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Meme time! As I've been seeing it go around.
Day 01 - Introduce yourself
My name is Krista Marie Rogers. I was named after Christa McAuliffe, of which there is a space center here in Utah, but my parents decided to go with Krista instead of Christa. This causes annoyances at times, especially here in the state. People misspelling my name is a pet peeve of mine. Or calling me Crystal or Christina because they think Krista is shorthand. Or calling me Kris/Chris, as well o_o
I was born Saturday at 4:45pm in Provo, Utah July 19th 1986. My parents had moved to Provo so Dad could finish getting his degree in engineering. My older brother was nearly at the time of my birthday, as his birthday was on the 20th. Throughout the years we have always shared our birthdays. For the first few months of my life we lived in the basement of my Dad's parents. Then we moved to Riverside, California and lived in the extra house add-on at my Mom's parents.
I have memories of when we moved to Colton. I broke my arm in that apartment trying to get a game out of the closet cause Mom wouldn't get off the phone to get it for me. I remember going to the doctor to get a cast and playing with the koi fish in the pond after. I was three or four, and that is my earliest memory.
Then we moved to Beaumont and lived in a tiny house, of which I still have dreams of, today. Mom has nightmares XD I got my first bike there. Had a bunch of stray cats I had taken in and my parents hated it. Had a friend Yvonne down the street and her mother always scared me... she was like an evil Xena! There was another house down the street that I always thought was haunted. I loved playing in the neighbors lilac bushes. We got Cassie, our beloved dog, for free at Stater Brothers. I started learning the piano on a keyboard. I remember going to the theater to see Lion King, The Santa Claus, and Free Willy.
I remember liking a lot of my elementary school teachers in Beaumont at Chavez. My memory is foggy, but I can't remember why I went to another school, later. Was it a middle school? That was when I was introduced to a Recorder and I loved that music class to bits. I had a hard time making friends at that school. I remember bringing my toys and playing by myself. I remember getting the SNES in that house for Christmas and how excited all of us kids were. However, I think the year after I discovered on my own that Santa Claus was not real.
Then we moved to Victorville in that long house in the desert. I had my first connection with the girls in my ward programs, and totally loved my leader. We had sleep overs at her house while we did Achievement Day activities. I made lots of friends and I would ride my bike to their houses or ask mom to drop me off. We lived within walking distance of the mall and Best Buy, so Vern and I would often take trips there together. Vern and I were pretty close in our younger years. We got the N64 in that house and I remember him playing games forever!
I was born into the church, so I always knew my church-going was right. Sure, my parents made me even when I didn't want to go, but it's something I've always known was true. Back then I was still shy to get up and give talks and share my testimony and go to really big and interactive activities. However in Victorville was the first time our church building was within walking distance. In California that's a bit of a rarity.
My school days at Liberty were kind of fun as our mascot were the lions so there was always Lion King posters throughout the school. Dad started his business in that house and we lived fairly well. Cassie had her first and only liter of puppies. I think this is when I first started to want to draw.
Once Dad's business had kept us afloat, the parents decided it was time to move to Utah. I was unhappy about the move. I loved our house and where we lived, my friends and memories. What was so great about Utah? Sure we visited almost every summer for camping and seeing the grandparents. So, we packed up and left my cat behind and moved to Lehi.
I was nearly twelve when we moved. I had a hard time adjusting. I met Brin in my ward and we became friends fairly quickly. The Utah kids at Eagle Crest made me nervous. Maybe because we were preteens of sure of ourselves. I remember not enjoying my life from sixth grade until ninth. Nothing really bad happened in that time, I just didn't like people and was very hermity.
I met all the friend I'm still friends with now, Jen, Jess, Kim, Athena, Kandis in that time. We were all socially awkward together. We discovered anime together. And the internet. Got through horrible middle school/junior high together. We were so happy when High School came.
Unlike most people, I really loved High School. I found out about who I am and who I wanted to be. Was a diligent student and loved learning. Got more into art. Started my novel seriously. Learned how to drive and failed the driving part the first time, and didn't get my license until I was nearly 17. I worked for my dad and got paid, which served my growing anime obsession and weekend mall crawling with my friends. My senior year I got my first job working at the movie theater. It started out alright, it was a job and income, but then I really started to hate it. I was constantly tired and cranky and I discovered how stupid people in general really are. Yet I stuck with it for a year after graduation until I couldn't take it anymore and quit.
I worked at a call center and got fired during training because of a failed drug test. It's really funny. I was sick at the time and was taking my brother's antibiotics and they did not like that. lol. So I went to another call center, I think it was Convergys, and quit the first day out of training because I could not emotionally handle it and my trainer was a douchebag. During that time I had started classes at UVSC. College life was fun. I loved my set schedule and Institute.
