30 Posts - Day 6

Day 6: Favorite superhero and why


*Whew, almost missed Day 6!!

Okay, choosing a favorite superhero is actually more difficult than I thought it would be. I LOOOOOVE the idea of superheroes and I LOOOOOOVE superhero movies (but I've never actually read a comic book or anything). That being said, I think I have to go with Superman.

C'mon, just look at him!

He's basically an all-around good guy, AND he has genuine superpowers! Who cares if he's *technically* an alien, at least he was born with his powers. Most of the other "superheroes" are the result of some crazy lab experiment, or they don't *actually* have any superpowers. 

He's also pretty dang easy on the eyes. 

30 Posts - Day 5

Day 5: A picture of somewhere you've been to 


How about 3? In July 2005, I had the opportunity to study French in Aix-en-Provence, France. It's on the southern end, near the French Riviera. I was able to visit several places along the coast, and these are just a few.

Canoeing through les Calanques; they're massive cliffs with water going through them

the coast in Nice

very picturesque lavender field

I bet you all expected pictures of Asia... HA! GOTCHA! :)

30 Posts - Day 4

Day 4: A habit that you wish you didn't have


I wish I didn't bite my nails! They're thin like tissue paper and they tear and rip and I definitely bite them more when I feel stressed. I also pick at the skin around my nails. Sometimes I get acrylic nails and keep them for a while--but even then, I'll still pick at those too! It's a terrible, awful habit.

I've been a nail-biter for as long as I can remember. My mom would put that bitter stuff on my nails, and I'd either bite through it, or pick it off. Even now when I put strengthening stuff on my nails, it doesn't seem to "bind" to my nail very well so I end up just picking that off too. Sigh.

30 Posts - Day 3

Day 3: A picture of you and your friends

Junior year of college (I was "Carrie" for Halloween), with Rachel

My visit home last March, with Rachel (and her husband)

Me with my bridesmaids; my sister is on the left, other two are Leslie and Rachel

While trying to find photos of me WITH friends, I realized that in more recent years I definitely hid from the camera more often than not. I should take more pictures with friends!

30 Posts - Day 2

Day 02- The meaning behind your Blog name
I think the meaning behind my blog name is pretty self-explanatory. This is my story of being fat and living in Daegu, South Korea--often considered to be the most conservative/old-fashioned city in the country. According to the Internet, a memoir is "an account of the personal experiences of an author" and this is just that (for the most part). Oh, and I'm pregnant. 
And there you have it. 

30 Posts - Day 1

Day 01- A recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself

1. I found out I was pregnant exactly 35 days after having Lap-Band surgery.
2. I am the youngest of 5; 2 older brothers and 2 older sisters. The oldest is 45, I'm 27.
3. I was born in Newburgh, NY, and my family lived in Virginia, Kansas, and Illinois before settling in Alabama when I was 7 years old. 
4. My husband and I moved to Korea in November 2008 because we needed a break. Pesky little things like life and reality were eating us alive.
5. Two days ago, I actually said this out loud: "I hope I love our baby as much as I love little baby Elliot." Elliot is one of our cats. He's 3 years old.
6. I have a tattoo on the inside of my wrist. It says "believe" in Hebrew. I chose Hebrew because my mother's side of the family is Jewish and I wanted something to look at whenever I wanted to feel close to her. I chose "believe" because at the time I was struggling with trying to understand why my life was turning out like it was, and I knew that I just needed to believe. Believe in God, believe in my faith, believe that there's a reason why things happen.
7. That's the first time I've actually told anyone all of the reasons behind my wrist tattoo.
8. I have a tattoo on my foot of a sun. My mom always sang "You are My Sunshine" and it makes me happy to see it. I also love the sun. I also have really ugly toes and needed something to distract from them.
9. I went to a public boarding school for 11th and 12th grade called the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science. Since Alabama ranks so low on the education scale, the state's required to have a special school for gifted students, tuition-free. That place changed my life.
10. I love listening to music, all kinds. I'm not as "into" the "scene" as I was in high school and college, but it's still something that I love. Some of my favorite songs/bands I can't/won't even listen to anymore because of all of the memories they dredge up. 
11. I used to make up fake tragedies in my life and then tell my AOL Instant Messenger friends about them in order to get attention. I actually had a fantastic childhood and great parents and I never got into trouble and I was a really really good kid all through high school and college and always had good grades with minimal effort. For some reason, I felt this was all too boring so I would try to make myself seem more exciting. 
12. I didn't claim Alabama as my home until my senior year of high school. When it was time to send out those college applications, I realized that I just wanted to stay... home. I went to the University of Alabama at Birmingham, 45 minutes from my parents house. I did, however, either live on campus or just off-campus for all 4 years.
13. My favorite food in the whole wide world is macaroni and cheese.
14. My least favorite food in the whole wide world is... nothing. I have yet to eat something that I would never eat again.
15. During my junior year of college, I shared a house with 2 other friends and we often had people over to hang out on our awesome front porch. One night, a one-legged no-teeth no-outer-ear patchy-haired burn victim prostitute named Janice visited us on our porch. She was 43 and just finished a job at the apartment complex next door and asked if we could call a cab for her. My friend gave her a beer while she waited on the taxi, and Janice tried to pay us $3 for the beer. 2 of us told her no, it's nothing, but my other friend took the money (not realizing we'd already told her no). My friend gave $1 to me and the other girl and kept one for herself, and to this day (almost 7 years later) I still have that hooker dollar in my underwear drawer.

30 Posts in 30 Days

In an effort to keep this blog more active, I'm going to start the "30 Posts in 30 Days Challenge" (I guess you could call it that). I've seen it on some other random blogs so I thought I'd do to make things a little more interesting. Anyway, here's the list of topics I found:

Day 01- A recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself
Day 02- The meaning behind your Blog name
Day 03- A picture of you and your friends
Day 04- A habit that you wish you didn’t have
Day 05- A picture of somewhere you’ve been to
Day 06- Favorite super hero and why
Day 07- A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you
Day 08- Short term goals for this month and why
Day 09- Something you’re proud of in the past few days
Day 10- Songs you listen to when you are Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad
Day 11- Another picture of you and your friends
Day 12- How you found out about blogging and why you made one
Day 13- A letter to someone who has hurt you recently
Day 14- A picture of you and your family
Day 15- What are your favorite songs [adjusted from ipod list]
Day 16- Another picture of yourself
Day 17- Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why
Day 18- Plans/dreams/goals you have
Day 19- Nicknames you have; why do you have them
Day 20- Someone you see yourself marrying/being with in the future
Day 21- A picture of something that makes you happy
Day 22- What makes you different from everyone else
Day 23- Something you crave for a lot
Day 24- A letter to your parents
Day 25- What I would find in your bag
Day 26- What you think about your friends
Day 27- Why are you doing this 30 day challenge
Day 28- A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then?
Day 29- Your favourite song.
Day 30- In this past month, what have you learned

Here goes nothin'!