If I'm being honest, I don't post as often as I should, or, for that matter, as often as I'd like. One of my (many) goals for the upcoming weeks is to post more often and actually act like the writer I claim to be. So, to open up a bit and let the two people other than my mother who read this blog into the inner workings of my mind a bit more - because emotional unavailability gets you nowhere! - I'm taking a cue from Andy, and...drumroll please...here are 50 things about me:
1. I realized in the shower this morning that directing comedy is what God put me on this earth to do and when I'm not actively doing it, something is tangibly missing.
2. I'm going to rectify that situation very soon.
3. I've been working in customer service doing phone technical support for a year. It's forced me to have more patience than I knew I was capable of, and even though I don't like it a lot of the time, I can see God all over it.
4. My name is pronounced "Eeleesse" and not "Ahleesse." Most people get it wrong.
5. It doesn’t really bother me that much. Only people who are really close to me get it right, so it’s like a sign of emotional intimacy.
6. The idea that if you expect nothing, you won't be disappointed is perhaps the most depressing thing I've ever heard.
7. Unlike most other girls, I never hated being a redhead.
8. In fact, I love it. It gives me an excuse to be fiery.
9. I can pretty much tell within a few minutes - hours, at most - of meeting a man if he has the personality to handle me. Most men don't. I'm a lot to handle.
10. That being said, I'm very, very giving.
11. I am alternately frustrated and amused by politics and how upset people get over them. If we all just lived like Jesus and loved each other, we wouldn't have these problems.
12. My mom always told me to be proud of my scar from my open heart surgery, and I always have been.
13. I cherish my parents more and more every day.
14. I also admire my father as a strong man in Christ more and more every day, and will feel blessed to find a husband who is like him.
15. I often wonder, if my sister and I were closer in age and not related, if we'd be friends. I secretly think she's much cooler than I am, and I'm glad we're sisters so she doesn't have a choice.
16. The best compliment you can pay me is to call me "hilarious." Obviously.
17. I remember clearly every single time I've gotten that compliment.
18. The sweetest thing anyone’s ever said to me wasn’t that, but it was similar. And wonderful.
19. In February of 2008, God told me that my future life would look "nothing like I could ever imagine." I believe it.
20. Cooking is one of my favorite things to do...but only if I get to cook for other people.
21. I love my dog very much, but feel guilty about the fact that sometimes I think my life would be easier if I didn't have her.
22. Then again, I would be terribly lonely without her.
23. Quite literally, I just glanced to the right, deep in thought, my eyes focused on something entirely random, and God used it as a sign. Wow.
24. I love it when that happens.
25. My favorite food is cheese.
26. I have a strong distaste for vulgar humor but at the same time regularly think of innuendo-laced one-liners that would shock most people.
27. They're not vulgar, they're clever.
28. I can't wait to have just one person to share them with - just between us.
29. When I was able to choose whatever food I wanted as my first solid food after my open heart surgery, I chose watermelon. In November.
30. That should have been a sign to my parents. It probably was.
31. My dad makes the best pies in the whole world.
32. I talk to myself. A lot.
33. Correction - I talk to other people. They're just not actually there at the time.
34. I'm really not crazy.
35. Mom says we'd know by now if I was.
36. I sleep with a pillow lying vertically beside me because I like to hug it.
37. The two years I spent in
38. They were also the hardest and loneliest years I’ve ever spent. I'll never travel abroad alone again.
39. I got my Master's in screenwriting, but what I really want to do is direct.
40. And be in ministry.
41. I'm learning to look at every situation as an opportunity for ministry, even if it's temporary or not blatantly obvious. That includes every single call I get during a day at work.
42. I've talked to customers about God. And didn't lose my job because of it. Praise God.
43. I have this problem (gift?) where I see the potential in people and believe God can get them there rather than just accept where they actually are.
44. I’m not a very physically affectionate person in general. If I’m physically affectionate with you, you know you’re special to me.
45. When I was 14, the local newspaper did a story about me directing Shakespeare with the headline “DIFFERENT IS OK.”
46. My favorite movie is “
47. I’ve been what I thought was “in love” twice. Hopefully the third time will be the charm.
48. My favorite song is “Something Beautiful” by Robbie Williams.
49. Roses are my weakness. Among other things.
50. My brain never, ever shuts off.
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1 comments:
Hey I'm one of those two readers *waves*
I didn't think your name was all that difficult, though my childhood best friend is Elise so I kind of already knew how to pronouce it. But my sister is getting the same issue with her daughter's name, Elisa. It starts with an E. It's really not that hard.
re: #43: I'm the same way. And it's kind of frustrating sometimes, because it could be years before the person can see what I do, if he does at all. But of course, I can't see anything in regards to myself.
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