audacious by aud

If you had opened this blog post in hope of me (finally) teaching you about the bodily structure of a mysterious object, I am sorry to disappoint.

HOWEVER, it just so happens that there is up-and-coming band called The Anatomy Of... and trust me, you need to check them out.

Some brief information on these guys: The Anatomy Of... is made up of Dan Smith and Nick Glass. Nick and Dan met up in Duluth, Minnesota in 2011 and shared a love for music/realized they are both pretty kick-ass at being musically talented so they decided to gift us all with their talent. (Okay so maybe it didn't happen that way exactly, but it seems like a logical explanation due to how great they sound).

They released their debut, self titled album on October 31st of this year and I haven't been able to stop listening to it since. With the perfect mix of folk and acoustic, they also seem to have a hint of jazz/soul to their sound that really has them stand out above any other similar music. Listening to them, I can feel the influence of Andrew Bird with even a hint of Ben Howard to it.

The music is ideal "coffee shop" music and can magically give me focus, when needed. As a matter of fact, I listen to them whenever I am studying or writing a paper of some sort. It's funny because if you turn on some of their stuff and just lay down, you can physically feel your body relaxing.

My favorite tracks on the album include Lost, This Place, Snowtracks, and Troubadour which is featuring Glass's brother, Remy, who helps on vocals and guitar.

This band really seems to check off all the things on the list: they're new, they're cool, they're local (well, if you're from Minnesota), and you can tell they sound just as good live as they do on the album.

So please, do yourself a favor and take a listen to The Anatomy Of...

(Here are links to their album on iTunes and Spotify, as well as their Facebook page and website)

On Facebook
The Anatomy Of...
Listen on iTunes!
Listen on Spotify!

XOXO
Audrey

On the last day of September this year, I was doing my usual FaceTiming with my parents, like any other college student. My mother said she had a little present for me to help with my homesickness, but it was a surprise and she wasn't going to tell me what it was. The next day, this "gift" of mine was posted on Instagram for the world to see, though she made it clear for me, it was in my honor. You see my mother loves Halloween. Scratch that, she eat, sleeps, and breathes Halloween. October is by far the greatest month of the year, and the fact that it is her birthday month only makes it even better. That being said, during the Halloween holiday season, my household becomes a costume headquarters. It felt weird being away at school this year and not be able to experience the chaos of Halloween back home, so to help me with this homesickness, my mothers gift to me was to post an Outfit Of The Day (OOTD) on Instagram for me for every day of October, only with Halloween costumes.

Now that October is Over, I shall share with you all the creativity and Halloween costumes of Katrina Kruse.

October 1st: Baby being born.

I feel the need to mention October 1st is my mother's birthday, so this one felt appropriate to her.

October 2nd: Kooky Spook

I'm not entire sure what this is supposed to be, but enjoy a childhood costume of my mothers!

October 3rd: Maleficent

October 4th: Sophia from Golden Girls

October 5th: Reverse Cowgirl

October 6th: Richard Simmons and Dee Snider

Throwback from 1996, and yes that is my manly father as Richard Simmons.

October 7th: Mexican Wrestler

October 8th: Candy Girls

Gotta love Freshman year, eh Francine?

October 9th: Slash

October 10th: Benjamin Franklin

October 11th: Teddy Roosevelt

October 12th: Easter Witch

Because everyone knows that Sweden's scariest holiday is Easter!

October 13th: Jack Nicholson

We discovered the resemblance on accident.

October 14th: Linda Belcher from Bob's Burgers

October 15th: A woman and hockey player

Ladies and gentlemen, meet my beloved Godparents

October 16th: Regular and Travel-sized Toothpaste (and NJ Housewife)

Fine Al, you win cutest child costume...

October 17th: Joan Rivers, a tribute

October 18th: Tootsie Pop Owl

I received a phone call from my mother saying "I went to the thrift store asking for a bird beak and they didn't have one! So I got a duck beak instead.. Do you think anyone will notice?"

October 19th: Little German

"Do you speak a foreign language?" "I know a little German."

