• Make a very accurate observation about me when the occasion calls for it. It lets me know you’ve been paying attention.
• Make me a mix cd (or anything really thoughtful).
• Know how to play an instrument. It’s something we can easily relate to.
• Have patience with me. That’s absolutely the number one thing in everything, it always has been. I’m slow to learn and catch on, but once you get past that I'm a heart of gold.
• Consistency (a.k.a stability). If there’s a constant pattern to anything or anyone, I attach myself to it because it makes me feel secure.
• Make me feel needed and useful. Let me help you with your problems.
• I don’t let flattery get to my head easily, but when I know it’s a genuine compliment I get all fuzzy inside.

Capricorn [Sun and Moon Sign]

• ambitious (power, position, money)
• organizational
• self-disciplined
• rigid, thrifty
• prudent
• security-conscious
• conservative
• responsible
• practical
• persistent
• political
• business oriented
• methodical

Virgo [Ascendant sign]

• practical
• responsible
• sensible
• logical
• analytical

• My favorite pens
• Very important papers
• Phone charger(s)
• My phone
• Bobbi pins
• Damn pesos for Spanish
• My wallet
• Rings

You can call this a reverse bucket list.

• Had a short-lived summer romance.
• Watched my closest friends graduate from LHHS.
• Seen the Grand Canyon.
• Visited Las Vegas.
• Been through all the states in the south.
• Sang karaoke in front of an audience.
• Skiied down a mountain.
• Dyed my hair an unnatural color (blue highlights).
• Had more than one piercing in each ear (3).
• Fell in love with someone.
• Been dumped.
• Gotten back together with someone.
• Gotten back together with someone more than once.
• Seen fresh snow in/at:

To anonymous people, in no certain order

• For listening to me.
• For being patient with me.
• For prom.
• For trusting that I will be successful.
• For telling me to be safe.
• For your embraces.
• For showing me right from wrong.
• For teaching me how to walk and talk.
• For giving me time.
• For letting me be quiet.
• For making me realize how important I am to you.
• For letting me live my lessons.
• For telling me that I need to have a "Fuck you" attitude.
• For being yourself.
• For putting up with my crap.
• For keeping me in your thoughts.
• For all you've done to make me learn that I can be strong......

• Popcorn melting in my mouth.
• Chocolate melting in my mouth.
• Fizzy Dr. Pepper.
• Strawberries.
• Chocolate covered strawberries.
• Thick smoothies (of the berry sort).
• Crunchy apples.
• S'mores.
• Buttery bread. Haha.
• Boba tea.

• Gasoline (I don't know why).
• Lavender.
• The light far-away scent of wood burning outside in the winter.
• Permanent markers.
• Kassidy Barnes and whatever her perfume is!
• Vanilla.
• Incense.
• Bath & Body Works Cherry Blossom body lotion.
• My grandparent's house.
• The rose-themed room at my grandparent's house!
• Chocolate chip cookies.
• My guy friends
• Anything that my mom makes for dinner (especially pasta).
• New car scent.
• Acrylic paint.
• Christmas trees.

• I didn't want to plug in anything in an electrical outlet, because they always looked so sad and shocked. I didn't want to cover their "mouths" from screaming and feeling.
• I used to think in reruns that the actors were performing the same episode over and over again. I thought they were especially magical since they never seemed to age.
• I was so afraid of E.T, I would leave the door cracked open. I thought more, and took notice that my doorknob had the same head-shape as E.T!
• I believed that if I stayed in the bathtub for too long I'd really shrivel up and turn into a raisin.
• When I read the words "bass" I would always mix it up with "fish" and "the instrument". I would mispronounce it too at different times.

• Giving someone a present or random gift.
• When I know very well that I've made someone happy.
• Listening to a song that reminds me of friendships or a cherished memory.
• Drinking a Dr. Pepper, quietly. And savoring it while I can.
• Having someone's complete and full trust (probably nothing more sacred than that).
• Money mysteriously appearing in my pocket.
• Finding a dog's itchy spot that makes them shake their leg.
• Writing with an inky pen.
• Writing neatly.
• Writing neatly while writing in pen.
• A baby staring at me with a goofy face, then smiling.
• Making a kittie purr.
• Winning something! (Who doesn't like that...

