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paperbacksandvinyls · 5 years ago

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Rules: answer 21 questions and tag 21 people

Tagged by: months ago @ihopeyoucontinue4ever tagged me and I’m just now getting around to this

Nicknames: a lot of people call me Mer/Mere...this weird freshman kid in a class I substitute fairly often calls me “Coach”? I don’t know why because I’m not a coach.

Zodiac sign: Sagittarius

Height: 5’8″

Hogwarts House: Hufflepuff...honestly I could be in any of the houses though. I’ve got enough Big Dumbass Energy to be a Gryffindor, the brains to be a Ravenclaw, and the pride to be a Slytherin...but I think the ridiculous levels of loyalty I have for my friends and family won out and I ended up with Hufflepuff

Last thing I googled: I Want It That Way Chinese (this was because I told my students today there is a Chinese version of the song)

Favourite musicians: The Eagles (but like if I had to pick it would be Don Henley, Glenn Frey, and Joe Walsh), Harry Styles, Fleetwood Mac, The Doors, Florence Welch, Niall Horan, Elton John, Mumford & Sons, Hozier, The Lumineers

Song stuck in my head: “The Boxer” by Simon & Garfunkel

Following: 338...no I do not know who they all are anymore and most have probably gone inactive

Followers: 477

Do you get asks: honestly not really since the messaging feature became a thing...my friends just talk to me that way now (fuck modern technology, am I right? a girl should be able to open her inbox to a kind, well thought out message from a friend like in the olden days)

Amount of sleep: usually anywhere between 6.5 to 9 hours depending on my work schedule and my desire to do something I actually wanted to do before going to bed and having to repeat my work day the following morning

Lucky number: 13

What are you wearing: an oversized flannel shirt I bought at Walmart for $8.75 and some Ole Miss sweat pants I’ve had since freshman year (I wanted maximum coziness)

Dream job: being a college professor would be pretty awesome...I’ll start with just my current dream job of teaching at a high school though

Dream trip: ok well besides just a return to Europe and revisit my favorite cities, I’d also like to take a trip to Morocco and Jordan at some point. I also want to visit the part of Italy my family came from originally and do some ancestral digging (there’s one town where my grandma’s maiden name is still one of the most common surnames so that’s probably where I would start)

Instruments you play: I used to play the cello

Languages you speak: English and Chinese...I can also understand a bit of Spanish but my brain automatically goes “respond in the foreign language you know best” so it tries to respond in Chinese so I can’t really say I speak Spanish because it turns into Chinese

Favourite song: (these change constantly...well except “Desperado” by the Eagles. that will always be in the top) “The Boxer” by Simon & Garfunkel, “Stubborn Love” by The Lumineers, “Howl” by Florence and the Machine, “Only the Good Die Young” by Billy Joel, “Daniel” by Elton John, “Rhiannon” by Fleetwood Mac

Random fact: My last name is misspelled Polish because the doctor switched the letters U and I on my grandfather’s birth certificate and no one noticed because my grandfather attended a private school in upstate New York run by Polish priests so they just assumed it was spelled the right way and then when he joined the military he found out it was spelled wrong the entire time, so my grandfather and his descendants are the only people with this one weird Polish last name

Dogs or cats: dogs. I have to second Jess’s opinion on cats being kinda gross since they walk through their shit and piss and then sit on counters. like I like cats they’re cute and some are very sweet but I’d rather have an animal that doesn’t track it’s shit where I cook

Aesthetic: I’m 100% certain that my aesthetic includes romance novels, historical fashion prints, witchy stuff, candles that smell like men’s cologne, and old record collections...but I’m also pretty sure it includes things like “wanting to look like Elizabeth Swann in every Pirates of the Caribbean movie” and “black leather pants” and “glitter boots” and “constantly being ready to throw down if need be” so...take this how you will

It’s been so long since I’ve been tagged in this that I’m just gonna tag a couple people. Like @maryam0revna @borispavlikovskys @psychedelicsexharry and @ottotheduck

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