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21. Tomorrow is my birthday!

Yep I'll be 21 tomorrow and I'm so excited! 

-Amber

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20. I have a southern accent.

Here is a little video so you hear my accent. I did it on my web cam so it isn't the greatest quality. Oh and ignore my dorkiness.

-Amber

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19. I take my peanut butter sandwich without the crust.

I always pick off the crust of my peanut butter sandwiches but only those. Make me a ham and cheese I'll leave it alone. I'm not sure why I guess to me peanut butter sandwiches taste better without the crust. 

-Amber

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18. I played clarinet in band.

Middle School band that is, not high school. I would have actually continued playing in high school but I wanted to do orchestra band rather than marching band and I wasn't sure how to sign up for just that. I still have the clarinet at my grandparents house but I don't play it anymore.

-Amber

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17. I still watch cartoons.

Not just the cartoons aimed for adults like The Simpsons, King of the Hill, Futurama or Family Guy, but also kids cartoons. I love catching up on some of the old classics from my childhood but also some of the newer ones. Sadly some of my favorites have come an gone like Invader Zim, Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Chowder, and Misadventure of Flapjack. I have found some new silly favorites like Regular Show, and Adventure Time but I do miss new episodes of the other ones. I guess I'll always enjoy cartoons even when I'm old!

-Amber

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16. I don't do mornings.

I've never been one for mornings even though recently I've been waking up around 7:00 am on my own. If I don't have to get up every day it's easy for me to just set an alarm. On the other hand if I have to get up every day for like school I'm a cranky girl. I'm just going to have to learn to enjoy mornings especially if I want to run my own cafe!

-Amber 

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15. I don't like artificial grape flavor.

I would say I don't like grape but then again I'd be lying. I love grape juice and real grapes but when it comes to candies and sodas that are "flavored" grape I despise them *insert serious angry face*

-Amber

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14. I count in pairs.

When there is a large amount of individual items that I have to count I do it in pairs. For example there are eighteen items I pair the items by two and continue to count in twos to quickly get to eighteen. Another way I count in pairs is by finding a common number (lets say I notice things in pairs of five) I then use multiplication to quickly figure out how many pairs of five to get the product. It's an odd way to count but I find pairs (which I use more often) or common number pairing makes it a whole lot quicker than just counting 1..2...3..etc.

-Amber

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13. I'm an introvert

What exactly is an introvert? It's not simply having a shy personality but finding that being by yourself (or for me also being with few people) to be energizing than staying out and being around tons of people. While I enjoy being with my own thoughts I do like to get out but I tend to get drained, tired or bored I guess you can call it, when I'm around a crowd of people too long. When I'm around a few friends you wouldn't know any different but with a group I tend to keep to myself. Growing up a lot of people took this as being stuck up but if I didn't know you or feel comfortable then I kept quiet. Now once I do feel comfortable I can't shut up and I have friends that can vouch for me on that! Even though it isn't something I can completely change I do try to speak up more such as in class or social situations I do hesitate at times. I also use the blog to speak up and communicate more because it doesn't just pertain to my real life but online as well. So feel free to say hello I'm not being rude if I don't speak up I'm just an introvert. Here is a great article about how to be friends with an introvert.

-Amber

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12. I love art, crafting, design you name it!

Art- I have been drawing since I was three years old when I drew a picture of my grandpa (which my mom still has). I really enjoy drawing and painting and have really improved throughout the years. My biggest strength is drawing images and I've taught myself how to draw people better. I've been working with watercolors even more and I'm trying to find my style.

Crafting- I love taking things and creating my own style with them like this Owl Candle. It so fun to create things and  it takes my mind off other things when I'm crafting!

apartment therapy

Design- When it comes to design my favorites are a toss up between interior and web design with fashion making it a close three way tie. I'm not an expert web designer but I like doing stuff myself and do the best with what I have. I really love interior design and was going for that in high school but had a change of plans. My interior design taste have really evolved since high school. I do have to admit sometimes my ideas aren't great and when they aren't complete (i.e the photo wall) I tend to change my mind. Though it usually ends up even better in the end.

Fashion- I loved playing dress up and creating crazy outfits when I was younger but I didn't really get into fashion personally until much later. As a teen I loved Teen Vogue and had created some cute outfits but it wasn't a daily thing more of when I felt like it. My senior year I did try a little more but in college I had to dress casual business. So I really got into creating outfits that were cute and professional while on a budget. I generally wear what I feel like along with the style I like either it be in fashion or last season. 

