1. Hands down, my favorite person in the entire world is my little brother Will. I'm sixteen years older than he is and he's three, do the math. Here he is doing his American Apparel model impression from when he participated in a Halloween fashion shoot.

He is not unhip. His favorite bands include Belle & Sebastian and They Might Be Giants and he "wuvs the Highwinns." He also likes sweater vests, like all my favorite men.
2. I. Hate. Numbers. I'm about to finish my last math class ever, two years late, because I could have gotten the chance to get college credit in high school but precal was just too much effort and I found myself copying off of other people's homework. I could not afford to lose those karma points so I dropped out and spent the year having an amazing time in the counseling office hanging out with my friend Fee who was an exchange student from Sommerda, Germany, and Astrid, who is an immensely intelligent, awesome storyteller who used to live in Cuba, and a little girl whose name I forget who was the daughter of one of the counselors. Oh, and I have a friend who's a Civil Engineering major (which is 2 credits away from a math minor) and I have to preface all my stories with, "It's not that I hate you, I just hate numbers...."when I'm around him.
3. My dream job would be some kind of mix of fashion blogger/ lead singer of a band. This would acquire both more web-economics savviness and bravery, because I only sing in the car and apologize profusely to my poor passengers. My boyfriend says I have a beautiful voice, but his band is a noise band and voices just get in the way.
4. When I was little, I was obsessed with the movie Star Wars. I had a spaceship made from a refrigerator box and some markers, which transported me to Muppet Baby-like adventure worlds. (Oh my god, I forgot how great that show was!) In my travels, I was always Princess Leia, while I made my sister be Luke.
5. I have finally done something about my rejection from so many publications. (Self-promo city!)
6. I am obsessed with the color yellow, but only a specific shade which I refer to as Bright-Ass. It's more of a "marigold" shade, but I would be perfectly happy to live in a house with everything painted over in yellow. I don't think I could get tired of it.
7. I also have an obsession with Zelda Fitzgerald. I've read every book written about her, and while I respect what Ernest Hemingway's done for the literary world, I think he's a dick because he didn't like her. I'd like to write a novel loosely based on her life and do her all the respect she deserves.
If you want to be tagged, please say so! I don't know who has and hasn't been, but I know that it's a fun thing to do so totally hit me up.



22 comments:
Bright-ass yellow sounds great to me.
You made Star Wars box-ships too? Excellent!
aha! Now I understand your obsession with the yellow Miss S blouse. Tag me! i want to share.
hihi, I hate numbers too! your brother looks lovely;)
love the facts!!
ive already been tagged but wantr to be tagged again!
After sixth grade, math ceased to be of the practical variety and now it is all about "imaginary numbers" which OH MY GOD WHEN WILL I EVER NEED THESE? That is what I scream inside of my head for a solid ninety minutes five days a week.
OMFG! I LOVE LOVE LOVE ZELDA FITZGERALD! it is so amazing that i finally found another blogger who is addicted as well :) i did a history paper on her last year, best history paper ever, and ever since then i've wanted to learn absolutely everything about her, unfortunately when nonfiction doesn't really grab me and i have no time anyways i haven't been doing a lot of biographical reading on her, but come summer or maybe even spring break i'll be soaking it up like a sponge. it's so awesome to read scott's books and see her in there (well i dunno if awesome is the right word considering he essentially plagerized from her), but still, history and literature combined, i adore it!
you're little brother is soo cute :)
oh and i hate numbers as well!
Numbers suck. Yellow is awesome. I prefer green, but yellow's pretty close up there on my list of favorite colors. I maybe want to be tagged, although I don't feel like doing the seven facts thing right now... I'm so sleepy still. Trying to get up & do something. Blechhh.
Agreed on the Zelda love. There was a great biography recently on Edna St. Vincent Millay that really reminded me of everything I'd read about Zelda.
Your brother is ever-so adorable.
I love the shade you refer to as "bright ass yellow." I also love the shade you refer to of orange of the same nature.
And numbers are a creation of some demonic being.
you seem like a very interesting person! and i do agree with you on numbers sucking. to hell with math, calculus, algebra, and geometry. writing is so much better.
Do the math: I had the same issues, and years later, on a whim, I walked into Berkeley and signed up for pre-cal.
And guess what? I finished the course with a grade of 100. It suddenly made sense to me. The problem had been cognitive dissonance between the books and me and the teaching and me. In other words, it wasn't me at all.
There's still hope!
Your lil' bro's taste in music is impressive. He can party with me anytime.
Is there a "little birdhouse in his soul"?
Your brother looks so cute!
I also hate numbers!!!
What an adorable kid!
luhhhhz yellow color as well!
and your brother is precious, omg.
I'm still obsessed with Star Wars- back in the day when my hair was long enough, I actually wore my hair in the Princess Leia doughnut rolls.
I didn't know Hemingway disliked Zelda, but I don't like his writing much anyway (except The Old Man and the Sea) so that's all ok.
Re Zelda... I felt the same way about Mark Twain and Jane Austen. I love 'em both, but always get a little pissy at Twain for not liking Jane.
And your bro? Adorable. Gonna be a heartbreaker!
As the friend in question, I'll just say most math is bullshit. Sometimes I have to step back and see that.
yeahh hoorah for age gaps!
There is a fifteen year age gap between myself and my younger brother.
I love being his self assigned "mentor"; educating him music and style wise.
Though in a not-too-dictatorish way, of course..
And don't worry, Maths will be over soon, though now that I no longer do it, my technical side of the brain seems to have been M.I.A.
Can't add up to save my life..
oh dear.
i dont know howww i missed this... but i am fascinated by zelda fitzgerald... i haven't really read much about her... have any recommendations?
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