Note, before I get on with what I've been tagged for... Yes, I've been quiet for the past while. Between school (which, admittedly, my term ended almost three months ago), an art slump, and the fact that I haven't much wanted to sit down and scan things in, I haven't actually uploaded anything in a really long time. >.>; Oh, well. I'll get things up soon.
Anyways! I've been tagged for a little journal entry by

. You readers out there - the few of you there are, anyways - get to learn ten things about me. Now... what about me is interesting again?
1. I am usually painfully optimistic when it comes to situations and things going on in my life. For example, I'm currently unemployed for the co-op half of my year and looking at unholy amounts of student loans. Yes, I'm stressed out and, yes, I do occasionally stare up at my ceiling and fret when I should be sleeping, but despite all that, I still somehow find the gumption to be cheerful and hopeful about the situation.
2. I get up with the sun and go drowsy when it goes down. Not such a big deal during summer, when I can easily be up early and stay up late, but it makes things interesting during the winter. Getting sleepy at 6 in the evening is always interesting.
3. Speaking of winter, I live in the Great Frozen North - Michigan, to be exact. I am a big fan of the cold, and none of that statement includes sarcasm. Snow is my favorite kind of weather. I much prefer winter to summer; much weather above 75 degrees makes me start to wilt, especially in high humidity. I'm a cold-weather critter.
4. I'm a freshman in college, studying mechanical engineering with a concentration in bioengineering. I hope to eventually work with prosthetic limbs and the like, though I'm perfectly willing to work on anything as long as I have a challenge and an interest in it.
5. I prefer the taste of Splenda to actual sugar. The reason for this that I've been raised more with artificial sweeteners than with true sugar; my grandfather was diabetic and my father is as well. I have a good chance of developing it myself.
6. I have very vivid dreams, though half the time I can't remember exactly what they're about. The ones I do remember are either quite nice or on the extreme other end of the spectrum. Luckily I don't get nightmares much anymore.
7. The scariest thing about death, for me, is not my own but the deaths of people I love and cherish. The worst thing about my own death is leaving behind all the things I have yet to do, even though I know that I won't have much of a choice when it's decided that my number's up. Ah, well - still, I hope that's a long time off. I've got too much to do until then!
8. I'm a big fan of Star Wars. I have most of the expanded universe novels and watch the movies on a fairly regular basis. I have never watched Star Trek, which is the reason that my boyfriend has called me a horribly uneducated and deprived person. Perhaps he's right, but I've survived this far without it....
9. I have accidentally dyed my finger and almost the lower half of my face while working with wood dye. I still have a blue freckle on my neck from the latter incident and the pad of my right index finger is still kinda purple.
10. I sing all the time; it's hard to find me without my MP3 player or a radio on. I've sang karaoke before, but only among friends. Though I love to sing, I have a hard time doing it in public unless asked. People tell me I have a nice voice, though I'm hardly the one to judge that.
Well! There are ten things. I'm supposed to tag ten people, but I really can't be bothered. If you want to do it, go ahead and do it.