Well instead of being defined strictly by interests, I'll just tell you what I am like. I am a very odd person, and depending on your personality, you will either be intriqued or frightened. Socially, I enjoy big groups and battling with other peoples' voices for that one witty line where everyone laughs over-dramatically, and your ego just munches away. Come on, you know what I'm talking about. But on a more intreverted side, I partake in a lot of activities that are merely for my own amusement.  I do enjoy writing, and hopefully when I make it past all my poor grammar, I might be confident enough to look into it someday. I do write poetry, non-fiction, and all those wonderful research essays that I am forced to do, but really, fiction and detail is my passion. Art is another little activity that makes me sane enough to deal with traffic, rude expressions, and ... starbucks prices. I'm not much of a drawer, but my sister has been kind enough to show me some techniques. Photoshop is a wonderful program to make me feel like an artist at times, until I'm shown up by... essentially everyone else, but I still enjoy it for selfish reasons. I love music, as most do, but aside from random likes such as celtic and other soft jazzy things, I love metal. Melodic death, thrash, power, swedish, etc... I know, I supposedly don't look or sound it. I guess metal people are associated with all the drunken, raging halfwits, but I'm looking to stop that stereotype. On the subject of music, I've been singing with a vocal instructor for about 7 years now. This is probably the most personal subject for me for many reasons, and I don't often show off my voice. I go hiking quite a lot, and I feel as though the mountains are my true home seeing as I hate this city. One day I hope to have a beautiful wooden house in the mountains with two husky dogs. Sweet dream, huh? Anyway back to my wonderful list of interests that I said I wasn't going to do. I absolutely love to dance, but I haven't done much about it yet. I am taking a bellydance class currently, and it is one of the most brilliant things that I have done in a while. I hope to take jazz and salsa soon. Theater was a past passion of mine, but lately I have not done much. I suppose I got tired of doing 4 plays a year since I was nine. I love being with my boyfriend Adrian, whom I've been with for three years now. We're planning on going to Longwood University next year, and I cannot wait for that level of freedom. Well, the last thing for me to say is that I am a huge dreamer. I basically live with my head in the clouds, and can barely separate reality from imagination. I'm not sure I can explain this in a short "general interest" submission, but that is basically who and how I am.

Well I either want to go into writing, or wildlife management. It took me a while to single out these two professions, but there you have it. I'll most likely change my mind, as most do, in my college years. For now though, this is where I am headed. Aside from that, I've already told you about my house in the mountains with two husky dogs. No matter what, that's where I want to end up. I also, at some point in my life, want to work with tigers. Tigers, or any big cat really, are truly amazing creatures, and strangely play a big role in my life.