Thank you. I was trying to come up with an avatar that I could use my umbrella for. It seems like I always forget about it. Poor umbrella. xD

And I like your username. ^^

Thank you. A good friend of mine came up with it.

Friends are awesome. ^^

Yes they are. I love all my friends.

I love my friends too. I miss them right now because they are all off at other colleges and I'm home at a public college. It's hard to make new friends when you only see people during class and you go home afterwards. But this is my best friend's last year in college and then she'll be coming back home for a long while. I'm excited.

That's good. And I miss my friends from where I grew up. But I did good with making some online and where I live now.

I had a hard time making friends because I used to be really quiet. I'm getting a whole heck of a lot better at speaking up now. I'm not as afraid to just be me. Funny thing is I don't remember why I had felt the need to be quiet in the first place. xD

Yeah, I used to be extremely shy when I was young. That's not a bad thing though. Some people come out of their shells sooner than others.

Yeah. I did have a bit of fun seeing the surprised looks on people's faces when they found out I didn't fit the stereotype they thought I fit into. I think they all thought I was a bookworm that liked nothing better than to study for the next English test. ^_^

Ah, English tests! How I loved them. >.> Actually, English was one of my best subjects. History was my worst.

Science was my absolute worst. I could never seem to wrap my head around it, which is funny because it's my brother's favorite. I liked English well enough. I just didn't like writing essays. Love reading though. Although some of the books they had us reading were just awful. I wished there were more books like Pride and Prejudice in the curriculum.
I love Ancient History. I never was much for American history, but that's because I love learning about other countries so much.

Pride and Prejudice is one of my favorite books. I get so wrapped up in the story every time I read it. I don't mind essays if I get to be creative with my work. I hate doing one on "The Life of a Peanut."

Me too. I really ought to read it again. I haven't read it in a while.
I would get so wrapped up in how to start the essays that I wouldn't finish them on time. I should free-write more often. I tend to do better when I just start writing and go back to revise it later. Otherwise I have trouble elaborating.

I know. I have a bad habit of either overlooking a mistake or correcting a mistake before I get halfway through it.

Me too. I have to let other people read my work before I turn it in because I tend to overlook mistakes. And sometimes I assume that the reader knows more than they do. Since I know what I mean, I forget that they might not.