me : )
My name is Kristen!
I grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and loved every minute of it. Although I miss it every day, I absolutely love my new home in Tampa. I moved here a year ago for school and it was easily one of the best decisions I’ve made for myself.
I am the baby of my family and I love it. My sister, Jessica, is an elementary teacher and just recently got married to my brother-in-law (duh), Gordon, who is a chemical engineer. They live in North Carolina.
My brother, Matthew, is one of my favorite people in the world. He graduated from UF back in 2008 and now works as an Actuary in Georgia. Matt is completely brillant in addition to be hilarious and I could not imagine a better brother. He’s in my picture, but here is another including Jessica.
This next picture is of my dad and I, and the finally, a picture of the whole family including my mom. My siblings and I got pretty lucky with our parents- they had themselves together when they started our family and have stayed together through all 3 crazy children they’ve produced. We turned out as normal as three people can growing up in South Florida.
For now, I’m still stuck in the phase of deciding what I want to do for the rest of my life… and I HATE it. I’m super indecisive when it comes to academia and my mind changes everyday about what I want to do. Every aptitude test in the world says I should be a statistician- exactly what my brother is, but I’m not so sure it’s for me, even if stats courses are the ones I’ve excelled in. I think I’m a little odd, and the way I look, think and act don’t correlate at all- afterall, if I were an outsider looking at my pictures, I probably wouldn’t think “Statistician-type.” Some more random facts to help elaborate on this idea of oddness: my perfect husband is a hybrid of Anderson Cooper and Mos Def. My favorite book is The Count of Monte Cristo. I could tell you a lot of useless information about previous species of human, but because I hate when people go all “psuedo-intellectual,” I never bring up these topics in fear of seeming like I’m a show-off. I haven’t figured out all of my likes and dislikes- I don’t have many absolute ideas on my life. For me, everything is very specific to a given time, situation and person. Just because I react a certain way to something does not mean I’ll have that same reaction to it the next time- but I feel like that’s for everyone, even if not yet realized. My view of politics is that “there is no truer patriotism then valuing our founding principles enough to know they’ve never been fully realized,” but I will never get into a political debate. I am a very progressive person, but I think the tradition of not talking about money, politics and religion in public is always a safe rule to follow. I’m very much a believer in justice, fairness and equality. I’m an overly private person- this is probably the most I’ve shared about myself in years. Generally, my privacy gets in the way of meeting a lot of people, but I’ve found that those who’ve stuck around are the exact people I want and need in my life. This quote is actually from my bottle of shampoo and is seriously corny, but describes my idea of friends: “you don’t need to look for love, you only need to wait, for soul mates always find us. and just like a left foot needs a right foot, we all need a soul mate, and not unlike having two feet on the ground, it helps to be grounded before they arrive. and yet even if your goods are a little damaged, a true soul mate will always love you just the way you are. and remember… soul mates come in all shapes and sizes. they are family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, and at their best they are our true loves.” (philosophy brand cosmetics).
Though that last bit was random, I think it’s probably the best and easiest way for me to summarize myself.
Hi. I would just like to say that I know that feeling; you know the one where you have your whole life ahead of you, but you can’t decide what you would like to do with it? I think the best advice that I’ve gotten is just to wait it out, and try to find certain things that interest you( even if they seem a little silly). How about an English professor? haha, jk. And don’t sell yourself short. If you want to show off, then go ahead and do it. Those that get mad are just jealous:)
