Meow. Miao. Nyan.

( those are cat sounds in English, Chinese, & Japanese. )

I think it's time you all met my pride and joy(s?). c:
The only things I cannot stay mad at for more than 10 minutes, two out of the three only things I love and spoil unconditionally.
My cats! :D

I love them so much. >w<
All my life I have preferred cats over dogs. But my mom was always "blah blah blah vet bills are expensive" so we never had one, until last year. /o/ My stepdad likes animals too haaah. So we ended up buying a cat one day. It was kind of like "oh there's this cat at Pet Smart that's super friendly wanna go see him?" and we ended up taking him home. It was great. His name is Morris.

This is him on his first day with us. He was a year and a half here.

Maybe half a year later we got our second cat, from Petco. She's a sweetie. /o/
Also yes, they're a boy and a girl, but they're fixed (to the dismay of both my sister and I, who wanted kittens...).

This is Madison. Or Maddie. I think I'm the only one who still calls her Madison.

And now a diagram I have drawn to better show you their personalities:

Madison has big big pretty green eyes. She does whatever she wants, and often gives us this "I am too good for this" look. Towards Morris she is pretty cold and has little patience, but with us she can be very sweet. /o/  She spends a lot of her time sleeping or staring out the window. Lazy girl. She also attacks Morris a lot and scares him. But he usually turns it around and she goes running. Sort of like the concept of her taking a bite of more than she can chew.

Morris is... a character. He doesn't afraid of anything except the doorbell and strangers. He whines a lot, and he gets really jealous of Madison for some reason. He cleans himself for like... ever (compared to Madison, at least), and then goes on to clean her. She hates it though, so she either ignores him or attacks him.
Morris also has bad (?) eyesight? Probably not actually, but we blame it on his eyesight. Sometimes he'll miscalculate a distance he has to jump and misses. Then when we give him treats he takes forever to sniff it out even if it's right in front of his face. He has better balance than Madison, though.

Generally, Morris is whiny picky pushover mama's boy. While Madison is more a do-what-I-want girl with an overly sweet side at times. She friendly to anyone who isn't Morris. Speaking in Japanese anime tropes, she is a tsundere.

Okay I'm done lol.

Now, Morris, at about 2 and a half years, and Madison, about 1 and half years, have both gotten... pudgy.

In which you guys find out how truly boring I am.

The Monday after my birthday, my family and I were at The Cheesecake Factory. After my pasta arrived, I tucked one side of my hair behind my ear to eat, then held the other side away with my free hand, instead of tucking it behind my ear as well. I thought, "huh, this is a weird habit I have. I bet no one else does this."

Remember the character sketches Mrs. Musick had us do for the Musick game?
Yeah, I was reminded of that.
So here I have decided to do one on myself.


Basics
Given name: Nicole Kay Vasquez
Current age: 18
Date of Birth: December 2nd, 1993
Physical given: Human female
Mental identification: Cat
Result: Lazy girl who likes to sleep and meow.

13 Things
1. Physical description

~ Most notable feature is long black (dark brown in bright light) hair, measuring approx. 2 ft 3.5 in from scalp to end. (No you sillies I didn't hold up a ruler to my head, I pulled out a strand of hair and measured that. Pfft.) Bangs and longer pieces of hair frame the face.
~ Tan skin, somewhat. Sort of. More so than a Caucasian of course, but actually quite paler than the norm for Filipino descendants. Paleness due to not going outside enough.
~ Asian eyes. Dark brown, mostly looks black in pictures. Short eyelashes.
~ Unusually tall for her race. Almost 5'7".
~ Scarily skinny. :c Result of a tall father and thin mother.
~ Braces and glasses
~ Often mistaken for Chinese or Japanese, when in reality, is Filipino-Spanish. (Philippines + Spain.) Small amount of Chinese blood may have been the cause of that, though.
~ Doesn't look her age apparently.
~ Generally average looking.

2. Mannerisms
- Enjoys staying inside her room.
- Enjoys staying inside in general.
- Doesn't really like going out unless necessary. So, she doesn't like going out just for the sake of getting outside. Finds it pointless.
- Quiet and very shy around strangers (especially those her age)
- Polite, mostly
- Over-apologetic
- Generally lazy
- Slightly OCD about certain things
- Somewhat bipolar around certain people
- Stubborn
- Obsessed with cute things, cats, and Asian stuff.
- Bad with money; compulsive spender
- Gets jealous too easily, but is very good at hiding it
- ....very good at hiding feelings in general
- Often spaces out/absent minded/easily distracted
- Clumsy.
- Cannot housework. Bad at cleaning, cooking, sewing. Anything housewife-y in general.
- Also would rather starve than cook herself a meal not involving the microwave.
- Too paranoid than should actually be
- Awkward.
- Has such a presence that makes her often forgotten. Even if she's sitting right there. (Just go ask Staci and Mary and David about this one if you don't believe it. |D)
- Finds small talk pointless...?

3. Clothing
~ At home, wears whatever the heck she wants. Sundresses in winter, 3 jackets in summer, whatever. Often called a hobo by mother.
~ Only makes an effort to look decent to people she needs to impress.
~ Which means sometimes she goes to walmart in a bright yellow t-shirt and red sweatpants, so sue me, there's no one there I need to impress.
~ Actually loves cute clothing very much, just is too broke to buy some.
~ Tries to look her best anyways when going to school.
~ Also likes to cosplay.

4. Social status
- Average high school student? Gets an allowance and cell phone and all the perks. Doesn't have a job, though.

