I guess I’ll turn this into: “Facts about Roch: Girlfriend and Love Interest Edition!” because I’m bored and have been reflecting lately.

1. First girlfriend is mixed, predominantly black and Belizean. She is one of the smartest, wittiest people that I know, but hates school, and I wish the American education system was more tailored to brilliant minds like hers that thrive in a less rigid academic setting. She and I are still friends, and I can always count on her for witty, no-holds-barred commentary on almost anything.
2. Second girlfriend is Filipino and currently my best friend. Her family problems forced her to grow up early and there are few people I respect and admire more.
3. Third girlfriend is 3/4 Ecuadorian and 1/4 Chinese and we currently are not on speaking terms. All at once, she tore me down, took care of me, and made me into the person I am today. She is the reason why I am not as foolishly idealistic as I used to be and why I can argue pretty well (mostly because she is good at arguing and I had to keep up with her so that I wasn’t reduced to tears every time we spoke). But the fact that she tore me down and contributed to my emotional breakdown a few years ago is the main reason we no longer speak, even though I am fairly certain that she understands me better than anyone will ever understand me (though perhaps not as much as my best friend understands me).
4. Maria basically rescued me from the dead after third girlfriend. Though she’ll never admit how awesome she is, I will always admire Maria for the way she raised herself from the dead a few years before she and I met. She too has been through a lot and is one of the few people to make it out of her suburban hometown with incredible career prospects. She inspires me everyday and she doesn’t realize how much she has changed my life.
5. I have kissed guys and yeah, no thank you. Definitely not for me.

2. A selection of musical artists you do not care for.

Most Top 40 artists tbh. The only way I like most Top 40 stuff is if Glee covers it and they choose cast members that I love.

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3. A selection of celebrities you couldn’t care less about.

The Kardashians, Kanye West, Chris Brown, Snooki…basically anybody who ends up on tabloid covers or gets paid to make asses of themselves.

4. A hobby you “don’t get”

Does yoga count? Because Maria and my friends keep on trying to get me do it with them and I feel weird about staying in a room for 1hr+ and stretching and other things. I prefer contact sports, I think?

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9. PC or MAC?

Using a MacBook Pro as we speak. I’m an Apple whore as a matter of convenience.

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5. A habit you find disgusting.

Chewing with your mouth open or talking too loudly jfc (Maria does both and I love her anyway).

Send me a number and I’ll tell you my unpopular opinion.
1. A selection of television programs you do not care for.
2. A selection of musical artists you do not care for.
3. A selection of celebrities you couldn’t care less about.
4. A hobby you “don’t get”.
5. A habit you find disgusting.
6. Something in school you really liked doing that everyone else bitched over.
7. Your favorite household chore.
8. Popular video games that make you go “meh”.
9. PC or MAC?
10. A sport you don’t like, for whatever reason.
11. A sport you really like, for whatever reason.
12. Television programs you love but have gotten shit for liking.
13. Musical artists you love but have gotten shit for liking.
14. A hobby you have/find interesting that other people bother you over/make fun of.
15. A habit you have that other people bug you over.
16. Something in school you hating doing and it felt like everyone else loved.
17. The household chore that makes you want to shoot your own face off.
18. A selection of video games that you enjoy that perhaps you really shouldn’t.
19. A celebrity crush that maybe even you don’t understand.
20. Free rant on whatever grinds your gears at the moment.

• ♂ =  I am a boy who has a crush on you
• ♀ = I am a girl who has a crush on you
• * = just delete your tumblr already
• æ = Post a picture of yourself
• $ = You’re awesome
• # = I love your blog
• @ = You’re beautiful
• + = i hate you.
• % = You’re ugly
• <3 = I want to fuck you
• & = I wish we were close
• ~ = I wish we were friends in real life
• ? = I relate to a lot of the same things you go through (mention which one!)
• ! = You inspire me

This again! Well, we all know how much I like to blabber about myself so, okay.

1. My color-coded highlighter system is as follows: blue = main idea; yellow = detail; green = major concepts and opposing sides of arguments; red/pink/orange = contrasting argument
2. My preferred alcoholic drink of choice is anything involving whiskey (except for Fighting Cock and Wild Turkey).
3. My preferred cigarettes are Marlboro Smooths.
4. I know that one day my vices will catch up with me but they keep me productive.
5. I thrash around in my sleep when I am in a bed that is not my own. When I first met Maria, she couldn’t understand why I would struggle in my sleep and wake up frustrated in the middle of the night. She soon realized through trial and error that contact comfort prevents me from freaking out. She later passed this important information over to people she knew would house me randomly; when I crashed at VWBC’s one night, I started thrashing around and when she couldn’t wake me up, she had to hold me down until I relaxed.
6. I was valedictorian in both grade school in high school, but will probably only graduate college with magna cum laude.
7. Both of my parents remarried, so I have four branches of family. My maternal grandfather also remarried and that created a fifth branch of family. I only interact with my step mother’s family since most of the other branches are in Chicago.
8. I’ve been described as standoffish and intimidating, which is funny because I’m a petite girl and I can’t imagine how pissed I must look to counter act how physically small I am.
9. I am an emotional packrat. I save everything from first-time receipts at a new restaurant to confetti that is thrown at me at concerts. This pays off, though, because Maria and I put these mementos in our adventure book.
10. I mentally turn trivial things into really awesome metaphors but I only write about maybe 1/3 of these ideas and forget the rest.