{"id":169,"date":"2012-08-15T00:31:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-15T00:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nialangley.com\/blog\/because-i-can_14.html"},"modified":"2017-04-11T21:30:25","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T21:30:25","slug":"because-i-can_14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nialangley.com\/blog\/because-i-can_14\/","title":{"rendered":"Because I Can."},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi, my name is: Nia.<\/b><\/p>\n

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\nNever in my life have I: gone skydiving. That will change.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nThe one person who can drive me crazy is: Rebecca Black (when she’s singing “Friday”).<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nHigh school is: such a necessary part of social development.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nWhen I’m nervous I: try to hide it.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nMy hair looks like: my hair.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nWhen I was 10 I was: 10.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nLast Christmas was: horrible! I’d gotten SIX wisdom teeth removed a few days before Christmas. Dreadful.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nI should be: famous by now.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nWhen I look down I see: my legs.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nI have a hard time understanding: why I haven’t met Oprah Winfrey yet.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nIf you visited the place I was born: you’d be in a hospital.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nThe world could do without: racism.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nMost recent thing I bought myself: a dress, I think.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nMost recent thing someone else bought me: a plane ticket.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nMy favorite brunette is: Zo\u00eb Saldana. She’s the first person to come to mind.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nMy favorite redhead: His Royal Highness Prince Henry Charles Albert David of Wales. <\/b><\/div>\n
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\nMy middle name is: I have two. You lose.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nThis morning I: had breakfast.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nThe animals I would like to see flying besides birds are: horses..?<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nI don’t know: why summer is so short.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nA better name for me would be: The name I already have is fine.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nTomorrow I am: packing to return to college.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nTonight is: Tuesday night.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nMy birthday is: next week, bro.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nI can sing: a song for you.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nAre you alone right now?: No.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nDo you believe love lasts forever?: Yes.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nIs it easy for people to make you cry?: No.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nWill you be in an relationship in the next couple months?: Define relationship.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nWhat windows are open on your computer right now?: Facebook and AOL.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nDo you think anyone has feelings for you?: Ha. I’m not in other people’s business.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nDid you have a good childhood?: I did indeed.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nI bet you’re going to kiss someone tomorrow: You’re right. No need for a bet.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nDo you ever think about stuff and start crying?: No.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nAre you anything like you were at this point last year?: In some ways, yes. In other ways, no.<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nWhat are you looking forward to right now?: Alvin Ailey 2012-2013 season, Summer 2013, becoming a partner in a law firm before I’m 30.<\/b>
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\nNEW! LIKE ME ON FACEBOOK HERE<\/a>!<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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