Because Lauren Asked Me To...

So, apparently, this tagging people in notes and then sharing 10, 15, or 25 or whatever things about yourself is infectiously spreading around Facebook like bad fashion. And I have found myself tagged. Luckily, the person who tagged me is someone I consider to be cool, someone who gets my time, someone who can make me post a blog. Lucky her. Haha. However, I have not nor will I ever use the Notes feature on Facebook.

25 Things About Me:

1. I'm a self-proclaimed bibliophile, which is affirmed by anyone who has come into contact with me since... ever.

2. I am addicted to texting. Like, seriously.

3. I absolute hate the notion of "womanhood" and will probably burp in the face of anyone who tells me to act like a "young lady."

4. I sing in the shower. Seriously, there's a radio in my bathroom at home.

5. I eat when I'm bored.

6. I sleep when I'm bored.

[no wonder I'm overweight, hm?]

7. I believe I have a small case of OCD. But only slightly.

8. I absolutely love my best friend. [No homo]

9. Bad grammar and/or "text talk" makes my soul die a little on the inside.

10. I don't know if I'm truly allergic to crawfish, shrimp, and nuts but I tell everyone I am anyway.

11. I'm terrified of energy drinks and will never knowingly drink one.

12. I hate chick flicks.

13. I cry in movies. All. The. Time.

14. Bookshelves stacked to the ceiling with books make my eyes glaze over and my mouth water.

15. I hate being in a fight with my friends.

16. I am 100% a 90s kid, through and through.

17. The smell of pickles makes me nauseous. Along with coca butter.

18. I believe KDs is a magical place where space and time are suspended. Parking lots, too. ;)

19. I sometimes wonder if I could have made it at the Louisiana School and how my life would be different if I did decide to accept their offer.

20. I believe everyone has a twin somewhere in the world. (Escape to Witch Mountain-style)

22. I don't agree with the notion of "acting black" or "talking white" and will probably challenge anyone who says something that ill-informed to me.

23. Needles freak me out. Seriously. Which is why my ears remain un-pierced.

24. If I could go back to any moment in my life and redo something different, I'd go to my dance recital because I truly adore dance.

25. I knowingly use what little intellect I have in anger or as a defense mechanism.

.:~o*'Kaylyn'*o~:.

P.S. - I just realized this is my 100th post! Ow! Don't you feel special, Lauren? :P

Chaotivity

I came up with a new word a few moments ago. Chaotivity. Chaotivity is the creativity that is often manifested from chaos. Like, how people say the most creative (or ingenious) people keep a messy desk or room or work area. Or when you write the best paper you've ever written at about 3a the morning it's due, music's playing, tv's on, and you're surfing the net. Something like that. I think if I wrote a contemporary book, like one of those books about writing by people who have written books that Christa used to always read from, it'd be called Chaotivity. And it wouldn't demean randomness, clutter, or mess because sometimes the best things are created from chaos. At least, for me.

With that said, here's my "chaotive" (I dunno.. still working on it) post. Which is basically a bunch of random, un-related, unfinished creative bursts that I've thought about while watching tv, or hearing a song on the radio, or while I was supposed to be doing something else:

Could be Sleeping, Should be Writing

Could be sleeping,
should be writing
Lay your head down,
there’s no more fighting
Dance with the sugar plum faeries
You’ll find them quite inviting
Forget your need for literature
It’s all too exciting
Just sit back, relax,
Feel your body unwinding
Follow the second star,
now's the perfect timing

Small Talk

I had a chat with God one day
on my roof after church on Sunday
The sun was high and wind was cool
...
We talked for hours,
me and Him,
catching up like old friends

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"Who am I? A question I've asked myself many times, each time getting a different answer. I'm a daughter, a sister, a friend, a bitch, an idiot, a wreck, a believer, a dreamer, a writer, a giver, a taker, and a trouble-maker.

"What do I want to become? Now, that's a bit harder. There's so much I want to see, so much in this world to do and feel. I want to experience things from other cultures, learn from other people, appreciate it all.

"Excuse me? You wanna repeat that? What don't I want to be?"

She thought for a moment, wanting a truly honest answer in order to get her $80 an hour worth of session from this. Besides, the man with the notepad wasn't too pretentious or invasive with his questions. He was only doing his job. After all, she had come on her free will. She looked down, still thinking. There was a watch covering the scar on her right wrist, a thick plastic bracelet on her left arm for the same purpose. That, she wasn't ready to discuss. Though, somehow, she felt as if the "good doctor" already knew about her failed attempts.

"I-I... I don't know. I've never thought about it. I don't want to be.. here. I don't want to be the same. I don't want to be a... nother. Just another nameless face in the crowd, just another worker punching the clock, another dreamer who has never achieved anything, another wanna-be, another would-be, another could-be. Does that make any sense?"

.:~o*'Kaylyn'*o~:.

Chi Made Me Do It

Well, I was wondering what I'd post here while I'm waiting for my second official day of classes to write my "first day" post. And what do you know? Chi tags me in a note on Facebook. So here goes. 16 random things about me (I'm guessing that's what it is):

1. I read. A lot.

2. I can't start a car without putting on my seatbelt.

3. I can't put the car in drive until I've found a radio station or put on a CD.

4. I channel out when most people are talking to me.

5. I like pretty teeth.

6. I want to lose weight.

7. I sleep when I'm bored.

8. I dance in the mirror.

9. I cry at funerals.

10. I cut my hair for the first time in 18 years and was happy with the result.

11. Without my friends, I'd go insane.

12. I believe in soul mates. And I'm glad to have found mine.

13. Most of my all-time favorite movies I don't own.

14. I learned how to fake a British accent from movies.

15. I can't sleep in pants. I have to be in shorts.

16. I don't to have kids of my own. I want to adopt.

.:~o*'Kaylyn'*o~:.