I then found the job at Dominion Insurance and worked there around my college schedule. It was hard at first, but I managed.
Then came the move from Lehi to Santaquin. I think I took this move harder than the state move. My life was in Lehi. I had to get over it, though. I told my job that I was moving, but would commute until I found a job up closer to me. Found one and worked for the most anal person ever. And during that hellish two weeks, I failed my math class my third semester at UVSC. I went back to Dominion in Alpine and stayed with my grandparents during the week while I worked and continued to look for a new job again.
And then I found Cedar Fort! Awesome, a publishing house where I could get the in to get published! Doing order entry and not answering phones, this is great! Buuuuut as you all know, that not answering phones didn't last long.
My life in Santaquin was an adjustment. Long commute to Lehi to hang out with my friends and vica versa. I started medical transcribing as a possible career choice as school just discouraged me, but I failed the test three times and what was the point of all transcribist were getting laid off cuase offices were going digital? I graduated from Art school.
But as I think about it, the move made me grow. I learned to be more independent. My friendships seemed stronger IRL and OL. The internet and anime obsessions became more what shaped me and inspired me for my art and novel and my craziness. The last four years have been hard, but I think the best of my life. You don't know the good without the bad, type of thing.
Now? I still work at the publishing house, Cedar Fort. I attend the Singles Ward, however frustrating it is with socially awkward, flakey, lame those people are at times. My free time is spent browsing the internet, writing, reading, drawing (probably in that order) when I'm at home. If I'm not at home, I'm typically watching anime at Melissa's and attending writing group. Or hanging out with my boyfriend Zach doing whatever the crap we feel like. It's been a long time since I've had a Saturday at home, actually. If you want me, you almost have to reserve me!
Uh, I think that's about everything.
NON-tl;dr version = I'm a woman who suffers eczema and allergies and large boobies. Lover of all that is animated and shiny and fluffy and Mamo. Keeper of the Blonde and Blue-Eyed. Goo Goo Dolls fanatic. Aspiring author. Wannabe artist. LDS. Cancer and Tiger. ISFJ. 24. Cares more for friends than self. Has the tendency to ramble as seen in the cut. Loves strawberries, steak, and sushi. Is very much in love with her Zachberry.
Day 01 - Introduce yourself
My name is Krista Marie Rogers. I was named after Christa McAuliffe, of which there is a space center here in Utah, but my parents decided to go with Krista instead of Christa. This causes annoyances at times, especially here in the state. People misspelling my name is a pet peeve of mine. Or calling me Crystal or Christina because they think Krista is shorthand. Or calling me Kris/Chris, as well o_o
I was born Saturday at 4:45pm in Provo, Utah July 19th 1986. My parents had moved to Provo so Dad could finish getting his degree in engineering. My older brother was nearly at the time of my birthday, as his birthday was on the 20th. Throughout the years we have always shared our birthdays. For the first few months of my life we lived in the basement of my Dad's parents. Then we moved to Riverside, California and lived in the extra house add-on at my Mom's parents.
I have memories of when we moved to Colton. I broke my arm in that apartment trying to get a game out of the closet cause Mom wouldn't get off the phone to get it for me. I remember going to the doctor to get a cast and playing with the koi fish in the pond after. I was three or four, and that is my earliest memory.
Then we moved to Beaumont and lived in a tiny house, of which I still have dreams of, today. Mom has nightmares XD I got my first bike there. Had a bunch of stray cats I had taken in and my parents hated it. Had a friend Yvonne down the street and her mother always scared me... she was like an evil Xena! There was another house down the street that I always thought was haunted. I loved playing in the neighbors lilac bushes. We got Cassie, our beloved dog, for free at Stater Brothers. I started learning the piano on a keyboard. I remember going to the theater to see Lion King, The Santa Claus, and Free Willy.
I remember liking a lot of my elementary school teachers in Beaumont at Chavez. My memory is foggy, but I can't remember why I went to another school, later. Was it a middle school? That was when I was introduced to a Recorder and I loved that music class to bits. I had a hard time making friends at that school. I remember bringing my toys and playing by myself. I remember getting the SNES in that house for Christmas and how excited all of us kids were. However, I think the year after I discovered on my own that Santa Claus was not real.
Then we moved to Victorville in that long house in the desert. I had my first connection with the girls in my ward programs, and totally loved my leader. We had sleep overs at her house while we did Achievement Day activities. I made lots of friends and I would ride my bike to their houses or ask mom to drop me off. We lived within walking distance of the mall and Best Buy, so Vern and I would often take trips there together. Vern and I were pretty close in our younger years. We got the N64 in that house and I remember him playing games forever!
