Day 01 - Introduce Yourself
Day 02 - First love
Day 03 – Your parents
Day 04 – Your music
Day 05 – Your definition of love
Day 06 – Your hobbies
Day 07 – Your best friend
Day 08 – A precious item
Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – An inspiration
Day 11 – Your siblings
Day 12 – What’s in your bag
Day 13 – Your mode of transportation
Day 14 – Where you live
Day 15 – Something you love about yourself
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favorite memory
Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret
Day 20 – Your morning routine
Day 21 – Your job and/or schooling
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – Your sleeping habits
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favorite place
Day 28 – Something that you miss
Day 29 – Your favorite foods/drinks
Day 30 – Your aspirations
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Hmm, is it bad that I really only have career aspiration as opposed to personal, family or romantic aspirations?

Well, I'm pretty sure I've mentioned that I plan to go to grad school and eventually get a PhD so that I can begin a career as a practicing psychologist, so I don't think I need to repeat myself.

I suppose for romantic aspirations, I'd like a boyfriend, but I don't think I'd ever want to get married, assuming gay marriage became legal where I was living at the time. I also don't think I could move in with someone, people get on my nerves way too easily for me to want to be around someone 24/7.

Honestly, my career/education aspirations are my #1 priority, which is probably going to bite me in the ass because I probably won't be getting my PhD until I'm 30+.

I suppose this end my "Getting to Know Me" exercise in narcissism. As far as I know, only 2 people read it, so I suppose it wasn't a total waste, right? I hope it wasn't too dull.

I dunno.

Day 01 - Introduce Yourself
Day 02 - First love
Day 03 – Your parents
Day 04 – Your music
Day 05 – Your definition of love
Day 06 – Your hobbies
Day 07 – Your best friend
Day 08 – A precious item
Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – An inspiration
Day 11 – Your siblings
Day 12 – What’s in your bag
Day 13 – Your mode of transportation
Day 14 – Where you live
Day 15 – Something you love about yourself
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favorite memory
Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret
Day 20 – Your morning routine
Day 21 – Your job and/or schooling
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – Your sleeping habits
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favorite place
Day 28 – Something that you miss
Day 29 – Your favorite foods/drinks
Day 30 – Your aspirations
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Well, I love pasta. Anything with pasta, be it lasagna, spaghetti, baked ziti, pasta with pesto sauce, pasta carbonara, all of it. I also love hamburgers and fries, macaroni and cheese (especially a red Thai curry paste mac and cheese that I made). I also have a horrible sweet tooth, so I love chocolate cake, cookies, brownies, anything sweet and anything with chocolate.

Drink wise, I mostly just drink water, but I do enjoy a good margarita. My experience with alcohol is rather limited, so I can't really say much about it.

Day 01 - Introduce Yourself
Day 02 - First love
Day 03 – Your parents
Day 04 – Your music
Day 05 – Your definition of love
Day 06 – Your hobbies
Day 07 – Your best friend
Day 08 – A precious item
Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – An inspiration
Day 11 – Your siblings
Day 12 – What’s in your bag
Day 13 – Your mode of transportation
Day 14 – Where you live
Day 15 – Something you love about yourself
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favorite memory
Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret
Day 20 – Your morning routine
Day 21 – Your job and/or schooling
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – Your sleeping habits
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favorite place
Day 28 – Something that you miss
Day 29 – Your favorite foods/drinks
Day 30 – Your aspirations
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Hmm, this is an odd one.

I suppose I miss the time in my life where I was more carefree, and thus wasn't always thinking and stressing about the future and what I need to do, what I should do, and what I didn't do. So, I suppose that's it. I dunno.

Day 01 - Introduce Yourself
Day 02 - First love
Day 03 – Your parents
Day 04 – Your music
Day 05 – Your definition of love
Day 06 – Your hobbies
Day 07 – Your best friend
Day 08 – A precious item
Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – An inspiration
Day 11 – Your siblings
Day 12 – What’s in your bag
Day 13 – Your mode of transportation
Day 14 – Where you live
Day 15 – Something you love about yourself
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favorite memory
Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret
Day 20 – Your morning routine
Day 21 – Your job and/or schooling
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – Your sleeping habits
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favorite place
Day 28 – Something that you miss
Day 29 – Your favorite foods/drinks
Day 30 – Your aspirations
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Hmmm, my favorite place. I suppose one of them could be the sort of quad area at my old university (you know, because I graduated and now I'm just unemployed). One of my favorite things to do would be sit down somewhere with an iced coffee drink (The Raspberry Mocha Kiss is like a mouth orgasm, y'all) from the school coffee shop, pop in my iPod earbuds and just watch people as they moved around campus.

