25 Random Things About Me

My friend Evaly did this on Facebook and I thought it was interesting so here I go!

1. I’ve worked with the same group of 10 people over the past 4 years at 3 different jobs.
2. I have a degree in genetics and plant biology and a career in web development.
3. Jules and I have been together for 5 years!
4. I’ve been playing soccer for over 20 years.
5. I have bigger baseball trophies than soccer trophies, even though I only played for a few years.
6. I was kicked off the track team in high school for skipping practice to play golf. (Probably because I admitted to it.)
7. I love Jules’s red pumpkin curry.
8. I felt more awkward in the Hapa club with my “peers” than I do living my every day life.
9. Sea scout camp never sent me my merit badges.
10. I’ve kept a written journal since elementary school.
11. I do my best thinking in the shower.
12. In high school I learned that your middle name is given and isn’t just your mom’s maiden name.
13. In high school I loved math and hated english. In college it was the opposite.
14. My college room mate gender pattern was: 1 guy -> 1 girl -> 2 guys -> 2 girls.
15. I don’t like chocolate. Except reeses, those are delicious.
16. Vanilla is my favorite flavor of ice cream.
17. I had a turtle since junior high. He died this year.
18. I played four years of varsity soccer and never got a jacket.
19. I made a bet with a friend in high school to see who would get a Jeep (wrangler) and a motorcycle first. I won.
20. When I play soccer I look angry because I have to squint all the time. I don’t wear contacts.
21. I went to Illinois once to meet some people I met online. It was awesome.
22. I don’t have a passport.
23. I like potatoes with my ketchup.
24. I moved in the middle of kindergarten. I still remember that day.
25. I want to hike all 2600 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail.