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I have been tagged by TR so I must do the 8s

Passionate about:

conserving water
the fam (maybe they should come first, but that was the first thing that came to mind)
making and maintaing friendships
skiing
climbing
finding out what the earth has to offer me
reading
finding undiscovered (at least by me) places

Want to:

Have recently read:

Am reading and loving Endurance Alfred Lansing
My Sisters Keeper Jodi Pocoult
East of Eden John Steinbeck (for the second time and it's amazing and sad what I didn't remember)
The Island (I can't remember, it was a book I picked up and read at a hostel in Costa Rica)
The Other Boelyn Girl Phillipe Gregory
The Fountainhead Ayn Rand
Deception Point Dan Brown
The Notebook Nicholas Sparks

Say:

seriously?
yeah, no (this drives my brothers crazy, and I'm working on not saying this even though it does make sense in some situations)
so, this one time....
this one time on the river....
like (another thing I've really been trying to like, phase out of my vocabulary)
you think?
who's up for (fill in the blank)?
yeah, that's going to happen

Attracted to friends by:

enthusiasm for life
FOMO (for those of you that don't know, that is this disease I have: the Fear Of Missing Out and it makes me never be able to say no if there is something exciting going on)
hopefully they'd agreee and say integrity
and honesty
and being considerate
spontinaeity
my really nice car that we always ride in
my need to be doing something

Could listen to over and over:

The Garden State Soundtrack
A mix that Ashley Gish made for Powder Shots
pretty much anything by Tegan and Sara
The Sounds are great to listen to when cleaning my room or running (both things that need some encouraging and motivation for me to do)
Both Hands and Talk to Me Now Ani Difranco
Everything but especailly IV by Led Zeppelin
Norah Jones
Love Actually Soundtrack if I'm feeling like sappy music

Learned this year:

it does feel good to finally be done with college
it's not so great having a "career" job that I have to work 40 hours a week to keep my benefits
it's great to have a job with benefits and a 401K
girls can drive a J-rig
that I love to travel. especially in a forgien country and especially by myself
I always need to be reassesing what is impotant and trying to follow that
I really am a desert girl, humidity makes me crazy
I am really lucky to have some great friends that love me always and will stand beside me and always want the best for my happiness

And ...

I always eat my sandwhiches, burgers and pretty much anything from the outside in so that the last bite it the best, and I always move my cereal around so that it's all the same sogginess.
I was a religious Days of Our Lives watcher for years and probably still would be if I had Tivo or was home at that time of day
I fell off the top bunk in my sleep and split my eyebrow open and sprained my wrist (to those of you who have slept by me will find this as no suprise)
Fires used to scare me into sleepless nights.
I have no problem doing laundry or the dishes but I will put off unloading the dishwasher or putting away my laundry until I get too frustrated not having anywhere to put my dirty laundry
I love my brothers, but I have always felt a little jipped at not having any sisters, so I really hope my brothers marry (or just make a pact or something as the case may be with Eric) cool girls
I am a little OCD about handwriting. I love writing on caron-copy paper and when I get to label things with, especially with sharpies
I really like my name. (It's Grace) because not many people have it, and it's my great grandma's name, and even though I didn't know her, she seemed like a pretty cool dame.

Tag:

And that's pretty much everyone I know that blogs that hasn't done this, so until I can find some others, 5 is going to have to do.

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