What's a Kati?

I thought it would be appropriate to shed some light about myself on my own blog. Unfortunately, I went through several MySpace quizzes until I decided I just shouldn't use one. So here I am!

Full Name: Kaitlyn Louise Woods

Nick Names: Kati, Guina, Singing Sparrow

Alter Egos: Willow Wanderer

Age: 20

Birth date and place: 24 Apr 1991; Meppel, The Netherlands, Europe

Hometown: Citrus Springs, FL

Current Location: Cookeville, TN

Occupation: Student, Spanish Major, Junior, Tennessee Tech University

Dream job: Really lucky anthropologist

Hair: dark brown and curly

Eyes: blue

Glasses? For reading

Height: 5'3"

Weight: 150

Relationship Status: Seriously involved

...with the sweetest Colombian man alive. :)

Philosophy, as stolen from Facebook

Religious Views: “One love, one heart.”

Political Views: “Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges.”

Favorite Quotations:

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

--Mark Twain

Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity. Reduce selfishness, have few desires.

--Lao Tzu

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

--William Ellery Channing

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

--Mahatma Gandhi

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn’t see the clouds at all – he’s walking on them.

--Leonard Louis Levinson

This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God.

--Walt Whitman

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

--Ralph Waldo Emerson

Use what talents you possess; The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

--Henry Van Dyke

The reason birds can fly and we can't is simply that they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.

--J.M. Barrie, The Little White Bird

Imagine no possessions

I wonder if you can

No need for greed or hunger

A brotherhood of man

Imagine all the people

Sharing all the world

You may say I'm a dreamer

But I'm not the only one

I hope some day you'll join us

And the world will live as one

--John Lennon

Hobbies: I like to make dream catchers.

Favorites

Color: I love all colors, but I go through periods of time when I gravitate toward certain tones; right now I'm really into oranges and purples... but not together, no.

Animal: Penguins

Drink: Water

TV shows: Will & Grace. Rome. Family Guy. Big Bang Theory. Naked Archaeologist

Website: StumbleUpon

I love to...

Love people.

Smile.

Laugh.

Sing.

Cuddle.

Talk to myself.

Keep things clean.

Take moments to be still.

Be with my family.

Be with my boyfriend.

Be by myself.

Learn languages.

Pet Peeves: I hate it when someone asks me to make a choice based on my preference -"I don't care... YOU pick!"

Greatest...

Fear/preoccupation: Someone not liking me; saying no; dolls; escalators

Aspiration: To discover one or the ancient crystal skulls; to fly

Strength: Love

Weakness: Love, KitKats

Something people may find weird about me? I play the banjo and I love hockey. Go Preds!!

The Expedition

My primary goal is to become mind-blowingly proficient at the Spanish language. I am also looking forward to exposure to Caribbean culture.

I plan to see everything of interest in Cartagena of course, like El Castillo de San Felipe and the Museum of Gold and Archaeology. Also looking forward to mud-bathing in a volcano. But I also hope to see such natural beauties as Tayrona National Park in Santa Marta and such important anthropological sites as La Ciudad Perdida, Tierradentro, and la Isla Gorgona. Something else written in bold on the To Do List is meeting my boyfriend's entire family in person. They are such wonderful people, and I hope they approve. Goodness gracious.