I'm Me

So the next couple posts probably aren't going to be too interesting, considering (a) I'm at home at my parents' until the end of the month, and (b) I don't have a camera with me. So bear with me until then!

Who Am I??

I'm in my early-20s, a student, transplant from the East Coast to the West. I love anything that shimmers or sparkles, I'm a total girly-girl, but I can hang tough with the boys too! In fact, most of my friends are of the male species, which has its perks and not-so-perks =P. Currently single, I adore reading, shopping, and dancing. I was on a dance team throughout much of high school, and I've dabbled in yoga and Pilates, but my main form of exercise now is the good 'ol sweat factory and dancing whenever, wherever possible...just give me a sturdy ground and I'm on it!

I love my family - my mom is my best friend in the world. I'm true blue to my friends, and I always love meeting new people. I'm a little bit shy, a little bit crazy, and somewhat of a perfectionist. I love froyo, sushi, and chocolate! (Dark preferred, but I don't really discriminate.) Because of the blogging world, I rediscovered my love of oatmeal and peanut butter (Peanut Butter & Co.'s White Chocolate Wonderful is a godsend). I'm a frustrated chef/baker, and have scorched my hair several times turning the stove on! Other than that, I'm pretty careful in the kitchen...

Movies! I can go from chick flicks to testosterone-driven blood baths, as long as there's some gawkable eye-candy in there somewhere. I love the ocean, but I don't know how to swim. I'll try almost anything once, and some nights, I just love to stay home and watch shitloads of TV.

Whew, me in a nutshell! What else...

I went through a period a few years back when my life was defined by the number of calories I ingested. No piece of broccoli went uncounted. 400 calories a day, no food after 2 p.m. Of course, that didn't always work, and I'd find myself the next day bingeing on who knows what. I was never clinically diagnosed as anorexic or anything, but one look at the dark place I had dug myself into, and you wouldn't need a silly doctor telling you this or that. Looking back at my journals from that time, I'm almost shocked at what I find...it's almost like it was a completely different person. I never went out, I alienated all my friends, and I was always cold, sad, alone and dead inside...

I'm still struggling from time to time, and I guess I'm what you'd call a disordered eater. I still feel guilty, withdrawn and ashamed whenever I think I've eaten too much. But I'm working on it! I'm so glad I found the blog world; hopefully I'll stick to this as an outlet to vent whatever I'm holding in so that I can LIVE FULLY AND BE HAPPY! I don't want to miss out on anything anymore!

Ok, that's enough for now. I'm still figuring out how to jazz up this site so that it doesn't look so blah. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!