And I know this is going to sound morbid, but I always really love the cemetery. But you have to understand that for my entire life, I've lived with a cemetery just up my street. Like, I could walk out my door, turn left and walk to the first street corner and I'd be looking at the local cemetery. Because of this, it's always been the focal point of when I go on walks, usually walking around the cemetery or sometimes through it. It's a rather pretty, peaceful place, and it doesn't really seem creepy or anything to me at all, but that's probably because it's been part of my life for as long as I can remember.

Day 01 - Introduce Yourself
Day 02 - First love
Day 03 – Your parents
Day 04 – Your music
Day 05 – Your definition of love
Day 06 – Your hobbies
Day 07 – Your best friend
Day 08 – A precious item
Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – An inspiration
Day 11 – Your siblings
Day 12 – What’s in your bag
Day 13 – Your mode of transportation
Day 14 – Where you live
Day 15 – Something you love about yourself
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favorite memory
Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret
Day 20 – Your morning routine
Day 21 – Your job and/or schooling
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – Your sleeping habits
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favorite place
Day 28 – Something that you miss
Day 29 – Your favorite foods/drinks
Day 30 – Your aspirations
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Oh lawd, here we go kids.

I'm afraid of most animals, honestly. Birds, squirrels, dogs (unless I know them), cats, anything really. I'm terrified of heights, I don't like crowds, I'm a bit of a germ freak in that I don't like getting messy or dirty at all. Actually, I'm sort of anal about that keeping neat and tidy. I won't even wear a sock if it has a small hole in it.

I also tend to get nervous when it comes to opening up to people, the thought of it is rather frightening, which may be why I'm typically very closed off.

I'm generally a rather nervous, stressed, and uptight person, really.

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Day 02 - First love
Day 03 – Your parents
Day 04 – Your music
Day 05 – Your definition of love
Day 06 – Your hobbies
Day 07 – Your best friend
Day 08 – A precious item
Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – An inspiration
Day 11 – Your siblings
Day 12 – What’s in your bag
Day 13 – Your mode of transportation
Day 14 – Where you live
Day 15 – Something you love about yourself
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favorite memory
Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret
Day 20 – Your morning routine
Day 21 – Your job and/or schooling
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – Your sleeping habits
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favorite place
Day 28 – Something that you miss
Day 29 – Your favorite foods/drinks
Day 30 – Your aspirations
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I usually go to sleep around 2 AM-ish and then I'll wake up between 11:15-11:30.

Is that really all I need to say to answer this question?

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Day 02 - First love
Day 03 – Your parents
Day 04 – Your music
Day 05 – Your definition of love
Day 06 – Your hobbies
Day 07 – Your best friend
Day 08 – A precious item
Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – An inspiration
Day 11 – Your siblings
Day 12 – What’s in your bag
Day 13 – Your mode of transportation
Day 14 – Where you live
Day 15 – Something you love about yourself
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favorite memory
Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret
Day 20 – Your morning routine
Day 21 – Your job and/or schooling
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – Your sleeping habits
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favorite place
Day 28 – Something that you miss
Day 29 – Your favorite foods/drinks
Day 30 – Your aspirations
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Well, something that makes me cry. A few movies have actually made me cry, I cry anytime I watch Big Fish and I brawled in the theater when I went with my brother to see Up.

But the one thing that wrecked me the most was the Six Feet Under finale, which I've probably repeated several times by now. I was actually depressed for about 2 weeks after seeing that, and I still can't watch the last few minutes on youtube without tearing up.

The thing that probably effects me the most is whenever I think about my dog, who died over a year ago. Just because the situation surrounding her death and the months leading up to it were just so horrible that I've sort of just numbed myself to the entire thing, but if I devote more than a few seconds to thinking about it, then I start getting upset. So, I try to not think about it at all.

/emo

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Day 02 - First love
Day 03 – Your parents
Day 04 – Your music
Day 05 – Your definition of love
Day 06 – Your hobbies
Day 07 – Your best friend
Day 08 – A precious item
Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – An inspiration
Day 11 – Your siblings
Day 12 – What’s in your bag
Day 13 – Your mode of transportation
Day 14 – Where you live
Day 15 – Something you love about yourself
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favorite memory
Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret
Day 20 – Your morning routine
Day 21 – Your job and/or schooling
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – Your sleeping habits
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favorite place
Day 28 – Something that you miss
Day 29 – Your favorite foods/drinks
Day 30 – Your aspirations
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Honestly, working out makes me feel a lot better. I'm someone that has to do something mildly constructive everyday, otherwise I feel kind of worthless and get a bit depressed and working out really helps me feel like I've accomplished something.

