Friday, February 28, 2014

Five Things About Me

Ahh you guys I leave for India TOMORROW! I still can't believe it's really happening! 

In typical me fashion, I procrastinated a lot and don't have a store of posts built up. I do have a few post ideas and hope to try the whole spontaneous, brief check-in post thing, but I may be a little MIA for the next two weeks. 

Because I was so focused on trying to think of things to write while I'm in India, I kind of forgot to think about something to write about today. Oops. Lucky for me, the DC Trifecta is hosting an "About Me" themed Friday Five link up. Boom. Perfect post idea!



So without further ado, here are five things that you may or may not know about me. Hopefully there are a few surprises in here. I like to think I'm not totally predictable.

1. I love trashy, terrible and teen TV shows

I love Downton Abbey, House of Cards and a lot of HBO dramas (anybody watching True Detective?! So scary but so good!) but I also love me some trashy TV. Preferably in glorious marathon, binge watching form. On my recently watched list: Dance Moms, America's Next Top Model, and, most recently Dance Academy. If you haven't seen it, it's a fabulous Australian teen drama about an elite dance high school. I started watching this weekend thanks to a rec from Ashley at Downsizing and I can. not. stop.


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2. I am secretly an arts and crafts fiend

I taught myself how to knit and crochet before college and have made a couple big projects, including a blanket that the bf actually uses! I was really active on Craftster"an online community where people share hip, off-beat, crafty diy (do it yourself) projects" and sewed my sophomore year school bag out of lots of folded up plastic bags. It was pretty sweet.


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3. I wanted to be a home design/DIY blogger

Confession: when I first considered starting a blog, I really wanted to be a home design/DIY blogger. Young House Love is still my most-read blog and I asked for and received their home DIY book for Christmas. But I don't have much of a home to design in and haven't actually made a single one of the projects I've pinned. Healthy living blogging is so much more me!


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4. I'm a huge sci-fi/fantasy nerd

I've read all 14 books in the Wheel of Time series, all of the Song of Ice and Fire (before the HBO shows. holla!) pretty much everything Orson Scott Card has ever written, and am currently on book 4 of the Sword of Truth series. Something about the sweeping stories, larger than life heroes, and magic swords gets me every time. Yep. Giant nerd over here. 


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5. I was once in an issue of robot magazine

I couldn't bring myself to post the picture, but you can find it here. And it's still very easily searchable on Google, and someone once sent me a Facebook request asking me if I was "that girl in robot magazine". Basically before I decided on the whole international development/Asia career thing, I was really into robots. For about two years of undergrad, I was really sure I wanted to get a PhD and spend the rest of my life in a lab doing research. Glad I found out that wasn't for me sooner rather than later!

Q. So how'd I do? Anything you didn't know already? What's one surprising thing about you?


17 comments:

  1. This is fun to read! It's funny how I feel like I KNOW people from reading their blogs, but posts like this make me realize there is a whole different side to everyone in the blog world- like robots! love it!

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    1. Thanks! I'm so bad at writing about personal details/all the other parts of my life so this was really fun! :)

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  2. I love that you were in Robot magazine and even more that you got messaged about it. I am a secret craft fiend too. Not a GOOD craft fiend, but one all the same. I desperately wanted to learn to knit so I taught myself and was good at one stitch. I worked on the same scarf for 2 years before I finally gave up.

    You are going to India tomorrow? Woah! I hope you have the most amazing trip. :)

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    1. Thanks! Lol yea it was Robot Magazine was my one shining moment of fame. My problem with knitting is I love starting things but never like to finish them.

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  3. Well I got the craft thing down with the whole cardmaking thing so there's that ;) I love the Robot magazine piece. Safe travels to/from India!!

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    1. ok, I have difficulty commenting on your site. The above is my old WordPress login. so frustrating!!

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    2. Oh no sorry about that! I got both comments, I'll try to figure out what's going on!

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  4. This is such a fun post! I haven't seen any of those HBO shows but wish I would have started watching downton abbey, so many people love it! That home decorating blog sounds interesting! And congrats on being in that Robot magazine! I didn't even realize they had a magazine devoted to robots!

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    1. Yay glad you liked it! Haha yea I'm pretty sure it's possible to find a magazine dedicated to everything lol.

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  5. The robot magazine was the best! I started watching Dancing Academy too, its actually pretty good.

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    1. Haha yea I love it, even though the target audience is clearly teenage girls. Plus I get to drive my roommates crazy practicing my Australian accent :)

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  6. Visiting from Five Friday Link Up Amanda. I am a junk show JUNKIE! I watch them all - RHOA, RHONJ, Love and Hip Hop, Shahs of Sunset, Blood, Sweat and Heels and the list goes on and on. My husband hates it!

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    1. Haha yes! The bf also has to leave the room when I watch Dance Moms. He hates yelling and drama, and even got mad to the Four Weddings people for being too bitchy. I don't think he gets it lol

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  7. I love these five things - how fun to know more about you, things you wouldn't normally chat about on the blog! Cool robot pic, truly!

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    1. (and when I typed in my comment, the Captcha thing told me to prove I'm not a robot by typing in the numbers, funny coincidence!)

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    2. Haha I love it! Thanks for stopping by :)

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