For one of my Fearbusters this month from my Vlogging in the Face of Fear challenge, I wanted to write a profile for myself so that I could have that to refer to if I ever forgot or thought I should hide myself from people.
Name: Kristin Nicole
Reason or meaning of name: My mom chose my middle name, my dad chose my first name
Nickname: Kris, Krissy/Kwissy, Spaz (in high school)
Reason for nickname: The first week of school I joined the anime club. We were talking about nicknames and I got excited and said I wanted one. Another boy in the club said I was so hyper so I should be called Spaz, and it stuck; all of my friends and even most of my teachers new me by it. My mom convinced me not to go by it when I started college.
Kwissy is what my mom and sister call me when they’re being cute
Birth date: September 5
Good traits: creative, compassionate, open-minded, loyal, tries to put herself in others’ shoes, tenacious
Bad traits: impatient, mildly disorganized, procrastinates, can be too stubborn
Mood I’m most often in: excited
Sense of humor: sarcasm and satire; some situational comedy, but I can only stand so much befeore I get uncomfortable
My greatest joy in life: writing
My greatest fear: regret
Why? Life is too short to waste energy wishing you could change the past
I’m most at ease when: hanging out with a small group of close friends and everyone is happy and getting along
Most ill at ease when: someone I love is in trouble and I can’t do anything to help
Enraged when: I see injustice, self-righteousness, or inequality
Depressed or sad when: I think about some things from my past or I think too hard about mortality
Priorities: family—and by family I mean anyone I love and am close with, not just blood-relations.
Life philosophy: The meaning of life is the meaning we give it.
If granted one wish, it would be: to have godlike power
Why? So I could help everyone and fix all the world’s problems.
My soft spot: kittens
Is this soft spot obvious to others? Oh yeah
Greatest strength: flexibility and ability to adapt to most situations
Greatest vulnerability or weakness: taking criticism too personally and letting it affect how I see myself or my work
Biggest regret: Letting myself get swept up in a lot of drama in high school and even into college; it cost me a lot of emotional stress and I let myself get taken advantage of in hopes of acceptance that never came
Minor regret: Not applying to a trip to South Korea for spring break one year in college
Biggest accomplishment: becoming an English teacher in Japan
Minor accomplishment: finally winning the National Novel Writing Month challenge in 2012 (writing 50,000 words in 30 days in November)
Drives and motivations: be able to live my life according to my priorities, not someone else’s
Immediate goals: get into a habit of making videos and uploading them on a regular schedule
Long term goals: have my own travel web series
How I plan to accomplish these goals: VFF series and my Fearbusters; doing mini travel videos after that challenge is over; investing in some better equipment, taking the time to educate myself, getting others involved
Past
Hometown: I was born in Ventura, CA but grew up mostly in Parker, CO
Type of childhood: great home life, but I was bullied at school
Pets: two rats in high school (Yuki and Kiki) followed by a cat, Takai, that we had to give away when I started college
First memory: riding around with a neighbor girl outside on the big baseball field near our house in CA in her Barbie car at sunset
Most important childhood memory: getting my stuffed bear, Gorgeous, from my great-grandmother on my 5th birthday
Why? My great-grandmother is the reason that I have the life that I have, and I’m thankful to her always. She passed away in March 2011, but even before that Gorgeous was my most treasured possession.
Childhood hero: Harry Potter
Dream job: astronaut, vet, writer
Education: BA in Asian Studies
Religion: superstitious (believed in ghosts etc.)
Present
Current location: Yamagata, Japan
Currently living with: me, myself, and I
Pets: none
Religion: athiest
Occupation: English teacher
Favorites
Color: blue (light blue/turquois especially)
Music: rock, J-pop, anything I can sing to
Food: sushi, sweets
Literature: Harry Potter, anything written by Neil Gaiman; fantasy, sci-fi, philosophical
Form of entertainment: reading a good book, karaoke, video games, learning new stuff on the Internet, watching hilarious cat GIFs
Expressions: “Fall down seven times, get up eight” (Japanese proverb)
Mode of transportation: walking or biking
Most prized possession: my stuffed bear, Gorgeous
Habits
Hobbies: reading, writing, studying foreign languages, learning cool science-y things
Plays a musical instrument? No; I wish I did.
