25 Facts About Yours Truly

1. I'm multiracial!! Breakdown: Japanese/Okinawan, Dutch, and English. Thankfully my dad isn't one of those white kids who are just about every European race in existence.

2. I was raised entirely in a Japanese household/enviornment, but I'm the only one out of my siblings that can actually speak the language.

3. I wanted to be a singer from 6th grade up until last year. When I was younger, I used to sit on the hallway floor and pop my cassette tape I recorded of the backstreet boys off the radio in my tape-player and do interpretive dance while singing along with the music. From 8th grade to 11th grade, I sang along (somewhat obnoxiously) to Japanese, Italian, and American music in my brother's room. His room is the "computer room". My dad would come check on me from time to time because he thought I was hurt and calling for help.

4. My shortest obsession lasted five weeks: Twilight.

5. I aspire to be a Translator/Public Relations/Journalist/Editor for fiction novels. Growing up, my career ambitions were as follows: Dentist (for about an hour), Veterinarian, Singer, MotoGP rider, and Actress (for two months? I still think it'd be awesome though).

6. I love languages. My life's goal is to become completely fluent in a minimum of five languages: English (check!), Japanese, Italian, French, and Brazilian Portuguese.

7. I'm a movie buff. During the summer, I went to the theater more than 20 times.

8. I want to go from Pasadena City College, to Seattle Central Community College, to University of Washington at Seattle. I'm going to double major in Italian and Communications. I might throw a minor in there if I can handle it.

9. I'm flamboyantly proud of my heritage.

10. I went through a stage when I talked to my parents in baby talk (when I was too old to do so) all the time because I didn't want them to think I was growing up.

11. Even though I've repeatedly been told that I have really nice nails that deserve to be painted, I never ever wear nail polish. When I was maybe 10 years old, I was in the swimming pool with my dad and was wearing nail polish and got freaked out because I thought I looked like a hooker/gold-digger. I won't go into detail.

12. I'm a big Paramore fan.

13. I'm an avid reader. My favorite book is The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

14. My favorite sport is MotoGP and I am in love with and hope to someday marry Valentino Rossi or become his best friend. My brother and I want to learn how to drag knee and go tracking.

15. I can sing 'Once Upon a Dream' from Sleeping Beauty in five different languages. Can you guess which ones?

16. I believe that there is something bigger than myself; a bigger picture, but I'm having a hard time accepting Jesus. lol. My religious views are probably a mix between Buddhism and Christianity.

17. I've known Karen O'Donovan for 11 years. We spent every second of everyday together for 6 years until she moved to Ireland.

18. I'm probably the worst mathematician you've ever met.

19. My favorite and best subject is English, but I haven't received an A in it since eighth grade. UP UNTIL THIS YEAR. WHOOP WHOOP!!

20. My favorite food is Sukiyaki. I eat it on my birthday every year.

21. I'm determined to study abroad in Rome, Italy. I want to live/stay for an extended amount of time in New York, Rome, Tokyo, Paris, and Rio de Janeiro. (I am also infatuated with said places)

22. I really like things from foreign countries. If you pulled a snapple cap out of your pocket and told me it was from somewhere other than the U.S, those four countries in particular, I'd murder you for it.

23. I'm a huuuuuge Sherlock Holmes fan.

24. My favorite actors are Robert Downey Jr., Gary Oldman, Matt Damon, and Shia LaBeouf....Robert Pattinson in that order. My favorite actresses are Kate Winslet and Natalie Portman.

25. When I tell or hear scary stories, my eyes start watering.