Laura

LAURA
Lis forLoud
Ais forAmazing
Uis forUpbeat
Ris forRadiant
Ais forAmorous What Does Your Name Mean?i'm a child of God. i hate it when people don't use their turn signal, diss josh groban, or disrespect me; i love it when people smile, ask me how i'm doing and mean it, or save me the whipped cream in the shake because they know i like it so much. when i was younger i used to pretend that laura ingalls wilder was my namesake. i'm a hopeless romantic who cried every single one of the thousand times i've watched a movie involving romance as minutely present as in finding nemo. my heart skips a beat whenever i look at the flowers on my desk or on my vanity. i order the same thing everywhere i go, except california pizza kitchen - i guess those amazing pizzas bring out my wild side ;) i constantly crave panera's cappuccino chip i.c. i love pictures - taking them, making them, perusing them. i'm a huge fan of stephen curtis chapman as a lyricist, christina aguilera as a vocalist, and josh groban as the conflation of all that is wonderful about broadway and opera. john donne's poetry makes me want to weep; DEF poetry makes me want to stand up and shout. ralph ellison, james weldon johnson, henry roth, zora neale hurston, flannery o'connor, samuel clemens, frank peretti, and frederick douglass are geniuses. white robes in really nice hotel rooms make me feel pampered; a good friends marathon makes me wish my life were more funny. some of my life dreams are to someday write a really clever children's book, write a song, and be a wonderful mother. i wish i wrote more in my journal, painted more, and generally succumbed more often to my creativity rather than my neurotic rigidity. i ogle children in public and practically die at how cute they are. i have a pretty big obsession with mitochondrial DNA. it's frustrating when people speak impetuously and are incessantly self-centered, though i am guilty of doing both a lot of the time. i also get annoyed when people say they like "all music," but clearly, they don't. i guess i just generally get annoyed when people think they're more open minded than they really are, which i guess i also do as well. my worst fears are: being attacked by a campus squirrel, falling down stairs so traumatically that i'm beaten into a bloody pulp, thinking that some crazy man is hiding in the shower when i pee (i ALWAYS check), people thinking that i'm a hypocrite, dropping things off of bridges. the beach is probably one of my favorite places in the world. some of my favorite words are phenomenal, nevertheless, poignant, wow, and love. it drives me nuts when cars drive RIGHT on my tail. i love the art teacher who told me that my love of painting, neurotic organizing, and accessorizing were all manifestations of my creative genius :) i have driven with my eyes closed. i prefer pepper over salt, miracle whip over mayonnaise, and peanut butter over just about everything, except ice cream, in which case i'd have peanut buter ice cream. i have a journal and wish i was better at keeping it; i'm improving lately and find i'm more successful when i just write it in lists. i flip out at every single thing i see at barnes and noble. my heroes are Jesus Christ, paul the apostle, rahab, abigail (in the Bible), nick arojo, hurley, and gil grissom. i have REAL business cards! lately i'm really into ridiculously expensive boots, though i'll never own a pair - i'm incredibly chinchy with buying clothes. i collect angels and bears along with any crayola product ever made - if you ever want to get me a present and are at a loss, please just get me cool paper, pens, or markers and i will be ever grateful. i want to LIVE life, not float through it. more than anything i want to glorify my creator, deliverer, strength, shepherd, treasure, all in all, master, counselor, king, father, best friend, light, salvation - my EVERYTHING - Jesus Christ.