Well, part of Landmark that was pretty cool for me was figuring out your strong suits and how they came to be. I found out that for me, many of my current behaviors were molded from an early age. Without further ado…

– Being organized – this may have started from when I was like 2-6 yrs old (in their age categories) and my Dad was yelling at my mom going off on her since we were lost in Chicago and she had the map. I remember feeling powerless and that’s when I knew I had to have everything like directions/answers etc all the time so that wouldn’t happen – it’s kinda funny b/c Vann’s comment on me on Friendster was: “if you’re ever high and meet this guy in the middle of the desert, he’ll have what you need. this isn’t as unlikely as you think.”

– Independent/Elusive – not sure if this is exactly a strong suit, but it is something I fall back on. This was in the 7-14 yrs old age range and I think I became that way when I was in grade school and I would get overlooked during recess when the team captains would pick their kickball teams. I even was picked after girls, which at that time was quite the slam so I became more introspective and elusive. I think that may also be why I like athletic girls since they were prized more than me – and I know I was actually pretty good at kickball!

– Quirky/Different – this was from the 18-25 age group that they said you was when you realized you were on your own. Not quite sure on this one but I think it may have been when I first got into my first class at UT where it was a lecture class that had two profs and was divided into two halves b/c it was so huge and your SSN was your ID. It had over 300 people and I was just another number, so I think that’s when I really started to try being different. Now of course I do the hair thing, etc.