More about Me...

Eversince I can remember I've been reading. Usually it's because of in school assignments that the teacher gives us in English class, but sometimes and not too frequently, it's because of my own interest. Now that I think about it, even the books I was required to read were pretty interesting. One book I read and enjoyed in highschool was"The Scarlett letter." Even though it was about the bad sinners in our society, it caught my attention to see how adultry was unheard of and extremely horrible back then, but commonly accepted in our society today. The differences in people's moral expectations were so different then they are today and that was something that interested me.
Other books I read in Highschool didn't really catch my attention as much...they were all so BLAH nothing out of the extreme or unexpected... I remember when I was younger I'd always be caught reading a book ( usually Marykate and Ashley adventure books) or Goosebumps mystery books. Now I pick up books about different religions because I like to know something about everything. Right now I'm reading a book about Prophet Muhammad and his life and teachings. One of my favorite books is the Quran.....and I've always been curious to see if the Quran and the Bible are really that different. Sure they have several main differences, but also so many things alike.
Writing is something I enjoy doing. I know it sounds corny but I've owned a journal since I was in middleschool and I still like looking back at day to day events that put a smile on my face now. I remember writing about the stupidest things, things that I would now classify as being a waste of time and paper. Looking back at them now I don't regret writing anything down because it is all good memories of my past. My major, Journalism, requires a lot of writing. I new I wanted to pursue that as my major because it allowed me to express any and all of my thoughts about any subject, the way I wanted to. In Highschool I was one of the editiors for my newspaper class and I enjoyed every bit of it. I got to write stories of my own, edit them and lay out the pages for my section.
When I read books now, either for school or for my own pleasure, I tend to write little notes on the side if it's something I want to remember or keep in mind. Sometimes If i'm not really into the book, and I could care less about what's being told, I'll skim through it and I won't even bother to leave notes on the side. The more interested I am, the more notes I leave.
Besides reading and writing I have several other boring, useless hobbies :) I enjoy cooking and doing little crafts on my free time. First of all I don't think I told much about myself. I'm 19, I was born in Amman, Jordan in MidEast, obviously. I moved to the United States when I was 5. I've also lived in Canada for several years. ( I'm Canadian and Jordanian). I have two brothers, one who is twins with my only sister, and another who is a redhead ( I know). My sister got married March 8th..and other than my immediate family, I don't have other relatives in Memphis. I'm billingual, I speak English and Arabic fluently. I have an adorable cat named Tiger and I drive a blue PT Cruiser... Speaking of reading and writing, I also like to read stories, newspaper articles and magazines in Arabic. Since I left Jordan with like 1st grade education I had to teach myself how to read and write the language(and the help of my parents). I think that's another way I push myself to read, because I don't want to forget my language.