: About Me

I have a particular knack for traveling on a shoestring budget at the drop of a dime.  My travels have afforded me the gift of learning Spanish fluently and seeing the world.  

My passion is ...

travel.

I know too much about ...

nothing. I am continually learning.

My parents always told me ...

that they bought me at the Silly Store.

My childhood ambition ...

was to be an Olympic gymnast.

My favorite memory ...

is the moment I fell in love with my puppy.

Why I write ...

is that whether or not anyone's listening, I've got something to say.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

AC360, www.fm949sd.com, Joan Didion.

My first job ...

was as a ride attendant at a local waterpark.

My best moment ...

was graduating college while wearing a sash donning the colors of the country where I spend 11 months of study abroad: Spain.

My inspiration ...

Nelson Mandela: "Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate...[but] that we are powerful beyond measure."

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: College roommates from hell

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The summer before college started, I received my roommate assignment and called the person who I would first share a room with: Nicole. Over the phone, she seemed shy, but after agreeing who would bring the TV or the toaster, she quickly corrected me that she hasn't used the name Nicole in years. She goes by Aiko. She arrived a few days late, which really peaked my curiosity as to who this Aiko character was. Arriving after class one day, I came home to see an American Girl doll propped in a doll-size chair atop our mini-fridge. The doll was staring at me, and I shook off the heebeejeebees...

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