#i still played jv basketball and softball but it wasn't the same

[cinematicnomad]

1, 3, and 8 for the fun things to be asked

001. what are 3 things you’d say shaped you into who you are? rather than just link you to my other answer, i will provide more (non-trauamtic) defining facets of my life: 1) my parents being almost 40 by the time they had me (38 and 39 respectively); 2) not getting my drivers license until i was 23 (follow this experience through the tag #kat learns to drive); and 3) my school in germany only having a mixed gender soccer team when i moved there in 4th grade

003. 3 films you could watch for the rest of your life and not get bored of? i feel like this is more difficult to just limit myself to 3. here's 3 random ones off the top of my head: eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, apollo 13, and the cutting edge.

008. any reacquiring dreams? unfortunately i don't, so i WILL be linking to my original answer here :)

ask fun questions!

#ask #alienmythologist #bc i didn't get my license until i was 23 #after college when i moved home i was v limited in the part time jobs i was looking at #which is how i ended up submitting so many applications to the university my parents lived within walking distance of #which is how i first got started working in international admissions #which is the career i am still in now 11 years later #so #also the soccer thing: #when i was in the states as a kid i was on the local girls soccer team every fall and spring #and being an active sports kid was v much a part of my identity #but when we moved to germany my school only had a mixed gender soccer team #and the little german boys took soccer WAY MORE SERIOUSLY than i did #and they were all much better players than me #so i was only the second girl on the team and the other one was another german girl who'd known them all for years and spoke fluid german #so i felt super self-conscious and intimidated by my teammates #and also that fall was when my grandmother was dying so my mom was back in the states and my dad was busy most weekends #so i missed a lot of games #and after that one fall season i stopped playing soccer for years and kind of turned away from sports in general #i still played jv basketball and softball but it wasn't the same #and sometimes i wonder who i would have been if i had been so intimidated by that team