October 20th: Bad Santa and Fitness guru

Meet my brother(s): Al Kruse (right) and Sam Paulson (left)

October 21st: Santa Lucia

The Cow-Flicka of Sveirge!

October 22nd: Fatal Attraction

My mother's coworker, Amber.

October 23rd: Grim Reaper and (angry) 50s Girl

I insisted I needed "angry eyebrows" to complete my costume.

October 24th: Boxer

October 25th: Little Edie from Grey Gardens

I suggest you look up "Little Edie dance" on Youtube, as my mother nailed this costume.

October 26th: Elf

She's the same size as an elf too, if I may add.

October 27th: Prince

Honoring Minnesota's own Royalty.

October 28th: Madonna

October 29th: Tobias Funke from Arrested Developement

Forever one of my favorites, claps to Uncle Claire!

October 30th: Snow Princess, Turtle, and Banjo Kazooie

Welcome to Halloween in Minnesota.

October 30th p. 2: Blind Man, Bride, and Boxer

Following my mother's footsteps, it seems.

October 30th p. 3: Prince, Dr. Fink, Evel Knievel, Rockabilly Zombie, Pimp, Wizard, Scary Spice and the Grim Reaper

October 31st: Triangle Sally

Filmed at the restaurant my brother works at. I'm so sorry Al.

Well folks, if we've learned anything here, it's that you will never be able to beat Mother Kruse at her Halloween game, so don't even try. My favorite memories from this journey include my brother, Al, asking my mom "What the HELL is happening in our house? I am finding Halloween costumes all over the place.." and then my personal favorite was when I had a phone conversation with my mother that went like the following...

KT: "Audrey, I need you to talk to you father.."

Audrey: "Regarding what?"

KT: "Well, it's that I have a GREAT Wrecking Ball costume and he won't help me do it!!!!"

Audrey: "Ew no, mom stop, please. I don't want to he-"

KT: "NO. All I need him to do is take the picture, I have the rest covered."

We never ended up being gifted with a Wrecking Ball photo, so if you need someone to blame, point all fingers to my father, Paul Kruse.

Happy belated Halloween everyone!

XOXO

Audrey

I know I told you all I was going to use I am Audacious to introduce you to all of the new friends I have made here at school, but you see, I couldn't help but share this little friend of mine with you, even though I've known her before college... As a matter of fact, this friend of mine (along with a few others) will be coming down to Arizona on Thursday to spend Halloween and Homecoming with me here at ASU, and it's all I've been able to think about since they have first booked their tickets.

So please, let me introduce to you my other half, my best friend, Francine.

(Please spare with me on the amount of photos, there are just too many good ones to share)

This is Francine.

Sporting of her more infamous outfits

Franny getting into her Sun Devil Spirit

Showing her love and appreciation for the fried foods of America

So that being said, let me tell you a bit more about Francine.

