1. If you stripped away everything that could possibly be a result of nurture, you would find that my nature is made up of
an innate attraction to and tenacious pursuance of beauty.
2. I have a Paperanian (Pomeranian and Papillion mix) named Monkey.
3. Last Christmas, I dressed Monkey in a bee suit. This was a characteristic I never knew I had.
4. I was born in Shanghai and left for the U.S. when I was three.
5. I grew up in Arlington, Virginia and spent my summers in San Diego with designated, American grandparents.
6. After practically spending my entire life in Virginia, I moved to Maryland one year before I could graduate middle
school with my childhood friends.
7. I went to Dana Hall, an all-girl’s boarding high school in Wellesley, Mass. We were aka the Dana Call Girls.
8. I double majored in communications and philosophy at Vanderbilt in Nashville, TN.
9. I moved to China in August of 2006.
10. I moved to New York in September of 2009.
11. My family just recently moved to Texas, which I think is random.
12. I was the Managing Editor and Creative Director of a business-culture magazine in Beijing. Now I lead social marketing for a stealth internet startup.
13. I also run a small company called The Red Connect – doing cross-cultural projects between the U.S. and China.
14. I have the coolest, wisest, cutest mom ever.
15. The day she dies will be the worst day in my life, by far.
16. I am outraged by the idea of death.
17. I am a really good public speaker.
18. I’ve been playing the piano since I was five.
19. My favorite books are The 4-hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss and Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki.
20. I started wearing my signature eyeliner in eighth-grade in Bethesda, Maryland.
21. I love flat soda.
22. I am a night owl but try desperately hard to wake up early.
23. My bed is the most important thing in my house.
24. My don't have a current favorite color. Though it used to be red.
25. My favorite season is autumn in New England.
26. I paint and photograph body art.
27. It’s amazing how easy it is to make this list. (What is it about the human being that makes ourself our favorite topic? Is
it a survival trait? More on this later.)
28. I heart my MacBook Pro.
29. One of my soulmates is much older than me, but I love him because he is more caring, creative, unpredictable and
selfless than any person I have ever met who is my age.
30. I hoard candles and always forget to use them.
31. My future (owned) home will look like one big piece of art.
32. I fantasize about summers on the Cape.
33. I loathe the 80s.
34. If I stay in my apartment too long, I develop an acute case of agoraphobia.
35. I miss singing and acting.
36. I never have plants or fish because I always end up killing them.
37. I think sightseeing is boring.
38. I am scared to blow up balloons for fear of them popping in my face. But when they do, it’s not that bad.
39. I would never make it on a desert island. I wear contacts, eyeliner and have certain demands about clothing that
would get me kicked off Survivor in no time.
40. My best friend and I are convinced that we should have our own reality show. We are seriously hilarious.
41. I love food you can take apart layer by layer.
42. I pay $1,000/month in student loans.
43. If I could recline all the time, I would.
44. I am an image/branding genius.
45. In college, I belonged to a black entertainment sorority called Diamond Dolls Elite. We battled like on Step Up. Don’t
ask me how I got in. I later left, along with a group of my sistas, after finding out that our leader (who liked to refer to
himself as the Godfather) was baby daddy to a few of the girls in the sorority. Two and two always equals four when
more than one baby pops out with the same features.
46. I love Sandra Bullock, Michael Cera and Jennifer Coolidge.
47. I am destined to be famous.
48. I only smoke when I drink. I prefer Yves Saint Laurent cigarettes, which I’ve only seen available in China.
49. I love red wine but don’t love ensuing purple mouth.
50. I am fascinated by the way people eat. And, whatever they’re eating always looks better than what I’m eating.
51. I have a personal trainer because I need one. I can’t really afford it but I see it as an investment.
52. New York City is my favorite place in the world. However, I am somewhat curious about Dubai, even though they stole
my idea of a man-made island utopia.
53. I am also beginning to like suburbia.
54. I have always wanted to make a documentary on what people do when they are alone in an elevator.
55. The only high-fashion name brand I own is Versace glasses, which I love.
56. I always crave seafood.
57. I am a high-fashion photographer.
58. At this point, the only reason I would want to have a child is to see what it looks like.
59. I have a notebook fetish.
60. I am embracing the notion that neither I nor my life will ever be normal.
61. I’m not joking about being famous.
62. Sushi and watermelon are my absolute favorite foods.
63. I think saving up money to buy things is foolish. I would rather spend it on food or fun.
64. I don’t drink coffee.
65. I love making to-do lists.
66. I hate doing laundry.
67. I have always thought that writing skills parallel intelligence.
68. I have been to Korea four times now, each time for six hours only.
69. I am extremely detail oriented.
70. Etta James and Lauryn Hill are my idols.
71. The idea of someone walking and then falling over is really funny to me.
72. I refuse to take a bus anywhere.
73. My first words were Coca Cola and Monkey.
74. I want to have full financial freedom before I turn 30.
75. When I do, I want to give my parents an allowance.
76. I loved high school and hated college.
77. I wear skirts and flats 95% of the time.
78. I am deathly afraid of tornadoes.
79. I am always wondering what John Travolta is doing at this moment.
80. Sometimes I think that if we didn’t have emotions, a lot of things would be much easier.
81. I have a library replete with children's books – everything from Judy Blume to C.S. Lewis to Roald Dahl. One of my
favorite things to do when I am at home is to read them before I go to bed.
82. My version of hell would be filled with stagnant air and no light.
83. I am more Chinese than I thought.
84. I tend to be the catalyst for a lot of things in many people’s lives.
85. I am very thoughtful.
86. I love sticky rice.
87. I am optimistic, resilient and appreciate constructive criticism.
88. I have three tattoo, and want three more.
89. It is shocking to me just how into their own world everyone is.
90. I openly think David Bowie, in The Labrynth, is hot.
91. I am very resourceful and quite assertive.
92. I sold $10,000 worth of Cutco knives one summer, mostly in churches, sub shops and the backseat of my mother’s
car (while she was driving).
93. I tend to see everything in photo frames.
94. British accents no longer amaze me.
95. I like the idea of camping and hiking, but I don’t like bugs and dirt.
96. My biggest pet peeve is selfishness.
97. I have always wanted to slide across the ice in my sneakers.
98. I secretly want to be Kimora Lee Simmons or a blues lounge singer.
99. I have good handwriting.
100. I always see things in clouds, but can never convince anyone else that they are there.
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