paper doll / (about paola)
CHEAT SHEET
Name: Paola
Birthdate: June 1, 1987
Birthplace: Davao City, Philippines
Sign: Gemini/Rabbit
Hair/Eyes: Boring Brown
Located: The Prairie, TX
Educated: Midwestern State University
Studying: Elementary Education (EC-4)
Occupation: Teacher/Child Wrangler
Family & Pets: mom, dad, sister, dog
Status: Most definitely taken!
Hobbies: Writing, reading, drawing, painting, webdesign, shopping, movies, travel, learning languages

RANDOM INTRODUCTION
No one really reads these paragraphs, so why not cut to the chase? I, dedicated procrastinator and fairly talented liar, currently reside on the Prairie and attend a university made almost entirely out of brick. Everything here is made of brick, actually. But that's beside the point. I'm an Elementary Ed major and will be a junior this fall. I doubt I've learned anything in college so far except to cram my notebook full of scantrons (you never know when they'll pull a quick one on you), how to be artfully late, and the fact that most Americans believe the three most famous Japanese people are Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, and Godzilla. Of which only one is actually a product of Japan, and isn't even classified under "people." To sum it up, I haven't learned anything. I'm the sort of person who enjoys coloring with crayons. I frequently spend my hard-earned cash on things like clothes and White Chocolate Mochas from Starbucks. I lived in Hawaii for three years and I have a nagging feeling it will always be home. Don't talk to me about numbers. Don't make me eat vegetables. I looooove Andrew Jackson!!! I am willing to bet you that I have the most amazing boyfriend ever. It isn't something you want to argue with me about. I work at a daycare, with two-year-olds, which means I am perpetually plagued by one of the billions of cold viruses always floating around in that place veritable illness vortex. I am content to play TextTwist for hours, or if I am feeling mindless, then endless rounds of Destruct-O-Match. Places I want to visit: Greece, London, Anne Frank's house on the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam, New York, Japan, and India.

I HAVE INTERESTS?
Books: The Last Unicorn, The Alchemist, Twilight, New Moon, The Joy Luck Club, Walk Two Moons, The Diary of Anne Frank, Anne of Green Gables, Howl's Moving Castle, The Lovely Bones, The Time Traveler's Wife, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen, The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass, Across The Wall, Little House on the Prairie, The Poisonwood Bible, Girl With A Pearl Earring, Corelli's Mandolin, The House On Pooh Corner, The Hobbit, The Return of the King, Interview With The Vampire, Where The Heart Is, Ella Enchanted, Fahrenheit 451, A Little Princess, The Secret Garden, The Witches, Matilda, The Penelopiad

Authors/Poets: Peter S. Beagle, Stephenie Meyer, Amy Tan, Francesca Lia Block, Barbara Kingsolver, T.S. Eliot, Adrienne Rich, Mary Oliver, L.M. Montgomery, Garth Nix, Philip Pullman, Alice Sebold, A.A. Milne, Susan Cooper, Ursula K. LeGuin, Jane Yolen, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Diana Wynne Jones, Ray Bradbury, Roald Dahl, Margaret Atwood

Movies: The Last Unicorn, The Little Mermaid, Secondhand Lions, Fight Club, The Princess Bride, The Neverending Story, The Devil Wears Prada, 300, In The Land of Women, Breakfast At Tiffany's, V For Vendetta, A Walk To Remember, The Life Aquatic, The Virgin Suicides, Interview With The Vampire, Pan's Labyrinth, Babel, Edward Scissorhands, Girl With A Pearl Earring, Mononoke Hime, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Garden State, Death To Smoochie, Clash of the Titans, Pirates of the Caribbean

Music: Utada Hikaru, Michelle Branch, Jimmy Eat World, Deathcab For Cutie, The Postal Service, Coheed & Cambria, Mae, Jason Mraz, Sufjan Stevens, Something Corporate, Dashboard Confessional, Spitalfield, Imogen Heap, Regina Spektor, Gwen Stefani, Eisley, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Thursday, Bright Eyes, Hamasaki Ayumi, Damien Rice, KT Tunstall, Mosquitos, ABBA, Elton John, The Beatles, Billy Joel, Everything But The Girl, BoA, John Mayer

GETTING IN TOUCH
E-Mail: click here!
AIM: omgthepirate
LiveJournal: calamityqueen
Facebook: click here!

IN PHOTOGRAPHS
My family! David, who is my favorite. Our dog, Bubba My best friend, Lauren!
My muffin, Cynthia! Sorry, I love my car. Hanauma Bay Guuuh, snow...
My sister, Nina! Wichita Falls? Faucet? Fountain? My pirate Hello Kitty doll from Cynthia & Maureen!