I'm not very good with random

1. I was homeschooled for a total of 4.5 years, interspersed with three different elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school.

2. I have 3 adopted siblings, 2 of which we still get in touch with occasionally. My parents were young and the 3 kids (all siblings with each other) had fetal alcohol syndrome. It was a challenge.

3. I taught myself to read before kindergarten and I spent the next 10 years with my face glued in books... a common answer to the question "where's Tricia?" was "reading on the can."

4. Despite being a science student, I get incredibly fixated (OCD anyone?) on spelling mistakes. Just ask me about the most common ones (tomorrow... it only has one "m"). I will rant.

5. One time I dyed two front pieces of my hair blonde. Then I decided to streak my hair blue (semi-permanently) but it just looked black, with green pieces in front. I tried to re-bleach them to lose the green and they turned orange... so I had orange/black/green hair. That was the end of my hair-dyeing attempts.

6. My first celebrity crush was on Phil, from the Newsboys. There was one line he sang that I would play over and over again on the music video machine at the Christian bookstore. I think I had a thing for his long hair.

7. I can't wait to have a baby. All I read about these days is poop and vomiting and tired and busy and terrible two's - but none of that can stop me. This machine is built for baby-making!! I turned 19 and maternal instinct just kicked in - never really thought of myself as a baby-person before that... I was all about a career. This doesn't mean I don't want a career, but now every time I see a baby R tries to cover my eyes so I don't ask him for one.

So! I don't know if I know 7 bloggers that haven't already done this... so I'm tagging Steph, Christine, Laura (though I understand if she doesn't do it, cuz she's in Africa), Sarah J (who I also haven't heard anything from in forever), Kim, and Heather.

Here are the rules… Each person tagged gives 7 random facts about themselves. Those tagged need to write in their blogs the 7 facts, as well as the rules of the game. You need to tag seven others and list their names on your blog. You have to leave those you plan on tagging a note in their comments so they know that they have been tagged and to read your blog.

"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.

Interview!

These five questions were asked of me by Angella. Read to the end to discover how the interview can come to you!

1. Assuming calories don't count, what is your favourite - a salty or sweettreat?

This is a tough question. I love the sweet treat occasionally, but it's hard to separate whether I like salty treats more just because of their nature or because I feel less guilty eating them. I do love a salty treat more often than a sweet one, but if I had to give one up for my whole life, I'd give up the salty ones simply because of the number of options.

I don't like pretzels, and I don't like many snacky foods, like popcorn or many potato chips. I like tostitos/corn chips, and cheesy doritos, and cheesies (but ONLY the hard and crunchy ones). With sweet treats, on the other hand, even though I don't like most candies or cheesecake, I can enjoy everything from ice cream to frozen yogurt to chocolate and sour candies!

2. If you could live anywhere in the world (other than where you are),where would it be?

I would live in a place like France, where I've heard that post-secondary education is funded by the country, or Italy because of the beautiful beaches. Australia also sounds sweet, but since the question is actually about living somewhere else, I'm pretty happy with Canada. I know this is exactly what the question said not to pick, but I have to choose my home country. I don't have to worry to the same extent about the water (usually) or food being contaminated, or personal safety. Health care may suck to us spoiled Canadians but at least it's covered. And what better Canadian place to live than beautiful BC? We have the highest marine diversity in the world; I couldn't move anywhere that has the big city that I love so close to the sunshine coast, with tons of amazing species just waiting for me to study them.

3. What do you do when nobody's looking?

I watch tv. If we are perfectly honest, I may have been known to pick my nose once or twice... childhood habit that never got kicked, I guess. But I know I'm not alone. Any fellow gold-diggers out there?

4. If you could be a celebrity for a day, who would you be?

Hmm... a celebrity. Preferably one that is not writing any exams right now. It's hard to think of someone I'd want to be for only one day. I can think of people I'd want to be with. Maybe Dave Matthews - make him play music for me all day and make sure to hook him up with all my talented friends.

Maybe I'd be "that celebrity guy" from the commercials, so that I can opt out of all his future contracts. Those commercials are retarded.

Or I'd be Hilary Duff, so I can hold a press conference and tell all the little children/teen girls to pay no attention to me from here on in, because I will inevitably follow the path laid out by Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears. It goes from "I'm a virgin" to "I'm just comfortable with my body" to "Look out, skank-hos! Here I come to be queen"

5. Coke or Pepsi, diet or all sugar?

Used to be a die-hard Coke fan, but I caved. Now it's pepsi, all sugar.


So! If you would like to join in on the interviewing party, follow these directions:
1. Leave me a comment saying, “Interview me.”
2. I will respond by emailing you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
3. You will update your blog with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.