Her name is Francine but goes by Franny.
If you spell her name with an ie (Frannie) she won't mind but it drives me absolutely crazy.
She's been a gymnast longer than she's known how to spell her name.
She is the procrastination queen.
She cannot finish her day without a bowl of ice cream, and I'm not joking on this. She literally has ice cream every single day.
One day in 6th grade I had said "What the poppin' toaster?!" when expressing disbelief, the next day Franny came to school with a homemade shirt, covered in puffy paint and "WHAT THE POPPIN' TOASTER" on it. When asked what the occasion was for making the shirt, she responded with "was bored."
She once convinced me she had a half brother who lived in the Dominican Republic, which of course, is false.
She does however, have a sister name Sylvia who is two years older than her, looks like the identical twin to Franny (but don't tell them they look alike, they will scoff and argue that you're wrong).
Sylvia and Franny have always been and always will the best friends of each.
Franny's favorite holiday is Christmas.
During the holiday season, she will only listen to Christmas music, and she knows the words to all of the songs.
In 4th grade, during Presidential fitness testing in gym class, Franny went above and beyond, beating all the boys, and did a total of 50 pull-ups.
Franny and I have gotten quite good at annoying each other, but we have never had a sincere "fight".
She is 75% Swedish and 25% Norwegian.
She is missing the top chunk of her ring finger, but she has a great plastic surgeon whom she recommends.
She is not only the weirdest person I have ever met, but the funniest.
My junior year of high school, Franny ruined our school's Harlem Shake video.
I know her Dairy Queen order off the back of my hand.
On my last day back home before flying out to Arizona, she tried to be all cute and sweet and treat me to an egg roll from my favorite Vietnamese restaurant, only to have her card declined, therefore I ended up treating us. The thought that counts though, right?
She drives a big white van. Not a minivan, a VAN van. We call it the Great White.
We have much more ugly embarrassing photos together than cute ones.
Since meeting in 6th grade, we have been known for having hour long conversations actually talking about many different things during that time. We still have these conversations today.
She's backpacking across Europe this summer!!
She doesn't show emotion very often, but she always knows what to say to comfort me.
She is one of the best list makers I know.
She once refused to talk to me at school one day until I responded to the note she wrote to me in crayon.
She was one of the only seniors on our high school's JV tennis team, but then again, so was I.
She loves warm weather, ocean, and sunshine like no other.
She is the only person in the universe that my cat shows affection towards.
This list could go on for a decade, but I will stop here.

These past months have been incredibly hard on the two of us, especially since we haven't gone that long without seeing each other since we have met. So excuse me for getting soppy for a moment but I think it's very relieving and comforting knowing I will always have her around regardless of distance and timezones. Now please enjoy some photos I have put together that only scratch the surface of the weirdness that is Francine.

Some evening stretches on the hood of my car

The one night she transformed into a Sarasota Surf Boy

And the other night she spend in the hospital after getting her finger chopped off

Francine as Kanye West and Audrey as Kendrick Lamar

And here is a prime example of me annoying her. (If you are wondering what is happening in this video, I was filming her picking up firewood for our campfire when a bug flew onto her face. I hesitated getting the bug at first and thought about filming it instead but then finally decided to smack her face to kill it. Good friend, right?)

Now I guess I shall also show some photos of the rare occasions Francine and I are "cute"...

So there you have it, my best friend. I really hope you all find your "Franny", I'm just lucky enough to have met my "Franny" already.

And if you are reading this Francine, I will see you and Christina on Thursday.

XOXO

Audrey

So after being here in Arizona for nearly 2 months now, I can confidently say I've discovered one thing: Minnesotans are weird. Weird as in very different. VERY different. This has become obvious to me in three categories: the attire, the morals, and the language.

1. The Attire

I obviously knew that the weather in Arizona may be a little bit warmer than it is back home in Minne"snow"ta, but by golly, you don't know how hot 110 degree heat is until you walk 3 miles in it. Dry heat doesn't make it less miserable. I can't say I have adapted to the heat yet, which kinda sucked at first but now as fall comes, we are experiencing morning of high 70s/low 80s which, to be, is the Minnesotans ideal day whereas my friends here consider it freezing and bundle up in layers before going outside. I know I had mentioned before that I had a hard time packing up to come here, as I found myself packing multiple sweatshirts, long pants and sweaters (which I still have yet to use) but it felt ridiculous to not pack them! **side-note: that is a lie, I actually HAVE found use them.. Our dorm room's A/C is broken and seems to automatically reset itself to 50 degrees no matter what we adjust the temperature to. Suddenly having a bed by the window and the A/C unit isn't as nice.....** In addition to my natural winter instincts, I've learned that there are certain trends in Minnesota that don't seem to expand as far as Arizona. For example, a few of my friends (from Arizona and California) found a pair of black cowboy boots in the back of my closet, "AUDREY! *laughter* What are you a cowgirl? What are you doing with these things in your closet?" To which I explained that lots of people wear black cowboy boots in Minneapolis without being country (Paige can side with me on this) and that I had gotten the boots at a Vintage shop back home which gave off the opposite of a country vibe. They wouldn't have it though. I am now far too scared to wear the boots in Arizona and it looks like they will be staying in the back of my closet for a good while.

