the abc's of me - three weeks for dreamwidth

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The ABC's of me.3weeks4dreamwidth 

A. Age: 24

B. Bed Size: twin, and i’m actually fine with that. i would maybe upsize to a full in the future just for my cats, since they sleep with me and take up half of it

C. Chore You Really Dislike: washing dishes. i loathe them, but that’s mainly because i hand wash them three times every single day

D. Dogs: had one. she passed in april 2019 from cancer. i really want to rescue another one (gsd, basset hound, or pitbull), but i can’t do that in my current living situation

E. Essential Start to Your Day: coffee and the typical doomscroll of checking twitter like it’s the daily newspaper

F. Favorite Color: as a kid it used to be red, but my childhood bff at the time was very religious and said i couldn’t like that because it’s the color of blood, and i got embarrassed and was like “you’re right,” so i switched to purple. but tbh i’ve been wanting to go back to my carefree self, so maybe i should unapologetically like red? right now my favorite color combination is blue and coral though. it changes constantly

G. Gold or Silver: i like how gold looks on others, but i think silver is better suited for my skin tone in the sphere of color analysis

H. Height: 5'6.5 — the half counts because i’m not exactly the 5'7 giant like the rest of my family thinks, ok. /s i’m the tallest in my immediate family; all the older girls average between 4'9 and 5'3, and even my brother is like 5'5. i don’t know how everyone else is so short, especially my fully related younger sister when my mom and dad were both around 5'9. i kind of hate it though because it didn’t lend to nor create a good environment growing up in terms of self and body image

I. Instruments You Play: i’ve never played any. in another life i wish i had picked one up and did band in school

J. Job: currently unemployed since i was a caregiver to my father before he passed. i am looking, but it’s very hard with the current job climate and having no means of transportation. and i low-key feel like i have nothing i’m good at and no aspirations in life...

K. Kids: none, and it feels cliche to say, but i have always wanted them since i can remember....but i’m getting older now, so it’s looking less like a possibility

L. Live: california. i have a love/hate relationship with it because of circumstances since 2019. i think i’ve grown to hold such negative and traumatizing emotions/events tied to it. i have this delusion that i want to be an east coast girlie so bad, but deep down i think i’ll always be a socal girl

M. Mom’s Name: starts with d and ends in n

N. Nicknames: riyah is a childhood nickname from mariah, which isn’t even my first name, but it was the name i made everyone call me for a large period of my life since there were like four people with (redacted) just on my street and i wanted to be different. so, i think it’s a good internet name for anonymity. also, my younger sister and i were just grouped together (and still are), and everyone, including my dad, would just call us “the girls.” a lot still do

O. Overnight Hospital Stays: for myself or others? sadly, i’ve been to the hospital a lot as a visitor, but i never stayed the night since i always got kicked out, and i’ve never been hospitalized myself

P. Pet Peeve: hmmm i probably have a lot. one that my family does that i personally hate is texting unserious emojis in serious moments, like the broken heart, prayer hands, or crying face emoji in response to sad news. i know that’s not their intention, but it feels like they’re treating it as a joke... and then there's the generation gap between different emoji meanings...

Q. Quote From A Movie: sometimes i think i have felt everything i'm ever gonna feel. and from here on out, i'm not gonna feel anything new. just lesser versions of what i've already felt" - "Her"

S. Siblings: get ready, because they’re all i talk about. i have one full-blooded younger sister (less than 2 years), three older half sisters from my mom that are all 10–18 years older than me, and an older half brother from my dad who is 13 years older than me

T. Time You Wake Up: it’s all over the place, but on a good/regular sleep schedule it’s around 8 am

U. Underwear: i was going to change it, but i can’t think of another word that starts with u... hanes/aerie 

W. What Makes You Run Late: other people, if this is strictly about going to places, because i have severe anxiety and absolutely hate being late. i’ll be there at least five minutes early. though for personal projects or assignments in the past, i procrastinate and get things done at the very last minute

X. X-Rays You’ve Had: i honestly completely forgot about this, but when i was younger in elementary school, i had such a problem with sitting criss-cross applesauce, which sucked since that was the standard position, especially in assemblies. it would cause so much pain in my hip, and one day i couldn’t take it anymore and started crying at a crowded science event lol. my dad made me an appointment to check what was wrong, so i’m pretty sure i got x-rays, but the doctors couldn’t find anything, so i think they assumed it was mental. funny enough, that same hip started cracking whenever i squeezed my thighs together a decade later... i think i just have very inflexible hip joints or something, idk

Y. Yummy Food You Make: i can make food yummy to my own taste, but apparently not to others, at least according to my family. i think i’m okay at ceviche or other seafood like shrimp and tuna, and i can doctor up beans well. i also think i’m good at baking savory items. my sister took over sweets, so she’s the official baker in the house, but there was a time i would make homemade garlic knots regularly

Z. Zoo - Favorite Animal: when i was at the seattle zoo, they had a penguin exhibit, and it was my first time ever seeing them, so that was fun. sadly, it immediately started hailing though, so we only looked for like 10 seconds before having to run off since we were with small children. also, not a zoo, but it’s a tradition for my family to go to a wildlife safari anytime we’re in oregon, and the deer were always my favorite part. they’re so used to being fed by humans that they get really close, though my dad would never pay the fee to hand-feed them… sad

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