Plus, there's something almost masochistic about spending an hour a day pushing your body as hard as you can and feeling this almost pleasurable soreness the next day, not to mention seeing the change that occurs in your body.

I also like going on walks. I know that it's some form of exercise, but it really is sort of mind-clearing and relaxing for me to just walk the same path that I always take when I walk and just listen to my iPod. It gives me a bit of clarity and gets me out of the house and sort of refreshes me.

Music is also something that makes me feel better. As I said, a lot of what's on my iPod is just fun, trashy pop music, so if I'm ever home along, I can just sort of dance around the house and make a fool of myself (though, I have gotten pretty proficient at shaking my ass). I can be a bit uptight and just being completely silly and stupid is a nice change of pace.

Day 01 - Introduce Yourself
Day 02 - First love
Day 03 – Your parents
Day 04 – Your music
Day 05 – Your definition of love
Day 06 – Your hobbies
Day 07 – Your best friend
Day 08 – A precious item
Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – An inspiration
Day 11 – Your siblings
Day 12 – What’s in your bag
Day 13 – Your mode of transportation
Day 14 – Where you live
Day 15 – Something you love about yourself
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favorite memory
Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret
Day 20 – Your morning routine
Day 21 – Your job and/or schooling
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – Your sleeping habits
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favorite place
Day 28 – Something that you miss
Day 29 – Your favorite foods/drinks
Day 30 – Your aspirations
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Hmm, this is hard one, especially since "upset" is a rather vague word.

One thing that annoys me is when people aren't really rational and they're overly dramatic about things. I'm sure my mother has something to do with it, given that she turns every minor incident into her own one woman Broadway show.

I don't see the need to be so melodramatic about stuff. On IRC I seem to attract people who just want to tell me how much their life sucks and how horrible and worthless they are, and they're just content to sit and complain and do nothing to help the situation, which isn't even as bad as they make it out to be. It doesn't make any sense, and really just turns the person into a burden that I don't want to deal with.

So yeah, people not using their heads is something that drives me crazy.

Day 01 - Introduce Yourself
Day 02 - First love
Day 03 – Your parents
Day 04 – Your music
Day 05 – Your definition of love
Day 06 – Your hobbies
Day 07 – Your best friend
Day 08 – A precious item
Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – An inspiration
Day 11 – Your siblings
Day 12 – What’s in your bag
Day 13 – Your mode of transportation
Day 14 – Where you live
Day 15 – Something you love about yourself
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favorite memory
Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret
Day 20 – Your morning routine
Day 21 – Your job and/or schooling
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – Your sleeping habits
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favorite place
Day 28 – Something that you miss
Day 29 – Your favorite foods/drinks
Day 30 – Your aspirations
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Well, I don't have a job at the moment. But I did have a seasonal job about 2-3 years go as a sales associate in toys, during Christmas at a big retail chain and it was hell on earth.

As for my schooling, I went to a private Catholic school from grades K-12. And I then went to a nearby state university where I was a Business major, but I switched to psychology and after 5 years I graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.

I plan to going to grad school (Just a BA in psych is pretty useless) and getting a Masters, but I'd like to just jump into a PhD program since I plan on getting on anyway and get my doctorate in clinical psychology.

And that is that.

Day 01 - Introduce Yourself
Day 02 - First love
Day 03 – Your parents
Day 04 – Your music
Day 05 – Your definition of love
Day 06 – Your hobbies
Day 07 – Your best friend
Day 08 – A precious item
Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – An inspiration
Day 11 – Your siblings
Day 12 – What’s in your bag
Day 13 – Your mode of transportation
Day 14 – Where you live
Day 15 – Something you love about yourself
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favorite memory
Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret
Day 20 – Your morning routine
Day 21 – Your job and/or schooling
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – Your sleeping habits
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favorite place
Day 28 – Something that you miss
Day 29 – Your favorite foods/drinks
Day 30 – Your aspirations
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First of all, I wake up, obviously. I make my bed, and go downstairs. Usually, I'll check my e-mail for write my "Getting to Know Me" journal entry for the day (depending on the topic) and then I change to my workout clothes and do my workout for the day, which is between 60-90 minutes long. Then I take a shower, which has a routine in and of itself. And then my morning is pretty much finished.

