Never Have I Ever...

I've never backed down from making the major life decision I wanted because I was scared, or because it seemed hard or inconvenient. I'm only eighteen, but I went to the schools I wanted, took the classes I wanted to take, and made the friends I wanted to make. Going into middle and high school, I chose schools that weren't near where I live, where I knew no one - the catch being that they had magnet programs I wanted (Communications, then a good theatre program and International Baccalaureate). I shifted things around and worked extra hours to pay for health and P.E. over the summer so I could be in acting classes all four years, and got rides home until I could drive so I could be in the acting company once I got accepted. I saved money to go to Ireland the summer after my senior year, and went with two friends, planning the whole trip myself to get the cheapest deals on everything. Now I'm an acting major on a full scholarship, because I knew this was the school I wanted to go to, and this was what I wanted to do. The next step will be getting summer acting work and getting accepted into a Dramatherapy graduate program. I never plan on taking the easy or convenient way out - life is short. I would rather have a harder, happier life than a paved and neatly landscaped one.1

I've never been in a romantic relationship of any sort. I've never been kissed, either, not that counts (I act, so technically I've been kissed/kissed one person of either sex, but I wasn't romantically interested in either of them.) In high school I'd made the decision that I didn't want to date, so I don't know if anything would have happened there or not if I'd chosen otherwise. However, I'm in college now, and open to possibilities. I'm not gorgeous or thin, and I have a personality that appeals to a very specific group of people, so it's going to be work to find someone who wants me who I want back. I won't be shocked if it doesn't happen for years to come, but when it does, I'll be ready.2

Finally, I've never been chemically altered in any way. There are a variety of reasons for this. As far as alchohol goes, my father was an alcoholic, so I'm not eager to find out if I would like the feeling of being drunk or not. (I'm a control freak, so I'm thinking I wouldn't.) I've drank before - my parents have no problem with it, they've bought me alcohol before when I asked - but I've just never had the urge to do so to excess. I've never had any interest in hard drugs, but I wouldn't mind trying pot sometime if the opportunity arose and I felt safe doing so. I've had a couple of chances, but I was always either driving right afterwards or didn't have a change of clothes with me. (My parents have always said I can do whatever as long as it's in a safe setting, but it just seemed disrespectful to come into their house smelling like pot, and I DO NOT drive if there's even the slightest chance I'm altered.) Now that I'm out of the house, if I ever have the chance to do so, I might.