2. The Morals

This one is a trickier situation to talk about, as I can't tell if these things come from me being from the Midwest or from me being a Kruse, but it's funny seeing the differences in morals. My most recent observation is dining etiquette. I am know to be the slowest eater here because I tend to talk more than I eat, but I couldn't help but notice that I was one of the only ones who cleared their plate entirely before announcing I was finished eating. Naturally, I typically don't stop eating until all of the food on my plate is gone and if I became full before finishing all the food, I would need to still continue to eat the food because it would be my punishment for taking more food than I was hungry for! I can't remember a Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner where I left the table with food still on my plate. This doesn't necessarily mean I eat large quantities of food, though. I have learned to help myself to smaller amounts to make sure I clear my plate while consuming the healthy amount of food. On the contrary, my friends here will stop eating as soon as they are satisfied. This sometimes includes two bites of a hamburger or an apple. I don't find it rude if they don't finish their plates, it doesn't bother me at all actually but the thought of my tossing away an apple I took a single bite of keeps me up at night. Other differences seem to happen in hospitality. I impulsively decided to get my eyebrows threaded with my friend Drew, which I ended up loving, and I had paid through an iPad payment. After paying for the service, I realized they didn't leave an option for tipping and I didn't have cash on me to leave them one. Immensely stressed, I left the place and went to an ATM where I took out $20, walked to the nearest Starbucks, purchased a drink so I got change for the $20 and walked back into the place I had gotten my eyebrows done an hour earlier and tipped her. Once again, the thought of not tipping someone, especially on a service I enjoyed, haunts me. It is a pain for me but if there is an option for a tip on the receipt, I will always leave one no matter how bad the service. I can't help it.

3. The Language

Oh yes, this is the big one. I truly did not realize how strange Minnesotans had talked until coming here. Going on vacation other places, I had been occasionally asked if I was from Minnesota or even Canada, but I never thought anything of it really. My friends here, however, don't hesitate to ask me to pronounce words and phrases and immediately laugh afterwards. Below are some examples of where the differences are: (Please note I do not get offended by my friends "making fun" of me, I find it funny as well!)

- What is a carbonated beverage?

Audrey's friends: Soda

Audrey: Pop

*Insert loud laughter leading to me correcting myself to say soda to save their guts*

- What do you call the events that happen in high school during homecoming to get you excited for the game?

Audrey's friends: Pep rally

Audrey: Pep fest

*Once again, insert laughs and claiming it's cute and Smurf like of me to say it "pep fest! pep fest! pep fest!" with arm gestures*

- Hammock

Audrey's friends: Hamm-ICK

Audrey: Hamm-OCK

- Roof

Audrey's friends: Roof

Audrey: Ruff

- Aunt

Audrey's friends: Ant

Audrey: Ont

- Couch, House, Mouse, etc, etc...

Audrey's friends: Couch, house, mouse

Audrey: Cooowch, hooowse, mooowse

*Quite frankly, I don't hear difference in pronunciation for these, but apparently I "scoop down" on the OU sound, whatever that means..*

- What do you call a designated driver?

Audrey's friends: DD

Audrey: Sober cab

*They had never heard of this term in their lives*

Some other sayings they make fun of me for saying:

- Oh ya!
- Oh for sure!
- Uuuufda (embarrassingly enough, uuufda is a word in my vocabulary..)
- Ya know?
- Oh ya, you betcha! (I don't actually say this, but whenever they want to hear my accent at it's fullest, they have me say it.)

Since I've been here, my accent has mellowed out I've heard, but as soon as I am on the phone with family or friends from back home, it's as if nothing's changed.

So year long story short, I'm basically from another planet.

I remember when they had announced the tour and the tour dates. I wasn’t expecting them to have a Minnesota date, but still was gutted when I didn’t see us on the list. “Well then, it looks like I’m going to have to go to college wherever they have a date!” I would tell people, with a slight bit of seriousness behind the joke. I ended up choosing ASU, without the Where We Are Tour (WWA) in mind, it just happened to be an added bonus.