Wasn't that just FASCINATING?

Day 01 - Introduce Yourself
Day 02 - First love
Day 03 – Your parents
Day 04 – Your music
Day 05 – Your definition of love
Day 06 – Your hobbies
Day 07 – Your best friend
Day 08 – A precious item
Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – An inspiration
Day 11 – Your siblings
Day 12 – What’s in your bag
Day 13 – Your mode of transportation
Day 14 – Where you live
Day 15 – Something you love about yourself
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favorite memory
Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret
Day 20 – Your morning routine
Day 21 – Your job and/or schooling
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – Your sleeping habits
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favorite place
Day 28 – Something that you miss
Day 29 – Your favorite foods/drinks
Day 30 – Your aspirations
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Oh boy, he's one I could probably go on and on about.

I suppose that something I regret is being so willing to put my own happiness on the backburner in favor of other goals. While I'm aware that you can't focus on happiness all that time and sometimes things have to take precedent, I haven't really focused on my own happiness for a good long while, which may explain why I haven't really been happy for a good long while.

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Day 02 - First love
Day 03 – Your parents
Day 04 – Your music
Day 05 – Your definition of love
Day 06 – Your hobbies
Day 07 – Your best friend
Day 08 – A precious item
Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – An inspiration
Day 11 – Your siblings
Day 12 – What’s in your bag
Day 13 – Your mode of transportation
Day 14 – Where you live
Day 15 – Something you love about yourself
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favorite memory
Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret
Day 20 – Your morning routine
Day 21 – Your job and/or schooling
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – Your sleeping habits
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favorite place
Day 28 – Something that you miss
Day 29 – Your favorite foods/drinks
Day 30 – Your aspirations
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I honestly can't say that I have one, since birthdays have never been a big deal for me.

For a while, for my birthday, my parents would just take me to the nearest mall which was about an hour away and I could essentially get whatever I wanted (within reason). I always enjoy going to a mall and looking around, so I guess those birthdays would count. I just don't like the asking for stuff part, for some reason, I don't really like getting gifts.

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Day 02 - First love
Day 03 – Your parents
Day 04 – Your music
Day 05 – Your definition of love
Day 06 – Your hobbies
Day 07 – Your best friend
Day 08 – A precious item
Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – An inspiration
Day 11 – Your siblings
Day 12 – What’s in your bag
Day 13 – Your mode of transportation
Day 14 – Where you live
Day 15 – Something you love about yourself
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favorite memory
Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret
Day 20 – Your morning routine
Day 21 – Your job and/or schooling
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – Your sleeping habits
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favorite place
Day 28 – Something that you miss
Day 29 – Your favorite foods/drinks
Day 30 – Your aspirations
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Hmm, ONE of my favorite memories is probably my senior prom.

I know some will scoff about how prom doesn't mean anything and blah, blah, blah, but I had a blast at my prom. I went with my friend (who I later discovered was my 3rd cousin), so there was no date-like pressure about it. It was just us laughing and goofing around and pigging out at the chocolate fountain.

AND I won 300 dollars at After Prom, which made things even better.

Day 01 - Introduce Yourself
Day 02 - First love
Day 03 – Your parents
Day 04 – Your music
Day 05 – Your definition of love
Day 06 – Your hobbies
Day 07 – Your best friend
Day 08 – A precious item
Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – An inspiration
Day 11 – Your siblings
Day 12 – What’s in your bag
Day 13 – Your mode of transportation
Day 14 – Where you live
Day 15 – Something you love about yourself
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favorite memory
Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret
Day 20 – Your morning routine
Day 21 – Your job and/or schooling
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – Your sleeping habits
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favorite place
Day 28 – Something that you miss
Day 29 – Your favorite foods/drinks
Day 30 – Your aspirations
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Well, this is easy,

It hasn't happened yet.

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Day 03 – Your parents
Day 04 – Your music
Day 05 – Your definition of love
Day 06 – Your hobbies
Day 07 – Your best friend
Day 08 – A precious item
Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – An inspiration
Day 11 – Your siblings
Day 12 – What’s in your bag
Day 13 – Your mode of transportation
Day 14 – Where you live
Day 15 – Something you love about yourself
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favorite memory
Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret
Day 20 – Your morning routine
Day 21 – Your job and/or schooling
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – Your sleeping habits
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favorite place
Day 28 – Something that you miss
Day 29 – Your favorite foods/drinks
Day 30 – Your aspirations
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Oh Lawd, this is a hard one.

