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Alana

Waiting on the World to Change

About Me

There isn't much to say about myself. I'm a hopeless nerd, just ask my boyfriend or my sister. Getting ready to start grad school next Tuesday, so my response time might be slow, but I'm always up for meeting new people and catching up with old friends! Talk to y'all later~ ..
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TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Alana
Birthday: July 6, 1984.
Birthplace: NC
Current Location: SC
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5'2 and a HALF.
Right Handed or Left Handed: I'm always right.
Your Heritage: Mixed European- Norman French, British, Irish, and a teensy eensy bit Native American.
The Shoes You Wore Today: My black rainbows.
Your Weakness: Shopping.
Your Fears: Failure of any kind.
Your Perfect Pizza: Pepperoni, feta, roma tomatoes, black olives, and parmesean.
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Learn to appreciate every day.
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: Uh huh.
Thoughts First Waking Up: I wonder if I could squeeze in an extra 5 minutes...
Your Best Physical Feature: My eyes.
Your Bedtime: ... aren't I a both a little too young and a little too old for one of those?
Your Most Missed Memory: Raccoon.
Pepsi or Coke: Coke.
MacDonalds or Burger King: Panera Bread Co.
Single or Group Dates: Single, but I'm already taken.
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Lipton.
Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla ice cream but Chocolate cake, or cookies.
Cappuccino or Coffee: Coffee.
Do you Smoke: No- I'd rather kill myself with something deepfried.
Do you Swear: Too much.
Do you Sing: Absolutely not. That's why I dance.
Do you Shower Daily: Yes, but if I didn't I wouldn't admit it here anyway.
Have you Been in Love: Still am.
Do you want to go to College: Still in college and plan to stay there for a while- these things are best left to the professionals. :o)
Do you want to get Married: Someday.
Do you belive in yourself: Yes.
Do you get Motion Sickness: No.
Do you think you are Attractive: ... doesn't this constitute the sin of vanity?
Are you a Health Freak: Somewhat.
Do you get along with your Parents: It depends on what the topic of conversation is. But I do love them an awful lot.
Do you like Thunderstorms: Yes.
Do you play an Instrument: Sure do. The flute, the piccolo, and the oboe.
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: No.
In the past month have you Smoked: We've already covered this question.
In the past month have you been on Drugs: No, although alcohol is *technically* a drug.
In the past month have you gone on a Date: Only with Mitch.
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: Yes.
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: A whole box?! No. But maybe one or two.
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: Yes.
In the past month have you been on Stage: No.
In the past month have you been Dumped: No.
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: No.
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: No.
Ever been Drunk: Yes.
Ever been called a Tease: No.
Ever been Beaten up: No.
Ever Shoplifted: One time in middle school. I stole Lisa Frank stickers.
How do you want to Die: In my sleep.
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: I don't know, I'll tell you when I grow up.
What country would you most like to Visit: I'd like to visit all of Europe, most of Asia - especially China and Russia, and Brazil.
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Brown.
Favourite Hair Color: Dark.
Short or Long Hair: Short. Very Short.
Height: Tall.
Weight: Isn't this a little ridiculous as a question?
Best Clothing Style: Casual preppy.
Number of Drugs I have taken: Zero.
Number of CDs I own: ... I don't know and I'm not going to count them for you.
Number of Piercings: One in each ear.
Number of Tattoos: Zero.
Number of things in my Past I Regret: 2.
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My Interests

Ballroom dancing, novels, military history, spending time with the Mitchell, and Disney movies.

I'd like to meet:

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Roman Polanski, The entire cast of Grey's Anatomy, Cheryl Burke, Shirley Johnson, Julia Gorchakova, and Bob Powers. Posthumously - Anne Frank, Andrei Tarkovsky, and Primo Levi.

Music:

I love reggaeton, salsa, samba, anything by Mozart or Handel, pop and country. Shakira, Daddy Yankee, and Julio Iglesias are some of my favorite Latin artists, but I love a little bit of everything musical.

Movies:

Star Wars (the ORIGINAL trilogy and not that other crap that Lucas made), To Hell and Back, Von Ryan's Express, V for Vendetta, any and all Holocaust and/or World War II movies and anything animated by Disney.

Television:

Grey's Anatomy - thank you Shonda Rhimes for hiring McDreamy - Dancing With The Stars, So You Think You Can Dance, MADE, and Yo Momma.

Books:

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and I Had Seen Castles. Most romance novels, Holocaust literature, GULAG literature and books on foreign nationalism. I warned you I was a nerd! My most latest read: We Were In Auschwitz by Januez Nel Siedlecki, Krystyn Olszewski, Tadeusz Borowski.

Heroes:

Anne Frank, Kinley McGregor and Johanna Lindsey.

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My Blog

Why I Love Myspace

It's been a while since I had anything to say, but recently I was reminded of how many awesome friends I'd lost touch with. What was I doing - living in a cave? I'm so glad I don't have to call everyo...
Posted by Alana on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:24:00 PST

Must Love Friends...

Everyone knows that friends are important. They're the first people you turn to when your day goes to hell in a handbasket, the people who pick you up off the pavement when you crash and burn - after ...
Posted by Alana on Sun, 09 Jul 2006 01:58:00 PST

Taggin' Along

The first player of this game starts with 6 weird things/habits about yourself. In the end you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. The people that get tagged need to write a blo...
Posted by Alana on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 06:41:00 PST

Happy? Birthday.

      So my birthday is on the 6th of July, and usually I look forward to my birthday all year. I mean, who under 30 doesn't? But this year is totally different. Instead of hi...
Posted by Alana on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:01:00 PST