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Hello everyone! I'm going to try to make this interesting, but I'm horrible at talking about myself so if it's boring I apologize ahead of time. My name is Kristen, I'm....forgot my age there for a second...29, and I live in Orlando Florida which is also where I have grown up. I like to explore my surroundings, going to places I've never been, doing things I've never experienced. Just recently in fact I visited Leu Gardens, which is about 50 acres of flowers, trees, and all kinds of plants.

It was fun and my friend and I had a very pleasant day, however sometimes I forget where I live and what temperature it is, so next time only in the fall or winter. I try very hard to keep an open mind, but not so much that my brain spills out. I guess I'm pretty typical in that I just like to spend time with my friends and family.
My personal goals sort of take after my academic ones, or the other way around. I really enjoy Asian culture and learning about it, not only historically but also currently. When I was a teenager I fell into the manga (Japanese comics) craze and spent most of my free time reading those (all time favorite is Ouran High School Host Club). From there I started listening to Japanese pop music, which led me to Korean pop music, which is my current choice. With history always being an enjoyment of mine I started reading about the history of Korea and Japan. After realizing how much I enjoyed it I came to decide on World History as my major in college and here I am. Though all history is enjoyable to me I do really search out Asian history classes. Someday I would like to live or spend a great deal of time in Korea, but until then I focus on my academic goals. As for what I will do with my History degree, I have no idea. After High School I could never make a decision on what to study in college and eventually decided to just go with what I like and end up wherever that takes me.
What surrounds you right now? What do you see in front of you? I am not entirely sure if this is meant metaphorically or literally so....In front of me is my future filled with possibility, disappointment, happiness, and all the many things life brings (that sounded lame). However I am currently staring at a computer, keyboard, mouse, piggy bank, schedule planner (writing down all my assignments for the semester), purple pen, iPhone, stack of cds, water bottle, stuffed narwhal, and Advil.
American culture today is very busy. Everything is constantly changing and upgrading. Not only our electronics, which are so vital to daily life it seems, but also clothing, cars, homes, etc. It's no longer about having what you need to survive, but what you want in order to maintain this magical level of impossible happiness. I'm guilty of it as well, I mean heck I'm looking into e-book readers even though my local library is vast and right down the road. As Americans we are just constantly searching for that thing or item that will finally make us happy, only to discover after we get it that it didn't.