25 Things

1. When I buy Trader Joe's white cheddar popcorn, I generally eat the whole bag in one sitting.
2. I only allow myself to buy Trader Joe's white cheddar popcorn once a year.
3. I'm really into local history (no matter where I am). I love finding out the story of whatever city, neighborhood, or house I'm in.
4. I want to write a book. I want that book to be Jhumpa Lahiri's The Interpreter of Maladies.
5. I am an optimist.
6. My first crush was Greg Brady.
7. I hate exercise, but I am getting better at forcing myself to do it.
8. I'm really superstitious.
9. I count on my fingers.
10. I only type with one hand, but I type really fast.
11. I love, love, LOVE to travel. But I also love returning home.
12. Even though it's totally un-P.C., I am fascinated by colonialism.
13. If I had a time machine at my disposal, I'd probably visit the 1940s and 1950s as often as possible.
14. My favorite number is 14.
15. I studied voice for ten years. I loved it.
16. I also played the flute for nine years. I didn't love it.
17. I don't think life would be worth living without cheese.
18. Rain makes me happy.
19. So do elephants.
20. I am terrified of the ocean, especially things that live in it. Red Lobster commercials frighten me.
21. My middle finger on my right hand is permanently deformed from holding my pencil too tightly in school.
22. I was the mascot in high school (well, technically, I dressed up as the mascot).
23. Target is my happy place.
24. If I could afford it, I'd buy all my clothes in Japan.
25. I often wonder what my life would be like if my parents hadn't come to the U.S. and I was born and raised in India.