Hello Again

   Since a new school year is about to start for me I figured it'd be as good a time as any to sort of reintroduce myself here. My name is Callie, I'm about to start my junior year of high school and I'm an American girl. I think most of that is pretty obvious to those who have been reading this blog. I have a twin sister and an older brother. My sister looks nothing like me if you were wondering.
   I like to sing but have no training/talent for it (my sister has told me to shut up so many times I can now only sing in a soft voice). My one talent in the arts would be writing, and I've still got a long way to go with that. I do enjoy music, art, books, plays and good movies, I just find myself usually unable to participate in the making of pretty, wonderful things such as those do to lack of skill.
   When I say I like books I mean it. I'll read anything from Shakespeare (my favorite play being Much Ado About Nothing, I love it) to Dickens to more contemporary works. Some of my favorite books include The Book Thief, Wicked, Shadow of the Wind, A Lie of the Mind (though that's technically a Sam Sheppard play, so it probably shouldn't be in this list), Water for Elephants, 1984, To Kill a Mockingbird, almost anything by Agatha Christie...yeah, I could go on for a while.
   I guess the next thing could be music...I like a lot of it. My favorite bands are All Time Low, Mayday Parade, Every Avenue, The Maine, Scouting for Girls and I guess Cute is What We Aim For. I guess my preference is for what you could call soft rock. I also enjoy 60's and 70's music, I just don't tend to listen to it. I will listen to show tunes  but only certain contemporary ones (classic Broadway sound doesn't appeal to me).
   You can call me a dork all you want for the show tunes and the Shakespeare, I really don't care. I'm actually proud of it.
   Personality wise I'm a bit shy at first. Once I get to know somebody, though, I really open up. Once I've made friends with somebody I will stand by them. I try and always be loyal to my friends and the promises I make. I'm stubborn and a smart mouth, which are probably two of my worst qualities at times. I can be very determined, but I also get apathetic and lazy at times. I'm freakishly good with quotes (I can remember several verbatim after hearing them once or twice). I'm generally friendly and kind unless I'm running on very little sleep, in which case I've been known to become pretty crabby.
   And I think that's quite a bit about me. Any suggestions you have for this blog, any questions for me or just anything else you'd like to say would be welcome. I'd love to see if I could get more people commenting on these posts, or at least reading them.
   Callie