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A Little More ‘Bout Me…

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So, as you might have noticed, I wasn’t able to post last weekend. I realized that I had a final and I should study. 😛 (So I took my final on Wednesday and it went very well!)

Today’s post is adapted from a post from Bryleigh’s blog, which I recently ran across. (Metias and Me is not affiliated with her blog in any way though, I just emailed her to ask to borrow the idea.) She was super nice and you can check out her version on her blog. I’m going to answer some questions about myself, so you guys can all get to know me a little better. If you have any other questions, feel free to email me or leave a comment! Let’s get started!

 

The Basics:

Name: Emily

Nicknames: Em, Emmy, Lulu, Emily-Bemily, Bem, Катя, Sizzle, Bacon Sister #3 (There’s a lot, guys… My dad and friends make up new nicknames like there’s no tomorrow. These are the most frequently used ones.)

Birthday: July 23 (I’ll be 17, believe it or not)

Job: I have several, but the real ones are – working on websites & coaching swim

Hair Color: Blonde – I think my hair would be more of a brown, but the sun and chlorine from swim bleach it.

Height: I am totally proud of my 5 foot 10 (although 6 ft was the goal originally…)

Left or Right-Handed: Right handed

 

Favorites:

Movie: Oh, boy these are gonna be the hard questions… I have many, but Captain America comes to mind first.

TV Show: Sherlock, Once Upon A Time, Psych, Rosemary and Thyme, Murder She Wrote (I could never pick just one for that.)

Color: Blue

Song: Another impossible one, right now it’s probably Freewheel by Josh Osho, Classic by MKTO, or Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran

Candy: I love chocolate anything. Seriously.

Book: Man, I have GoodReads for that question!

Shoes: Like Bryleigh, I love wedges. But. Even more than those, everyone who knows me well could tell you this, the shoes I love and that are associated with me are high tops. Love ’em.

 

Currently:

Feeling: Hungry. We are having the most amazing ribs ever tonight and they cook for five hours, so I can already smell them.

Eating: I’m in between lunch and dinner right now, so nothing. For lunch, I had my own version of chicken lettuce wraps from Pei Wei. (Maybe a recipe will come soon…) 😉

Listening To: My dog bark at the birds in our backyard. (No music at the moment)

Thinking About: What I’m going to write, for an essay in French, about my best friend from when I was little.

Wanting: To watch scary movies with my brother tonight. (Who is currently home – yay!!! I miss him when he’s at college.)

Wearing: Navy blue shorts with cute buttons on them and a bright pink t-shirt with pleats on the shoulders.

 

Future:

Careers In Mind: Ok, I’m looking into being a nurse. It seems so cliché, but I really am interested in being a surgical nurse. Other than that – working in a forensics lab.

Dream Career: In a perfect world where I would succeed at whatever I did, I would either be a coroner or run a small bookstore in a beautiful small town. Drastically different, I know, but it’s me.

Where Do You Want To Live: 50-100 years ago. Bam. Oh wait, like where not when? Umm… Narnia, Wonderland, Neverland, or maybe just my house forever? *Sorry, I have a strong case of I-don’t-want-to-grow-up today.* But probably the same area that I live in now, but in my own apartment or small house later.

 

Do You Believe In:

Miracles: Yes! I’ve seen some.

Ghosts: Quite honestly, I can’t come up with an answer, but anyways, I know who to call…. (If you yelled GhostBusters: You are awesome.)

Aliens: Define “aliens”, but the green guys with huge eyes? Nope, but that would be cool/creepy.

 

Hope you all enjoyed that! Until next time,

xx

Studying Essentials

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A little week-day post for you. Better & longer posts coming this weekend hopefully. Survive.

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The above picture I took about a year ago. Best way to study. The below picture I took this last week. Best way to study continues. Hello Panda is apparently one of the essentials to studying effectively. (Dude… My homework looked way more fun last year…)

IMG_20150317_134127[History homework in both of the above photos, for anyone wondering.]

Here are my for-real studying essentials:

  • quiet company – whether it’s quiet music or a sibling also studying, it’s almost impossible for me to study in silence. I think the silence distracts me because I’m used to working with at least four other people around me, so when given silence, I daydream instead.
  • mechanical pencils – I found out a year or so ago, that I want to write if I’m writing with a pen or mechanical pencil. So use whatever writing tools make you actually want to write something.
  • abundance of working erasers – as you could see in the first picture, I need to erase sometimes and erasers that leave gray smears drive me crazy.
  • snack or drink – although it will never last the entire study session, you can use it as a treat. I was allowing myself one panda after I read a page.
  • clipboard – don’t try to write on top of your books, just have a cute clipboard. Mine has little owls all over it.
  • breaks – take them to: stretch, grab a snack, attempt a handstand, run around the house, scream in a pillow, etc.
  • time limit – don’t sit down and say you’re going to study for a while, have a set ending time. Otherwise if you’re like me, you’ll study too long, get a headache, and be crabby until the test or final is over. (Which could be days later so have a set end time.)

