Just Tracey
29 years old
Mboro, TN
Female
About
These sections always throw me. How do I describe myself to the masses?
I spent my early years in a suburb of Cleveland, OH. Everything was pretty black and white to me as a youngster. Even when my dad split right after my mom had my little brother, bad was still bad and good was still good. Dad was firmly in the bad category. So, I went to church like a good little girl and made straight As to make my mom happy. Then we moved to Tennessee.
Suddenly, some shades of gray started invading my life. I found out my mom was the one to blame for the split and my little brother wasn't my full brother. Shocker for any 11 year old, I'm sure. :) I was also the new kid in the last year of elementary school and, of course, going through that dreaded awkward stage. Not only was I angry with my mom, but I had no friends at school for that whole first year we lived in the backwoods state of Tennessee.
Seventh grade starts and I meet Natalie. She was and has been my best friend since 7th grade math class. We've been through boyfriends, a husband (hers), knock-down (literally) drag-out fights, drunken debauchery, road trips, many tears, much laughter, living in different countries, and all those things best friends go through. My friendship with her has shaped a lot of what I've become: a happy-go-lucky geeky girl next door with a penchant for reading romance novels and laughing at spilt milk.
The last year of my life has really tested my ability to come out of things with my light-hearted attitude still in tact, but I'm working on putting the pieces back together and get that smile back on my face.
Movies
Star Wars (episodes 4-6 the original versions), Princess Bride, Sandlot, Amelie, Little Miss Sunshine, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Mallrats, Clerks, Shaun of the Dead, Galaxy Quest, Harry Potter (all of them), Batman Begins, Sleeping Beauty, To Kill a Mockingbird, Breakfast Club, Sound of Music, Guys and Dolls, Bringing Up Baby, Gone with the Wind, Office Space, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Pirates of the Caribbean, Dazed and Confused, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Fight Club, X-Men, Shrek, A Bug's Life, Toy Story, Lord of the Rings, and many, many others.
Music
Jason Mraz, Paolo Nutini, Matt Wertz, Corinne Bailey Rae, the Fray, Augustana, Tori Amos, Weezer (the early stuff), the Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie, Imogen Heap, the Decemberists, Glen Phillips, Toad the Wet Sprocket, A Perfect Circle, Tool, Mandalay, System of a Down, Blur, etc.
Television
Mythbusters, Dirty Jobs, CSI: Las Vegas, House, Grey's Anatomy, Ugly Betty, Scrubs, the Office (both Brit and US versions), Angel, Firefly, E! Daily 10 (sad but true), Full House, Saved by the Bell, the Cosby Show, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air...I'm a TV junkie.
Books
To Kill a Mockingbird, Jane Eyre, American Gods, In Cold Blood, The Mummy: Ramses the Damned, the Chocolate War, the Pigman, American Psycho, the Forever King, the Forever King, anything by Marian Keyes, anything by Marian Keyes, Why Moms Are Weird (I agree the title sucks), Why Moms Are Weird (I agree the title sucks), Choke, Choke, Fight Club, Fight Club, Dave Sedaris is a good writer..., Dave Sedaris is a good writer...