Entry Level Living

I’m a 22 year old Brooklyn girl living in Philly.I have been living in the city for about 7 months and the verdict is still out on how I feel (Philly and I have a love-hate relationship). I’m the oldest out of 6 and I love my family dearly. When I am not working I am blogging, falling in and out love, eating, and laughing at things that no one else seems to find funny. People seem to be amazed at how I can one minute be talking about the impact of globalization on racial identity then watch Spongebob Square Pants. But we are complex creatures, no?

And just for fun–here are seven weird/fun facts about me!

1. I dance around my room incessantly. Seriously. When I am bored, happy, or angry I pick up my ipod and I pretend to be whomever is playing. It is a habit I have had since I was 10 and my siblings still make fun of me for it because I get really into it. I have had to ask my boyfriends to leave the room so I can dance!

2. I love cheese. On just about everything. I have cheese with every meal and go shopping for *high end* cheeses all of the time. It’s my secret (well not so secret now) pleasure.

3. I talk to myself….in public and private. I talk to myself all the time as if someone is talking back. No one understands me better than myself. My mom says I got that from my father…whom she describes as a crazy alcoholic. What does that say about me and my future? lol

4. I love my siblings more than they realize. I think about them all the time and pray for them incessantly–especially my sisters. I dont want to be too far from them. When I think of a job I want to have, one of the first things I think of is “will they be able to come see me whenever they want or is this place too far/inaccessible?” It’s almost unconscious. I dont know where this attachment comes from, and dont let my siblings know…they’ll think I’m soft

5. I am envious of my best friend’s relationship with her father. Not in a negative way, but there are times I wish I could trade places with her just to have the relationship she has with her dad.

6. I love a nice ass on a man. Good lord it makes me weak. I cant explain it, and I dont want anything that will rival the ass that I have, but I want something to hold on to and look at

7. I have no desire to be a high powered anything. My family and friends always encourage me to go to law school, med school, or some kind of professional school so I can be an executive/president/ceo of something someday. Truth is, I couldnt care less about that. My ideal career isnt defined by how much power I have but how much time I have for professional development and personal fulfillment outside of the job.

And high powered success scares me. There’s just too much to lose.

There are more but I figure I’d start with these