Hi. I'm of the school of thought that holds that each person is constantly changing, altered daily by new events and circumstances. What you have here in my "bio," then, is just a quick snapshot; me at a particular moment in time (11:46pm on 30 May 2000, for those of you keeping track). I'll probably change this section every so often, but if you keep up with the journal you'll get the gist.
I'm about to enter my senior year at Macalester College in Saint Paul, MN. I'm a psychology major, but if you're envisioning a prissy blond sorority girl who loves to work with the elderly and is planning a career as a peppy elementary school guidance counselor, you've got the wrong person. My general mode of operation (admittedly a bit cliche) is to question everything, and my field of study is by no means exempt from that.
Personality-wise, I'm tend to be pretty introverted. I can hole up in my room for hours at a stretch, perfectly content to listen to music, read, write, or just sit there and think. A primary means of self-occupation for me is to plan things: My life, my fantasy house, how I'll pay back my credit card bill, my future relationship with the person I saw walking down the street, my next grocery list. Even in my daydreams, I like to feel like I have things under control.
I spent most of my "formative" years in small city near Milwaukee, WI. My parents and three siblings still live there. I haven't spent more than three weeks at a time there since I left for college in the fall of 1997; now I call Saint Paul "home."
As for my post-college life, I'm sifting through a number of possibilities. Grad school, definitely. When, where, and for what are more difficult questions to answer. Beyond that, the future is even foggier. Now that I'm staring graduation in the face (all right, so it's a year away), the inevitability of having to make a decision is becoming apparent. Thus, it is a prime journal topic- look for more details there.
Here are some excerpts (with updates where necessary) from my first bio-type page, circa October 1998:
Essential facts:
Full name: Kristin Bethany T_________
Date of Birth: 13.08.80
Siblings: Laura, 23; Jenna, 16; David, 14
Residence: St. Paul, MN
Major: Psychology
Minor: Women's and Gender Studies
Ancestry: Danish, Norwegian, German (amazingly, I'm not blond and blue-eyed)
Languages: English, German, a little Dutch
Personality: Type A, desperately trying to be Type B. Yes, I realize the irony in that. Also, I think I'm an "INFP", but I also have a history of being able to unconsciously manipulate personality tests to make the results fit with my current self-perceptions.
Random facts:
Despite being a broke student and moving twice or thrice a year, I cannot resist buying books.
I know how to knit, albeit very badly.
I crashed my junior prom.
I'm an atheist, more or less. Maybe "indifferent" is a better way to describe it.
I skipped a grade when I was 8.
I have more cats than I do siblings.
I have the somewhat bizarre talent for remembering people's names, whether or not they know me.
I am exceedingly competetive at Scrabble.
I've described my sexuality as "theoretically bisexual, functionally lesbian," but all that has been complicated by the introduction of postmodern theory into my frame of reference.
A large proportion of my belongings are blue.
I sleep on my side.
I posess an uncanny store of useless knowledge.
I remember my best friend's phone number from 2nd grade, and my address from when I was in kindergarten.