This is me.
My name is Eliza. I like to be called Liza because when I was 11 and went off to sleepaway camp for the first time, everyone took to calling me Eliza Thornberry, and I hated that show. My last name isn't really my last name; my paternal grandpa took on his stepfather's last name when he was a kid, so nobody in my family is actually related by blood to anyone with my last name. This bothers me for some reason. I can never put my finger on why, exactly.
I always say there are three things I love: horses, baseball, and photography. Horses have always been my favorite animals, and when I started taking lessons when I was 11, I've never looked back. I've been a baseball fan ever since I was designated to do the box scores at my brother's little league games six years ago, and picked the Red Sox to follow because I'm a Boston kid. I've always liked taking pictures, but when I got my first digital camera for my Bat Mitzvah a few years ago, I started taking pictures constantly. I got my first DSLR in April and it's become my passion.
I really like a lot of other things, too. Movies, for example--and to give you an idea of my taste, my parents like to tell the story in which they took me to two movies within a month of my birth; I cried through Sleepless in Seattle and slept through Jurassic Park (and last year, at the age of 15, I slept through two SAW movies). Music, too. I honestly do listen to everything (you should see the range of genres on my iPod), but my three absolute favorite artists are Vienna Teng (introspective folk/soft rock), K'naan (socially conscious rap/hip-hop), and The Ruse (kinda like U2 meets The Killers).
I have a lot of health problems. I've been on birth control for nearly a year because of severe dysmenorrhea. It gives me panic attacks and crying jags. I got a concussion while playing softball a few months ago and have still not healed, which means I get migraine-like headaches from time to time. I have two benign cysts in the ventricles in my brain. I always get the side effects and never fit into the medical norm.
I am a straight-A student, a nerd, a know-it-all. My parents went to Harvard and Dartmouth and I will probably go somewhere similar. I averaged an 88 on my final exams and it nearly killed me. (My year-end average was a 97.)
I am notoriously picky. I wouldn't try lasagna until I was 12, for example. It's really hard to try and get me to eat something. I also am very hard to shop for.
There is nothing sexier to me than a nerd boy who likes baseball.
I am not, and never have been, a morning person. I would advise against waking me up before I want to be up, whatever time that may be.
I cry at nearly everything. Sad books, sad movies, sad moments... not to mention happy books, happy movies, and happy moments.
Harry Potter taught me to love reading, the same way my parents taught me to love everyone I meet.
Marijuana, gay marriage, abortion--I support all three (which is not to say I necessarily want to partake, but that doesn't mean others shouldn't be able to).
Last week I stubbed my toe on the ceiling. I also once killed a cactus by forgetting to water it for several months at a time, and a few years ago nearly started a fire while making a salad.
I don't believe in god, but I don't hold it against you if you do.
I am too proud for my own good. If you try and correct me or tell me what to do, I will snap at you. I am vicious about making my own decisions.
I have been called annoying and egotistical by those I consider my best friends.
I don't care. I am who I am, and I happen think I'm great.
I wish I could say this to everyone I know.
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I always say there are three things I love: horses, baseball, and photography. Horses have always been my favorite animals, and when I started taking lessons when I was 11, I've never looked back. I've been a baseball fan ever since I was designated to do the box scores at my brother's little league games six years ago, and picked the Red Sox to follow because I'm a Boston kid. I've always liked taking pictures, but when I got my first digital camera for my Bat Mitzvah a few years ago, I started taking pictures constantly. I got my first DSLR in April and it's become my passion.
I really like a lot of other things, too. Movies, for example--and to give you an idea of my taste, my parents like to tell the story in which they took me to two movies within a month of my birth; I cried through Sleepless in Seattle and slept through Jurassic Park (and last year, at the age of 15, I slept through two SAW movies). Music, too. I honestly do listen to everything (you should see the range of genres on my iPod), but my three absolute favorite artists are Vienna Teng (introspective folk/soft rock), K'naan (socially conscious rap/hip-hop), and The Ruse (kinda like U2 meets The Killers).
I have a lot of health problems. I've been on birth control for nearly a year because of severe dysmenorrhea. It gives me panic attacks and crying jags. I got a concussion while playing softball a few months ago and have still not healed, which means I get migraine-like headaches from time to time. I have two benign cysts in the ventricles in my brain. I always get the side effects and never fit into the medical norm.
I am a straight-A student, a nerd, a know-it-all. My parents went to Harvard and Dartmouth and I will probably go somewhere similar. I averaged an 88 on my final exams and it nearly killed me. (My year-end average was a 97.)
I am notoriously picky. I wouldn't try lasagna until I was 12, for example. It's really hard to try and get me to eat something. I also am very hard to shop for.
There is nothing sexier to me than a nerd boy who likes baseball.
I am not, and never have been, a morning person. I would advise against waking me up before I want to be up, whatever time that may be.
I cry at nearly everything. Sad books, sad movies, sad moments... not to mention happy books, happy movies, and happy moments.
Harry Potter taught me to love reading, the same way my parents taught me to love everyone I meet.
Marijuana, gay marriage, abortion--I support all three (which is not to say I necessarily want to partake, but that doesn't mean others shouldn't be able to).
Last week I stubbed my toe on the ceiling. I also once killed a cactus by forgetting to water it for several months at a time, and a few years ago nearly started a fire while making a salad.
I don't believe in god, but I don't hold it against you if you do.
I am too proud for my own good. If you try and correct me or tell me what to do, I will snap at you. I am vicious about making my own decisions.
I have been called annoying and egotistical by those I consider my best friends.
I don't care. I am who I am, and I happen think I'm great.
I wish I could say this to everyone I know.
(Comments are screened btw.)