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30-day writing challenge: Day 18

19 Friday Jun 2015

Posted by ejridener in Art, Challenge, Family, Life, Literature, Movies, Music, Travel, Uncategorized

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Day 18: Post 30 facts about you

I’m going to treat this as a “meet to admin” type situation. Every year in the “Notes” section of my Facebook page, I post a “30 things about me part…” since my senior year of high school. The reason I have continued to do it is because it’s funny to see how things change and how I’ve grown from senior in high school to fourth year college student. I recommend doing it because it’s a nice thing to look back on after a few years and it provides a little flashback to who you were years before.

giphy-31.I used to want to be a vampire

2.I name my technologies

3.My iPod, Vlad, is like a lifeline, pacifier and addiction all wrapped in one

4.I love to travel and have visited most of continental United States and Hawaii along with Cozamel

5.I have a dream of visiting London, Ireland and Paris

6.I identify as Goth

7.I am a literature nerd

8.My favorite Shakespeare play is Richard III followed by Coriolanus

9.My nephew and I almost share a birthday

10.I love to cook but rarely do so

A blanket I made as a baby shower gift for a close friend.

A blanket I made as a baby shower gift for a close friend.

11.I knit to relax

12.I think I’m a 70-year-old trapped in a 22-year-old’s body

13.I have a coffee problem

14.I consider myself a straight ally

15.My bedroom looks like a crypt complete with black-out curtains, black bedding and enough skulls to rival the Paris Catacombs

16.My favorite Edgar Allen Poe work is “The Tell-Tale Heart”

17.I am a huge Game of Thrones fan and, spoiler alert, am still a bit emotional at Jon Snow’s death

18.My favorite artist is Kevin Llewellyn

19.I love my Nikon I bought for my digital photojournalism class, even though I struggle with the manual setting, and love to take pictures of just about anything

20.My mom and I, even though we are incredibly close, are like Doris Day and Wednesday Addams…guess which one’s Wednesday?

21.My alarm clock is my foe

22.My favorite composer is either Thomas Newman or Danny Elfman

23.My favorite director is Tim Burton

24.My iPod has 2,220 songs and counting

25.I love thunderstorms

26.I prefer nighttime and avoid the sun like the plague

27.I have my mother’s Irish skin until I venture into the sun where I burn once and my father’s Native American heritage holds my tan for at least six months. No, I’m not happy about that

28.Our Yorkie, Kitty, and I used to have a severe case of sibling rivalry until Jules passed and we mended the fence because we lost our friend

29.My favorite book is Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill

My Chemical Romance in the music video for "Teenagers."

My Chemical Romance in the music video for “Teenagers.”

30.My all-time favorite band is My Chemical Romance

30-day writing challenge: Day 12

13 Saturday Jun 2015

Posted by ejridener in College, Family, Life, Literature, Uncategorized

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Day 12: Write about five blessings in your life

These are the things I am truly grateful for and couldn’t imagine my life without them.

My parents
Behind every nerdy, weird and well-awarded student is a strong support at home. I know if I leave a sticky note on our Keurig asking my dad to wake me when he gets up and 4 a.m. because I’m napping on the couch in an attempt to survive my all-nighter. I know if I rant to my mom she’ll listen and try to make me laugh to relieve the stress. I adore the two of them and couldn’t imagine where I would be without the two of them.

My nephew and I shortly after he was born.

My nephew and I shortly after he was born.

My nephew
Though I am usually left highly annoyed by his antics, I couldn’t imagine not having the little hellion around. He came in the winter “storm of the century” in February 2011 (jokes on us, February 2015 was way worse) and has provided endless mischief. Should I also mention I used to get him to smile when no one else could and he’s repaid me with blaming me for the smallest of things?

Jules
Though I no longer have her, she was one of the greatest things in my life. Right before my sophomore year of high school, we rescued an eight-year-old shih tzu that became my partner in crime, my shadow and my snuggle buddy. She was mine and I was hers. Ultimately, the worst decision of my life was deciding when to let go and giving the go-ahead for my mom to make the appointment that I wouldn’t be taking her home from.

Jules in her comfort zone, my lap, less than a week before we said goodbye.

Jules in her comfort zone, my lap, less than a week before we said goodbye.

My education
I think our education is often overlooked when people think about the things they are grateful for. I’m not only lucky to have had access to a K-12 education but am also lucky to have received a scholarship to Wayne State University, a research institution on par with the University of Michigan. I’ve spent the last four years working hard at a degree and with my recently added minor I still have a bit to go before I’ve conquered college.

My dreams
I guess sometimes you need to have something you want to reach for but won’t put yourself down when you figure out it’s an inch passed your fingertips. I have many dreams, some of which evolve and others fizzle, and I’ve always been happy to be the type that has them. I feel dreams are linked to drive seeing as everything starts as a dream you wish to accomplish and must possess the drive to do so.

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