A blurb about me and all that stuff.

I have a love/hate relationship with “about me” writing topics. Honestly, I never know where to begin or what to write about.  Plus, is it just me, or do “about me” paragraphs somehow always end up sounding like something that belongs on a dating website? Anyways, I have eighteen years of personal history under my belt and that makes for a lot of interesting as well as many completely uninteresting stories. I guess the easiest way to approach this assignment would be for me to be as cliché as possible. I am a French major. After that previous statement, about 90% of the time, I am asked as to why I chose to major in French. My answer is always far more blunt and sincere than most expect. I chose to major in French because I suck at math and science. Plus, I studied French throughout my four years of high school. When it came time to pick a major I realized that I had already invested a lot of time on a subject that I didn’t completely suck at and one that I actually enjoyed so I figured, why not? I am the youngest of three and the first to willingly go away to college as opposed to staying local. I enjoy witty and “punny” jokes. I am a very sarcastic person. As a result, many people who are not familiar with my sarcastic sense of humor misconstrue it and automatically assume I hate them. On the contrary, it’s extremely difficult to for me to hate—scratch that, let me use “dislike” because hate is too strong of a word—a person. As I was saying, I’m easy going and prefer to give people the benefit of the doubt. I am not a pushover but I am known for giving people multiple chances in life because after all, we are all humans and we all make mistakes that we can rectify. However, I do draw the line at some point and when that happens, gaining back my trust and respect is a real mission. On a happier note, I love gloomy, rainy weather, reading a good book outside while enjoying the scenery, going to concerts, watching unhealthy amounts of Netflix, and a good bottle of Sriracha. As much as I may hope to be unique and stand out among the crowd, that is essentially impossible. There will always be someone out there, who will share something in common with me whether it may be similar music, show, or even condiment tastes. Although it may sound grim at how cliché we all are as humans, it is those clichés that help us form bonds with others and in the end, make waking up each day worthwhile. A quote I like to live by is “Let the world and the people in it surprise you like it did before things started scaring you”. I found this quote on a wall at a photo gallery and sadly don’t know who originally said it. However, I love this quote because it reminds me to keep an open-mind to new ideas, people, and experiences, to take life day by day, to take risks in new endeavors, but most importantly, to never cave to the fear of failure.