: About Me

For the past 26 years on this wheel of life, I have experienced many things. I grew up in a small, military town, my family had been homeless during my childhood. Working since I was 14, I have been a secretary, a waitress, multiple library aides, a production clerk, and an online magazine editor.

I am now currently caught between the crossroads of knowing where my life is headed and choosing the path I want to lead. I plan to write to expand my horizons, to caution from my mistakes and to motivate with my successes.

My passion is ...

taking time to notice the small things in life, to enjoy every moment

I know too much about ...

how much more I need to know. I can't really boost knowing more of anything

My parents always told me ...

to never settle, to always think outside of the box

My childhood ambition ...

to become a veterinarian

My favorite memory ...

receiving my first standing ovation

Why I write ...

is because it is an outlet for an introverted soul.

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

books by Anchee Min, music by Korean artists, and I continuously watch Across the Universe

My first job ...

was working as an administrative assistant on a military post

My best moment ...

was playing a lead role in a college theatre production

My inspiration ...

Tina Fey, Anchee Min, Alice Walker, and Toni Morrison

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: College roommates from hell

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I never knew insomnia until I learned what it was like to have a roommate. The college I went to did not have dorms, so the school often rented apartments near the school then leased the to the students. My first suite mates came with their own set of headaches, one kept on the phone with her boyfriend at all hours of the night, while the other would stay up all night with the television at high volume. The only sleep I got was under the help of earplugs and sleeping pills. The TV addict insisted on getting cable for the suite, then demanded that we all pitch in for it. Being that I had no...

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