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I want a more personal profile. Instead of avoiding the subject of who I am, I'm going to dive into it. Huzzah!

I am...a 22-year-old female. And I tend to plunge into things that you're not supposed to in the beginning as a general rule. I enjoy proving that it can be done, and done well, so we'll start with two things you're supposed to avoid when you meet someone new: religion and politics.

I'm a Christian. I follow God through good times and bad, I don't lose heart. I follow my church's mission statement to the best of my ability ("Reflecting God's love to all people") because I believe that if you're going to say you believe in a loving God, and you want other people to come to know this God, the best way to do so is to clean up your own act and teach others by example, not lecture.

I'm Independent. I choose cantidates who I feel will best represent my point of view, regardless of party. Granted, sometimes there's not a really good choice, but I'll still make one. I'm proud to say that since I started voting, I haven't missed an election yet.

I'll admit it: I'm a hopeless romantic. One of my friends calls me an "idealist", and I guess that's accurate. I'm a dreamer, I keep on hoping things will improve for everyone. I try to contribute to improving the quality of life for the people around me, I'm in love with love, all kinds of it. And while I didn't even see it about myself until just recently, I'm shy.

If you know me well, you can inspire me to talk a lot, I'll contribute to our conversations. But if you're just getting to know me, it is often difficult. I don't share everything I probably should, I don't argue so much when you say something I don't agree with, and many times, I get nervous and lock up, and come off plain, and uninteresting. I do a lot better in writing, where I can hide behind the paper or computer screen. I hide my emotions from people I don't know very well, I'll say I'm fine and go home and cry later. I'm not willfully deceptive about my feelings, just defensive. I do NOT trust easily, and concealing my feelings is just something I do without even thinking about it at the time. I'm waiting until I know for sure you're not going to manipulate my feelings to your own advantage. It's happened too many times before, and it's left its mark.

Hmm...what else? Well, I like most genres of music, I can deal with just about anything for a while, although what you can usually find me listening to is pop, Christian, or rock. I like stuff I can sing along to in the car, stuff with a good beat I can dance to. I love lyrics I can identify with, and I love mix CDs because for the most part, I get tired of the same artist by the time I've listened to three songs by them in a row.

I play a lot of instruments, or rather, I know how to play them, and have gradually gotten out of the habit of playing them since high school. But I can play the piano, violin, viola, cello, string bass, recorder, and guitar (a little bit). I sing, too, I am in my church's choir although I'm not very good, because I love to sing and I love glorifying God through music. I'm clasically trained, so I can read just about any piece of music you put in front of me, but I can't improv for crap. Jazz Band lasted all of about two weeks before I realized I was just dragging them down.

Wow! This is long! Okay, so...there you have it. A basic understanding of who I am.

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