100 Facts about luckyambition

  1. I wore hazel-colored contacts during my sophomore && junior years of high school. I stopped wearing colored lenses when I suffered from a case of corneal abrasion towards the end of my junior year. I ended up in the ER because of it. 
  2. I was unable to ride a bike until I was six years old. I then learned how to ride all in one day.
  3. Most likely I’m allergic to something in chocolate pudding because whenever I try to eat it I gag and my throat restricts. I never eat pudding and I honestly find it repulsive.
  4. I am a first-generation American. My mother is from Colombia and my father is from Iran.
  5. I didn’t have my first crush until 6th grade, but my 16-year-old brother has been in love with the same girl for nine years.  
  6. I’ve been dying my hair the same $4 hair color since summer of 2008. I use colorsilk brown black #20.
  7. I was classified as a gifted kid in elementary school and junior high. I always felt really insecure being in a class with other gifted children, too.  
  8. Lemon Lavender by Yankee Candle is my favorite candle scent. Smoothie by Walgreens is my second favorite.
  9. I played the role of Earth in my third grade’s class play on the solar system. 
  10. I go through foreign phases where I become interested in certain places, people, and things.
  11. I’m usually over-prepared and am what you could call a compulsive planner.
  12. Rabbits and Tigers are my favorite animals.
  13. I wear my hair in pig tails for luck.
  14. I don’t really like the beach that much. I love bodies of water, but not beaches themselves.
  15. I’m the only introvert in my family. It sucks. 
  16. I visited the principal’s office at least once a year for improper conduct from age 6 until age 17. 
  17. I used to hate the idea of traveling. I don’t like tourist traps, either.
  18. Integrity is my defining trait. 
  19. My goal was to graduate summa cum laude. I came really close, but didn’t make it.
  20. I respect atheists/agnostics, but I don’t think I would want to marry one.
  21. I was nearly held back kindergarten due to “emotional immaturity”
  22. I played the clarinet in elementary school.
  23. Purple is my favorite color. 
  24. I failed my driver’s test three times because I didn’t know how to parallel park.
  25. Freshman year of high school, my friends and I called our group the “beach clique”
  26. I don’t like anything in extremes.
  27. I’m afraid of conflict, affection, and risky situations.
  28. A lot of my friends are gay or lesbian. 
  29. My hair is naturally wavy. I straighten it 90% of the time and pull it back the rest.
  30. I live in an apartment on campus.  
  31. My least favorite subject is biology.
  32. If I’m not in class/outside, I am always in pajamas.
  33. A first impression is important to me, but a continuing impression is more important. If you are rude to me more than twice, there is a 99% chance I will never respect or like you again.
  34. I volunteered for the Association for Supportive Child Care during Summer 2011. It was one the greatest experiences I’ve ever had. 
  35. I am told often that I ask too many questions.
  36. When I was a kid, I loved to watch all of those “straight-to-vhs” Mary-Kate and Ashley movies, like ‘Switching Goals,’ ‘Billboard Dad,’ and ‘Passport to Paris’
  37. I don’t like plain chocolate. I prefer brownies, Kit Kats, and cookie dough. 
  38. I had my ears pierced a second time the day after my 18th birthday. My 2nd piercing always has earrings, even if the front pair don’t.
  39. My favorite food is vegetable lasagna.
  40. Grapes are my favorite fruit. 
  41. The two most expensive things I’ve ever purchased were my car and my laptop. Yes, I paid for both. 
  42. I would rather die in ice than in fire.
  43. My mom and I have been watching Desperate Housewives together since the 2004.
  44. Craft stores give me a sense of peace.
  45. My middle name is ‘Malek,’ which is Persian for ‘King’ 
  46. I am big believer in personal space.
  47. Lilo and Stitch is my favorite Disney film. 
  48. Irresponsibility is a huge turn-off.
  49. Doing these random factlets about me has helped me learn roman numerals.
  50. In third grade, my school offered to let me skip a grade. I declined.  
  51. The only time I really cry is when I don’t know what to say or I’ve read/watched a good book/film.
  52. I find slut-shaming to be absolutely appalling. Do not use the word “whore” or “slut” around me to demean people. It will not bode well for our friendship.
