Friday, August 21, 2009

The 7 Things I Love

I was tagged by both Kelly of Gratiae Ut Deus and Joe of Verbum Veritatis to do this so I will. Also, it serves as a "filler" post since I haven't finished reading "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" yet. And, yes, the blog (which I started last week) is on that particular topic. I have my reasons which you will soon read about... Anyway, without further ado -- the 7 Things I Love

1. Going to Mass and wearing a mantilla to the Mass. Anything having to do with the Mass makes me happy. Liturgical abuses make me one sad nerd. P.S. I refuse to clap along when singing hymns.

2. Saints. Reading saints books and having saint dreams. I'm also in the process of making myself a bracelet made out of saint medals.

3. Tea. All kinds of tea. I even drink it during the super hot summer. I guess you can call me a tea addict. Maybe I should've been born British. lol.

4. Flowers. I don't know why but I'm not happy unless there's a couple of flowers in each room. I also like falling asleep in a friend's garden. My favorites are different kinds of lilies and pink roses. If I ever have a home with a big backyard, I'll have a huge garden and put a statue of St. Fiacre in the middle of it. Wouldn't mind getting one of St. Therese of Lisieux's roses either. ;)

5. Things from the late 1930s to early 50s. Fashion, movies, music... love it all from that era. In fact, if I had the money, I would change my entire room to reflect this. Audrey Hepburn would be proud. :)

6. Music in general. Dancing to music, singing along to music, playing an instrument, etc. I have an "addiction" to iTunes. I've been trained (vocals and guitar) by the best, too. I've been very lucky. I still say St. Cecilia chose me, not the other way around, and am very happy she's my confirmation saint. :D

7. Ireland and the Irish culture. I don't know why but ever since I was a little girl, I've had a thing about Ireland. I wear a claddagh ring (and want to eventually get one with an emerald - my birthstone - on it)... one of my patron saints is Irish (St. Dymphna)... I look forward to St. Patrick's Day more than I do Valentine's Day and/or other holidays... in middle school I use to mumble something about wishing I was Irish on St. Patrick's Day to anyone who would listen... the men of Celtic Thunder and The Script make me swoon like a school girl (lol), etc.

See? That was short and painless and now you know a little more about the nerdette that writes this blog. lol. Okay, now I'm going back to my reading. :D I hope to have the new post tomorrow but no promises. :) Hope everyone had a good week. Thanks for reading and God Bless. :D

9 comments:

yurchie said...

Hi, I randomly found your blog by searching for CSUN on twitter. Enjoying it very much so far, I look forward to reading more about a culture utterly foreign to me, though we do share the writing ambitions :)

Denis

Emmy Marie-Therese said...

Welcome, Denis. :)

Oh, twitter! lol. Thanks for reading, though. I don't know many people who would stick around to read with a nerdy Catholic girl writes. :D Are you a student at CSUN?

yurchie said...

I was considering it for a moment. I was supposed to start an MFA program this fall, but that fell through, so I thought I could apply to CSUN's MA program. I don't think I want to do that though. I was just looking for people who knew something about it.

Emmy Marie-Therese said...

Ah, okay. Creative Writing program?

yurchie said...

Yeah, the MA with the creative writing option.

Emmy Marie-Therese said...

Ah, gotcha. I'm looking into their Creative Writing B.A. (I'm way behind on finishing this darn thing.)

Kelly said...

Wow,wow,wow. I can't get over how much we have in common! Great minds think alike. ;) Thanks so much for taking the time to blog this and sharing a little about yourself.

God bless!

Emmy Marie-Therese said...

Really? Like what, Kelly? :D

yurchie said...

Yah, I have a friend who was in their CW BA, and she seems to have enjoyed it immensely.