[SilverTurtle]

SoCal, this is such a cute saying!:

Originally posted by SoCalGirl
My grandpa used to say "Half the family came over on the Mayflower and the other half greeted them"

And now.. all about me:

• I was the first person on my mother's side to graduate from college
• I think I was the first person in my entire family to be greek, although my sister followed in my footsteps! (She's a Kappa, though)
• I'm ambidextrious... when I was little, until about 5 years old, I used only my left hand. Now I write right handed (but can use my left), and do most other things with my left hand. No one knows why I switched hands!
• When I was a kid I took tap & jazz dance, played soccer & played softball. And I'm not athletic!
• I can't remember the first time I rode on a motorcylce, because I've grown up with them. I could ride a motorcycle before I could drive a car!
• Until I was 22 years old, I had a different car for each year I had been driving (7 cars total). I'm still on #7 at the age of 25. With the exception of one car I totalled, all were just old junkers that died on me.
• In high school I knew more about car maintenance than any of my male friends.
• In high school I played in 5 bands: a local youth wind band(Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony), my high school marching band, pep band, jazz band and concert band. I played tuba in all of them, plus I played with some friends in brass ensembles.
• I started piano when I was about 6.. my mom taught me for a month, but I always fought with her, so I quit taking lessons. I just taught myself after that. (In Jr. High I took a year of lessons and didn't take anymore til college, when I had 2 years of class piano).
• I am teaching myself guitar and harmonica
• My mom, grandma & I all have the same middle name. My first and last names are both spelled differently than originally intended. The spelling of my last name was changed when that family arrived at Ellis Island. My first name is my mom's maiden name, but spelled the way my dad preferred.
• One of my hobbies is designing web sites like this one
• I love Kung Fu films
• Someday I want to teach film and film studies at a university
• I would love to be a rock star.
• In college I didn't change my major until the 2cnd semester of my junior year. This means I completed my major in 1 1/2 years!.
• I said I'd never go greek, and now I'm on the National Council of my GLO!
• I took 4 years of French and 1 year of German: I can speak German better!
• I wish I would have studied abroad in college, but I would have had to go an extra semester and couldn't afford it.
• I have never dyed my hair. I have only worn makeup on 2 occassions (excluding Halloween and theatre productions): when I went to a Homecoming dance in 10th grade because my mom insisted I put some on, and a few weeks ago at a friend's Mary Kay party.
• I've had my belly button pierced for years, and can't wait to get my tattoo.
• I'm a natural born feminist. When I was little I thought my brother (who was nearly 9 years older than me) got to do things I didn't because he was a boy. Turns out that my great-great grandma was quite a feminist, too. She went to men's basketball games, left her husband to take care of the kids, and was head of the school board. Things unheard of in her time.

Okay, I think that's enough for now. This is such an interesting thread!!