1. What color(s) are there in your eyes? For example, mine are greenish-hazel but they have several different colors in them if you look at them up close. My eyes have cobalt in them, a bright turquoise, and some gray around the edges. Please refer to the picture to the right to see an actual photo of my eyes.

2. Aside from any current relationships, what was your closest relationship ever? I was really, really good friends for a long period of time with a girl named Brenna. She and I were best friends for thirteen years to the point of seeing each other every single day and sharing every thought, every dream, every moment of our lives together. But due to a series of over-dramatic, silly events, we haven’t spoken in years (basically since I was thirteen).

3. Do you have any health problems? If so, what are they? I have some allergy issues that are semi-serious (anything with fur, pollen, ragweed, etc) and semi-serious asthma that’s under control 98% of the time. Also, I have to wear contacts or glasses, and I have a high tolerance for pain and the cold. Just ask James, I can handle anything cold weather wise.

4. Have any of your romantic fantasies come true? I received my first kiss in the rain a long time ago, and that lived up to my dreams. Also, my first kiss was wonderfully romantic and I could not think of better circumstances. I really look back at that moment with joy and gladness in my heart. I’ve never really had a truly romantic evening, but, I’m only eighteen. I don’t need a lot of romance yet…don’t want to spoil the character.

5. What is your body fat percentage? Ummm…I don’t know.

6. Is there anything you’ve been thinking about obsessively of late? Edward Cullen and Bella Swan. He must bite her.

7. Have you ever posted a secret to a post secret site on livejournal or elsewhere? I’ve submitted two post cards to PostSecret. They have not been posted or published to my knowledge, and I won’t disclose what the secrets were.

8. Would you rather be a taxi driver, a doctor, or an accountant? I would love to be a taxi driver. I could meet so many interesting people and drive like crazy and it be excusable. Plus, I would have to learn phrases in multiple languages, right? Or at least I’d try.

9. Do you like karaoke? Who does like karaoke? I like music when people can sing.

10. Have you ever hung upside down from the side of your bed till you felt spacey? I don’t believe that people really do that.

11. If you were given $1000 upon the condition that you spend it on small, inexpensive items what would you buy? I’d McDonald’s for James and I until the money ran out. That’s like a hundred dates paid for. Heck yes! Oh, and I’d go to Target and buy lots of things on the dollar spot. It’s happy times, always, on the dollar spot. .Yay! Target is the best.

12. What is one thing you would like people to say about you at your funeral? “Lauren believed in others, but she also always believed in herself. Her abilities as a writer were discovered at a very young age, and she found her inner strength through her ability to write. She created and discovered, explored and endeavored to find the true meaning of existence, and always followed the path that was laid out for her by her Creator. May her warm and loving spirit be remembered by all that she touched, and may her legacy continue for all time.”

13. What do you picture your life to be like ten years from now? Ten years from now I will be working at a major publication doing international reporting on culture and travel. I will be living somewhere in Europe, hopefully Paris or London, and contemplating the idea of starting a family with my husband.

14. Do you think everyone is a little crazy? I believe that we all should be in therapy at least twice a week, group and individual.

15. Describe a favorite art/craft project you worked on as a child: A basket I weaved with my grandmother that my mother uses to this day to hold pens and pencils on her desk. It had beads and was very intricately woven. I loved working on it, and was very proud of how it turned out. Eight years later, it’s still in very good shape. I think my mom is more proud of it than anything else I’ve produced. Ever.

16. How do you feel you have changed most markedly since you were five years old? I believe that I have developed the ability to understand my position in the world. When I was five, my brother had just been diagnosed with autism, and my purpose in the world was to make my parent’s lives as easy as possible since they were dealing with so much emotionally with my little brother. I just sat back and was a good kid, and I never really caused any problems. Ever since, I’ve been trying (for the most part) to be a good daughter in everything that I do. But I really have began to value myself in the last few years. I’m more than devoted to my family and its needs, I’m my own person with my own future. That’s why moving to Columbia is so important to me; I have to go explore the world on my own now, not just to get away from my family, but for my family to get away from me.

17. What is the most important thing you learned in the last year? To embrace my flaws and work with them, instead of ignoring them and pretending they don’t exist. I’m a composition of my positive and negatives, and ignoring my negatives only accentuates them in the long run. I just am working to progress.

18. If you were shut inside of an isolation chamber, with no sound and only blackness, how might you react? I’d start breathing very slowly to not start panicking, and I’d try to relax, hopefully sleeping until I was rescued. If I was still there when I woke-up, I’d start trying to feel around for an exit.

19. Quick. Imagine something. What did you imagine? Ice cream. Strawberry flavored ice cream.

20. How might you change the ending of a favorite novel? At the end of Deathly Hallows I would have had Hermione and Draco fly off together into the night, declaring their love for each other for all to hear. Draco and Hermione were meant for each other, and I’ll always believe that.

21. Do you give good massages? Yes, I believe I do. At least good back rubs.

22. Which country do you think might suit you best? J’adore la Francais. France is where my heart and soul resides, and I will live there for an extended period in my life. Paris is where my soul sang to me. It’s old world charm with progressive culture and politics just fits into my personality so well.

23. Think of a close friend. What color(s) does his/her personality fit best? Kyle is such a cool green. He’s contemplative and insightful, relaxed and fun, but he’s never too bright or too dull. He simply is a person to admire and to love, to strive for and to seek. I love being around Kyle, and he’ll be a part of my life for a long time. His cool green compliments my cool gray very well.

24. How do you feel when you are in love? Like I can fly, like I can breath, like I can do anything that could possibly be thought of. I’m a princess with an endless kingdom, and a prince to hold my hand.

25. How might you survive if you were homeless for half a year? Out of a huge, fabulous, designer purse. I’ll have a Chanel shopping cart.