Stuff I like to do: I've been a dancer for 11 years, although my dancing was temporarily put on hold when I started college and my first job. (I work in my college's Job Placement Office.) I still love dancing at parties and stuff, but I haven't taken a dance class in months. I took 7 1/2 years of classical ballet, with two years on pointe....I've taken two years of jazz, one semester of hip hop, and about a year and a half of tap. I prefer hip hop/jazz dancing above everything else. I still love watching ballet,though, and I wish I'd been good enough to pursue ballet as a career. It was just one of those things that I wasn't good enough at. Besides dancing, I love shopping, hanging out with my friends, e-mailing, watching cheerleading (I have a huge amount of respect for cheerleaders, because they work sooo hard!! Also, some of it is close to dancing,which I can relate to. I know how hard they work!),talking online to my friends, reading (I always have to be reading something,otherwise I get sooo bored!! *lol*), keeping up to date on the news (I love being informed about all kinds of issues, even stuff about celebrities!!), writing, English, Journalism, Psychology, singing (only in the car and in the shower...never in front of people!! *lol*), my college's International Club,the people I work with, and lots more!!
Currently, my favorite movies are "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" and "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King". =)As far as my favorite actors and actresses, I like (just to name a few! *lol*) Orlando Bloom,Dominic Monaghan,Adrien Brody,Jim Carrey,Mike Myers,Robin Williams,Ewan McGregor,Julia Roberts,Hugh Jackman,Nicole Kidman,Renee Zellweger,Kirsten Dunst,the cast of SNL,Colin Firth,Amanda Bynes, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy,(you can tell I love comedy,right? *lol*),Nathan Lane,Reese Witherspoon,and much more!!! I love movies,theater,and musicals! =)
Music I like: I'm not as picky as I used to be about the music I listen to. It's funny,because I used to only listen to new stuff (like boy bands! ugh!!!) and I would turn my nose up at older music, but I'm starting to appreciate it more now that I'm older,for some reason. I'll pretty much listen to anything, except for hardcore rap, blues, and country. Some of my favorite singers,bands,and songs are: Maroon 5 (I saw them live with John Mayer in Mountain View on 7/16/04 with my brother and the show kicked ass!!!), Kelly Clarkson, Clay Aiken, Jet, Evanescence, Led Zeppelin, Good Charlotte, New Found Glory, Charlotte Church, Hanson's new album "Underneath", Lillix, Usher, Black Eyed Peas, Switchfoot, Ashlee Simpson, Christina Aguilera (most of her songs, not really her), Britney Spears (some of her songs, I can't stand her as a person), Simple Plan, No Doubt, AC/DC, System of a Down, Ryan Cabrera, Sum 41, Mandy Moore, Michelle Branch, Celine Dion,the "Anastasia" soundtrack, the "Return of the King" soundtrack, Josh Groban, "Here Without You" by 3 Doors Down, and more!! I usually start liking a singer if he or she has a strong voice and a good vocal range and can hold their voice for a long time without faltering...I know a lot of people are impressed when someone can do all those vocal athletics (think Mariah and Christina), but too much of that doesn't really sound good. I personally think it's more impressive when someone can hold their voice and make it get louder or quieter. I also have a lot of respect for people who write their own songs, and have an actual band behind them, rather than that stupid synthesized stuff.
Stuff I don't like: (I had to put it somewhere *lol*) smoking, alcohol (except for Chardonnay on occasion), drugs, people who are totally stuck on themselves and think they're God's gift to the world, teenyboppers, girls who get all hysterical over male celebrities (girls who act like that make me laugh, but it also frustrates me because those actors are real people too!!),people who act stupid without thinking (like sleeping with a bunch of guys just because "everyone is doing it"), the excuse "everyone is doing it" *lol* (it's the most lame excuse I've ever heard), people who pretend to be somebody they aren't, players, cheating of any kind, cigarette smoke (it seriously makes me feel sick when I'm around too much of it), drunk people (they act like total idiots!!), and people who are really nosy (I'm a private person, so I'm always reluctant to open up to someone unless I know them really well).
My favorite foods: (I know this sounds dorky, but as people who know me really well know, I love to eat! I have good metabolism, so I can basically eat whatever I want and not gain weight)
Pasta--I could eat it every day,even though it's probably not good to eat it so often.
I used to like Big Macs, but I've sworn them off as I've decided not to eat beef anymore, unless I absolutely can't avoid it.(just a note: I haven't eaten pork either in a really long time)
the curly fries at Jack-in-the-Box
Pizza--who doesn't like pizza? *lol*
my Mom's meatloaf
green bean casserole on Thanksgiving (my Aunt always makes this and it's sooo good!!!)
burritos
fish tacos
egg rolls
potato wedges (or "jo-jo's" as my family calls them...we used to live in Connecticut and that's what they're called on the East Coast)
Spanish rice
Macaroni and cheese---again,I could eat it every day!! *lol* =)
lasagna
meatball sandwiches
taquitos
seafood salad
veggie fried rice
flavored rice you make from a mix =)
my Dad's spaghetti sauce
(I just noticed this is all fattening stuff! *lol* I never pay attention to that,though, so I never really noticed)
I have a weakness for cookie dough and muffin dough straight out of the bowl, even though I know you're not supposed to have it because of the raw eggs...it's sooo good,though!! =)
And don't even get me started on the desserts! *lol* I love chocolate, so that's pretty self-explainatory right there. *lol*
