A fellow squadmate challenged us to write 100 facts about ourselves, so I figured I would participate. Here you go! Enjoy 🙂
1. An obvious is that I follow Jesus.
2. I took dance classes from age 9 to age 18.
3. I have taken ballet, jazz, hip hop, lyrical, modern, and tap.
4. I stopped taking dance until this past August of 2011, when I started back hip hop.
5. I also do latin dance – salsa, merengue, and bachata.
6. Bachata is my favorite.
7. Bachata is also what I am best at when it comes to latin dancing.
8. I am working to one day be able to teach latin dancing, as it is one of my passions, after my return from the World Race.
9. If I were to have a superhero power, I'd want to be able to read minds…at least more clearly than I do now. 😉
10. I consider myself a hippie, yet I have never done drugs, I don't recycle, and although I try to be healthy, I don't place a lot of emphasis on it.
11. Yet, I love hippie clothes – tie dye, long skirts, long hair, bands around the head, etc.
12. My first pup was a black lab named "Princess," but when she bit me at one point, we gave her away because I was too scared.
13. My second dog was my favorite. His name was Simba, because when he was a puppy he looked like Simba off the Lion King. 🙂
14. My third dog was an Alaskan Husky named Sam, who chewed up a small dog and so my dad gave him back to the original breeder.
15. The dog that is at my parents' house now is named Reggie. He is awesome, but very wild so they have to keep him on the leash at all times or he'll go visit his lady friends.
16. I played soccer when I was in eighth and ninth grade. My number was 19.
17. I ran track when I was in 11th grade and I was the most fit I have ever been in my life.
18. I ran the 500m and the 1000m.
19. I participated in a spelling bee when I was in elementary school, but I purposely misspelled a word in order to not go in the next round and be considered a "dork."
20. I told my whole kindergarten class to "shut up" one day when my teacher had told me that I was in charge of the class.
21. I was in drama class for 3 years in middle school.
22. I wrote a play for Grandparents Day one year in middle school that was performed in front of family and friends of people in my drama class.
23. I participated in a few plays myself.
24. I took piano lessons for 3 years.
25. After piano lessons, I took voice lessons for 2 or 3 years (can't remember).
26. Instead of a band geek, I was a chorus geek. I was in chorus all 4 years of high school.
27. I'm still good friends with my chorus teacher from high school. (Wuddup, Wheeler!)
28. My first concert was Shania Twain. Thanks go to my sister, Dana, for buying those tickets.
29. I have seen several Broadway productions live in both Raleigh, NC and Myrtle Beach, SC.
30. Those productions are: Beauty and The Beast, Lion King, Spirit of the Dance, River Dance, and probably some others that I can't remember.
31. I saw Lion King on my 16th birthday. It was my favorite.
32. My first boyfriend from back in 2004 gave me a cross necklace that I still wear to this day.
33. When I was a kid, my family and I went on family vacations every summer.
34. Our top destinations were: Myrtle Beach, SC and Gatlinburg, TN.
35. My hair has been every shade of blonde, brown, and red.
36. For my 10th birthday, we went to Chuckie Cheese.
37. For one of my birthdays, my mom had an N*Sync cake made.
38. The piece of the cake I ate was Justin Timberlake. Holla.
39. I went to Warped Tour my junior year of high school with my best friends at the time. Best concert experience ever.
40. I went on a cruise in 2000 to the Bahamas.
41. I really don't remember much other than I went snorkeling while my parents lay in the hammock asleep.
42. I love horseback riding and wish I could do it more often.
43. I was the dance team leader at my church when I was in high school.
44. I have seen Sugarland, Skillet, Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, and Kelly Clarkson in concert.
45. For one of my birthdays we played tag outside in the dark. We couldn't find someone for like an hour…nerve wrecking.
46. A man-of-war jellyfish stung me on my wrist the summer before eighth grade. I had to wear a sock over it to keep from scratching.
47. I cried for about two hours after the sting, fell asleep, woke up in pain but still went to Calabash seafood!
48. I still have the scar.
49. I got my first tattoo when I turned 18 – a star on my ankle. I know, so daring.
50. The next tattoo I got was an infinity sign with faith, hope, and love etched around it.
51. I have met Nicholas Sparks before.
52. I have also met several actors from One Tree Hill before – Chad Michael Murray (Lucas), Sophia Bush (Brooke), James Lafferty (Nathan), and Paul Johannson (Dan).
53. I also saw Bethany Galeotti (Haley) and Chase (Steven Colletti) coming out of their trailers.
54. My favorite time of day is the time when the sun sets, because I get to look at the sky and see all the pretty colors.
55. Cliché as it sounds, I absolutely love walking in the rain.
56. My favorite pro football team is the Steelers.
57. When I was a freshman and sophomore in college, the weekly routine would be to go to Hooters to watch the games.
58. My favorite college basketball team is the Tarheels, but I never make time to watch them, because I'm always doing something else.
59. I am a photographer.
60. For my senior project in high school, I collaborated with a local photographer who showed me all the ropes.
61. I was on the yearbook team in high school.
62. I hung out with the same group of people for 3 years of my high school career.
63. Every weekend, we would go to the Luna Bean to watch local bands play.
64. My first favorite local band was Scarlet Undercover. They are no longer together
65. My favorite Disney movie is Lion King.
66. My second favorite is Aladdin.
67. My third favorite is Beauty and the Beast.
68. I moved out of my parents' house when I was 17.
69. My sister and I are 11 years apart.
70. I never went to summer camp when I was a kid. I missed out, I know.
71. I have seen the Steelers woop the Panthers butt in Charlotte, NC for a preseason game.
72. When I was younger, the thing during the summer would be to go see our minor league baseball team play, the Mudcats.
73. For one spring break in college, I went to Ohio. Everybody always teases me for that.
74. I lived with my uncle my freshman year of college.
75. Since then, I have had 3 different roommate situations.
76. I now live with more people than I can handle sometimes.
77. My favorite food is breakfast food, and I love meeting people for breakfast.
78. I don't like the cinnamon flavor, but will eat cinnamon rolls.
79. My favorite seasoning is Thyme.
80. I love to cook for other people and receive tremendous joy when people like what I cook.
81. I prefer to be in community all the time.
82. But I LOVE being alone, too.
83. My first missions experience was when I went to Kenya.
84. My second and most recent was when I went to Guatemala.
85. After visiting Guatemala, I said I'd never go back…and if you know my route, you know that Guatemala is on there. God's so funny.
86. God has healed people through me. Such a joyous experience.
87. I have 3 bracelets on my wrists that I haven't taken off since I got them. One's from Africa, the other from Guatemala, and the last one is a piece of cloth from the bandana for my team in Africa.
88. I have a goal to hopefully meet Louie Giglio before I die.
89. If I could go on a date with any man in Hollywood, I'd probably date Johnny Depp. I don't care about his age.
90. I would love to be a translator for the US Embassy, or something of the sort.
91. I don't want a big house when I grow up, unless it's there to fill up lots of kids.
92. If there was anything big about my house, it would be the living room, which would have hardwood floors so I could invite people over for dancing.
93. I have always wanted to own either a coffee shop or my own dance studio.
94. I enjoy flying (in airplanes).
95. My straight teeth are courtesy of my orthodontist, my braces, and my mom and dads' wallet. Thank you, mother and father.
96. I am flat-footed.
97. I love the summer, but hate sweating. I hate the winter, but love the snow.
98. I write music/lyrics, but very few people have heard any of it.
99. I want to write a book before I die.
100. I am so excited to leave the country for 11 months and discover even more of who I am as a person made in the image of Christ!
