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I took the Which Glee Character Are You? quiz and this was my result:

I agree with the first sentence about being passionate, determined and positive (although maybe not so much with the positive as I am pretty cynical at times). And I do work tirelessly for what I believe in, which sometimes shifts my priorities (I’m a classic workaholic). But helping others unlock their true potential? Sure, I don’t mind helping others, but I imagine it’d be hard to help others unlock potential when I’m still trying to figure out mine!

My one criticism of this quiz is that I wish there were a wider variety of characters that could have been an answer. (I also think the descriptions of the characters are a little dated since the quiz was ostensibly written during the first 13 episodes of the season.) Out of all the characters on the show, I don’t think that I am that much like Will in comparison to, say, Quinn. I quickly skimmed through the quiz comments and judging by what people have said, only a handful of the characters from the show were possible answers. Still, the other Glee quizzes out there are pretty crappy; this was the best one I found!

Question of the Week: Which Glee character are you?

Krissy commanded (er, I mean tagged) me to write an entry about where I’d like to be 10 years from now. This prompt was a lot harder than it sounded, and it took me a while to figure out what I wanted to write in this entry. First I came up with a list, which I rewrote into paragraph form because the list sounded awfully stilted. Then I wasn’t happy with what was in my list or paragraphs, so I scraped it all and tried to start again.

I wrote about how I wanted to travel the world. How I wanted to continue moving from country to country, just like I did in my childhood. How I wanted to learn new languages, like Italian and Russian. How I wanted to find a dream job, one that combined my loves of travel, language and communications. How I wanted to be happily together with a man, ideally the love of my life, and maybe even think about starting a family. How I wanted all of my current hard work and dedication to pay dividends in the future.

But no matter what I wrote or how I wrote it, nothing sounded quite right.

Somewhere amidst all of my brainstorming and revising and rewriting, I realized that the problem wasn’t with how I organized or wrote out where I saw myself in 10 years. The reason why I was so dissatisfied with what I came up with was because I felt like my list focused too much on the material, or on tangible evidence that would reflect the progress in my life I hope to make in 10 years. Not to mention the fact that it is impossible for me to even think that far into my future; years of moving around and being uprooted have made it incredibly difficult for me to see things in the long-term.

I ended up putting aside my attempts to answer Krissy’s prompt for a while so that I could have some space and time to think about how I wanted to tackle the question. It took a while, but I think I figured out how to answer it.

In 10 years, I just want to be happy.

I have faith that the rest will work itself out.

Inspired by Katy’s post.

If I were an animal, I’d be a panda.

If I were a shoe, I’d be high heeled ankle boots.

If I were a hairstyle, I’d be a pollyanna.

If I were a dessert, I’d be red velvet cupcake.

If I were a Disney character, I’d be the Queen of Hearts.

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