I suppose that I like that I can make people laugh. Now, if you've ever spoken to me on IRC, I probably come across as bland and humorous, but if we were to actually meet in real life (and I wasn't freaking out at actually meeting someone from IRC), I would seem rather different. Yes, I can still be kind of monotone and serious, but I'm not a robot.

A lot of people love the stories I tell about my family and I can get rather animated while telling them, getting into the whole storytelling process. I still have former classmates telling me how they miss having me in class because they had so much fun with me. So I suppose that's something to love about myself, that I can be entertaining when I want to be.

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Day 02 - First love
Day 03 – Your parents
Day 04 – Your music
Day 05 – Your definition of love
Day 06 – Your hobbies
Day 07 – Your best friend
Day 08 – A precious item
Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – An inspiration
Day 11 – Your siblings
Day 12 – What’s in your bag
Day 13 – Your mode of transportation
Day 14 – Where you live
Day 15 – Something you love about yourself
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favorite memory
Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret
Day 20 – Your morning routine
Day 21 – Your job and/or schooling
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – Your sleeping habits
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favorite place
Day 28 – Something that you miss
Day 29 – Your favorite foods/drinks
Day 30 – Your aspirations
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Well, I live in a small, piece of shit town in Ohio.


I've lived her all of my life, all 22 years of it. I kind of love the trashy, hillbilly-ness of it, but it sort of sucks for someone like me who has interests that are sort of stifled because of my town. I love cooking, but the only food available is from a supermarket, so I can't find anything that's slightly exotic. Plus, a lot of the movies I'd like to see never come to our theater, so unless I want to see a summer blockbuster, I have to wait for the DVD.

Plus, we don't have anything cultural besides the performances that come to my college nearby. And while those can be nice (I went to see Sweeney Todd with my brother and I loved it), there's not enough to really satisfy me. Like, I'd love to see Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? or Angels in America, but they would never come here.

The shopping also sucks. We have lots of antique stores, pawn shops, and a Wal-Mart in a neighboring town and that's about it. It's kind of annoying for someone like me who loves to shop.

So, to sum it up, if anyone is wanted to swoop in and turn me into a pampered housewife in a more urban city, please let me know.

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Day 03 – Your parents
Day 04 – Your music
Day 05 – Your definition of love
Day 06 – Your hobbies
Day 07 – Your best friend
Day 08 – A precious item
Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – An inspiration
Day 11 – Your siblings
Day 12 – What’s in your bag
Day 13 – Your mode of transportation
Day 14 – Where you live
Day 15 – Something you love about yourself
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favorite memory
Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret
Day 20 – Your morning routine
Day 21 – Your job and/or schooling
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – Your sleeping habits
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favorite place
Day 28 – Something that you miss
Day 29 – Your favorite foods/drinks
Day 30 – Your aspirations
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Well, I have a car, which is my main mode of transportation.

It's a red, two door Ford focus named HAL after the computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey.

I guess that answer the question, right?

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Day 05 – Your definition of love
Day 06 – Your hobbies
Day 07 – Your best friend
Day 08 – A precious item
Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – An inspiration
Day 11 – Your siblings
Day 12 – What’s in your bag
Day 13 – Your mode of transportation
Day 14 – Where you live
Day 15 – Something you love about yourself
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favorite memory
Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret
Day 20 – Your morning routine
Day 21 – Your job and/or schooling
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – Your sleeping habits
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favorite place
Day 28 – Something that you miss
Day 29 – Your favorite foods/drinks
Day 30 – Your aspirations
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Well, I actually do have a bag, so this isn't some sort of hypothetical "What I would have in a bag if I had one" type of thing.

When I was going to school my bad had the following in it: latex gloves, playing cards, pens, pencils, school books, my Kindle, my iPod, a stapler, hand lotion, lip balm (both the lotion and lip balm are Burt's Bees, which I <3), binders for my classes, sanitary wipes, tissues, and 2 copies of the Old Testament which I was given by old people who were passing them out on campus one day.

And now you know.

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Day 03 – Your parents
Day 04 – Your music
Day 05 – Your definition of love
Day 06 – Your hobbies
Day 07 – Your best friend
Day 08 – A precious item
Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – An inspiration
Day 11 – Your siblings
Day 12 – What’s in your bag
Day 13 – Your mode of transportation
Day 14 – Where you live
Day 15 – Something you love about yourself
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favorite memory
Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret
Day 20 – Your morning routine
Day 21 – Your job and/or schooling
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – Your sleeping habits
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favorite place
Day 28 – Something that you miss
Day 29 – Your favorite foods/drinks
Day 30 – Your aspirations
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Well, I have 1 brother, which makes this pretty easy.