I was born into the church, so I always knew my church-going was right. Sure, my parents made me even when I didn't want to go, but it's something I've always known was true. Back then I was still shy to get up and give talks and share my testimony and go to really big and interactive activities. However in Victorville was the first time our church building was within walking distance. In California that's a bit of a rarity.
My school days at Liberty were kind of fun as our mascot were the lions so there was always Lion King posters throughout the school. Dad started his business in that house and we lived fairly well. Cassie had her first and only liter of puppies. I think this is when I first started to want to draw.
Once Dad's business had kept us afloat, the parents decided it was time to move to Utah. I was unhappy about the move. I loved our house and where we lived, my friends and memories. What was so great about Utah? Sure we visited almost every summer for camping and seeing the grandparents. So, we packed up and left my cat behind and moved to Lehi.
I was nearly twelve when we moved. I had a hard time adjusting. I met Brin in my ward and we became friends fairly quickly. The Utah kids at Eagle Crest made me nervous. Maybe because we were preteens of sure of ourselves. I remember not enjoying my life from sixth grade until ninth. Nothing really bad happened in that time, I just didn't like people and was very hermity.
I met all the friend I'm still friends with now, Jen, Jess, Kim, Athena, Kandis in that time. We were all socially awkward together. We discovered anime together. And the internet. Got through horrible middle school/junior high together. We were so happy when High School came.
Unlike most people, I really loved High School. I found out about who I am and who I wanted to be. Was a diligent student and loved learning. Got more into art. Started my novel seriously. Learned how to drive and failed the driving part the first time, and didn't get my license until I was nearly 17. I worked for my dad and got paid, which served my growing anime obsession and weekend mall crawling with my friends. My senior year I got my first job working at the movie theater. It started out alright, it was a job and income, but then I really started to hate it. I was constantly tired and cranky and I discovered how stupid people in general really are. Yet I stuck with it for a year after graduation until I couldn't take it anymore and quit.
I worked at a call center and got fired during training because of a failed drug test. It's really funny. I was sick at the time and was taking my brother's antibiotics and they did not like that. lol. So I went to another call center, I think it was Convergys, and quit the first day out of training because I could not emotionally handle it and my trainer was a douchebag. During that time I had started classes at UVSC. College life was fun. I loved my set schedule and Institute.
I then found the job at Dominion Insurance and worked there around my college schedule. It was hard at first, but I managed.
Then came the move from Lehi to Santaquin. I think I took this move harder than the state move. My life was in Lehi. I had to get over it, though. I told my job that I was moving, but would commute until I found a job up closer to me. Found one and worked for the most anal person ever. And during that hellish two weeks, I failed my math class my third semester at UVSC. I went back to Dominion in Alpine and stayed with my grandparents during the week while I worked and continued to look for a new job again.
And then I found Cedar Fort! Awesome, a publishing house where I could get the in to get published! Doing order entry and not answering phones, this is great! Buuuuut as you all know, that not answering phones didn't last long.
My life in Santaquin was an adjustment. Long commute to Lehi to hang out with my friends and vica versa. I started medical transcribing as a possible career choice as school just discouraged me, but I failed the test three times and what was the point of all transcribist were getting laid off cuase offices were going digital? I graduated from Art school.
But as I think about it, the move made me grow. I learned to be more independent. My friendships seemed stronger IRL and OL. The internet and anime obsessions became more what shaped me and inspired me for my art and novel and my craziness. The last four years have been hard, but I think the best of my life. You don't know the good without the bad, type of thing.
Now? I still work at the publishing house, Cedar Fort. I attend the Singles Ward, however frustrating it is with socially awkward, flakey, lame those people are at times. My free time is spent browsing the internet, writing, reading, drawing (probably in that order) when I'm at home. If I'm not at home, I'm typically watching anime at Melissa's and attending writing group. Or hanging out with my boyfriend Zach doing whatever the crap we feel like. It's been a long time since I've had a Saturday at home, actually. If you want me, you almost have to reserve me!
Uh, I think that's about everything.
NON-tl;dr version = I'm a woman who suffers eczema and allergies and large boobies. Lover of all that is animated and shiny and fluffy and Mamo. Keeper of the Blonde and Blue-Eyed. Goo Goo Dolls fanatic. Aspiring author. Wannabe artist. LDS. Cancer and Tiger. ISFJ. 24. Cares more for friends than self. Has the tendency to ramble as seen in the cut. Loves strawberries, steak, and sushi. Is very much in love with her Zachberry.