  53. Let’s not ever engage in political discussion. 
  54. I fear letting others down more than almost anything.
  55. When I worked in high school, I would donate financially each month to charity. Nowadays, I’m broke so I donate my time.
  56. Don’t try to surprise me. I DO NOT like surprises.
  57. The summer between high school and my first year of college I wrote an entire chapter-by-chapter commentary of Twilight. I hated it that much. 
  58. This past semester was the first time I’d ever had coffee.
  59. I registered with tumblr in July of 2009. I didn’t begin utilizing my account until April 2010, because I couldn’t understand the original interface.
  60. I’ve been a vegetarian since February 19th, 2009.
  61. I’m a victim advocate intern with Victim/Witness Services for Coconino County. 
  62. When I’m bored of my last.fm station, I play a radio station with the tags ‘happy’ and ‘fun’
  63. I had three cups of coffee in two hours the night I finished my social work term paper. It was 37 pages. 
  64. I have an allergy to cats. Similarly, I don’t like cats. Neither does my mother. Maybe I inherited it from her. 
  65. Stars are my symbol as Roxanne means “bright star”
  66. I am the president of NAU’s Criminal Justice Honor Society. I’m also the Social and Field Trip Chair. 
  67. I always cry at the end of Gran Torino.
  68. My favorite textbook is Marriages & Families by Nijole Benokraitis. 
  69. Most people have never heard me yell before.
  70. I used to live next door (in the same building) to where Kathy the (NAU) Ghost killed herself. 
  71. I’ve never smoked marijuana before and I’ve had way too many opportunities.
  72. Looking back, my high school was incredibly “average”
  73. My mom bought me S-Kun in 1999.
  74. I clean my room multiple times a week.
  75. I rarely finish tumblr challenges because I either get bored, irritated, or too busy to finish them. 
  76. I never use calculators unless the problem absolutely requires it.
  77. My mom bought me a camera for my 18th birthday. To date I’ve taken over 5000 pictures with it. 
  78. Getting stains on my clothing is a huge pet peeve. Even if no one else can see them, I get irritated. 
  79. I am not into “bad boys” and much more prefer nice guys with a sense of humor. I generally dislike anyone who uses their fists to resolve personal conflict. 
  80. My friends joke that I’m the “team mom” and that I worry too much. It’s true.
  81. I rarely ever hug my father or my brother. None of us are sentimental, so it works out well.
  82. Gratitude is important to me.
  83. I go through cyclical obsessions: Harry Potter > Digimon > Charmed > Dragon Ball Z > Whatever new fandom I’m into.
  84. College is my life and I love [almost] every second of it.
  85. My parents want me to be a lawyer. I don’t. 
  86. I’m contemplating grad school, but not for at least a year or two. 
  87. I hate to let people see me cry. Also, I barely ever cry.
  88. Close to finals I either binge or don’t eat at all. People think it’s weird, but they have to understand that I struggled with bulimia in high school and still have occasional episodes.
  89. PEOPLE WHO TYPE IN ALL CAPS PISS ME OFF. I think it has to do with the fact that it reminds me of shouting and I don’t like people who shout.
  90. I have a two tone wardrobe - a lot of pink/red and a lot of blue/black.
  91. I associate sunshine with happiness, naivety, and openness  and associate cloudiness/drizzle with stability, thoughtfulness, and curiosity.
  92. My fifth grade teacher described me as “persistent”
  93. I’m a morning person. 
  94. Overzealous religious fanatics, atheists, feminists, or animal rights activists bother me. I understand standing up for your beliefs, but if your beliefs are endangering the civil liberties of another then they need to be revised. 
  95. I cannot stand Family Guy.
  96. I used to read the newspaper every day.
  97. I can’t sleep in a warm room.
  98. I would never know the date if I didn’t have page-a-day calendars since 2009.
  99. Last summer I reread the first five Animorph books. They’re actually very good books. 
  100. I have lived alone most of my college experience. 

∞ Posted 1 year ago