1. I'm a dual citizen of Canada and Switzerland. I was born in Canada and didn't go to Switzerland until I was 17, but I absolutely love it. I plan on living there at some point.
2. I'm a very musical person. I played the piano from ages 7-11, dabbled in trumpet and guitar in high school, sang in various groups in high school (choir, vocal jazz, private lessons), and my true musical love, the French Horn. I've been playing since I was 9, own a $5000 instrument that I payed for myself, and currently play in the Concert Winds Ensemble at UBC.
3. My cousin Kate drowned when we were fifteen. We were incredibly close, and it devastated me and still does to this day.
4. None of my grandparents were born in Canada. My dad was, my mum wasn't.
5. I have an older brother, a younger sister, and a younger brother. I love them all, but my older brother and I have a pretty strained relationship. My sister and I are pretty close, and so are my little brother and I.
6. I live in a different province than my boyfriend, and have for over a year. He's moving here at the end of the year (!) and we'll be celebrating four years together in March.
7. Of my 15 cousins, only 2 are boys and they are both much older than me. I always thought that was weird when I was a kid. I'm closest with the cousins who live farthest away (France), except my cousin Kate and my other cousin Em who I always considered friends rather than family.
8. I'm a second year student at the University of British Columbia, taking a BA with a major in Psychology and a minor in Music. I'll be applying for the honours program in January, which is hugely competitive but I think my marks are good enough to get in. I want to be a clinical psychologist, so I'm going to have to get a Ph.D.
9. The number of people on campus on a daily basis at UBC is 10 times the population of my hometown. Yeah, I grew up in Didsbury Alberta, rural, conservative, 4500 people. And I moved to one of the biggest cities in the country as soon as I graduated.
10. My family is hugely important to me, not just my immediate family, but my extended family and my heritage. I'm half British and half Swiss, with just a pinch of French in there. I've traveled to all of those countries, and know most of my parents' aunts and uncles, and lots of my second cousins.
11. I speak English fluently, and mangle my way through enough French to hold a conversation. Improving my French is on my to do list.
12. I worship coffee. I was a barista for a few years, and I am hopelessly in love. Poor, but in love.
13. Although I love coffee, the Brit in me comes out when I'm upset because I inevitably have a cup of tea to calm down. Tea just makes everything better.
14. I don't have a microwave, and having lived without one for two months, I don't think I ever want one. I also don't have a TV, and have come to the same conclusion. Anything I really want to watch I can find online.
15. I'm a nymphomaniac. I love sex. I would have it at least once a day if I could. Being in a long distance relationship is horrible, I swear I do worse in my classes because of sexual deprivation. No joke. All of the bad things I've done are sex related. No underage drinking, no drugs, no attitude problems, always did really well in school, basically your dream teenager. Except I've had sex all over my parent's house, every house my boyfriend has lived in, every vehicle owned by either of our families, most of the buildings on my parents' farm, outside in view of a (busy) road, in the next room to his parents with the door open... You get the idea.
16. I'm 5'3" and my boyfriend is 6'4". We make a funny looking couple. I try to wear heels, but my feet are really tiny (size 5.5) and the highest heels I can wear are 4". Which still leaves a height different of 9".
17. I am really good at academia, and always have been. I was always the smart girl in school, valedictorian, blah blah blah. I am a huge over-achiever, and am only just now learning that I have to start saying no or I will die from stress related diseases.
18. I love kids, and babies. In a overwhelming kind of way. My biological clock has been screaming at me since I was about 5. I have wanted a baby since I realized there was a difference between me and them. It freaks my boyfriend out, he's convinced I'm going to get pregnant on purpose and pretend it was an accident. I would never do that though, when I do have kids I want them to be wanted by both their parents. I'm torn between my career/education dreams, my plans to travel and live around the world, and my need to have kids. It's not going to be easy to figure out.
19. I love to cook, but hate to bake because I'm bad at it. I love to make stuff up and hate following recipes so cooking is the way to go for me.
20. I've worn glasses for 14 of my 19 years of life. I never forget my glasses at home because I literally can not see without them. I can't read, I can't drive, I get lost because I can't see where I am, I can't function at all.
And there you have it, way more about me than you wanted to know.
