five and twenty

My friend Nikki tagged me in a Facebook thing, saying to post 25 random things about you and tag 25 more people. I can't bring myself to do that kind of post there, so I'll do it here!

1. I've known Nikki since 5th grade. She's incredible and I'm glad we're still friends!

2. Last semester I told my parents and grandmother that I was engaged to pull a prank. My mom flipped out, my grandma just laughed (she knows me too well), and my dad was totally excited. That scared me. "Dad, I'm too young to get married!" "No you're not." "But you're supposed to the one most opposed to me getting married before I'm 25!" (Seriously, someone get that man's head checked.)

3. My most favorite guy names ever are Seth, Thomas, Sam, Andy, Dan, Scott and Dean. (Dean was recently added to the list and Sam's moved up to the "most favorite" list from the "really like that name" list--see #4.)

4. I'm addicted to Supernatural. (Thanks Chelsea!) Attractive young men fighting evil? How can I resist? I like Sam best--six feet, four inches of oh-my-goodness! And his teeth are so white and he's such a good guy! (As of the end of season 2, anyway.) But Dean (six feet, one inch of oh-my-goodness--and that jaw!)--I totally get the overprotective older brother moments. I do the same thing for my brothers...on a much less life-or-death scale, of course. They take their turns as my desktop picture.

5. I totally want to learn the dance from the Bad Romance music video.

6. I've been reading the same novel since March and I'm not done with it yet.

7. (I'm pretty sure I overuse parentheses.)

8. Helena from A Midsummer Night's Dream is my favorite Shakespeare character. I can relate. At one point I had her first monologue memorized. "Call you me fair? That fair again unsay, Demetrius loves your fair!" And so on.

9. I think I may be a tad more of a feminist than I'm comfortable with.

10. I'm trying really hard to come up with positive things for this.

11. My brother Dallin is my very best friend.

12. I'm going to have a hard time picking bridesmaids because most of my best friends are guys.

13. However much I deny it, I know I'm gonna get married someday.

14. I finshed writing a song on Thursday that I started when I was sixteen.

15. I have a love/hate relationship with film photography.

16. Today, my dream job is Supreme Court Justice.

17. My favorite conference are the ones that mention history between 100 AD and 1800, and the ones that talk about democracy. (Like Elder Cook's today!)

18. I would have a really hard time dating a guy with the same name as my dad or brothers. (Chris, Dallin, John, Jared, Noah. Especially Dallin.) It would be weird.

19. I love playing matchmaker.

20. My favorite part of Vogue is the perfume samples.

21. I have a soft spot for cute asian boys in skinny jeans.

22. Quelque fois je pense en francais.

23. I'm writing a memoir about my summer. I can't do more than a page at a time because it makes me cry to think about it for too long.

24. I can't believe I have family I've never met in person, or have only met once. (I'm lookin' at you, Texas Taylors!)

25. I just found out that I have a ride home for Thanksgiving!