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"Get to know me" meme

tagged by it-will-all-make-sense

Rules: Just insert your answers to the questions below. Tag at least 10 followers.

Name: Jennifer

Nickname: Jenn, Shamy, Sheldon, Jenn-Jenn, Jennavee 

Birthday:  June 22

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Asexual

Height: 5’8"

Time zone: Eastern

What time and date is it there: 9/7/14, 8:02pm

Average hours of sleep I get each night: I average 4-6 because I have trouble getting into a routine. I need 8-9 though, so I'm working on a schedule because I am currently exhausted and stressed.

OTPs: I don't think I really have any. 

The last thing I Googled was: The addresses of residential treatment centers where some of my clients are placed. 

What I last said to a family member: I told my dog, Tonks, to "Go on," because she randomly stops on the stairs to sniff bugs, but my hands were full and I was about to drop stuff on her. If it has to be a human, it was when I said something like  "Love y'all, bye," to my cousins this afternoon. 

One place that makes me happy and why: The library. There are so many books full of words, ideas, truths, lies, fantasies, and pictures just waiting to be discovered. There are entire worlds that I can escape into whenever I want. And there is a wonderful hidden corner upstairs in the back where the sun shines in the late afternoon and it gets all lovely and warm. I like to lie there in the floor and read. 

How many blankets I sleep under: Right now I have 2 because I just moved and that's all I have. I'm getting more, because I need more, or at least thicker, heavier ones to feel secure and sleep better. I'm getting a thicker, fluffy comforter when I have more money, and I also really want a weighted blanket. 

Favourite beverage: Cherry Coke, Coffee, Darjeeling

The last movie I watched in the cinema was: The Giver.

Three things I can’t live without: Cuddles, art, books.

A piece of advice for all my followers: Pursue what you are actually interested in and not what everyone else wants you to do/be/like. It makes life so much more interesting when you do what you are passionate about. 

You have to listen to this song: I know it's popular right now, but "Let it go." I can't help but also hear it as being about escaping and coming to terms with an isolated, abusive childhood/self-harm/depression/anxiety and beginning to understand what life can be despite all of that. If you are sick of that, Little Wonders by Rob Thomas.

My blog(s): I just have this one. 

I tag: happiestcarrot, phdsandpuravida, studentsocialworker, socialworkeroneday, and themonsterwithbluehair

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Tagged by it-will-all-make-sense

Rules:


1. Always post the rules 


2. Answer your 11 questions and create 11 new ones


3. Tag 11 people to your post


4. Let them know you’ve tagged them

Questions for Me:

1. Do you have a favorite discontinued TV show?

Firefly! It is my favorite for so many reasons and it is full of great one-liners.

2. What holiday is your least favorite and why?

Valentine's Day. It is much too boring and pink and seems like just an excuse to make more money. Also, people always want to bug me about not having a boyfriend. I try to make things I don't like more interesting so one year I handed out black silk roses and anti-Valentines instead of Valentines.

3. Are there any restaurants that you are dying to check out? Which ones and where?

Not really, but there is a Thai place near my house that I have been to once and I would like to go there sometime to try other stuff.

4. What is something that sets you apart from the crowd?

I don't care much about fashion. I like what I like. It doesn't seem that weird to me, but someone actually pointed out the way I dress one day last semester in class as evidence that I was part of an "Out-culture." My favorite clothes are jeans, chucks, cardigans or hoodies or open button-up shirts, and t-shirts (especially my Hebrew Star Wars shirt that my roomie got me in Israel!). I had to go buy dress clothes when I started my internship, but I still get away with Dr. Martens instead of dress shoes! 

5. What is one achievement you are most proud of?

I am one semester away from graduating with my BSW and will be graduating cum laude. It may not seem like a big deal, but as I was growing up I was always told I would never be able to graduate and that I could never do anything. I also started college almost 10 years ago and had to drop out after a mental breakdown. I have  brought my gpa back from a 2.33 to a 3.68. I proved my family, psychiatrists, and therapists wrong and that is what I am most proud of.

6. What’s your favorite thing about the season when you were born?

I was born in June and my surrogate family lives on a lake, so we do a lot of "lake days." We go swimming or take out the pontoon boat or go tubing and it is so much fun.

7. What is your dream vacation?

I think my dream vacation would be to Hawaii or Alaska or anywhere where I could see beautiful places, animals, plants, and things that I have never seen. I want to see the northern lights and whales and volcanoes and strange plants and a thousand things I can't even imagine, but I know that I would love them.

On some level, occasionally I get to do these things. I think next month on the full moon we are going to Kentucky to see the Moonbow and this summer I may get to go camping to see the synchronized fireflies in Tennessee. I enjoy those things too because they are still rare and beautiful, even if they are close by.

8. What is something you used to daydream about when you were a kid?

A happy, loving family. Which I am now lucky enough to have. :)

9. If you could be on a television show, what would it be?

I wouldn't want to be on tv. The only thing I would like to do would be background painting for animation.

10. When was the last time you used your imagination?

Question 9? I use my imagination a lot. Today I had to drive back to school from Knoxville, so I imagined quite a lot of things on the way back (3 1/2 hours).

11. What does your ideal Sunday look like?

Church, then lunch at Genghis Grill or a Mexican place, then video games and relaxing.

Questions for you:

1. What is the best thing that happened to you/that you did in 2013?

2. What is your favorite color?

3. What is your favorite book (or movie if you don't like to read)?

4. What is the coolest thing you have ever done?

5. What is your favorite quote?

6. What is your favorite holiday and why?

7. If you could tell your teenage self anything, what would it be?

8. What do you do when you get bored?

9. Do you have a weird habit?

10. What is your pet peeve?

11. What is your favorite thing about where you live?

I am tagging:

psych-student-in-therapy

studentsocialworker

connect-the-dots-backward

phdsandpuravida

and...I don't have 11 people that would do this, but that's okay.