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dolorosa_12Day 14: Do you have siblings? Talk about them, or talk about what it's like to be an only child.
As you're all probably well aware, I have three younger sisters. I love them to bits and find it very difficult to live so far away from them, as it's meant that I've either drifted apart a bit from them (as is the case with my first sister) or missed their entire childhoods (as is the case with the other two).
Mim is 23 years old. After finishing up her undergrad degree in Sydney a couple of years ago, she moved to Melbourne to start a degree in media and communications and work part-time for a small film production company. Last (southern) summer, she got a cadetship working in Canberra for the public service, and at the end of the cadetship, they offered her a full-time, ongoing job there if she wanted. So that is what she is doing now, while finishing off her Master's degree part-time by distance. We were closer as children, but ours is a resilient friendship that seems able to be revived at any minute, and whenever we're both in the same place, we end up chatting away as if we've never been apart. We share similar tastes in music, movies and food, although she is not in any way a geek and isn't so fannish about stuff (for want of a better word). Our childhood was absolutely idyllic. We were not allowed to watch much TV, and in fact had no desire to do so (oh, how things have changed), but instead spent all our spare time playing imaginative games either outside or in the house. We had whole worlds, with ongoing storylines that could be picked up at any time, and dropped whenever we felt like it, only to be picked up, not where we left off, but accounting for any real time that had passed. I am so grateful to her for our childhood.
Kitty is nine years old. She lives in Melbourne with my dad and stepmother. I saw a lot of Kitty in her earlier years, as she lived in Canberra and I lived in Sydney and would visit for a week at every set of holidays. Now, if I'm lucky, I see her once a year. She's a lovely, chatty, clever girl who seems so enthusiastic about everything. Last time I visited, she was learning ice-skating. The time before that she was doing two types of dance. She loves to write things in journals and she is coming to enjoy reading, although she struggled with it initially. She's also obsessed with music of the Miley Cyrus variety.
Nell is four years old, and she is, as you'd imagine, the one I know the least. She lives with my dad and stepmother in Melbourne, of course. Like everyone in my family, she is very, very chatty. It seems to me that she gulps down life, grabbing it with both hands, full of wonder and curiosity. Although I've only stayed with her for relatively short periods, we have the most amazing conversations.
I love having sisters and couldn't imagine being an only child. I'm sure there are some good things about it, but I would feel bereft and lost without my siblings.
Day 15: Tell us your favorite junk food.
Day 16: Your favorite Disney princess movie.
Day 17: Your thoughts on Ugg boots.
Day 18: Do you drink soda more often than milk?
Day 19: The initials of your crush(es).
Day 20: Do you wear glasses? If so, what are they for?
day 21: Your favorite subject to study.
Day 22: Do you play a sport? Tell us about it. If not, talk about a different hobby you may have.
Day 23; Your opinions on Lady Gaga.
Day 24: Tell us about the last movie you saw in the cinema.
Day 25: Tell us about the last book you read (for leisure or for school).
Day 26: Name one place you would love to visit one day.
Day 27: List your three favorite girl names, three favorite boy names, and your three favorite names for a pet.
Day 28: Your first celebrity crush.
Day 29: Your opinions on the television show Glee.
Day 30: Take a picture of yourself right now and post it, or post the most recent picture you can find.
As you're all probably well aware, I have three younger sisters. I love them to bits and find it very difficult to live so far away from them, as it's meant that I've either drifted apart a bit from them (as is the case with my first sister) or missed their entire childhoods (as is the case with the other two).
Mim is 23 years old. After finishing up her undergrad degree in Sydney a couple of years ago, she moved to Melbourne to start a degree in media and communications and work part-time for a small film production company. Last (southern) summer, she got a cadetship working in Canberra for the public service, and at the end of the cadetship, they offered her a full-time, ongoing job there if she wanted. So that is what she is doing now, while finishing off her Master's degree part-time by distance. We were closer as children, but ours is a resilient friendship that seems able to be revived at any minute, and whenever we're both in the same place, we end up chatting away as if we've never been apart. We share similar tastes in music, movies and food, although she is not in any way a geek and isn't so fannish about stuff (for want of a better word). Our childhood was absolutely idyllic. We were not allowed to watch much TV, and in fact had no desire to do so (oh, how things have changed), but instead spent all our spare time playing imaginative games either outside or in the house. We had whole worlds, with ongoing storylines that could be picked up at any time, and dropped whenever we felt like it, only to be picked up, not where we left off, but accounting for any real time that had passed. I am so grateful to her for our childhood.
Kitty is nine years old. She lives in Melbourne with my dad and stepmother. I saw a lot of Kitty in her earlier years, as she lived in Canberra and I lived in Sydney and would visit for a week at every set of holidays. Now, if I'm lucky, I see her once a year. She's a lovely, chatty, clever girl who seems so enthusiastic about everything. Last time I visited, she was learning ice-skating. The time before that she was doing two types of dance. She loves to write things in journals and she is coming to enjoy reading, although she struggled with it initially. She's also obsessed with music of the Miley Cyrus variety.
Nell is four years old, and she is, as you'd imagine, the one I know the least. She lives with my dad and stepmother in Melbourne, of course. Like everyone in my family, she is very, very chatty. It seems to me that she gulps down life, grabbing it with both hands, full of wonder and curiosity. Although I've only stayed with her for relatively short periods, we have the most amazing conversations.
I love having sisters and couldn't imagine being an only child. I'm sure there are some good things about it, but I would feel bereft and lost without my siblings.
Day 15: Tell us your favorite junk food.
Day 16: Your favorite Disney princess movie.
Day 17: Your thoughts on Ugg boots.
Day 18: Do you drink soda more often than milk?
Day 19: The initials of your crush(es).
Day 20: Do you wear glasses? If so, what are they for?
day 21: Your favorite subject to study.
Day 22: Do you play a sport? Tell us about it. If not, talk about a different hobby you may have.
Day 23; Your opinions on Lady Gaga.
Day 24: Tell us about the last movie you saw in the cinema.
Day 25: Tell us about the last book you read (for leisure or for school).
Day 26: Name one place you would love to visit one day.
Day 27: List your three favorite girl names, three favorite boy names, and your three favorite names for a pet.
Day 28: Your first celebrity crush.
Day 29: Your opinions on the television show Glee.
Day 30: Take a picture of yourself right now and post it, or post the most recent picture you can find.