My brother is 3 years younger than I am, and according to people we look a lot alike and we're also very similar in terms of personality.

And he's also probably gay, so yay for that, I think?

We also tend to watch a lot of the same stuff, so we have this really pathetic pop culture influenced language that makes us an unbeatable team at any sort of "Try to get your teammate to guess things" type of game because our points of reference are essentially the same.

We're not particularly close. Sure we both have similar interests (but I can't get him to watch an old movie to save my life), but we're not really close enough to where we share secrets or confide in each other.

I'm not really sure what else to share, I think I covered most of it.

Day 01 - Introduce Yourself
Day 02 - First love
Day 03 – Your parents
Day 04 – Your music
Day 05 – Your definition of love
Day 06 – Your hobbies
Day 07 – Your best friend
Day 08 – A precious item
Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – An inspiration
Day 11 – Your siblings
Day 12 – What’s in your bag
Day 13 – Your mode of transportation
Day 14 – Where you live
Day 15 – Something you love about yourself
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favorite memory
Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret
Day 20 – Your morning routine
Day 21 – Your job and/or schooling
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – Your sleeping habits
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favorite place
Day 28 – Something that you miss
Day 29 – Your favorite foods/drinks
Day 30 – Your aspirations
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Oh God, this one is a hard one.

A lot of my inspiration just comes from movies, tv, and pop culture, really. I'm almost like a sponge in that I'm just crammed full of pop culture reference, and quotes, and anything to do with the rather absurd world we live in.

I suppose you could say that I am inspired by the absurd. The bizarre celebrity meltdown, the off-beat TV show that could only last 2 seasons at the most, or the incredibly weird, wonderfully horrible cult classics.

I think it leads to me not taking live so seriously. I know a lot of people think I'm a humorless, soulless automaton. One person said that if I were to ever send them a picture or get on cam and they just saw a robot sitting there, it wouldn't surprise them.

But I'm not like that at all, really (except for being emotionally dead inside, of course). And I think that has a lot to do with just being inspired by the stupid things in life, and being aware of just how stupid people and the world can be.

I guess that kind of answered the question, right?

Day 01 - Introduce Yourself
Day 02 - First love
Day 03 – Your parents
Day 04 – Your music
Day 05 – Your definition of love
Day 06 – Your hobbies
Day 07 – Your best friend
Day 08 – A precious item
Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – An inspiration
Day 11 – Your siblings
Day 12 – What’s in your bag
Day 13 – Your mode of transportation
Day 14 – Where you live
Day 15 – Something you love about yourself
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favorite memory
Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret
Day 20 – Your morning routine
Day 21 – Your job and/or schooling
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – Your sleeping habits
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favorite place
Day 28 – Something that you miss
Day 29 – Your favorite foods/drinks
Day 30 – Your aspirations
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Well, if this is concerned with religious beliefs, then this is probably going to be a pretty short journal.

I'm essentially an atheist. I don't really believe in God, or Gods, or any sort of supernatural forces. Now, I'm not for sure in those beliefs, I don't feel any real certainty that God doesn't exist, which put me in more into the agnostic camp, I suppose. So much of belief seems to come from emotion. You FEEL God's presence in your life, and as someone who is generally pretty unemotional, I just don't feel it.

I don't really care what other people belief, it's none of my business. I'm not one of those people who looks down on anyone with a relationship with God, because I know that it can enrich a person's life and help them promote positive changes. I've seen it happen.

I once had to sum up my personal philosophy for a class once, and I said something like this "Be the best you that you can be, and leave everyone else the hell alone." I don't care what people do or believe as long as they aren't hurting anyone, because it's none of my business. It's not up to me to tell anyone how to live in the same way that it's not for anyone else to tell me how to live. Unless of course someone asks for help, then it's fine (I have to include that, because otherwise I'd look like a hypocrite since I plan to be a psychologist)

Anyway, there we go. Another day down.