I am not a humongous fan of video games, but hey, there's some that I don't fail at.

• Sims, Sims 2, Sims 3 (You can't lose :P).
• Need 4 Speed: Carbon (Won this game twice! I'm quite the drifter).
• Animal Crossing (I like the version best on GameCube).
• Super Smash Bros. Melee
• Super Mario 64 (on Nintendo 64)
• Every single Pokemon ever. (From when the Gameboy first came out to Nintendo DS.)
• Roller Coaster Tycoon.

(To even out the negativity/positivity of what I've posted so far).

• Listening & giving advice.
• Sketching portraits of people (I'd like to think).
• Analyzing & organizing.
• Making a list, & checking it twice.
• Having good judgment (Most of time. Who says no one makes mistakes.)
• Writing basically anything articulately.
• Verbally pwning you in an argument (if you know me well enough).
• Knowing when to be goofy & when it's business time (Could be a Flight of the Conchords reference, if you really want to see it that way).
• Being graceful when the time calls for it.
• Finding good music.
• Figuring out what your horoscope sign is.

I'm convinced that I haven't lived until I've read all the books I've ever wanted to read..... so I'll start now! W00t for no social life!

• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
• The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
• The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger
• The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
  • So I can be a true Harry Potter fan.
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
• A Wrinkle in time by Madeleine L'Engle
• Mythology by Edith Hamilton
• Eragon by Christopher Paolini
• Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Y'know, my birthday kinda SUCKS... since it's basically right after Christmas (and my family loves using that as an excuse not to get me a gift on my actual birthday, and try to combine my Christmas gifts with my birthday gifts. And I know that sounded completely ungrateful). But I'm just going to give you some ideas, to occupy your mind with..... (hint).

• Birthday wishes
• Oil pastels
• Turpentine
• Sketchbook
• A small easel
• Graphite pencils
• Gift cards
  • iTunes
  • Urban Outfitters
  • Forever 21
  • Barnes & Noble

• Chris Martin (Coldplay).
• Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac)
• Brandon Flowers (The Killers)
• Justin Vernon (Bon Iver)
• Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie/Postal Service)

• Law and Order: SVU
• The Office
• Breaking Bad
• Dawson's Creek
• Grey's Anatomy
• Medium

• Love, not necessarily marriage. It's not my goal to be married. If marriage does happen for me, that just lets you know that I believe in it more than I believe in anything.
• At least one child, I don't even care if I have to adopt. It will happen.
• The time to tend a huge garden... which includes a little pond, a fountain, pathways, stone benches, a gazebo, flowers everywhere with those borders... y'know, pretty much an image out of a Homes and Garden magazine.
• A peaceful and serene house. I don't even care how big it is or those materialistic things, I just want it to be quiet.
• My talents to flourish into something that can be appreciated or admired... I want to be at that point where I feel that I am doing something that makes me feel complete and worthy.

• Liseli (liss-ellie)
  • I sort of thought up this name awkwardly.
• Keira
• Evangeline or Evie
• Lana
• Elsie
• Elena
• Vienna

• Destroyed jeans
• High-waisted short shorts
• Bandeaus worn underneath unbuttoned shirts
• The trend where you just splash on bright colors
• Bright orange or neon green nail polish
• Wearing socks with strappy heels
• Vanity glasses with no lenses
• Short shorts in general are not cute

(I've waited far too long to read these. It's ridiculous, I admit I literally have no excuses.)

• Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
• Eragon by Christopher Paolini
• Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (I actually haven't read the last few chapters...... I got intensely bored, with all the names to make note of and what not.)
• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
• The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Cut

• Chin-length, all one length. It flipped whenever it wanted to.
• Sweeping bangs.
• Chopped my bangs into a fringe across my forehead.
• Recently layered my shoulder-length hair. It makes my hair more full & voluminous. When I use enough hairspray, I really remind myself of Stevie Nicks. :)

Color/Dye

• At one point as a kid, my hair turned strawberry-blonde naturally. I was out in the sun a whole lot, so it would bleach out.
• "Raspberry chocolate dark brown", all one color. This was when my hair was pretty long, and I got the best compliments with this color.
• Vivid brown-red with a darker shade under...

