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| Three generations of women in my family ... my abuelita Esperanza (she goes by Hope ... and is 80+!), my lovely mama Gloria (50+!), myself (26) and my little sis Bailey (20). I love these women, and find them so inspiring. |
I realized today that the overwhelming majority of my readers don't know me in real life. I show up here somewhat regularly and ramble on about a lot of things, but I've never really offered a lot of insight or information on myself. So without further ado ...
♥ For most of my life, people have called me Sarita ("Little Sara"). From what I've been told, my father started calling me that when I was little, and it caught on with everyone else. Once I got a little older, my great aunt Jenny was the only person to call me that, but the nickname never went away. Several years ago, it made a sudden resurgence in my friends' and family's vernacular, and I've been called Sarita by a
lot of people ever since. I also answer to Sara Kate and SK, but those are both fairly recent pseudonyms.
♥ My family is
everything. I think this is true for most people, but I really used to take them for granted. The older I get, the more I realize that they're the only ones I can rely on, 100%.
♥ I received my BFA in art back in 2006, and have yet to hold a job since graduation that allows me to utilize my education. My biggest concern out of college was finding a full-time job with decent pay and great benefits, which is why I've had the same job in the financial industry for the past 3.5 years. Woo woo.
♥ There are few things I dislike more than the sound of fingers rubbing against balloons or paper, or the feeling of my fingernails scratching against newspaper. Just the thought of either makes me shudder.
♥ I've always prided myself on being a smart chick. It never made much sense to me why other kids made fun of me for being a nerd. It was almost like they thought I should have been sorry I actually understood what we were learning in class? Nah. Also, I don't like Star Trek/Star Wars/Harry Potter (yeah, sorry)/other trendy "nerd" things, so I don't really consider myself to be one. I just know how to use my brain.
♥ I used to be a huge tomboy. I pretty much lived outdoors, played sports up until high school (basketball, soccer, softball, cheerleading, and even flag football) and dressed with very few hints of femininity until my junior and senior year of high school.
♥ My biggest inspiration in life is my father. He is the wittiest, most intelligent, compassionate, and creatively talented person I've ever met, and I'm lucky enough to call him Dad. I don't know anyone that has met Big K and doesn't immediately love him.
♥ Music is my soul. My fondest memories of being a kid usually involve waking up on a sunny weekend morning and hearing the sounds of my dad's records playing from the living room. There was a lot of Allman Brothers, Cat Stevens, Jackson Browne, Santana and Peter Gabriel played in our house while I was growing up. I keep trying to come up with my top five
favorite artists, but it's almost always changing.
♥ I'm most comfortable making art depicting the people closest to me. I apparently subscribed to the
Lucien Freud school of thought back in college, because I don't think you can really capture someone's spirit unless you know them.
♥ I love my semi-reticent boyfriend with every bit of my heart (as I should after 3+ years), but there's nothing sexier than an eloquent man. Suh-woon!
♥ If I could pick a last meal, it would consist of my family's homemade tamales, my dad's fried chicken and "world famous" baked beans, my mom's Out-of-This-World mashed potatoes (that's what they're called, but they do live up to the name!), burnt ends from the original
Arthur Bryant's, the freshest uni (sea urchin) and unagi (eel) sushi, Alaskan king crab legs, oysters on the half shell, green olives, my grandmother's Springerle cookies, churros and chocolate from
Extra Virgin, several bags of M&Ms (plain, pretzel, and coconut), and a bottle each of riesling and sauvignon blanc. Yes, I
love food.
♥ In person, I am painfully shy. I'm a fairly confident woman, but being in a group of people I don't know scares the crap out of me. I try to push myself out of my comfort zone by putting myself into unfamiliar situations, but I still hate it. Shyness notwithstanding, I love making new friends. Being surrounded by fun and interesting people is when I'm happiest.
♥ My biggest fear in life? Failure. I still haven't learned how to handle not being good at something, even though there are a
lot of things in life for which I possess little to no talent.
Thanks for letting me share! If there's anything I should know about you, please feel free to share!
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