Men with beards are hot and attractive people intimidate me.

I'm not going to lie to you and say that I'm not a terminally awkward, strongly opinionated, oftentimes unenthusiastic, antisocial, cynical, grudge-holding but surprisingly forgiving optimistic realist who gets too involved too quickly, because I totally am. I'm also the neediest independent person you will ever encounter. 

This is me. 

Now that we're acquainted, here are a few things you should know about me accompanied by pictures:

1. I think men with beards are incredibly attractive.

 that beard.

just.. oh my god.

2. On this blog, I will occasionally admire a beautiful woman. No, I am not gay. I just know how to appreciate beautiful people like:

miss Emma Watson

3. I swear. I try to do it tastefully, but sometimes, the best word to use is a curse word. I'll do my best to substitute with other words. But I can make no promises.

or... um... bologna sandwich...? I don't know.

4. I am incredibly intimidated by friendly people who are also  good looking. Whether or not you are intimidating, if you are attractive and friendly,it's going to take me some time to get used to the fact that you want to be my friend. No lie. When I met the girl who is now one of my best friends, I was TERRIFIED to try and be her friend because, get this, she was cute and she wanted to be my friend! I'm not an introvert by an means. But I'm not good at making friends.

5. I get too involved. Don't mind me giving you unsolicited life advice.. I'll be done in just a moment.

6. I support equality 110%. Marriage has somehow come to be politically associated with Christianity. However, Muslims marry, Jews marry, Atheists marry, Buddhists marry. Why not homosexuals? Because the Bible says that marriage is between a man and a woman? The Bible also gives implicit directions about how to properly trade your daughter for livestock. Yikes. Not to mention the fact that our nation was founded on a blatant and straightforward separation of church and state. I'm happy to discuss this with you. You can email me here if you'd like to talk about it.

7. I'm going to do my best to be 100% honest with you, my readers, at all times. No fluff, no lies. If you ask, I'll do my best to deliver the most honest, no nonsense (okay maybe some nonsense. have you met me?) answer possible.

So there it is. That's all the information I'm going to give you for now. As we're together longer, you'll get to know me better. And I hope I'll get to know you better too! Until you hear from me again, smile at lots of people, give someone an expected hug, and make your mom proud.

-Nikki