I like to work on stories these days, just for my own amusement. Fiction has never been my strong point, since I focused on poetry in college, but I still enjoy coming up with story lines, motives, characters, settings, etc. I have a few google docs that I drop in on whenever I'm bored at night (Dean sometimes has to work really late nights). It feels productive, even though I'm not sharing these things with anyone else.

Both? Having a husband that is truly your best friend is the most amazing thing in the world. I can wake up every morning and be genuinely happy every time to see him there, but it's not like the kind of young, jittery nerves that new couples have. It's definitely calming.

There are so many things I love doing that I can't really imagine just doing one thing. I just know that I want to have a job with meaning, where I will feel like all of my effort is contributing to some greater cause. I think I'll always care about beauty since I grew up as a very artistic girl, and I cannot see myself as a sweatpants and t-shirt kind of mom. Will I follow trends? Probably not, but I don't really do that now, either.

College, but then after college, I made some amazing friends and even though the time I spent with them was less, I consider many of them to know me better than my college pals. I loved my college friends, but...I don't know. The friends I made while living abroad were different--I felt bonded to them in a different, more unique way.

I don't believe you can be happy following just one or the other. We have a conscience for a reason, but we also have a mind that demands some form of logic to our actions. For me, I have to use both in order to maintain a feeling of contentment.

Usually, I'm very chatty in social situations and enjoy meeting new people. Where I currently live, my number of acquaintances vastly outnumbers the amount of actual friends I have. Unfortunately, my closest friends are living in the midwest, northwest, Korea, and Canada.

I got one back during my freshmen year in college. It was really fun at the time, but I don't know if that look suits me anymore. Also, I don't think I have the ideal face type to pull of the pixie look.

Optimistic. I like to think that all people have the capacity to do good things, and that most of us feel a real empathy for each other. There are times when I am cynical and doubtful about humans in general, but I don't like to focus on that. I guess I'm a secret optimist. :)

They are pretty popular with the younger crowd, so I dipped in their occasionally. Rarely spent a whole night there, because they were usually packed and full of people a lot younger than me. They play US hip hop almost exclusively, so if you're into that, it would be fun.

All clothing stores deal with theft, and American Apparel is no exception. Also, internal theft supposedly counts for 60-70% of theft in all retail stores. I can honestly not think of one single person at my store who would steal. First of all, they're all really sweet kids. Secondly...I would know. AA has a rigidly-organized inventory set up. We like to keep only one size of each color/style on the floor, so if it goes missing from the floor, we know it was stolen. It is immediately replaced by a size in the back, but when we replace it, we check to see how many we are supposed to have against how many we actually have. Thus, if someone stole from the back, it would be very, very obvious.

My closest ones, yes. I also still have a cyworld and a lot of random students that graduated years ago still send friend requests on it. And...facebook must be getting really big in Korea, because a lot of them are starting to do friend requests there. One of my kids sent me a message last month saying how he was busy studying for his college entrance exam, and it blew my mind. I can't believe how old they're getting.

I spend more time on specific forums. I lurk around Soompi sometimes, but I do feel old and like I can't relate to a lot of the people there. Also, I'm just not on the internet as much these days. I don't have a desk job and most websites are blocked at my current work place. I'll check my mail and a few forums in the morning, but I go to work at 8:00 AM don't get back until about 7 PM. Dean and I watch TV on the computer, read, or just bum around. I don't have a lot of time to invest on an internet persona anymore.

Sometimes. When shoved in a crowded space without familiar faces, I'll usually go out of my way to adapt to the situation and make some new friends. However, there are times when I will automatically go to the back of the room and avoid talking to anyone. It depends on the location and my mood.

I'm not the best person to consult on this matter. My parents had some extreme foresight back when they had just been married and immediately set aside money for education purposes. Thus my sister and I were both able to go to a college preparatory high school as well as private colleges without them or us having to take out loans.
There are probably some great resources online for advice--try some college or financial forums or message boards.

I definitely used to. A lot during high school and the early part of college. I could become depressed out of nowhere and I felt completely separate from everyone--family and friends. After dating Dean for several years and becoming very serious, the feeling went away. Even if I felt weird, at least I had someone who would sit by me and understand--someone I could turn to regardless of the situation.

An actress?? I would make a terrible actress unless I constantly played myself in every role (hey, Julia Roberts made it work...)

I've been toying with the idea of getting an MFA in film ever since I was an undergrad, but I know I'm not ready to commit to anything like that yet. I complain a lot about my current lifestyle, but at the end of the day, I know I need to shut the hell up. My apartment is great, my job doesn't make me want to kill myself, Dean and I aren't having to take out loans to pay any bills, and we both can enjoy each others company. I don't know if I'm ready to completely jump up and change anything within the next few months.

No comment.

I'll never know my whole genetic history, but I was born in Korea and probably to very Korean people.

I believe I'd be lonely, but making do with what I had. I sometimes wonder what it would be like if Dean and I had never gotten serious, and I can picture myself becoming a huge party girl/depressed loner.

In high school, I did Model UN, Spanish Club, Prom Committee, and Pep Club. I also was the secretary of the YMCA's service club for four years. In college...I really didn't like the clubs at all, so I joined none.