HodgePodge

1. National Read a Road Map Day falls on April 5th. Would people say you have a good sense of direction? Do you rely on a GPS when you drive somewhere new? When was the last time you used a map?

- I have ALWAYS had a terrible sense of direction. I remember once, about five years ago, I was driving with my friend Blake. He didn't know how to get back to my house, so I was giving him step-by-step directions. All was going well until I told him to turn right at the 50/US1 intersection. Here's the problem: the river is on the right.... Oops. After that I bought a GPS and have relied on it ever since.

2. What's your favorite cookbook?

- I recently discovered my dads old cookbook. It's filled with a bunch of old recipes for cookies, cakes, lasagna, etc. I made the BEST applesauce cookie from one of his recipes a while ago. When I move into my apartment, I may try to steal the book...

3. What painting would you like to "walk into" and experience? Why?

- John Frederick Kensett's "Marine View of Beacon Rock". I saw it last year at the Cummer Museum and I fell in love. I absolutely love Newport Harbour and I think it'd be awesome

to step into that painting, sit on the little sailboat, and ride the waves. It just seems so peaceful.

4. What annoys you more- misspellings or mispronunciations?

- Depends on the word really. Misspelling difficult words is understandable, but when someone misspells "weird" or "definitely", I get annoyed.

5. What is something your mother or father considered important?

- My parents considered a lot of things to be very important. Manners, timeliness, and education to name a few.

6. Do you like or dislike schedules?

- I LOVE schedules. I'm the kind of person that has to be early wherever I'm going. My months are mapped out ahead of time and I have my entire college career basically planned. I like knowing what I'll be doing at any time of any day. Sticking to schedules is the only way I get work done.

7. Let's have some fun with National Poetry Month (that would be April)...write your own ending to this poem-

"Roses are Red

Violets are blue..."

I don't have much time,

But I've got a lot to do.

That's the best I can do right now. I'm not a huge fan of writing poems.

8. Insert your own random thought in this space.

- Time really does fly when you're having fun. I can hardly believe there are barely 3 weeks left in the spring semester. This school year has flown by MUCH faster than my year at Flagler. I just wish this year would slow down a little bit so I had time to enjoy the last few weeks instead of simply stressing over exams and tests.