Infinity Dreams

I was nominated by Lydia at C'est La Vie to do Infinity dreams tag so here it is:


Here are the rules: 

 
Use the Infinity Dreams Award picture
Thank the blogger who tagged you
Tell us 11 facts about yourself
Answer the 11 questions
Tag 11 bloggers

Facts
1. I have 14 cousins :)
2. I grew up in the same house my Father and Grandmother grew up in
3. I am mostly Scottish but there is also some German and English in my ancestry
4. I have been to Japan, Taiwan, the UK, the Republic of Ireland, and Canada
5. I voted for the first time two days ago
6. I was born with a dislocated hip
7. My dad and grandfather were both hours late to their first dates with their future wives
8. I was home schooled until 8th grade then went to public high school
9. I have seven book shelves in my apartment and still have books that don't fit
10. I am the oldest of four
11. I worked as a tutor in college

Questions

1. What is your biggest hobby? Reading, I was about to say rock climbing since I do that about three hours every week then I realized that it would be totally in accurate since I spend much more time reading.


2. Who is your biggest inspiration? Jesus!


3. What is your favorite piece of music (can be either classical or modern)? This is a hard one I tend to bounce around in what music I like. The most enduring songs in my life are the psalms. I grew up in a church which sang only the psalms in worship and my family sang them in family worship everyday and I still love to sing the word of God. Here is one of my favorites, which I could find on YouTube:

I normally listen to softer rock music like Mae, Death Cab for Cute and Reliant K, and classical music but I never have any idea what the song names are I just turn on the radio.


4. What is something you wish you knew more about? I wish I was better at speaking Japanese and that I knew more about repairing and building things. I suppose those are more skills than things to "know about" but, while there are plenty of things I don't know much about, I can always read about them. Whereas the skills I mentioned require knowledge that you can't get out of a book.


5. What is your favorite quote?

“I will show my love to the one I called ‘Not my loved one.’
I will say to those called ‘Not my people,’ ‘You are my people’;
and they will say, ‘You are my God.”


6. What is something you look forward to doing each day? Reading! (perhaps there is a theme)



7. What is your favorite way to get exercise? Rock climbing! I go indoor rock climbing every week




8. Describe yourself in three sentences: ummm.... I am a female person, who does not like describing herself.


9. What has been your biggest life achievement so far? Well in terms of time and effort I would say graduating college but since I grew up without many friends I would say that I am actually more happy about the friends I have made and kept over the last few years despite the fact that I no long live near any of them.


10. What is something you learned recently? I learned that you can still vote in the primary even if you aren't registered for a party, which led to a lot of last minute googling of candidates and their views.


11. Where is the most interesting place you have ever gone? Japan, it is such a beautiful country with so much history and a completely different language.



Alas, I do not know many bloggers, I started this blog to share funny stories with my family. So instead of tagging I will add the 4 most influential books that I have read (Copying Lydia again).



Chronicles of Narnia



My mom first read me these at the age of three, expecting me to get bored and ask for an easier book. These books not only opened up the world of fantasy, which is still one of my favorite genres but introduced me to Lewis's other works which in turn made me realize that books about Christianity could be really interesting.


Confessions of st. Aug



I had to read this the summer after tenth grade for a three week church program I was part of. It was the longest of the books we had to read but definitely the best.I loved his story of how he found Christ and of his mother who never gave up on him. Even his thoughts on infinity and such near the end were encouraging since it meant I wasn't the only one who whiled away their days wondering what infinity meant.


The Four Loves



I still think of this book in the context of my relationships. Friendship was my favorite part.


Jane Eyre



I read this book the summer after 11th grade and loved it. In some ways it reminded me of Jane Austin. But I loved that it showed so much of the darkness of the world and so much of the light. I loved that Jane had to make moral choices which cost her everything, not just the man she wanted or wealth or status, she faces homelessness rather than sin. Rochester certainly is not my idea of the man I would want to marry but at the same time I loved reading about him. He clearly loves Jane, but that love is twisted by selfishness.