5 Things (you may not know about me)
1. In
college, pre-Bella, I was dying for a pet. I kept telling Tyler how much I
wanted a dog, even though I wasn’t allowed to have one on campus. I also wanted
a hedgehog at one point. The summer before my junior year, Tyler came back from
the beach and brought back with him a turtle. For me. To have as a pet. It was
a little thing, about the size of a half-dollar. I named him Franklin. He
lived in a little plastic container with a pink lid filled with water.
Sometimes I’d let him run around my bedroom. Once I almost couldn’t find him.
He was hiding under my TV stand. It was a pain to travel with Franklin. I had
to pour out most of the water from his container so it wouldn’t slosh around in
the car. Franklin would try and climb up the side of his house, and fall on his
back. Then he couldn’t get up. Whoever was with me would have to pick up him
and set him upright multiple times during the trip. Franklin didn’t like
traveling. When I graduated and moved to Memphis, Franklin outgrew his little
container. Tyler and I bought him a good-sized aquarium, with places to play
and a ledge for him to sun on. That tank was a pain to clean. When I moved out
of my first apartment in Memphis, Tyler’s parents took Franklin to live at
their house because we weren’t allowed to have an aquarium at our current
apartment. Since then, Franklin doubled, probably tripled, in size. He’s now
larger than my hand. Tyler keeps trying to
find someone to adopt Franklin or else he says he’s going to set him loose in a
pond. Isn’t that mean? Poor Franklin.
2. I
have a really, really bad memory. Tyler says he often feels like he’s on 50
First Dates. Sometimes I just forget things he tells me! Even worse, I’ve forgotten
important details about our relationship, such as where our first date was (but
I DO remember the first movie we watched together was Borat. Quite the first
movie date, huh?). When I recall past events like a concert, a trip, a
childhood memory, there are always holes throughout. It’s so frustrating! I’m very
fortunate that I have photos and Tyler to help me remember things that have
happened. Sometimes it’s like hearing a story for the very first time!
3. I majored
in English in undergrad, with a Creative Writing concentration, which means I
took a variety of English classes (literature, technical writing, editing,
etc.) but the main focus was creative writing. It wasn’t necessarily
something I thought I would want to do long-term, but I figured it could only
help improve my writing skills. I quickly learned I hated poetry, my life
was too boring for non-fiction, but I actually enjoyed writing fiction. My
junior year, I wrote a fiction story that was very dark and disturbing, which
ended with a violent crime. It was like nothing I had ever written. When I
turned it in to my professor, he asked if I’d plagiarized. Here he had a little
blonde cheerleader sitting in front of him, presenting him with such story, and he couldn’t possibly believe it “came from my pretty little
head.” After I convinced him it was 100%
mine, he encouraged me to enter it into our school’s literary contest, judged
by outside authors. My story won, I received $500, and I bought my first
designer bag. If that’s not a happy ending, I don’t know what is.
4. Now,
I love teen soaps like Gossip Girl & The O.C., but my favorite type of TV
program is crime drama. It’s a plus if a government agency is involved. It’s
just so fascinating! My favorites are Law and Order: SVU, The Following,
Homeland, Dexter, Prison Break, and 24. Based on these, what recommendations do
you have for me? I need a new show to be addicted to! I never got into CSI or NCIS,
but I’m thinking about trying Bones. What do y’all think?
5. I’ve
had cornrows twice in my life. When I was 5… totally my mom’s fault. What was
she thinking? Again when I was 13… way old enough to know better. I guess I wanted to
be like Monica.
I was tagged by the adorable Jordan from Exclusively Chic. We met at Memphis Fashion Week last weekend! I promise to share details and photos from that soon!
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