If you are a bit confused to what I am talking about, I went to the One Direction concert the other night, and this was my experience.

It was a long wait, waiting for our tour date. A wait of nearly six months. I had bought the tickets, the 4th level, nose bleed, “broke college student specialty” for my roommate Kaity and I for her 18th birthday (which looking back at it was kind of a selfish birthday present since it was just as much as a present to me as to her) and we were set. One Direction: Where We Are Tour at the University of Phoenix Stadium, aka where the Super Bowl will be this year, for September 16th, 2014.

In past situations, I had always been the girl who needs to know everything about the concert before I see it: the set design, the setlist, even when the wardrobes changes are. Don’t ask me why, because I’m not entirely sure why I needed to know this myself. This concert was an exception though. I knew nothing of the setlist, the stage design or anything. All I knew was that it was a show you needed to experience, and it really was. Because I didn’t know anything about this tour, it wasn’t hard waiting for our date to come because to be honest, I would keep forgetting I was even going. However, about three weeks prior to our show, I was at Jobing.com arena, which is right across the street from the stadium, for Ed Sheeran’s show and ever since, I hadn’t been able to contain my excitement. How cute am I? an 18 year old freshman in college who has a tweenage side to her.

Finally, September 16th had arrived. Below is a detailed description of how the next 24 hours had went for me.

I had woken up earlier than I had wanted to from excitement. I looked outside, as I do every morning, only to see that it was cloudy and rainy. While most people would be discouraged, I couldn’t help but enjoy the fact that we were actually having “weather” in Arizona. Anyway, I tugged along to my morning classes, having each minute feel like ten minutes and me not being to concentrate on anything other than what I was going to wear that evening. I made it through both of my classes, and received a text from my friend from Minnesota, Katherine. I had known that Katherine had flown down to AZ to go to the concert with her friend Madi, but we didn’t know how far away we were from each other therefore we didn’t know how likely it was to see each other. She had texted me where I was, and thinking I was funny, I replied with my exact location address. She put it in her maps and realized we were 4 minutes walking distance from each other. That being said, I grabbed my bag and sprinted out the door to meet (more like tackle) her at Starbucks. We had a short visit and parted our ways, planning on meeting up later that night at the concert. around 3:30 p.m. Kaity, Drew, Jasmyne and I were off to the stadium, in hope of beating traffic.

We arrived at the University of Phoenix stadium around 4 p.m. and the doors to the show opened at 5 p.m. While we were incredibly early, I was shocked to see how many girls and parents were already there and waiting in line. We decided against waiting in line and instead went out for sushi for dinner. While at the sushi restaurant, there was a dedicated dad sitting at the bar with his daughter with a homemade shirt that read “ 1D-ad!” which Drew and I had to compliment. It was also at this time that we all realized we were the oldest kids we had seen. Oldest by a good four years…. But hey, less of an age gap between us and One Direction then, right? After dinner, we finally went through security and into the stadium and my golly, it is huge. HUGE. Overwhelmingly large. Kaity had mentioned that the stadium has probably never had that many girls in it before. I agreed.

Before we headed to our seats, we shoved our way into the merchandise stand to get the most “boyband-y” t-shirts we could find. We succeeded. Afterwards we went our separate ways and Kaity and I had found our seats. We like to call our little section the “Nosebleed VIP” where we had such a bad view that it was good. You see, we were so side stage that we were actually able to watch everything that happened backstage, but we will get more into that later… We once again noted that we were oldest girls in our section, but we did has another rockstar father in our section, sporting ear plugs and binoculars. While waiting for 5 Seconds of Summer (the opening act) and One Direction to go on, they played little music videos, movie trailers, and commercials and every single time the video included 5 Seconds of Summer or One Direction in them, they screamed. And when I say scream, I want you to imagine 70,000 young girl piercing screams. They screamed every. single. time. I kid you not, they played a 1D fragrance ad around six times and the girls got even more excited each time they played it. It can be overwhelming, I understand their emotions, but really, EVERY time?