• Ray Singh - The Lovely Bones.
• Ronald Weasley - Harry Potter series.
• Edward - Edward Scissorhands.
• Eli - Degrassi.
• Kyle - Beastly.

• The weight of somebody's hand on your face, shoulder, head, etc.
• A kiss on the cheek or head.
• Salt in my hands.
• A hug.
• A real hug, known as an embrace.
• My eyelashes.
• A person's hands.
• I love poking people and feeling revived with just one finger touching another person's arms, shoulders, or stomach.
• Literally being wrapped in someone's arms. (An embrace?)
• Velvet.
• A fluffy, heavy blanket.
• Sand beneath my toes.
• Clay.
• Pulling on clothes the minute it's outta the dryer.
• Silky, wet hair.
• Water running in a faucet or a stream.

• An apartment we lived at in Austin. I remember it had green carpet.
• I don't remember all of the surroundings of this nice house we lived in, but I remember Mom decorated my room in bunnies when I was a baby. I remember what happened to it....
• Cedar Creek, Texas. We lived in a double wide home in the middle of nowhere.
• The white house, all my siblings call it. It holds special significance to me, and most of the peaceful memories I have ever experienced.... I miss how it was before.
• Chucky Cheese's. Dad would take Matty and I there profusely.
• The gas station in Austin where mom and dad would meet to pick us up. Right across from the Chucky Cheese's.
• Liberty Hill Elementary School. These were very confusing times...

• Long legs.
• Long arms.
• High arch in my feet.
• A very bad temper.
  • But I'll never act on it.
• Long eyelashes.
• Olive skin.
• Seriousness.
• Deep feeling.

• London, England.
• Sydney, Australia.
• Alaska (wherever you can see the Northern Lights).
• Charleston, South Carolina.

• Forrest Gump
• Edward Scissorhands
• Matilda
• The Lovely Bones

• The smell of gasoline is pleasant to me.
• Plucking my eyebrows.
• Pictures of people with their eyes closed.
• The smell of ancient books.
• Books pertaining to depression, a person's depression, an autobiography overcoming depression.
• Looking at a person and matching an animal with their appearance, personality, etc.
• Organizing magazine pages I like into a binder of favorite things.
• Writing out my steps completely while doing math... even when it's time consuming or unnecessary.
• Long division. It's mostly my curiosity that makes me want to know what the decimals are when I divide two numbers.
• Cleaning my room puts me in a wholesome mood.

• left my job at Souper Salad
• pet sat a cat named Tom
• watched the Breaking Bad season 6 premiere

Sun sign: Capricorn; Ascendant: Virgo

Birth time: 9:34 PM; Birth location: Austin, TX (US); Birth date: Tu, 11 Jan. 1994

• Sun in Capricorn
• Moon in Capricorn
• Mercury in Capricorn
• Venus in Capricorn
• Mars in Capricorn
• Jupiter in Scorpio
• Saturn in Aquarius
• Uranus in Capricorn
• Neptune in Capricorn
• Pluto in Scorpio
• True Node in Sagittarius
• Chiron in Virgo

Very much a Capricorn.

• Gregory
• Ryan
• Jake
• Garrett
• Ephram
• Elliot
• Drew

If you were my "dream" guy.... you would:

• Sing songs with me.
• Be the person that could always lift me up.
• Protect me.
  • But never go as far as to "protect my feelings". It doesn't work.
• Have your own good scent.
• Recognize my strength when it shows.
• Let me know if I'm doing something wrong.
• Listen to my stories and wonder how I see things.
• Help me forget the bad memories.
• Enjoy my stupid humor.
• Never be afraid to disagree or mess with me, so that I can verbally slap you across the face.

• Stick on the best bumper stickers.
• Bring on the Christmas lights!
• Drifting. (ha, no jk)
• Get a different antenna topper every week.
• Routinely go through the car wash. Just to see all the bubbles (and whatever the heck that goo is) slide down my beautimus vehicle.
• Drive while there are people on my vehicle.

