ash's questions
1. what were you like as a kid?
believe it or not, but i was a happy kid! when i first learned how to dress myself, i intentionally tried to incorporate as many colors into my outfit as possible- back in august my dad commented how i always used to dress in rainbows, and now all i wear is black. i was pretty motivated and always worked really hard and studied a lot, and i would read all the time. i was really imaginative and that odd combination of shy/outgoing that i still am today. i was a bit of a brat though- since i was the only girl i would pout a lot until i'd get my way (which didn't usually happen). gillian has this picture of me from one of tom's birthdays', dressed in all black and staring down the camera, because i was mad at my mom (who was taking the picture). it kind of forshadowed the kind of angsty teen i turned into.
2. who has impacted your life the most thus far?
hmmm, this is very hard to say. i think that most people i meet impact me in one way or another. in ninth grade i was very vulnerable, and annie influenced me a lot i think, to not care about what other people think and to just express myself more. emma over the time i have known her has impacted me a lot, and i think any sanity i had remaining at the end of last summer was thanks to her. my aunt nancy has kind of set an example for me to be successful and not settle for anything less than what i want- she's a vice president of cnn and waited until her early forties to get married and have (a) kid(s). mary, i honestly don't think that i could live without. she gives me advice about everything and is so knowledgable on a wide array of subjects...and i admire her courage so much. there's many more people, but this question has taken up enough space.
3. what do you wish more people understood about you? I guess gillian covered that. what would you spend a lifetime doing if there were no other concerns?
i think writing. not non-stop, obviously, but just as things floated into my mind...
this makes me sound like such a dirt bag, but in the summer there is really nothing nicer than sitting on the beach alone with a friend, just smoking and talking. it just always gave me such a secure, everything's-going-to-be-ok type feeling. if there were no concerns- like time, and responsiblity and the perpetual forward motion of life- i'd like to stay a teenager forever, just constantly surrounded by my friends, talking and philosiphising (i don't think that's a word).
basically, anything that could qualify me as a hippy. which means a whole lot of nothing- just existing.
i'm this answer doesn't make sense and i just sound like a moron.
4. define family.
woww. i could define what my perception of a family is based on my own, or i could define what i think a family should be. and i'll go with the latter.
"family" is a group of people with whom you have emotional ties, have bonds with. people that you know you can go to whenever you have a problem or are feeling sad, and that you know will listen to you even when your woes are trivial. you feel proud for them, happy for them, sad for them. there is no judgement for things that you've done- just constant support and a constant belief in you and what you do. a family wants to be around you, and you want to be around them. oh, and there's love- a lot of love. every family needs to love each other.
5. favourite season and why.
it used to be spring, but now i think it's fall. i like the more moderate temperatures, i like the feeling that things are inevitably changing and that i can wait with anticipation for what's coming next. and i think the cold is starting to grow on me, mainly because i enjoy being covered up. also, there's too much pressure to enjoy spring i think. and it doesn't always work out that way.
believe it or not, but i was a happy kid! when i first learned how to dress myself, i intentionally tried to incorporate as many colors into my outfit as possible- back in august my dad commented how i always used to dress in rainbows, and now all i wear is black. i was pretty motivated and always worked really hard and studied a lot, and i would read all the time. i was really imaginative and that odd combination of shy/outgoing that i still am today. i was a bit of a brat though- since i was the only girl i would pout a lot until i'd get my way (which didn't usually happen). gillian has this picture of me from one of tom's birthdays', dressed in all black and staring down the camera, because i was mad at my mom (who was taking the picture). it kind of forshadowed the kind of angsty teen i turned into.
2. who has impacted your life the most thus far?
hmmm, this is very hard to say. i think that most people i meet impact me in one way or another. in ninth grade i was very vulnerable, and annie influenced me a lot i think, to not care about what other people think and to just express myself more. emma over the time i have known her has impacted me a lot, and i think any sanity i had remaining at the end of last summer was thanks to her. my aunt nancy has kind of set an example for me to be successful and not settle for anything less than what i want- she's a vice president of cnn and waited until her early forties to get married and have (a) kid(s). mary, i honestly don't think that i could live without. she gives me advice about everything and is so knowledgable on a wide array of subjects...and i admire her courage so much. there's many more people, but this question has taken up enough space.
3. what do you wish more people understood about you? I guess gillian covered that. what would you spend a lifetime doing if there were no other concerns?
i think writing. not non-stop, obviously, but just as things floated into my mind...
this makes me sound like such a dirt bag, but in the summer there is really nothing nicer than sitting on the beach alone with a friend, just smoking and talking. it just always gave me such a secure, everything's-going-to-be-ok type feeling. if there were no concerns- like time, and responsiblity and the perpetual forward motion of life- i'd like to stay a teenager forever, just constantly surrounded by my friends, talking and philosiphising (i don't think that's a word).
basically, anything that could qualify me as a hippy. which means a whole lot of nothing- just existing.
i'm this answer doesn't make sense and i just sound like a moron.
4. define family.
woww. i could define what my perception of a family is based on my own, or i could define what i think a family should be. and i'll go with the latter.
"family" is a group of people with whom you have emotional ties, have bonds with. people that you know you can go to whenever you have a problem or are feeling sad, and that you know will listen to you even when your woes are trivial. you feel proud for them, happy for them, sad for them. there is no judgement for things that you've done- just constant support and a constant belief in you and what you do. a family wants to be around you, and you want to be around them. oh, and there's love- a lot of love. every family needs to love each other.
5. favourite season and why.
it used to be spring, but now i think it's fall. i like the more moderate temperatures, i like the feeling that things are inevitably changing and that i can wait with anticipation for what's coming next. and i think the cold is starting to grow on me, mainly because i enjoy being covered up. also, there's too much pressure to enjoy spring i think. and it doesn't always work out that way.