"My Personality Album"

In moving home, I am doing some sorting. I found a little booklet that I filled out when I was thirteen. I found it funny to read what I wrote and see how small I dreamed. It was called "My Personality Album." Spelling/grammar is retained.

Me

• The nickname that best describes me is snigelfritz.
• Three words that describe my personality are easily angered, organized and artsy, talkative (I'm not good at keeping to three words, am I?)
• My most appealing physical feature is my eyes.
• What makes me an interesting person is you can never be sure of what I'm going to do, and I have lots of useful (or useless) facts.
• Three things that drive me nuts are pimples, being embarrassed, and bad-hair-days. (I think I only got about 1 zit per year, and yet I complained?)

Friends

• The qualities I value most in my friendships are fairness, the ability to have fun, and that they accept me.
• The times I most need a friend are when I'm embarrassed, sad, or just plain lonely.
• What my friends and I enjoy doing together most is talking and listening to music, or art. (listening to art? wow, grammar is good)

My family

• How I feel about my parents: Sometimes they have too many rules and expect too much of me, but I love them.
• Two famous people I'd pick for parents are my mom and dad's names (I didn't exactly go outside of the box there)
• My siblings' best qualities are: my brother is kind and helpful, and my sister is kind and sensitive.
• They drive me crazy when they tease me or leave my room messy.

Party time

• My idea of a great party is going to play laser tag or going horse-back-riding.
• The guy I'd like most to be my date is Darnell
• Famous guests I'd like to invite: Jaci Velasquez, DC Talk, Newsboys, Carl Brenders
• What I'd serve: Pop, pizza, nachos, cheezies, mini carrots, oreo ice-cream cake.
• My favourite rock group is DC Talk
• The three songs that mean the most to me are Wanna be in the Light, Time is..., Jesus Freak
• My favourite female singer is Jaci Velasquez
• My favourite male singer is Phil (Newsboys)
• My favourite album is Jesus Freak
• My favourite single cut is Wanna be in the Light
• I think the most talented musician in the world is Jaci Velasquez because she is the best singer I've ever heard.

School Days

• The best part about going to school is all the people
• The worst part is The HOMEWORK!!!!!
• My favourite subject is Explorations (this is a shocker, considering it's a mix of socials/English and I'm definitely NOT an arts student now)

Free Time

• My favourite indoor activity is DRAWING to music.
• My favourite outdoor activity is street hockey.
• How I keep busy: Reading, drawing, homework, listening to music, chores, telephone, Nintendo
• My favourite thing to do during summer vacation is Swim in a lake with Dad, Bro, Sis, and Mom

Dreams and Wishes

• My secret wish is to become like Jaci Velasquez and be an artist and vet.
• Two things I would grab if my room caught fire are my wallet and my Bible. (ever practical with the wallet idea)
  
• How I'd make my first million: My first Maxi Single. (??)
• How I'd spend my first millioni: Debts, colleges, keep most, half to missions.
• These are the things I'd buy on a free-spending shopping spree: Art supplies, gift certificates, never-ending supply of gifts, cd's, discman, clothes
• The two best gifts anyone could give me would be love, opportunities
• The two worst gifts anyone could give me would be underwear, textbooks (now I WISH my textbooks could be given to me! What was I thinking?!)
• The things I would take to a desert island are survival books, matches, an axe
• A conversation I'd love to overhear would be about my gifts - ie. Art, drama, music, etc. (wow, I was sure humble?)
• The title of a book I'd like to write is The Story of My Life (boring book, boring title)
• The menu for the best meal I can imagine is Pizza, veggies, smokies, cheezies, 7-up, chips (hmm... best meal ever? Again, I sure dreamed big)

Let's get serious

• The best part of my life now is school and youth.
• the most difficult problem that faces me now is how to grow in my relationship with Christ.
• The part of me that nobody knows is that I sometimes wonder what sex is like (this was a terrible burden of a secret for a sheltered 13-year-old... I felt horrible just admitting that I wondered! Gotta love growing up in guilt and fear)
• This is what I expect to be doing in ten years: Be going through University, and going on Missions Trips (The university part is on track; two years from now I'll be graduating, hopefully)
• A recurring dream I have is Claire's dad keeps dying (he hasn't died yet, as far as I know)
• My earliest childhood memory is mom or dad trying on a dress on me and saying that it's too big.
• Two words that describe my love life are adoring and young. (??)
  
• The three most important words in the English language are love, life, and food. (hahahahahhahaa... yep it was still me way back then!)
• My favourite pick-me-up when I'm sad is music and hugs.

The end.

All of that talk about art and drawing reminded me how much I liked it way back when. And I also came across this drawing, that I drew when I was ten. Now as much as I don't want to toot my own horn, here, I don't think I could draw this kind of thing now. Obviously I copied from a picture, as I usually do, but don't get me wrong - I was not a tracer. I am a firm believer in not tracing.

So I was impressed with myself. Ten is young. Makes me wonder why I didn't pursue it. All because of my tiny school where you had to choose between art and music. Stinking choices.