365 - The Project

Taking one picture every day for a year isn’t exactly a new idea, but I’m doing it anyway. For 365 days (starting tomorrow) I will take and post one picture on this blog, along with fascinatingly witty comments for my own amusement.

Also appearing in this blog: essay-length rants about various topics, frequent mentions of a caffeine “addiction” (it’s only an addiction if you admit it is), healthy doses of sarcasm, and random historical and/or scientific facts that you may or may not care about.

Twelve Facts About Me

1. I attend a college somewhere in the United States. I am a History and German double major, although I started off as a Biology major. One semester of Chemistry was enough to convince me that this was not the best idea in the world, so I switched.
2. I will be studying abroad in London this fall. I am very excited for this, because I LOVE all things British-y
3. I have an unhealthy obsession with all things Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings related. My sister and I watch Lord of the Rings together when I come home from school, only when Frodo comes on screen we lower the volume and make up our own (much cruder) dialogue.
4. I scrapbook. This, plus my chronic heart burn, plus my knees that go “Crack!” whenever I squat down, prove that I am approximately 40 years older than I really am.
5. I have one dog, Missy. She’s nine years old and in the process of going blind and deaf. However, she still retains full use of her vocal cords. She likes proving this by making a small ruckus every night, somewhere around 4 in the morning. She also likes to redecorate the house with shredded tissues she steals from bathroom garbage cans.
6. I have been in the process of writing a book since the 6th grade. It has gone through multiple plot and character revisions, to the point that the current story no longer resembles the older versions. I have only now just started actually WRITING this story.
7. As I type, there is a butter and sugar crepe sitting on the table next to me. It is steamy and delicious and I can’t wait to eat it.
8. I watch South Park, Burn Notice, Chuck, The Office, NCIS, and Criminal Minds.
9. As I am moving into an apartment off-campus next year, I figure this summer is a good time to learn to cook. I was put off of cooking many years ago, when an attempt to make popcorn on the stove went terribly wrong and the pot caught on fire.
10. I am many versions of geek, but I do prefer “band geek” as a general name. However, I am also a book worm, a science nerd (yes, despite freshman year Chem, I do still love science), and a general, all-around dork when it comes to my academics (as my boyfriend has noted with varying degrees of exasperation, I actually enjoy studying).
11. On my college application to UVA, I wrote that “loo” was my favorite word. I am still baffled that I wasn’t accepted. (See? Told you there’d be sarcasm!)
12. I typed up most of this while sitting in “Rock’n Joe’s Cafe”, surrounded by a bunch of women who are knitting and talking about knitting. I do not knit. I’m not really sure how I ended up here.

Tomorrow begins The Project!