5. Financial status
- Lives off of parents' moneys. Occasionally draws for extra money.

6. Habits
- Doodles on about every written school assignment ever
- bites on lips ..... sometimes until they bleed
- bites nails
- stalks the mailman
- lotion after every shower or paranoia about bad skin
- actually doesn't wash her face completely. uses just a face wipe lolol /lazy
- Types, draws, or plays the piano if feeling frustrated. Ends up typing/drawing/playing angry/sad things.

7. Idiosyncrasies
- Chews on tongue automatically; doesn't even know she's doing it when she is
- Refuses to tuck her hair behind both of her ears.  it's a comfort thing
- Refuses to show all of her forehead, also a comfort thing

8. Fears [this is going to be a long list...]
- All insects
- falling/edges/heights
- house being broken into (even though we have an alarm system...)
- cats getting hurt/prematurely dying
- thunder.
- 18-wheelers (those idiot drivers drive WAY TOO FAST. okay. I knew a lady in church who was rear ended by an 18 wheeler going too fast. lost her 3 kids and her boyfriend. 18 wheelers are the main reason I don't want to learn how to drive. I also get uncomfortable if we're next to one and I'm not even the driver, I have to close my eyes and pretend it's not there or distract myself.)
- accidentally not taking care of myself and getting sent to the hospital
- passing out (hypoglycemia ain't nice.)
- having an asthma attack and not being near a hospital
- failing life
- Boys. (Staci and Mariah will know this.)

9. Quirks
- sometimes speaks in Japanese to confuse people. (Esp. mother. Used to be sister too, but she understands now LOL)
- likes to roleplay. like literary roleplay. where you write it out.
- Doesn't like watching TV unless it's cartoons (Spongebob!) or Wipeout. Everything else is booooring.
- Doesn't like watching any kind of movie unless it's animaton.
- Doesn't like a majority of movies in general. (Action is waaay too loud for me, comedy I usually find unfunny, and unless you want me to pee my pants, then horror and suspense are no-nos too.)
- Doesn't listen to music in English. So there's a warning before you go through my iPod. I find American music generally repetitive, meaning-wise. Sure one may have a catchy beat but most of them all sing about the same darn things. Also so much swearing nowadays geez.
- But yeah. I don't like swear words.
- *the exception to American music is Disney/animated too.
- So basically the only thing I listen to is children's music.
- Oh but I like classical and Asian instrumental music. And music from musicals.
- Also anime OSTs/Japanese/Chinese/Korean music. So basically if it's not American mainstream = I'll try it.
- Obviously I am culturally deprived. Not really. I don't understand what America is going a majority of the time. So I don't pay attention to it.
- This also means I don't pay attention to politics, so don't bother talking to me about it, as I will ignore you. :)
- I have the slight suspicion I'm a super-taster? I.E. my taste buds are more sensitive than yours. Because I hate overspiced/oversalted food. Or mixed food. I don't like lettuce, carrots, and cucumbers in a salad, but will gladly eat them separately. Also I don't like my food touching.
- Also I have social anxiety. Google it.
- And get anxiety attacks in general. Google those too.
- I plan to move out of America and to either Japan or British Columbia, Canada.

10. Figures of speech
- Tends to use a lot of technology lingo in spoken conversations. "lol", "idk", "w/e", "omg", etc.
- Sometimes will accidentally Japanese-ify a word or just throw in a whole Japanese phrase without thinking. It's my thought process orz.
- Says "Aiya" too much without thinking. (Mandarin for "oh dear" to a more... serious extent. Actually it means dammit.)

11. Political leanings
- I do not pay attention to politics, nor do I ever think I will. Booooring.

12. Religious beliefs
- Seventh-day Adventist! Basically I go to church on Saturday, believe in the Trinity, and believe Jesus will come to earth a second time.

Also I don't eat pork, shrimp, crab, or lobster. :D

13. Passions
- Playing the pianoooooo. Will sometimes play so long have to go ice fingers BUT IT'S WORTH IT.
- Drawing. But no realism. Boring. Why draw something I already have to see every day. Give me cute things and anime/manga.
- Singing. To myself. Somewhat. :U I used to post stuff on Youtube but ehhh lazy. P.S. I only sing in Japanese and/or only sing Disney songs pfff.
- CATS. I love. My cats. I love any cats. Haters to the left.
- Asian culture? I'm currently taking both Japanese and Chinese lol, and will major in Asian Studies in college.
- Japaneseeee in general. I translate stuff on the internet on the side...

14. Likes
- Cats
- Anime/manga/cosplay
- Being inside
- Asia/Asian things!
- Cute stuff.
- Quiet.
- Japanese, Chinese, Italian food. American food if it's not LOADED WITH GREASE AND PORK agh.
- Old school Disney movies. New Disney Channel is going to the pits.
- Animated movies. Puss and Boots, Spirited Away, etc.
- Pasta.
- Video gaaaames. Pokemon, Mario, Dynasty & Samurai Warriors, Soul Calibur, Dance Dance Revolution.

15. Dislikes
- Dogs (:c I think they're smelly and too hyper.)
- Camping/fishing/whatever. Outdoorsy whatever.
- Loud noises/places/people
- Large crowds
- Filipino food, Filipino parties.
- Swearing and inappropriate language/jokes.
- LOUD OBNOXIOUS MUSIC W/ BASS CRANKED UP TO MAX. If you want to irritate me fast, this is the way to go. >:c If it's a party I won't hesitate to call the cops for public disturbance.
- Violent (w/ blood) games, though. No COD or war games for me. :'D

WELL THERE YA GO.