About Me.
On an August day in 1995, I was born. At first, my dad wanted to name me 'Frida' but happily, my parents choose 'Mariana' instead. The name 'Mariana' was a name they just liked, though they gave me my middle name after my grandmother. I quite like my name, it's nice. I also quite like where I live, it's... somewhat nice. For all of my twelve years of life, I've lived in the United States (Texas). It's not that bad, but it can certainly improve. I don't plan to be stuck here all my life though - when I grow up, I'm going to become a novelist and move to either Mexico, Spain, France, Scotland, or maybe even Australia. And I plan that when I'm around fifty-five years old, I'll open up a successful bakery.
I think I look average. I have a black and lengthy curtain of hair, and dark brown eyes, and I wear these geeky glasses that have a zebra pattern on the inside. People often tell me I look like my dad, or my mom, or both, and I agree. I look extremely like both. I'm about "5'4" (around 163 centimeters) and last time I was weighed, I was 141 pounds (around 64 kilograms). I'm happy with my weight, really, especially since I would have expected it to be higher - I never really do exercise. Playing a couple of songs on Dance Dance Revolution is my idea of a workout, or swimming could also do. That's my favorite sport, although I'm not near athletic.
Family, without doubt, comes first. I'm lucky to have both a mom, and my dad, both who I adore. They were both born and raised in Mexico, and came to the United States together in '94. I think they met in an airport? I'm not sure, I forgot what they told me. My dad's now a journalist and has his stories published in several different newspapers throughout Mexico. My mom is a former journalist, and hopes to become more of a writer. I think she's on her way - she's excellent at poetry. Before they had me, they had my older sister, who is named Karla. She lives about 300 miles away from me, and is fluent in the French language (which is a fact I'm sort of jealous of). She is 26 years of age, and is in her last year of college. She's studying architecture (which is something I could probably never do - I think it's really hard), and is currently engaged. All of my relatives, except for a few in Arizona, live in Mexico.
I go to a public middle school and attend the 7th Grade. Sometimes, though, I wish I had a little spy camera on the top of my glasses and just videotape how... weird middle-schoolers are these days. I sometimes wish I was homeschooled.
There's a lot that I could write, of course, but I think this will just do for now.
