Here and Now

What is your favorite food?
All kinds of sushi.
What is your favorite drink?
Cold water, or cherry/vanilla Coke/Dr. Pepper.
What is your favorite movie?
Forrest Gump
Who is your favorite actor and why?
Tom Hanks, becuase he made Forrest Gump great, and he's done an awesome job in every movie I've seen him in.
Who is your favorite actress and why?
Scarlett Johansson becuase shes the most beautiful woman I've ever seen.
List your favorite colors in order from most liked to most hated:
Blue, yellow, green, red, indigo, violet
What is your favorite season?
Spring, because everything is getting greener, and flowers are blooming. Fall too, because the leaves are pretty, Halloween is my favorite holiday, and the weather is great.
What was your favorite age and why?
17. Things were easy. I was having fun and being myself. I had a blast. I went to shows and actually had fun. "dreamy 17!"
What is one personal thing most people don't know about you?
I feel a very deep, hippie-like connection with nature.
What is one funny thing most people don't know about you?
I used to tuck in my stuffed animals before I went to school so they wouldn't get cold.
What is one sad thing most people don't know about you?
I always feel inadequate.
Who is one famous person you admire and why?
Famous? No one specific. Anyone who has done something heroic I admire.
Who is one non-famous person you admire and why?
My dad. He's been through a lot. He's seen a lot. He can build a house and fix a helicopter.
Where is your favorite place to be?
On top of a mountain, in the woods, by the ocean, with friends and loved ones, or warm in my bed.
What is your favorite thing to do?
Anything as long as I'm happy.
Name ten hobbies/interests:
1)Gardening/growing plants
2)playing guitar
3)being a total video game nerd
4)hiking
5)making stuff...out of anything
6)taking photos of things and pretending like I'm going to post them on a photoblog. I will one day, I swear.
7)Taking care of/being around animals. I wish so bad I could ride horses and hang around a barn again.
8)Learning Japanese/as many languages as I can.
9)Learning a little bit about everything
10)aquariums
What is one memory you have of getting physically injured?
Breaking my leg snowboarding. Everyone's heard that story about a million times.
What is one memory you have of being embarrassed?
Running heard first into a wooden board, then falling into wet cement.
Name one song that makes you feel happy.
"Better Things" cover by the Bouncing Souls
Name one song that makes you feel sad.
"If I Were a Boy" by Beyonce, haha...gets me everytime
Name one song that gets you pumped up.
"No Apologies" by Sick of it All

Xiphphorus maculatus, Hymenochirus boettgeri

So I finally got a fishtank! I used some money I got for my birthday, so I guess this counts as my birthday present. Melanie came to the pet store with me to help pick everything out and set it all up, thanks Mel!

The tank


I got two Platys:

My mickey mouse platy, Mickey


My tuxedo platy, Phinneas


They are best friends. Or lovers, I'm not sure yet. I guess I'll find out when there are a bunch of babies swimming around.


and my three African Dwarf Frogs:

Liam


Winky


and Dexter


As for their names, Mickey's name was obvious. Phinneas because he's got a huge dorsal fin, and because I thought it'd be cute to be able to call them MickeyPhinn. Winky after Winky the frog in Donkey Kong Country, Liam after Liam Gallagher from Oasis (he's the darkest one, and is really obnoxious to the other frogs, very rockstar like) and Dexter because thats a nerdy name, and the other two frogs leave him out and treat him like he's a dork (awww)


I hope they all live. I'm attached already. I'm thinking of adding another fish, but I'm going to wait a couple of weeks to see how well the guys I already have do.

Purple Drapes!

I love this language (私の日本語はへたですでも一つの言語は決して十分ではない)

My prize winning, A+, top of the line speech for my oral exam in Japanese. Lots of mistakes, all in hiragana because thats all I know. I don't want to forget this hahaha, its pretty embarrassing.


はじめまして。わたしのなまえはKaitlynです。わたしはあめりかじんりゅうがくせいです。だいがくはとうきょうだいがくです。にねんせいです。わたしのせんこはきょいくがくです。わたしはMeridenからきました。Meridenはちさいまちです。わたしのりょのへやはちさいりょのへやです。せまいへやです。ちゅごくじんのりゅめっとがいます。りゅめっとのなまえはえいみちゅです。えいみさんもにねんせいです。えいみさんのせんこはけいざいがくです。


Nice to meet you. I am Kaitlyn. I am an American exchange student. My university is Tokyo university. I am a sophomore. My major is education. I am from Meriden. Meriden is a small town. My dorm room is small. My dorm room is cramped. My roommate is Chinese. MY roomate's name is Amy Chu. Amy is also a sophomore. Amy's major is economics.



おやすみ

The Dirty

Some of my favorite Simpsons moments

"Its a pornography store. I was buying pornography"


"She's faking it"


"No TV and no beer make Homer something something"


"Hello? anybody home?"


"KWYJIBO"


"Oh yeah? Well I won the belching contest at work!"


"Hugh Jass?"


"Like you buy 'em all the time"


"I don't know what you've got planned tonight, but count me out."

Some of my favorites

Finally happy

For the first time in a long time.

The good old days

My 20th birthday is in 52 days.

14 years ago. Wow, I was tan sunburned

Went for a drive today. Through Meriden, Southington, and Cheshire mostly. Felt sooo good. Just singing along to the radio and watching the sun set over my neighborhood.