Procrastination at it's Finest.

The adorable Megan at Time After Tea passed these questions along to me, and they could not have come at a better time as I am desperately needing (or wanting) a little break from writing a book critique. It is actually a really good book, and I think I will probably post a mini-review of it here soon, but I have never written a book CRITIQUE before so it has been a bit of a process trying to figure out what exactly to analyze for this assignment. Anyways, on to the questions.

1. Why do you blog?

I think when it comes down to it, it's essentially "the talking cure"... everyone likes being able to vent, ramble, or share with someone else. And what better place to do it than to a bunch of complete strangers who are oh so supportive? It has really just become fun to get inspiration from other people for different outfit, craft, and recipe ideas, and then passing those along hoping to provide that for someone else.

2. Name three of your best memories...
-Going to the breeder with the family and picking out Penske as a puppy, and getting to hold her on my lap the whole way home :-)
-Running around barefoot in just a swimsuit all summer long in our neighborhood in St. Louis, playing with all the neighborhood kids late into the night (flashlight tag!) until our parents made us come in to shower and go to bed
-Florida Spring Break senior year with the extended family and my best friend Katelyn. I don't know if we even did anything all that exciting, but it was still really fun

3. Name 4 of the best fiction books you've read.

I LOVE reading, but here are a few:
-A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
-Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
-Lullaby (My first Chuck Palahniuk book)
-The Holly Barker "Orchid" series by Stuart Woods (some of his earlier ones, his others are good but the more recent ones have not been as great)

4. What are the 5 best movies ever made?

SO HARD! Uh, here are probably just five of the first few that came to mind.
-Forrest Gump (I don't know how you could not like that)
-Monty Python and the Holy Grail
-Interview with the Vampire
-Public Enemies
-Wizard of Oz (I don't know why I'm so obsessed with this but I have always loved it)

5. Name 5 things you can't live without.
-Music, specifically Rock'n'Roll.
-My wonderfully crazy, fun, beautiful friends.
-My ridiculous, yet entertaining, family.
-Water water water water. More so than the normal human. LOVE it.
-Creativity. Can you even imagine how dull this world would be without it?

6. If you could change your name what would it be?

I hated my name when I was little and always tried to at least go by some other variation of Alex (Lexi, Alexa, etc) because I did not like that it was also a boy's name. I think I've come to terms with it though, I do love my full name (Alexandra) and I was actually just thinking earlier today how cool it is that I have one of the few names with an x in it. Haha.

7. Tell us a unique and interesting fact about yourself....

When I was little, in the school play/musical/whatever about careers, I played the role of a florist, and I think everyone (including myself) thought it was kind of ridiculous to want to be a florist when I grew up (you know, that or a marine biologist. I don't know where I came up with these things), but now I think I would LOVE to own a flower shop that catered to big events.

8. What do you love most about yourself?

Oops... forgot to change this answer the first time: I think mostly just that I generally try to consider how the things I do/say are going to affect other people, and then act accordingly, although it does stress me out at times.

9. If you had a 'Freaky Friday' experience, who would you change places with?

Chelsea Handler. If her life on a daily basis is even REMOTELY close to being as funny as it is in the stories she tells in her books, it would be totally worth it.

10. What is the best thing about being a woman?

HAVING FEELINGS. Haha. Ok, kind of joking. But... I have been reading the book Why She Buys, and I just think it is so insane how women just tend to be more in tuned with and caring of other people and how they feel as well as how what we do affects others. I guess kind of just the "motherly" thing. Well, that and the high heels, make up, and all that good stuff. While it can sometimes be a real pain, when it comes down to it, I love it.