being a true and hopeless romantic, having OCD, being random, laughing-- A LOT, a little accident-prone and clumsy, a little high strung, having a mild case of road-rage, seeing the world through rose-colored glasses and the glass as half full, giving the benefit of the doubt, dorkiness all the way, trying to do everything on my "List of Things to Do in My Life," and being arachnophobic

laughing and giggling; web and interactive design; makeup artist; art- digital graphics, photography: digital and black & white, charcoal, drawing,painting; music- singing, playing the flute and piano, and listening; cooking (and experimenting) and baking; swimming; volleyball; reading as many books as possible; knitting- well, as of now, only scarves; belting out into random song; feeding Pudge the Fish a peanut butter sandwich every Thursday

my new digital SLR!, my digital cameras, the feeling of clean towels straight out of the dryer, the beach, swimming, new makeup, my iPods, taking pictures (not being in them, but actually taking them), fairies, cutesy drawings of animals with really big heads and small bodies, lollipop toddlers (aka toddlers with chubby cheeks, whose heads are really big compared to their bodies, especially when they're "walking" aka "waddling,"), being given flowers, dark chocolate, glitter, my iMAC, pandas, butterflies, penguins, fireworks, sunsets, Twitchy the Squirrel from Hoodwinked

books:

The DaVinci Code- Dan Brown, A Walk to Remember- Nicholas Sparks, The Dim Sum of All Things- Kim Wong Keltner, Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants series- Ann Brashares, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe- CS Lewis, Harry Potter series- JK Rowling

I listen to a whole bunch of different genres of music, but these are just a few of my favorite groups: Paramore, Marie Digby, Kate Voegele, Lifehouse, The Fray, Michelle Branch, Christina Aguilera, Matt Wertz, Nelly Furtado, New Years Day, Alicia Keys, Colbie Caillat, Justin Timberlake, Jojo, Taylor Swift, The Starting Line, Stage Fright Remedy, Bethany Joy Lenz, Mariah Carey, Mandy Moore, Maroon 5, Jason Mraz, Simple Plan, Yellowcard, Backstreet Boys, Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Green Day

[hungry-girl.com], [totalbeauty.com], [orisinal], [devotedtosmallville.com], [wentworthmilleronline.com], [saving-me.net], [sephora.com], [onetreehillonline.com], [OTHfans ], [kryptonsite.com], [meomi], [maccosmetics.com]

Kung Fu Panda, Lilo & Stitch, Monster's Inc., Little Manhattan, Ocean's Eleven, Ever After, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, A Walk to Remember, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Harry Potter series, Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Princess Diary, Princess Diary 2, Hitch, She's the Man, Chasing Liberty, Freaky Friday, X-Men series (well, just 1 and 2 now), Lord of the Rings trilogy, Meet the Robinsons, Ratatouille , Definitely Maybe

Prison Break, Smallville, Heroes, One Tree Hill, Ugly Betty, House, Supernatural, Law & Order: SVU, CSI, CSI: NY, CSI: Miami, LOST, Veronica Mars, Criminal Minds, Bones, Gossip Girl, Good Eats

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present. ~ from Kung Fu Panda

Life is not the amount of breaths you take, it's the moments that take your breath away. ~ from the movie Hitch

Never lie, steal, cheat, or drink. But if you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company. If you must cheat, cheat death. And if you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away. ~ from the movie Hitch

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary." ~ Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios

"Risk-taking, trust, and serendipity are key ingredients of joy. Without risk, nothing new ever happens. Without trust, fear creeps in. Without serendipity, there are no surprises." ~ Rita Golden Gilman

"Better to put your heart out there and have it abused once in a while than to keep it hidden away." ~ The Third Summer of the Sisterhood, Anne Brashares

"There are some people who fall in love over and over... And there are others who can only seem to do it once." ~The Third Summer of the Sisterhood, Anne Brashares

It's not always rainbows and butterflies; it's compromise that moves us along ~ She Will be Loved, Maroon 5

Can't you see, I've got to live my life the way I feel is right for me, might not be right for you but it's right for me ~ Elsewhere, Sarah Maclachlan

Lana and Clark

One Tree Hill

Three Times