Plays a sport? No, but I like jogging
How I would spend a rainy day? playing video games, watching how-to videos on YouTube, StumbleUponing, listening to music, cuddling with Jeff
Spending habits: I hate spending money on “things.” I don’t mind spending money on travel or good food or keeping myself healthy though.
Smokes: Hell no.
Drinks: Not right now.
What do I do too much of? Worry, daydream about the past or the future
What do I do too little of? Relax and enjoy the moment
Extremely skilled at: writing, Japanese
Extremely unskilled at: videography, photography
Nervous tics: playing with my necklace, wringing my hands together, covering my face
Usual body posture: standing, leaning on my left leg with my arms folded
Mannerisms: I speak too quickly and trip over my words when I get excited or angry; I cry when I’m too happy or sad or angry or overcome with any emotion; I pace when I watch TV or a movie at home—I don’t like to sit still
Peculiarities: I unintentionally slip Japanese words into conversation when I’m speaking English, even with people who wouldn’t understand Japanese; I’ll carry something around with me in a store and then put it back after a while because it’s not a “need”
Traits
Optimist or pessimist? Optimist
Introvert or extrovert? Introvert
Daredevil or cautious? Cautious
Logical or emotional? I try to be logical but my emotions can get the better of me
Disorderly and messy or methodical and neat? Methodical but messy
Prefers working or relaxing? Working
Confident or unsure of myself? Getting closer to being confident
Animal lover? For the most part.
Self-perception
How I feel about myself: I could be perfect if I just tried a little harder.
One word I would use to describe myself: creative
One paragraph description of how I would describe myself: I love life and I love the world and I love people, so that’s why it disheartens me so much when people are purposefully ignorant or mean to each other or think that they have the right to tell everyone else how to live their life. I want to travel and see as much of the world as I can, meet lots of new people, learn lots of new things, and eat lots of good food; I want to constantly broaden my horizons.
What do I consider my best personality trait? My ability to look past first appearances (most of the time)
What do I consider my worst personality trait? My impatience
What do I consider my best physical characteristic? My eyes and hands.
What do I consider my worst physical characteristic? My tummy and hips.
How I think others perceive me: a nice girl, but a bit over the top
What would I most like to change about myself: I’d like to be more patient, and be more in the moment
Relationships with others
Opinion of other people in general: Inherently good, but they have the capacity to be egregiously stupid
Do I hide my true opinions and emotions from others? If I think it will cause problems or an argument, yes.
Person I most hate: no one specific, but I really get riled by homophobes, racists, misogynists, people who think they can tell me what to do with my life or my body, self-righteous religious zealots (extremists)…
Best friend(s): my mommy, Jeff, Deidre, Simone, Edie
Love interest: Jeff
Person I go to for advice: my mom
Person I feel responsible for or that I take care of: I feel responsible for everyone I love—not in the way that I have to take care of them, but that I should if I have the ability.
People I feel shy or awkward around: new people or people I haven’t spoken with in a while
People I admire: my mom, JK Rowling, Anthony Bourdain, Philip DeFranco, Meg Tourney, Laci Green, John and Hank Green, Felicia Day, all of my friends, Edie Windsor, anyone who stands up to bullies or strives to make the world a better place for everyone and not just the upper crust
Most important person in my life: my mom (but everyone I love is important to me!!)
Yay!! That was a fun profile to read! I like when you did Extremely skilled at: writing, Japanese, Extremely unskilled at: videography, photography cuz that's the opposite for me and is what makes us such a killer team! :) Way to go on busting another one of your fears Kristin!
ReplyDeleteEeexactly! Yin to my yang ;) <3
DeleteWe got obsessed with Gaiman on our honeymoon, and our Kindle made it easy for us - I read The Graveyard Book, Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neverwhere, and then American Gods (appreciated it a LOT more than I did when I read it in high school). What's your favorite? His books are all so different I don't know if I could pick. Very fun profile!
ReplyDeleteAmerican Gods and Neverwhere I think are my two reigning favorites, but it is so hard to pick with him!
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