25 randoms

on facebook there's a popular list going around of 25 random things... so i just figured i'd put it up on here too! enjoy! =)

1. i love movies. i love to quote movies. i have almost 200 movies in my collection at my fingertips on my external hard drive. my fav is romantic comedies. and yes i do laugh and cry at them all!

2. i'm learning more and more things about myself and how i am everyday. how i internalize, how i verbally process, how much alone time i need... various things... the Lord reveals to me each day.

3. i knew in 4th grade that i wanted to live overseas and share God's love with others. however i never knew where that would land me.

4. daily i'm learning how to lean on God and view Him as the Lover of my soul. He is my bridegroom, and that won't change even when i have an earthly husband. daily He's teaching me how to lean more on Him and see Him as all i really need.

5. i am a Mac snob. i have a little MacBook named Fiona. Yes Fiona Apple. Mac is superior to all other systems, i'll believe it forever, don't argue me down!

6. scrapbooking is so much fun and my release. i can tell when i haven't spent time with it in a while, and i need to release myself in this creative often.

7. i guess i'm destined to have cancer one day... i freeze my water bottles. yes pick up your jaw! i know, shocking! but i love really cold water! it's so good. ohh and yes i heat up leftovers in plastic containers, and i'm sure i do a whole lot more that means for sure i'll have cancer one day!

8. i'm not a faithful journal keeper. but i write what i feel when i feel it. sometimes it's music lyrics, or a prayer to my Heavenly Father, or my ventings, or whatever i feel.

9. i have to feel something to really say it. i can't throw around words. if i don't say it, then i'm not feeling it in that very moment. i'll say whatever when i feel like it.

10. i avoid confrontation at all costs! even if this means misery or sadness on my end!

11. i love to bake, although things i bake don't always make it into cooked form. i love raw batter... cake batter, cookie dough... ahh!!

12. icing and peanut butter is perhaps the best combo ever. also pb & choc.

13. i have the best 2 best friends in the whole world! katie and heidi. i consider them both wonderful gifts from God!

14. i have wonderful parents! my mom and i are like best friends! she's my movie and tv buddy. it's really hard to be away from her and not share these moments with her. hence most of our phone calls involve recaps on tv shows and discussions! =) and my dad and i have great conversations about theology. i'm so thankful to have a smart dad who i can go to and ask tough questions to, and discuss things with! i can't wait till i'm in sem'nary and get to discuss all kinds of things with him!

15. i love to shop. retail therapy is the best thing ever! it's especially nice when you live in a place where things are so cheap! and if you don't like anything in the stores you can always buy fabric and take it to tailors!

16. if i could hold any job for one day, i'd be an orchestra director. in fact sometimes when i'm really moved listening to a song i start waving my hands in this fashion.

17. i'm a Hard Rock Cafe junkie! i've been to over 30 worldwide! i have almost that many tshirts too! i'm an All Access Pass holder, which gives me 10% off.

18. i love coffee! and i'm becoming more addicted everyday! starbucks, fancy drinks, or regular drip from my pot. i love it all! especially this new coffee i got in Thailand! yummy!!

19. i miss my dogs so much! what i'd give to have a Missi girl in my lap, petting her super soft fur. or play chase with Elvis in the backyard. or see Lexi with her super red eyes because i just woke her up. but thankfully my heavenly Father gave me a GR who lives upstairs from me, Bruno.

20. i love animals, specifically dogs. i want to take in so many street dogs, oh and i talk to dogs, all dogs, street dogs or domesticated pets. there are 4 kinds of dogs i want to own (separately) at some point in my life: a great dane, a golden retriever, a king charles cavalier spaniel, and a maltepoo.

21. i love to study God's Word! it's so exciting! right now i'm working on reading the whole Book! i think it's kinda sad that i've been a believer for 19 years but never read the whole thing, cover to maps! and what would i say when i get to heaven and see a minor prophet and he asks, "so, how'd ya like my book?" and you'd have to say, "umm i didn't read it." (i borrowed that quote/story/question) oh and i color my Bible, like mark specific words specific ways, it's all about Precept!

22. i used to be more talkative and outgoing. but then i realized that when people were talking to me and telling me things, i didn't really really care care about what they were saying, and figured that others felt the same way about my babbling. so i stopped talking and being outgoing. now i'll only really talk to you if you ask me something specific. i don't volunteer much info. i try to gauge your interest before spilling my whole life story.

23. i want the next guy i date to be the man i marry. i don't want to date just to date. i want to be purposeful. and i don't want to know it's him. i want God to tell him, and for me to be completely surprised!

24. i love to read. i'm always in the middle of a book. my 6th grade teacher told me, "never be caught anywhere without a good book!" and i've lived up to that advice!

25. just like all creative people, i have good days and bad days. on the bad days i want to stay in bed all day, crying, watching tv/movies, reading, whatever. it's only because i know where i'll go when i die that allows me to get out of bed on these days. especially when i know that most of the people around me won't go there, and my getting out of bed that day could affect their knowing the Truth.