I am a smoot tall

Background: Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night Over the Rhone
I am a smoot tall.
A smoot is a unit of distance (or "length", as physical scientists say) used for measuring the Harvard Bridge. It is named after an MIT fraternity pledge at Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, Oliver R. Smoot (class of 1962), who in October, 1958 was rolled head over heels by his fraternity brothers to measure the length of the bridge. The smoot is equal to his height (five feet and seven inches -- 1.70 m), and the bridge's length was measured to be "364.4 smoots and one ear". Everyone walking across the bridge today sees painted markings indicating how many smoots they are from the Boston-side river bank. The marks are repainted each year by the incoming pledge class of Lambda Chi Alpha. Markings typically appear every 10 smoots, but additional marks appear at other numbers in between. For example, the 70-smoot mark is omitted in favor of a mark for 69. The 182.2-smoot mark is accompanied by the words "Halfway to Hell" and an arrow pointing towards MIT. The markings have become well-accepted by the public, to the point that they are sometimes used by police to indicate the location of accidents along the bridge.
I never really like writing about myself. I consider myself a hopeless romantic. I believe true love does exist. I believe, unfortunately, that not everyone finds it. I believe in love at first sight. Kevin Costner said it best in Bull Durham, "I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days."
I've been blessed with a group of friends not many people are fortunate enough to have. I have the greatest family. My sister and I are extremely close. I love my parents. I currently live in Knoxville, Tennessee. I am earning a degree in sport management with a minor in business and statistics. I love that city and the people I've met there, but I miss Nashville, too.
As I said, I'm currently in school at the University of Tennessee. I may go to grad school, I haven't yet decided. I watch a lot of movies (I've got a slight addiction to buying DVDs), and absolutely love music. I believe strongly in the basic principle of Karma. I forgive easily and try my best not to hold grudges. I'm a pretty nice person. I love meeting new people. I love making new friends. I wish everyone would be themselves. I'm usually a pretty happy person, I try not to let negativity get the best of me. I have almost zero road rage. I just hate not getting "the wave." You can't make everyone happy. In fact, there's some people who just can't be happy.I try not to take things for granted, but like everyone; I know I sometimes do. I try to stay friends with everyone who has ever been important to me. It is strange. I've lived in Nashville (in Donelson, actually) for my entire life. I can't imagine living somewhere else. Be Honest. There's nothing more painful than being lied to.
"To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best."
- William M. Thackeray
These are my two beautiful nieces. I hope that someday I will be so blessed as to have two beautiful baby girls. I love them to death, they pretty much mean everything to me. Don't you forget it.
Kyrie Brooke!
AND this is my darling Abby. Wearing MY Vanderbilt hat. Love it.
If you think I sound interesting and want to talk, drop me a line sometime. I have AIM, you'll just have to ask.