Day 01 - Introduce Yourself
Day 02 - First love
Day 03 – Your parents
Day 04 – Your music
Day 05 – Your definition of love
Day 06 – Your hobbies
Day 07 – Your best friend
Day 08 – A precious item
Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – An inspiration
Day 11 – Your siblings
Day 12 – What’s in your bag
Day 13 – Your mode of transportation
Day 14 – Where you live
Day 15 – Something you love about yourself
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favorite memory
Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret
Day 20 – Your morning routine
Day 21 – Your job and/or schooling
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – Your sleeping habits
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favorite place
Day 28 – Something that you miss
Day 29 – Your favorite foods/drinks
Day 30 – Your aspirations
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Well, I have more than one precious item, of course. So, if I have to pick one, I would probably pick an award that I won for an intentionally bad horror movie that I made.

The story is as follows: When I was a senior in high school, I was taking a computer applications class. It was way too easy and I could have taken a free period, but study halls always bored me.

Anyway, as part of the class, we had to make a submission into a regional electronic media competition. Since there were so few students in the class, we decided to work together, but the group settle on making a movie that was insanely stupid. I refused to do it, because the concept for the movie was dumb, not funny, and just a cheap laugh. This led to my teacher essentially rolling her eyes at me and telling me to just make my own movie.

So I recruited some of my brother's friends and we set about making an intentionally bad movie since I did not have the resources, time, or talent to actually make something that was actually good. Making movies is a hobby of mine, but they're usually stuff that's already intentionally bad or something like a mockumentary because I don't hold any pretensions about being a good actor or having any talent as a filmmaker. It's just something stupid and fun.

We created a horrible movie about some kids investigating a supposedly haunted house and getting killed off one by one by "The Master" (Which I ripped off from Manos: The Hands of Fate), which was me with a pillowcase on my head. We added intentional mistakes and screw-ups, so there was at least SOME effort involved.

The video was made over the course of an afternoon so I got to spend a few weeks of class doing nothing while watching my classmates try to make their own video. They ended up dropping their original concept and went with an idea that I had actually suggested. But I was glad I wasn't part of the group because if the footage I saw being filmed was any indication, it turned out to be horrible.

The day of the competition came and I had to sit as award after award was presented, and I realized just how my video didn't really fit the overall tone of the show. With categories like "Best Documentary" and "Best 3D Animation", I realized that a movie where the last surviving teen suffers a heart attack on the stairs of a haunted house was not really going to fit anywhere. As it came to the "Best in Show" award, they announced a new category called "Judge's Choice", and how the recipient was a video that the judges loved and was talked about almost every day.

And, as you can probably guess, they announced my name. The look of shock on my teacher's face, combined with the fact that my classmates didn't win anything, coupled with one judge hurrying up to me in the lobby to tell me that my video was her favorite video that she's ever seen in the history of the competition made it a good day.

And that story went in waaaaaay too long.

Day 01 - Introduce Yourself
Day 02 - First love
Day 03 – Your parents
Day 04 – Your music
Day 05 – Your definition of love
Day 06 – Your hobbies
Day 07 – Your best friend
Day 08 – A precious item
Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – An inspiration
Day 11 – Your siblings
Day 12 – What’s in your bag
Day 13 – Your mode of transportation
Day 14 – Where you live
Day 15 – Something you love about yourself
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favorite memory
Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret
Day 20 – Your morning routine
Day 21 – Your job and/or schooling
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – Your sleeping habits
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favorite place
Day 28 – Something that you miss
Day 29 – Your favorite foods/drinks
Day 30 – Your aspirations
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I don't really have much in the way of friends. I suppose that my "best friend", even though that particular title does not fit her, is a particular friend of mine. She was actually my prom date. Though, we never had any sort of romantic relationship, we just went to have fun, and we did. That actually one of the best nights of my life.

Of course, it turns out that we're 3rd cousins, but since nothing sexual happened, I don't need to worry about fulfilling the stereotype that some may have given that I live in a shitty little redneck town.

We meet every so often, maybe once every 2 weeks for either board games or to go to a local Mexican place to drink margaritas and watch bad karaoke.

But I'm not particularly close to her, really. We don't confide in eachother and we don't really have anything in the way of intimacy (of the emotional type, nothing physical, of course).

So, that's how that question is answered, I suppose.