-Amber

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11. I hate spiders 

When we first moved into the apartment I noticed these huge spiders trying to sneak around the corner and they scared the crap out of me. I'll see them occasionally but it doesn't make me feel any better when I do see them. I don't like spiders in the house..outside they can do whatever they please but when they're in my house they're in my territory!

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This thing is a little embarrassing but I'm probably not the only one that has done it.

10. I over-plucked my eyebrows as a teen.

I had people tell me I shouldn't over pluck them but I didn't care I was into styles of the 1920's and thought it was so vintage to have them thin and arched. Now as you can see I was so wrong.

I finally got my act straight and have these beautiful arches :)

-Amber

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9. I wear fake glasses

Before it was all the rage in fashion magazines I wore fake glasses. My mom had a pair and gave them to me when I was 13 and I've been wearing them ever since. I have a nice little collection of them and they're one of  my big go-to accessories.

-Amber

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8. I love short hair!

My hair was super long as a kid and I got it cut for real (not just trimmed) when I was six. Through the years I've let it grow out but for the most part I love it when it's short. Recently I let it grow out long enough to donate and sent it to Pantene Beautiful Lengths. Here are some of the different styles of short hair I've had.

Pixie cut when I was 16

Curly and short when I was 17

Short bob when I was a college freshman

Angled bob after I donated my hair

-Amber 

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7. I love coffee.

 I've always been a fan of coffee even when I was younger; though it was mostly milk and hardly coffee it was a "grown up" drink. When my friends and I would hang out we'd go to the local coffee shop and later in years we'd head over to the Waffle House for cheap coffee. Now I don't drink it like crazy (I don't want to get worn out on it) but it's really something I enjoy and brings me comfort. 

-Amber

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6. I use to design layouts.

Yep when Myspace was still popular I had a layout design page called Atomic Layouts. Now I didn't have any fancy photoshop so I used the paint program to make backgrounds. I got a couple of people to use my designs and I learned a lot from doing this little hobby. I did have Photoshop (this is after the layout designs) but it got erased and I really wish I had it back again. Until then I'll use my odd but useful method to edit my images.

-Amber

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I didn't forget about 21 Things I just wanted to find some pictures to put up here. I'm combining Things 4 and 5 together in one post so here it goes.

4. I don't like pink.

I didn't like wearing pink when I was younger and still not too fond of it. Even when the pink Power Ranger had brown hair like me I would always play the yellow one because I didn't like pink. I don't know why I didn't go for pink things I just didn't. Now I do wear pink here and there but it isn't my first color of choice. I think I own a total three pink shirts but I prefer patterns, teals, reds and yellows.

5. I had braces 

I had braces when I was nine years old. Luckily I only had to wear them for a little over a year and had them taken off right at the start of my 5th grade year. Though they were a pain at times I'm glad I got them and I'm proud of my pearly whites!

-Amber

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3. I hate the word moist.

And moist things in general like when you walk in the bathroom and the rugs are still wet from when someone took a shower eek! As a kid I had this weird habit of drying out my cups (if they had just been washed) even when I was about to pour drink in there. I got older and I kind of got over it but still moist grosses me out.

So every time I do hear the word moist it makes me think of this! (click on 1:16 to get right to it)

*I'll have some photos things soon I just have to scan them at the grandparents house*

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This thing isn't new to any of my friends who hang out with me. I know everyone goes through a music phase, I've had my share with Good Charlotte when I was 13. This isn't a phase and I sure don't really fit the stereotype but:

2. I'm a nice girl who likes punk music.

It's not just punk either but ska, rock'n roll, riot grrrl, and indie. So here are a few of my instant replay songs!

This isn't all my favorites but I didn't want to take up my whole webpage with favorites lol.

-Amber

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It's 21 days until I turn 21 and I thought I'd try this out. I got the idea from ♥elyica who did something similar on her blog and I thought it'd be something neat to do. Here it goes...

1. I'm left handed 

 I do everything with my left hand except when using scissors. It's a tough world for us left handed people and I've actually only met a handful. I know there were probably more in my classes they just never noticed me and got excited and gave me a high five (happens more than you think we lefties are united!). There are things I wish I could do better like writing neatly on chalk/maker boards and not having pencil smears on my paper but all in all I love that I'm left handed. They say left handed people use the right side of their brain more which I definitively do. Being left handed isn't really being "different" but being exactly who I am.

-Amber