This is a hard question for me, as well as for other people from what I can see. I've always avoided this conversation with people because it makes me uncomfortable. However right before getting on Gaia.com I was Visiting my facebook page and recieved a note from a new friend on there. We have only known eachother for a few months and already I can tell that both of us have made quite the impression on the other. You see, my friend is going to California with her mother over spring break, and was up at 6 in the morning worried about her flight. She has gone through a lot lately  with things happening such as, losing old classmates to suicide, as well as one of her best friends dying in a car accident last this last week in New Zealand. She just took the time to write me this note to tell me how much fun we had all last quarter, and that she couldn't wait for spring quarter to start because it will be even more fun for us. Your probably wondering at this point why i'm writing all this? Well, also included in this note she sent me was a small thanks for being there for her through her hard times, and when i saw this question, "How do you describe yourself?", I just had to answer it.

This has been a reacurring theme in my life for a while now. I can honestly say i'm the best friend anybody could ask for, i'm there for you through good times and bad, thick and thin, soggy and solid, up and down, and anything else you can think of. I'm not saying this, in this way, to make myself look like a saint. However, I can truthfully tell you this is not the first person to come into my life this way, I'm in no way a bad person at heart, and though i may have some negative thoughts sometimes toward people, my surroundings, or even emotions that i'm feeling. I know that i can describe myself as a great friend to those who let me into there lives. I'm loyal and caring and if you come to me with a problem i'm more than willin to listen and not judge you. If you ask for my advice and don't take it, I still will not judge the way you handle the situation. I used to just say I was always there because i was co-dependant on my friends, which may still be true, but i also like being there to help people when they need it.

So, with all that finally said, I can say with all my heart that I describe myself as a caring, loyal, loving friend, who will be there for the people in my life through all of lifes fun times, as well as it's hard times. I'll listen when you need an ear, speak when you need a voice, and look around when you need eyes. I don't do this to get anything specific in return, I just do it beccause it's me.

My Blessing in disguise has come to me in the form of Itunes. So, I've been at univeristy for about a month now and it has been really getting to me that the student housing i've been put in is full of "hippies". As much of a tree hugger as i am, i do not consider myself somebody to dread my hair, and smoke pot, and chant koombaiya around a campfire. So I have been having a hard time thinking of how to relate to my new surroundings and the people who are now my neighbors and classmates. when you live in student housing your comptuer gets connected to a server and one of the benefits is that your itunes picks up on other peoples shared playlists that they have on there Itunes. while some of these people do listen to rock music and indie metal that i don't know, this helps me spread my wings and experience new things through music and it also lets me know that these people may look different than me and may have different personalities, but ti's okay to live here and make friends here cause i'm not the only one who is 21 and over and still has a Plethera of disney music on there itunes that they listen to. :D This just makes me feel more comfortable here and lets me open up more the the people around me, and also i like to try to guess whose music belongs to who!

The Most difficult thing about love is not love itself, but understanding what love itself is, and then taking that understanding and putting it into action.