Anyway, finally 5 Seconds of Summer came on, and they rocked the house! (I’m judging myself so much). But really, they’re are always fun to watch perform and bring lots of energy. The highlights from their set would definitely include their cover of “What I Like About You” and a song they had made on the spot all about thanking One Direction, afterwards saying their next song “Good Girls” was about them. The real excitement had started after they went off and they were preparing for One Direction though. Kaity and I were casually sitting in our seats when I looked up and watch the golf carts whiz around backstage. One of the golf carts had stopped behind the stage and wheel a rack of mens clothing under the stage. That was when I had a feeling something exciting was about to happen.. Sure enough, another golf cart followed it and I see a familiar blonde haired figure and tall brown haired figure with a bandana in his hair. In shock I slap Kaity and exclaim “SHUT UP. KAITY THAT’S HARRY! THAT’S HARRY AND LOU” *Lou Teasdale is the infamous hair dresser for One Direction, with over 1 million followers on twitter.* Kaity and I don’t scream but instead shoot up and stare with our jaws on the ground. Harry must’ve notice someone nearly scream, otherwise saw Kaity’s and my starstruck faces and smirked and waved at us (definitely not our general area, it was solely to us) before going under the stage. More golf carts and followed Harry’s with the other boys on them, but sadly by the time they parked they were out of our field of vision.

Alas, it was time for the show to begin! It started off intense, and didn’t stop with the intensity and energy until after the show was over. There were lots of cannons, fireworks, strobe lights and streamers and confetti everywhere. In the first song they performed, Midnight Memories, Niall had replaced the “Same old shhhh but a different day” to “Same old shit but a different day” which made me proud and made lots of mothers cover their 8 year old daughters ears. After they performed their first few songs, Liam started off by welcoming us and mention that we were probably wondering why he had a cast on his arm. He then said “I would tell you what had happened but, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas!” (They were in Las Vegas prior to our show for Niall’s 21 birthday) followed by Niall showing us the dance moves he used in Vegas. Yes, he embarrassingly white boy danced. Harry kissed Liam while they sang, Through the Dark. That made a lot of girls scream, including myself. Zayn Malik hit a lot of high notes which nearly made Kaity fall to her knees. Harry had asked a boy in the audience if he took that girl to their concert on a date to which he replied “No, it’s my sister” and Harry said back “Well then what a good brother you are.” Little did that boy know, but he was the was the luckiest guy in the stadium. They also sang happy birthday to a girl on the floor, she was pretty lucky too, and emotional. During their song Little Things, all the girls put the flashlights on on their phone which lit up the stadium like a Christmas tree, which was very pretty. Niall also had us sing a line of his solo which was “Love you” to which he replied to us “I love you too!” There was lots of hip thrusting, crotch grabbing and silly dances which made all of us swoon. They knew exactly what they were doing.

Going back to being able to being able to see backstage, during the show, Kaity and I had watched about 11 black SUVs line up in a line, one for each of them, and some of the crew, to leave the venue. It was very cool being able to watch them, after they performed their encore and said goodbye, sprint off the stage and straight into their own separate cars and leave with police escorts before we even had the chance to leave our seats. Crazy.

To put in summary: I am not embarrassed about going to yet another One Direction concert, and you’ll have to experience one yourself to understand why. They’re very cute and silly and talented and fun and there are five of them, what’s not to like? It was one of the most fun concerts I’ve ever been to. Kaity is now a massive fan. I have post concert depression.

Long story short, I love One Direction.

OH AND HARRY STYLES PUT HIS HAIR IN A STRAIGHT UP MAN BUN AND WE ARE STILL NOT EMOTIONALLY STABLE FROM IT.

Now please, enjoy a little video montage I made with highlights from the show. *Warning, it's a time commitment/11 minute video*

XOXO

Audrey

Today marks a day worthy of being put into my baby book. Today was the day my roommate, Kaity, and I took our first trip to Target to buy some stuff needed back at the dorm. It was the first time we were on our own to purchase our "necessities" *emphasis on purchasing, like we bought it ourselves, can you believe it?*

Below are some of the items included in our cart after checking out:

- Beach towel

- Tweezers and eyebrows pencils

- (even more) Command hooks and strips even though we swore we'd never use them again.