I have a final and a few tests next week, so studying in on my mind. Good luck to anyone else with tests or possibly finals/midterms coming up!

xx

Why I Would Take My Hair to a Guillotine

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Technically, I don’t have to considering that hair is already dead, but the idea suits my thought. haha =)

Has anyone else noticed the world’s some people’s obsession with extremely long/short hair? It seems kind of like that everyone wants a type of hair that they don’t have, or a length they can’t gain (whether for the sake of courage to cut it short or plain old ability to grow super long hair). I recently had my hair cut and so this has been on my mind. {Don’t drop your jaw if you know me, I didn’t cut my hair short, I just cut about two inches off.}

Here’s the thing, I’m not going to tell/recommend/suggest any type of hair length or cut, I’m just going to say why long hair is tough. Ok, let me just start because there are so many little “rabbit holes”, as a teacher of mine calls them, that I could get stuck going down…

Why I love long hair:

Perhaps you weren’t expecting me to like long hair due to the title, but it’s true. I love my long hair, I think it helps my face look more feminine and I enjoy being able to tie my hair back to go running before swim practice. I have super-fine long hair and with the correct amounts of conditioner, it’s very soft, so I love it. My hair reaches my waist right now, but it was about two inches longer than that before this last haircut. Some of my friends have teased that it’s like Samson and his not-cutting-his-hair promise from the Bible, but really I have nothing against cutting my hair. The reason I don’t is simply because if I did, I’m not 100% sure I could grow it back to that length. I’m also unsure if short hair would look ok on me.

Why I have phases of wanting to chop my hair off:

Long super-fine hair gets tangled so easily. It may look nice for the first hour after being styled and/or brushed, but afterwards it’s knotted. I promise it is. Certain short hairstyles look so cute and I wish I could try them out. Also, when I cut it back just a little even, it doubles in softness. I have this certain length that I can brush any knot to before it gets stuck in my hair. So I kind of have this daydream that if I cut my hair to this length, that I would essentially never have a knot in my hair again. [People with short hair, feel free to laugh if necessary.] Plus, I’ve always had this want to try spiking my hair, just to see what it looks like. I’m certainly not rebellious, I just want to try it. Haha, and that’s impossible to do so with hair that reaches my waist.

Mainly what I want to say is, either way if you like or want long/short hair – weigh the choices. Short hair can require lots of styling if you have fine hair, just like long thick hair can be difficult to manage. If you want to cut your hair, make sure you think it through all the way so that you don’t regret it. There’s nothing worse than missing those extra inches within the hour of cutting them off. [That actually always happens to me, I have this whole moment of mourning for the lost length before absolutely loving it the next day.]

If you decide to grow it out, I actually have a tip for you: Three steps forward, one step back.

Grow it out a few inches, then cut it back a bit. That way the ends stay even and your hair won’t break at the ends. Being a swimmer (exposed to sun and chlorine a lot), my ends break and tangle really easily, so it’s always nice to cut the ends off. All in all, just take care of your hair and don’t complain about your hair to other people, chances are someone actually wishes they could swap heads with you.

Hope this was helpful or simply amusing to read!

xx

A Cuisine Adventure…

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photo credits go to a friend
photo credits go to a friend

Well. I want to be able to say that my French repertoire, of making and eating food, is complete. Last Friday, I ate a snail.

It was, of course, eaten on purpose and cooked. It wasn’t unexpected, we had planned the date in advance. I was convinced though, that I would not be able to eat it due to being only barely able to eat frog legs last year. [I truly would link the blog post from that, but I’m just feeling too lazy at the moment. Search around for February posts from last year and you should find it if you’re interested.] I guess I’ve matured, I ate it with only a slight pause {after making a friend eat hers first}. The snail had a slightly sweet flavor and a bizarre texture and I would like not to have to eat another one ever.

Essentially, I feel like I have slightly failed my French mindset and my microscopic French roots. I didn’t expect to like snails or frogs, but to feel nauseated only because I know what I ate is a rather odd feeling. I am happy with my expanded cooking skills though, I could whip up a batch of snails for a guest. I would just refuse to eat them afterwards.

May I tell you that poking canned uncooked snails is really fun though. I wouldn’t want to discourage you from trying frog legs or snails if you want, I did have a fun time. I think I just have a hard time disconnecting knowing what I’m eating from what I know it is. Was. Whatever. 😉 I just had a really strong urge to brush my teeth a ton once I got home from eating the snails. {Also, I realize I should probably be calling them “escargots”, using fancy terms and all. 🙂 }

My friends {the ones who made & ate the frog and snails with me} and I have decided that next year, instead of an even weirder food tasting, we might just go with an all desserts celebration for surviving frog and snail. Have you ever eaten anything weird?

xx