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.

Standardized testing musings (and tips :P)

Alrighty. So I will take some time (or maybe a lot of time, idk, I always write too much) to ramble on about standardized testing. If you don't know what standardized testing is, then:

Um, where have you been your whole academic life?

You know what it is. Long hours of sitting there and doing nothing but filling in bubbles for things you should have already learned in normal classes. I.e. taking a test you've been studying for but didn't know you were studying for. Writing in your full name, first in little squares (one box per letter!) and then filling in the correct bubbles underneath, along with birthday, grade, ethnicity, gender, and all sorts of other official stuff.

Ring a bell?

If not, this entry may or may not be of help to you, depending on whether you plan to take the tests or not. Either way. :V I'm gonna write about them. What a boring life I live. Writing blog entries on tests, ha. (Well, it was either this or chem homework. It's too early for me to think about balancing chemical equations, so here I am.)

Most of you I guess are probablyyyy high school juniors or sophomores. So you should already know what I'm talking about when I mention the ACT, SAT, or SAT II tests. Mmhmm, fun. I'm a senior myself, so I'm pretty much done with the testing process. While it is against SAT/ACT rules to talk about the test itself to anybody (even other takers of the same test), I will muse a bit on my experiences taking them and maybe you can learn from those yourself! c:

Warning, this is going to be long, I can already tell. OTL
Nobody has to read any of this, but if you do, you can skip sections to what you're interested in. The PSAT, the ACT, the SAT. Or just the tips at the end.