Nookish

Alias: Imdolien Leganda
Age: 22
Occupation: Health Administration/Marketing Assistant
The Autobiography:

Calvin: “Any monsters under my bed tonight?”

Monsters: “Nope.” “No.” “Uh-Uh.”

Calvin: “Well there *better* not be, I’d hate to have to torch one with my flamethrower!”

Hobbes: “You have a flamethrower?”

Calvin: “They lie. I lie.”

I think secretly I’d like to think of myself a bit like Calvin… with a sharp wit and grasp of the world YEARS beyond my age group… and the class and charm to share it with no one but my equally witty and brilliant imaginary stuffed tiger Hobbes.  When it comes to aspirations you can’t beat that.

I’m the kind of person who’s a rather unfortunate mix of creative free-spirit and practical overachiever.  I love to laugh, especially that warm kind of laughter that seems bittersweet.  I tend to hold back emotional extremes until they spill over… but I’m starting to realize that it’s just all part of life.  I haven’t met a person who deals with life any better than I’m able to.

I think its safe to say that I sometimes feel like the only empath in the world who can’t relate to people.  I intrinsically feel people’s pain and joy and aspirations, and at the same time I find myself confused.  I think people in general need to give each other some slack – everyone’s fighting their own battles.

I’ve gone from being a highly confident girl, unafraid to give speeches or take risks, to a ridiculously introverted young woman who has a bad habit of shutting out the rest of the world.  I think part of that is experience, and part of it is just being more sure of myself.  All the glitz and fluff is losing it’s appeal, but it doesn’t seem like a bad thing.

“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” – Albert Einstein

I love literature.  I love how expressive and relevant to reality it is.  I respect the practical applications of science, but I could never immerse myself in something that looks for solid answers to everything.  I don’t believe everything needs to have an answer.

So that’s it for now I guess.  I’m evolving, trying to improve who I am as a person, while keeping those aspects of me that are genuinely me.