Good Bye Preconceived Notions (About Me)
Rules: answer 15 questions and tag 15 followers you would like to get to know better. After a little research into this tag I found the generic questions that are asked, but I’ll do those and the deep type questions @iridescentembers was doing.
Name: Sydney
Nicknames: Squidney (the science kidney), Syd, That one bitch
Zodiac sign: Gemini
Height: 5′6
Languages spoken: English, Korean, studying French in school
Nationality: American, (specifically Korean American)
Favorite fruit: Persimmons or oranges
Favorite season: Fall
Favorite scent: Libraries
Favorite color: Black, grey, and blue
Favorite animal: Some sort of monkey
Coffee, tea, hot chocolate: Hot chocolate
Average hrs of sleep: Anywhere from 2-8 hours depending on the day and how bad my anxiety is
Favorite fictional character: Kaz Brekker (Six of Crows) or Myfanwy Thomas (The Rook)
No. of blankets you sleep with: 3 sometimes 4 all year round (the thin blankets that come with a set of sheets, a quilt, a winter comforter, and sometimes the throw blanket at the foot of my bed)
Dream trip: Korea
Blog created: I don’t even remember
What is a book you read recently that you really love? Probably They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera. I would really recommend this to anyone looking for a book. I loved this story so much and how every different section built upon each other and it was one of the most well written books I’ve ever read and the romance was so well executed, I just need everyone to read it.
What is your favorite word? 사자 (saja). It means lion in Korean and it had a lot of context behind it. I went to Korea with my cousins and my one cousin and I had this game that was essentially “find the white person” and whenever we saw a white person we said 사자 because we said a lion walking the streets was less noticeable than a white person in Korea.
What is something from your childhood you still have? I have this beluga whale stuffed animal that I sleep with if I feel lonely or I have trouble sleeping and it just brings me a lot of comfort.
Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as a dinner guest? I had a really close friend who passed away a couple months ago and that was a really hard time for me and a lot of people. I would want to have dinner with her because I miss her a lot.
What do you value most in a relationship? Trust and comfort. In both a friendship and a romantic relationship I want to be comfortable around them to be myself and trust them enough to know that they would abandon me.
Are you introverted or extroverted? Introverted definitely which comes as a surprise to a lot of people. I may be loud, but I have severe social anxiety and I hate social interaction. I cling to a person in social situations and I hate being alone in public and I’d much rather be alone at home than out at a party.
What is your most treasured memory? Probably my first kiss because it happened while I was at this training camp in Korea over the summer and there was a guy there who I had a small fling with. I won’t go into excruciating detail, but it involved a box of cereal at 2 AM.
What is your dream career? An orthopedic surgeon or a writer. Though my family doesn’t think I’m physically strong enough to specialize in orthopedic surgery, but I think it would be the specialty I’m the best at. Realistically I would be a surgeon, but my dream career would be to write because I love it so much.
Do you want children? I don’t know. I act almost motherly with some of my friends (a few of them actually call me mom) but I wouldn’t want to give birth. I would either adopt or if I end up marrying a woman I would let her carry our kids if she wants to.
Favorite book as a child? A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban because it was the first book I really loved and the main character reminded me a lot of myself when I was first learning to play the violin.
What motivates you to get up in the morning? I always think “There is no fucking way I’m going to let mental illness kick my ass today because there are people who love me and don’t deserve to lose another friend”
What do you think about when you’re alone? The basic questions of life and I fear for the future and the inevitable disruption of my scheduled life. I also overthink a lot of things that have happened recently.
What is the best advice anyone ever gave you? Go out there and fuck some shit up. Make sure they remember you.
If you had to get a tattoo right now, what would it be? It’s actually an inside joke with @iridescentembers. It would be on my left ankle and be a :< (it’s out quarkbeast emoji)
What has been your biggest challenge in life? It’s easy to say that my biggest challenge has been my constant struggle with mental illness. I’ve always tried to be pretty open about it, but I don’t want to downplay the struggle that many people go through every day.
I’m just gonna tag a few people: @captainelectricprincess @iabigailgarcia @forgotten-peggy @nervousbookwormblog @burnt-siennas