- Microwave-able Mac 'n' Cheese, flavored "Triple Cheese"

- "Mojito Mint" toothpaste, found in the clearance section. We didn't need toothpaste, but we couldn't NOT buy it.

- Concealer

- BBQ flavored Popchips and cottage cheese, a snack taught by none other than Mother Kruse

- Sea Salt hairspray

- Sea Salt Ghirardelli Chocolate, which we labeled "Emergency Chocolate" and hid in a secret spot in our room.

- A very large container of Flavor Blasted Goldfish

- 2 pairs of modal pajama pants, because this is college and they are a necessity.

I think it's safe to say we are responsible adults, right?

*I feel the need to add that I turned to Kaity to proof read this post before posting it. Perks of rooming with a journalism major, am I right?*

**Also, we are both wearing our pajama pants and sprayed the sea salt spray in our hair, in case you were wondering.**

Ahh, college life.

XOXO

Audrey

While the title of this post may confuse you, "Audrey? Why, I know her! Why is she introducing herself to me again, this time in third person?" Well, let me elaborate.

I had come up with this clever idea prior to coming to school, but I finally am putting it into action now. While at college, I am meeting so many new people and making so many friends from all over the country. Each individual I meet has blown me away with their unique characteristics and stories from their lives. Therefore, I would love to share with you all some of my friends and tell you a bit about them in this new segment I call "Meet (insert name here)." Clever name, right?

To start things off, I decided to use this first post as more of a "trial" post and would like to use myself as an example. So, if you do not know me, this one is for you! If you do know me, maybe you'll learn something new and if you ended up already knowing all of this information stated below, I can't tell if I am flattered or a bit creeped out....

Either way, enjoy!

Hello. I'm Audrey.

I am a journalism/mass communications major at Arizona State University.
I was born and raised in the Twin Cities, Minnesota.
I prefer my hair short to long.
I am a synchronized swimmer and feel at home when I'm in the water.
There is a good chance I will ask you to repeat yourself when speaking to me.
I still talk about the Destiny's Child reunion that happened during Beyonce's Superbowl performance.
I love smelling like lake water.
I can eat mass amounts of sushi yet still be hungry afterwards. I also, while I do NOT prefer this, am able to eat sushi from just about anywhere. Yes, that includes the *cringe* party platter from Cub Foods.
Uuufdah is actually a word in my vocabulary.
I have no problem spending 45 minutes picking out the perfect outfit, but I can't be bothered spending time on hair or makeup.
About 70% of my wardrobe comes from a thrift store.
I absolutely adore soccer. Adore it. But I can't seem to get into any other sport.
I have recently applied for (and received) a passport just for fun, I have no plans of traveling out of the country in the near future.
My favorite animal has been whales (specifically Beluga whales) ever since we learned about them in first grade.
I have met the King and Queen of Sweden and had Fika with them.
I once did a report on Kevin Garnett and I still have it, if anyone is interested in reading it.
I dream to live in a large and busy city.
I prefer small homes/apartments to large luxurious mansions.
I tend to have a demanding personality at times.
I spent the majority of my childhood thinking my bellybutton was actually called "my booty".
My favorite TV shows are Skins, Sherlock, and Teen Wolf.
I am ashamed to say I am absolutely addicted to all forms of social media as well as to my iPhone.
My favorite color is white and if you try to tell me that white isn't a color, I'll shoot you a dirty look.
I always cut out magazine clippings to make collages but never end up making them.
I obsess over things very easily.
I live for fashion week.
No matter how hard I try to adapt to the teenage lifestyle, I will always be a morning person.

Well then. Let's see how this works out.

XOXO

Audrey

audacious by aud

The Anatomy Of...

The Halloween Outfit Of The Day Project

Meet Francine.

The Minnesotan.

My Day With One Direction

Taking an Adult trip to Target

Meet Audrey.

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