gobbledigook

i hate beginning things. i love having new projects and adventures, but it's always simply the act of starting that keeps me from doing something. i never draw on the first page of a sketchbook because i don't think anything's good enough to be the first thing someone sees (i know this idea is silly because even if i skip the first page, whatever page i do start on essentially becomes the first page).

so, since i hate beginning things, i've decided that i'm just not going to begin. this may be the first entry, but it's really not the beginning. i've always wanted to start a blog but i never thought anything in my life would be interesting enough to talk about. but now i'm studying abroad in france and i figured what a better time to start than while i'm traveling around provence!

for my first entry, i'm just going to talk about myself, since that's essentially what you're supposed to do on a blog, right? here's 25 things about myself, with props to becky, my other half, for letting me steal the idea.

1. my ultimate 3 unrealistic dream jobs are: to be a rapper à la MIA, a victoria's secret angel, or a performer in cirque de soleil
2. when i was little, i wanted more than anything in the world to be a penguin trainer. i still don't really know what i wanted to train them for... but i was determined.
3. i love making playlists. any occasion to make one, even if it's just a new playlist for the gym or for working in the studio, i jump on.
4. i HATE the number 4.
5. i've always secretly wished i was pigeon toed. when i was younger, i tried to stand pigeon toed all the time because i thought it looked cool.
6. i will never say no to chocolate. never.
7. my favorite food is bread. i could seriously eat bread for every meal, every day and never get sick of it. lucky me, that's not only normal but expected in france.
8. although i am a very sarcastic person, i hate when people are "jokingly" mean. not just teasing, but when people say something mean very seriously and then say they were just kidding. cause usually, they're not.
9. when i have kids, i hope i look like the mom's in france. i saw a women the other day pushing a stroller in patent leather heeled boots on cobblestone, uphill. i completely support fashion over function.
10. my favorite writer ever is francescia lia block, simply because of how i feel when i read her books.
11. i'm a perfectionist and very ocd about things, yet i'm probably the messiest person i know
12. i can't get up in the morning if someone turns the overhead light on before i'm out of bed. it's too bright and puts me in the worst mood and i'll refuse to get out of bed.
13. things i wear everyday are my beaded bracelet that matches becky's, a hair elastic (either in my hair or around my wrist) and 3 rings (although i switch them out). if i'm missing any of these, i have to go back and put them on, otherwise i feel completely out of sync.
14. i always eat small candies, like reese's pieces or snow caps, in two's. always.
15. i've seen almost every single episode of boy meets world and fresh prince of bel-air.
16. i'm very supersticious, but about weird things, like i have to put on my right shoe first or else it'll be a bad day and i always have to be wearing my rings.
17. my black boots are my favorite thing in the world to wear, along with sunglasses.
18. i hate when people change the song in the middle of another one. i have to let it play all the way out before picking a new one.
19. one of my favorite weird coincidences is that my sister is named laura and is left handed and i'm rachael and right handed. L & R
20. when i was five, my sister, our neighbors, and i used to color trees with the dust of side walk chalk. we thought this was so cool that we wanted to start a business where we'd color other people's tree's with colored chalk dust. and i honestly thought this would be an awesome business.
21. i love pictures of trees. i have a favorite tree in every city i spend a long period of time in.
22. i'm certified to sail a boat up to 50 feet on my own. but simply the idea of me driving a boat that big is scary.
23. the things i want to do most before i die are: travel to my neverending list of destinations (thailand, india, new zealand, and japan to name a few), scuba dive, ride an elephant, see the seven wonders of the world, be a certified yoga instructor, live on a sailboat, and write a novel.
24. my two favorite people in the whole world next to my family are my best friend and soul mate and my boyfriend and other half.
25. i really hate making lists.