, in great detail
Day 16 - Your first kiss, in great detail
Day 17 - Your favorite memory, in great detail
Day 18 - Your favorite birthday, in great detail
Day 19 - Something you regret, in great detail
Day 20 - This month, in great detail
Day 21 - Another moment, in great detail
Day 22 - Something that upsets you, in great detail
Day 23 - Something that makes you feel better, in great detail
Day 24 - Something that makes you cry, in great detail
Day 25 - A first, in great detail
Day 26 - Your fears, in great detail
Day 27 - Your favorite place, in great detail
Day 28 - Something that you miss, in great detail
Day 29 - Your aspirations, in great detail
Day 30 - One last moment, in great detail