To anonymous people, in no certain order:

• I'm sorry I never got to know you before you were gone.
• I'm sorry for being an asshole, sometimes.
• I'm sorry I lied to you.
• I'm sorry for being scared.
• I'm sorry for telling you to shave your beard, when I really enjoy it profusely.
• I'm sorry for flipping-out about things that really weren't a big deal.
• I'm sorry I don't always say that I love you.
• I'm sorry for taking your crap.
• I'm sorry I didn't say the right thing at the right time.
• I'm sorry I never try to have a better relationship with you, even after everything.
• I'm sorry that I can be so mean to you, w...

Mathew

• We're both very different. I'm more of the negative type of person, and you're the positive laid-back guy. You can calm me down with a really random act of stupidity. (Which I can't help but laugh at, even when I'm in a sour mood.) We've been through everything together, and I don't think I could have done it alone. I don't think I've ever told you that, but really, you've done more than enough.

Benjamin (le sigh - here we go)

• You have a way of... well, getting your way. Ha. That's one way we're different, but you live for excitement and the pursuit of happiness. Nothing else could get in the way, but I think that's how you're happy all the time. I wish that I could ea...

• The keys of a grand piano.
• The cello and violin.
• My mom playing the piano, especially.
• A soothing, familiar voice.
• Percussion, the drum line.
• Robot-like voice through a fan.
• The clickety-clack of a keyboard.
• Scissors-cutting.
• Different accents.
• Waves crashing on a beach.
• Crackling of a fire.
• My mom's voice.
• Pigeons and bird flapping away in a park.
• A kittie purring.
• Crickets cricketing.
• Whale songs! Even though I've only heard them on television.
• A diesel engine rumbling.
• Strong dynamics in music.
• Bassy music.

• Incense burning.
• A person's real smile.
• Eyes sparkling.
• Leaves falling from trees.
• A person you haven't seen in forever.
• Sunrise and sunset.
• Headlights at night.
• Paintings.
• Lava lamps.
• Babies.
• The highways that lie above and below you.
• A horse's mane flowing in the wind.
• Mom doing someone's hair in her salon.
• I don't know why, but I don't mind seeing people cry. It shows that we all have lost at something, and it's a real thing. I don't hate that people cry. I think it's very natural.
• Flying past trees and other surroundings while on the road.

• Quick wit.
• Smart ass.
• Nail-biting.
• Small mouth/lips.
• Hair style.
• Curiosity of everything.
• Has the ability to get out of sticky situations.
• Short waisted.
• Small shoulders.

• Slowly losing the best friend you ever had...
• Being late for anything, at all.
• When I can't trust something, no matter how much I want to believe it.
• Being told that someone is "disappointed" in me.
• When my computer decides to restart itself when I least expect it.
• Frantically reaching out for your towel to get shampoo out of your eye. Blindedly.
• Feeling like I let somebody down when I could have done so much more for them.
• How days seem to go by faster when you sleep basically the entire day, and wake up at night.
• Seeing someone you've been desperately trying to avoid. And attempting to hide from them.
• Indecisiveness.

• Learning very quickly.
• Being a leader. I am too gentle.
• Doing things on impulse.
• Sports.
• Nearly all aspects of math & science. But it does not cease my fascination.
• Wrapping presents.
• Talking to people I don't know so well.
• Letting go.
• Forgiving people, but most of all myself.
• Understanding what's so hilarious about South Park, The Hangover, and really annoying humor like that.
• Learning languages.
• Drawing with my own imagination. But place a picture in front of me, and I can draw it.
• Most video games brought into existence. Halo, Call of Duty, etc.
• Making decisions with certainty.

• "Do you believe you're missing out? Like everything good is happening somewhere else?" Jesus Christ-Brand New.
• "Your skin, Oh yeah your skin and bones, turn into something beautiful" Yellow-Coldplay.
• "And yet I find, Repeating in my head, If I can't be my own, I'd feel better dead" Nutshell-Alice in Chains.
• "I'd like to leave you with something warm, But never have I been a blue calm sea, I have always been a storm" Storms-Fleetwood Mac
• "Let's start over again" Exogenesis: Symphony Part III
  
  -Muse.
• "And in your soul, They poked a million holes. But you never lettem show. C'mon it's time to go" How It Ends-DeVotchKa.
• "I want to shake hands, With the person t... Running From The Cops-Phantogram.