How do you do? An introduction to my curly world.

Who am I? According to the sheet of paper complete with gold seal, official sounding phrases, and tiny finger/foot prints; my name is Emily and I am eighteen years of age. My hair is, in fact, naturally curly. No perm--just bad luck. I was schooled at home through junior high and high school and will be attending Rhode Island School of Design in Fall 2009 to major in graphic design, and am a proud member of the cloistered, bubble-wrapped girls of America club. I am a neat freak who insists on keeping her closet organized by color, my socks rolled in pairs, and my days structured around a color-coded day planner.



I spent the last sixteen years of my life devoting three or more hours a day
to ballet class with my hair pulled back far too tight for my own good. Having grown up so incredibly active I find solace in trying out every other form of exercise I can. I have two gym memberships and love my kickboxing, Zumba, Power Step, and Boxing Basics classes more than I care to admit.



To keep up with all that activity I have to work very hard to nourish my little curly self properly. I am a vegetarian and aspiring vegan and try to eat as few processed foods as I can. I love to munch on mangoes, nut butters, oat bran and oatmeal, veggie burgers, cottage cheese, oranges, whole wheat pitas, and just about every vegetable known to man.



I took a year off after high school to focus on making some serious mula to place a dent in the upcoming $50,000 a year tuition that comes in the package deal of an Ivy League art school. To do so I sold my soul to Barnes and Noble and currently spend 20plus hours a week making frappuccinos in the Starbucks cafe and dusting the same book display multiple times in a single shift. Staff members are permitted to check out any book in the store for two weeks, and I took this as an invitation to absorb the genius of literature at my own pace, on my own terms, and without having to spend a single cent. While the first month was, admittedly, an orgy of every obscure work of Conrad, Lewis, and Dostoevsky I could lay my hands on, I also love to sit down with a whole pile of vegan cookbooks or the latest Self magazine.

I spend my “abundant” free time fiddling with Photoshop, Illustrator, and Indesign on my beloved laptop, Ping; finishing up homework for the two art classes I am currently taking at the local jr. college: Intro to Painting and Figure Drawing; coveting every item in Anthropolgie; or visiting one of the six libraries to which I have donated my life savings in late book fees.



Au revoir my dears- it was so nice to have met you!

With Love,

Emily