Who am I?
This is a challenging question to face, especially at 1 am,but let's dive right into the easy aspects of my life first:
My name is Lianne, and I'm currently a typical senior in a typical high school in the typical suburbs--one could be so bold as to say I'm living the dream. Besides this, I'm also part Palestinian, part Kuwaiti, and my ethnicity, nationality, and religious beliefs are held near and dear to my heart. While I can understand Arabic, I'm much to conscious of my thick American accent to attempt speaking it properly. I was born in Virginia and have lived in Texas and Georgia--fun fact, I had the heaviest Southern drawl as a child and it still occasionally creeps up on me.
In terms of my composition, emotionally and mentally, a lot of the person I am comes from novels, movies, and art. I enjoy reading or watching movies, finding characters I can relate to, and then applying their actions or mannerisms to my own life. Rarely do I ever make a decision or action without first acknowledging the people and situation around me--the faults and strengths of characters created in literature and art allow me to live in a more caring and appreciative way.
But anyway. Influences?
Literature and art, as I mentioned above, are definitely major aspects of my life, but I also tend to be influenced by my friends and actresses I admire--not so much actors (sorry, boys). Women who are strong, charismatic, respectful of themselves, intelligent--yet modest, and purposeful truly inspire me. Mindy Kaling specifically comes to mind, because for all her success as a Dartmouth graduate, writer, actress, and producer, she has failed to "sell out" to a humdrum lifestyle of boredom and immodesty. She is both comical and respectable, sophisticated yet carefree--I aspire to fill as complicated a niche as her's someday.
For myself, I'd like to attain personal success--not financially, although that's definitely a plus. No, money doesn't buy happiness, but it sure is helpful :)
I want to be knowledgeable of many things, I want to help people and care for others as often as possible. I want to find passion in life, because for all my talents, as we all have innumerable talents, I have yet to find true passion. I'm living for others right now, and would love to live solely for myself, and act as I please--but without the sacrifice of my awareness towards others and the general care I feel for other people. But I no longer want to be negatively influenced or moved by people.
So, if you'd like to know more, feel free to comment below, thanks for reading my rambles :)
