24

I'm going to post 24 things about myself because I am 24. It's not that I just turned 24 or anything. I'm just bored right now and I'm "taking a break" from my homework. (I'd leave off the quote marks if it were actually true.)

1. I have 23 pages left of my graduation-requirement 30-page paper, but I can't seem to find any sense of urgency within myself.

2. All I want to do is eat chocolate. And chips.

3. My "m" key doesn't work super well for some reason, so sometimes I'm typing along and it just doesn't press down all the way and I'm missing an "m" without noticing it.

4. I have yet to find a place to live this summer while I do my internship in Kanab or someone to take over my contract for here in Provo.

5. I'd like to be a snob who doesn't watch a lot of TV, but I've recently realized I'm pretty invested in a bunch of shows and there are more shows I want to watch and I don't care who judges me anymore--I love TV!

6. I have a hard time understanding why some people still like to do research "the old fashioned way" (aka out of books) when every resource they're using is available online in a way more efficient, user-friendly, searchable form.

7. I must be really uninteresting because I can't really think of any other things to say.

8. The desk I sit at during work (where I am now) faces the clear glass walls of the reserve room, and sometimes when I'm staring into space I make accidental, awkward eye-contact with people studying in there.

9. It legitimately took me two whole minutes to remember the name of the reserve room, because all I could think of was the restricted section, a la the Hogwarts library.

10. There are actually a lot of parallels between law school and Hogwarts and it makes me happy.

11. I don't actually understand technology all that well. For example, yesterday I somehow deleted all my Facebook activity clear back to October. I have no idea how it happened and no idea if there's a way to fix it.

12. I'm not very good at being vegan. Some of my friends and I decided I'm really only 95% vegan because I'm vegan except when it comes to milk chocolate. And my friend reassured me it was an acceptable percentage vegan to be.

13. The law library has at least 5 busts of Abraham Lincoln, and three of them are along the same wall, spaced about ten feet apart. They're supposed to be represent different ages of his life but they all look exactly the same to me.

14. The law library is always freezing, except the entry way on the second floor tends to get this really sweaty, musty feel after 5 pm. It's just a patch of the air and once you get further into the room, it dissipates. I think scientists should conduct a study and figure out what it is. Could it be ghosts?

15. I have a sign I put up when I step away from the desk that says I'm helping someone and I'll be right back. I've never put up that sign when I'm actually helping someone. When I put up that sign, I'm going to the bathroom or the vending machine.

16. When I'm running, I don't want to be running, but when I'm not running and I'm thinking about running, I want to be running.

17. The weather report tells me it's starting to get sunny but I don't really have any proof of this because I'm in the law building all day and we're lacking in windows.

18. I'm so cold right now my fingernails are purple, but my jacket is upstairs at my carrel and I avoid stairs as much as possible.

19. I still have a flip-phone...one of the last of its kind. It does not receive video and the screen is small, not lending itself to pictures very well. I do not have internet capabilities. I always say I'm going to get a smart phone "soon" but it would require me to research plans and pay more money and so far I'm okay with my phone. Sure, it randomly freezes and I have to take the battery out (which requires using my keys, because the battery is wedged in there really tightly), but we get along.

20. I am so so so excited to play on a softball team this summer.

21. My favorite flavor of anything is banana. (Unless chocolate is an option.)

22. I know that babies and children aren't exactly always hunky-dorey and can be little hellians sometimes/often and then they grow into teenagers and you want to kill them, but I want to have like a million kids.

23. Wanting to have a million kids and having a million kids and raising a million kids does not make me anti-feminist.

24. And, finally, if ever a man were wondering the most effective way to win my heart, he should know he need only buy me Double-Stuf Oreos and Salsa Verde Doritos.