Day 01 - Introduce Yourself
Day 02 - First love
Day 03 – Your parents
Day 04 – Your music
Day 05 – Your definition of love
Day 06 – Your hobbies
Day 07 – Your best friend
Day 08 – A precious item
Day 09 – Your beliefs
Day 10 – An inspiration
Day 11 – Your siblings
Day 12 – What’s in your bag
Day 13 – Your mode of transportation
Day 14 – Where you live
Day 15 – Something you love about yourself
Day 16 – Your first kiss
Day 17 – Your favorite memory
Day 18 – Your favorite birthday
Day 19 – Something you regret
Day 20 – Your morning routine
Day 21 – Your job and/or schooling
Day 22 – Something that upsets you
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry
Day 25 – Your sleeping habits
Day 26 – Your fears
Day 27 – Your favorite place
Day 28 – Something that you miss
Day 29 – Your favorite foods/drinks
Day 30 – Your aspirations
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Well, here's a pretty easy one to do. Which is a nice change of pace.

My hobbies include watching movies, a fact I have made painfully obvious for anyone who has ready any of my journals. I love reading about movie, the history of film, and of course actually watching them. I'm pretty eclectic in what I watch. If you look at my movie collection, I have at least 4 silent films, several foreign films, a few cheesy 80's movies (Adventures in Babysitting is the best y'all), some musicals, some 70's Blaxploitation (Pam Grier is amazing), some actual recent films, and so on and so forth. I like them all, really. I love Bette Davis, she's my favorite actress of all time, I've seen her in 37 movies, which is quite a bit.

I love to read. I'm currently reading Infinite Jest, and it's taking me forever to actually work through it. Usually I'm a pretty fast reader, but this book just sort of takes a toll on my patience at time. I love a good mystery, which explains why I'm a huge Agatha Christie fan. But my favorite book of all time is probably Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. It was completely devastating and I couldn't pick up another book for the rest of the day after I finished reading it.

I know this sounds sad, but I also like TV. I know a lot of people scoff at TV and say how there's nothing good on it, but those people are wrong (And you can quote me on that). Currently, I really like Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Damages, True Blood, Dexter (even though it's kind of past its prime), Archer, Weeds, and Nurse Jackie. I also watch Survivor and The Amazing Race, which is really just reality show trash, but they've sort of become a weekly thing for me and my dad to do together, so it's nice.

But, I also love Six Feet Under, a show created by Alan Ball, who created True Blood and won and Oscar for his screenplay for American Beauty (which is an awesome movie). That show is probably the greatest TV show I've ever seen, or will ever see. The finale alone wrecked me and I spend about 2 weeks in a depression afterward (That's not uncommon, so don't think of me as weird). I still can't even hear the song Breathe Me without having scenes from it flashing through my head and making me sad. In addition to Six Feet Under, I love Arrested Development, Veronica Mars, My So-Called Life, Wonderfalls, Pushing Daisies, Dead Like Me, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Lost, and a lot of show I'm probably forgetting.

I also work out. I'm currently doing the P90X workout program (I have 1 day and 1 week left of it until I'll have completed my first round). And it usually leaves me a tired, sore, sweaty mess, the kind that image that could kill arousal across the nation. But I've lost a lot of weight and I'm getting more toned in other parts of my body, so I'll probably keep doing it. Plus, it's something constructive to do. I wake up, I work out, and then I don't need to worry too much about finding something to do, I can just sort of do what I want and not feel guilty about being lazy because I worked my ass of in the morning. Oh, another added benefit is that I'm getting pretty flexible, like, I can almost put my foot behind my head. Ooo, sexy, I know.

I do some writing, just some stupid little 3-4 page things, usually about myself. I've shown a few people, and they say I write like David Sedaris. I didn't really understand that until I read Me Talk Pretty One Day, and I didn't realize what a huge compliment that would be. My friends keep telling me I should write a book, since my family is kind of fucked up (but in a more endearing way as opposed to a "call children services" way").

Hmmm, I also like board games, especially the kind that involve screwing people over.

Oh, and I also cook. I've mentioned this before too, but I've been doing all of the household cooking for about 7-8 years. And I recently became the family baker, taking care of any and all birthday cakes. Aren't I just a catch, kids?

And video games, how the hell do I forget video games? I've been playing since I was 3, when my dad bought me an SNES (A certain fried of mine is probably feeling old when I mention that). I am A RPG whore, I love RPGs, easily my favorite game genre. I adore the Final Fantasy games (9 is my favorite, though some will argue with my sanity at that point). Some of my favorite games are Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Mass Effect 2, Final Fantasy 9, Final Fantasy 8, Elite Beat Agents, Perfect Dark, Super Mario RPG, The Ace Attorney series, The Elder Scrolls III and IV, BioShock 1 and 2. I'm sure I'm forgetting others, but that's a constant theme with me, so bear with me.

Anyway, I think that covered most of it. And Holy Hell did I write a lot.