The girl had scars everywhere - small ones, big ones. She offered no explanation for them, and it seemed to Yrene that the girl wore her scars the way some women wore their fine jewelry.
Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 92 Truths about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you.
1. Last beverage = Coke
2. Last phone call = My mom
3. Last text message = My dad I think? Maybe my cousin.
4. Last song you listened to = The Justice League theme song.
5. Last time you cried = Saturday night? The 18th of April. You can’t mock me though because I worked a nine hour shift that night and I was ready to cut somebody.
HAVE YOU EVER:
6. Dated someone twice = Nope. Never even dated somebody once.
7. Been cheated on = Nope.
8. Kissed someone and regretted it = I don’t usually count this but I did kiss a kid in first grade that sexually harassed me on a daily basis. Don’t know if I regret that since I was only 6/7 years old. :P
9. Lost someone special = Yep. When your extended family is as big as mine, you go to a lot of funerals.
10. Been depressed = Yeah, I was diagnosed when I was about 4 or 5 years old.
11. Been drunk and threw up = I’ve never been drunk. I lead a very exciting life.
LIST THREE FAVORITE COLORS: Green, orange, and purple.
IN THE LAST YEAR, HAVE YOU:
15. Made a new friend = Yes? Maybe? Probably not.
16. Fallen out of love = No, but mostly because I wasn’t in love.
17. Laughed until you cried = TOO MANY TIMES.
18. Met someone who changed you = Maybe?? Probably too soon to tell.
19. Found out who your true friends are = Maybe in the past three years, but in the past one year things have been pretty steady friend-wise.
20. Found out someone was talking about you = Not like gossip but I know people talk about me in general as a friend/human being.
21. Kissed anyone on your FB friend’s list = #TEAM NBK
GENERAL:
22. How many people on your FB friends list do you know in real life offline = I have 183 friends and I have met all of them IRL save for ~20-25. Also when I was looking through my list I realized I don’t care about half of those IRL friends.
24. Do you have any pets = I have one/two dogs (depends on the day) and a cat. I also have a fish and there’s a stray cat that we feed occasionally.
25. Do you want to change your name = I think I might take my partner’s name depending on how it sounds with “Keara” but otherwise I like my name. I don’t always like Keara paired with my last name because of nit-picky reasons but it’s not like a horrible combination (I KNOW SOMEBODY WHO NAMED THEIR CHILD ZACH ATKINSON PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS TO YOUR CHILDREN).
26. What did you do for your last birthday = Went out to Denny’s with some friends and then played Cards Against Humanity.
27. What time did you wake up today = Noon? 1pm? Something like that.
28. What were you doing at midnight last night = I was probably on Netflix.
29. Name something you CANNOT wait for = I don’t think there’s anything I’m super excited for right now?
30. Last time you saw your mother = Like 30 minutes ago.
31. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life = No idea.
32. What are you listening to right now? = My sister is watching TV in the other room but I’m not listening to it intently. :P
33. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom? = Yep.
34. What’s getting on your nerves right now = EVERYTHING ANNOYS ME ALL THE TIME DON’T GET ME STARTED
35. Most visited web sites = If it’s on my PC, then Tumblr, Goodreads, and Facebook. If it’s on my phone, then Netflix, Pinterest, and Facebook.
36. Blood type = I don’t know. I probably should. :S
37. Nickname = Kiki, Kiwi, Kikimahiki, Bastketball Head, Smiley, Pinocchio, Kiara, Sister Sister, and a whole slew of others (my father has a problem) (yes he dubbed me “basketball head”)
38. Relationship status = Single Pringle
39. Zodiac sign = Libra (I’m assuming Greek. Chinese I’m a Pig).
40. Pronouns = IDFK
41. Elementary = I went to a public school from K-3rd grade, then a charter school.
42. High School = Another charter school until I dropped out, then an online school that I also dropped out of (I’m really good at this).
43. College = lol no
44. Hair color = Dark blonde? Light brown? Usually I say brown because people who are blonde are Very Exclusive about who they let into their club. :P
45. Long or short = My hair? Almost always short.
46. Height = 5′7′’ usually.
47. Do you have a crush on someone? = Let’s say that my options are very very limited right now.
48. What do you like about yourself? = idk I think I’m really good at balancing cereal to milk.
50. Tattoos = I want a lot but EXPENSIVE and my dad would be really pissed.
51. Righty or lefty = Righty.
52. First Surgery = Uhm, I think I was 4? 5? and had some teeth removed. I’ve had like 7 or 8 surgeries on my mouth alone.
53. First piercing = Ears when I was 3 or 4 (I’M OBV VERY GOOD AT AGES)
54. First best friend = I didn’t really have any close friends until high school, IMO.
55. First sport you joined = I did Tae Kwon Do for a few years and then nothing after that.
56. First vacation = New Mexico? Not that I can remember it, but I think that’s what it was.
57. First shoes = No clue. I had a lot of shoes when I was a baby though because my mother had a shopping problem...
59. Eating = Nothing.
60. Drinking = Nothing.
61. I’m about to = Type some more. :P
62. Listening to = What even are these questions? I am not listening to anything because my sister turned off the TV.
63. Waiting for = The end of the world.
64. Want kids? = I think I want to adopt mostly.
65. Get Married? = Probably.
66. Career plans = For ages it’s been librarian but right now I don’t even care.
WHICH IS BETTER:
67. Lips or eyes = I don’t know that I have any preferences so I’m leaving these all blank.
68. Hugs or kisses =
69. Shorter or taller =
70. Older or Younger =
71. Romantic or spontaneous =
72. Nice stomach or nice arms =
73. Sensitive or loud =
74. Hook-up or relationship =
75. Trouble maker or hesitant =
HAVE YOU EVER:
76. Kissed a stranger = No
77. Drank hard liquor = No
78. Lost glasses/contacts = I lose my glasses constantly.
79. Sex on first date = No
80. Broke someone’s heart = Not to my knowledge.
81. Had your own heart broken = No
82. Been arrested = No
83. Turned someone down = YES BUT IN MY DEFENSE HE ALREADY HAD A GIRLFRIEND (idk If I count any of the others because they were all through text and from people I didn’t know so).
84. Cried when someone died = Yes
85. Fallen for a friend = Yes
DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
86. Yourself = Sometimes.
87. Miracles = Not in a religious/spiritual sense.
88. Love at first sight = lol No.
89. Heaven = Again, not in a strictly religious sense.
90. Santa Claus = No, and I don’t think adults should systematically lie to children.
91. Kiss on the first date = Maybe
92. Angels = Spirits, sure.
Lips puffed up and too red, blotchy from the heat of yours,
Cheeks not flush, but more vibrant,
eyes a mix of delirious, dazed, and astounded,
Far too wide under my raggedy hair, which I spent so long perfecting.
I never feel as beautiful as I do after you show me myself through your eyes.
