Hey, everyone! I know, I used to have an insanely crowded profile. I always love it when I stumble on profiles like that. They keep me entertained and they're just fun. But, I also love it when people's profile are simple, but still let me know who they are. That's what I felt like doing, so I deleted everything and decided to start fresh. New year, new profile, right? Right. I'm parakeet17, and these are random facts about me.

I think tie-dye is one of the coolest things ever. I'm double jointed. I hate when gym teachers are overweight (stupid hypocrites). I want to get a tattoo. I believe in the saying "Be the change you want to see in the world." In three years, seventy-five percent of our population wil be overweight and I don't plan on being one of them. I'm a hopeless romantic. Meg Cabot is one of my all-time favorite authors. One of my goals is to be able to solve a Rubik's Cube. My writing started as a hobby, but I hope to one day become a published author. I'm crazy, loud, dorky, shy, and a bit insane. I run into parked cars and have a knack of running in to walls. I think music lyrics are the words we cannot say. I love cliches, no matter how corny or cheesy they are. Sometimes I wish my life was like a chick-flick. My writing has a lot of room for improvement, and I plan on taking writing classes in high school. I want to work on the school newspaper. I've been alone in a crowded room. I love animals, but lack the will-power to become a vegetarian. I'm a tree hugger. I want to see the world. I'm a person, and I'm allowed to make mistakes. My hair is never perfect and I end up judging myself, no matter how much I tell myself not to. I'm not random, I just have many thoughts. Living without my friends is like trying to nail JELL-O to a tree: impossible. I can play three musical instruments. I give peace a chance. I like to have fun and scream at the top pf my lungs. I have a wall, but once you break through it, I'll tell you anything. I've faked a smile before. I can't dance or sing to save my life. I think we should learn from a box of crayons: all different colors living together peacefully in one box. I love our new president, the last one was terrible. I will never smoke, there are cooler ways to die. I'd like to think I'm open-minded, especially compared to a few of my friends. I adore the sound of the acoustic guitar. I've donated my hair to Locks Of Love. Someday I want to participate in a charity walk. I like running, but hate it when when people make me do it. I'm a music lover and a Jonas Brothers fanatic. I have so many bands that I keep meaning to listen to, but forget to do so. I think I suffer from short-term memory loss. My favorite song says more about me than I ever will. I'm constantly thirsty. I'm a total bookworm. I think the show The Office is amazing. I give poeple second chances. My family means the world to me, I don't know what I'd do without them. I've read all of the Twilight and Harry Potter books, all of which are amazing. I always wait for 11:11, but miss it more than I wish on it. I'm easily amused and distracted. I watch Disney and Nickelodeon, despite what all my friends think of it. I constantly have a song stuck in my head. The idea of a zombie prom is stellar, and I would actually go to that dance. When life gives me lemons, I make orange juice. Someday I want to go somewhere random and be a different person, where no one knows me or judges me based on what they know. I'm not a fan of fast food or pop. I prefer peanut M&Ms. I try to wear my heart on my sleeve. Pink and orange Starbursts are my favorite. I can't stand licorice, and gummi worms/bears are my favorite candy. I won't change who I am for someone else. The main thing I want to do in life is live. Life's too important to be taken seriously.

I am me.

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I think this poem is simply amazing, so I felt compelled to put it on here. Enjoy, I did.

SLOW DANCE

Have you ever watched the kids

On a merry-go-round?

Or listened to the rain,

Slapping on the ground?

Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?

Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?

You'd better slow down.

Don't dance so fast.

Time is short.

The music won't last.

Do you run through each day

On the fly?

When you ask, "How are you?"

Do you hear the reply?

When the day is done,

Do you lie in your bed,

With the next million chores

Running through your head?

You'd better slow down.

Don't dance so fast.

Time is short.

The music won't last.

Ever told a child,

"We'll do it tomorrow."

And in your haste,

Not see their sorrow?

Ever lost touch,

Let a good friendship die,

'Cause you never had time

To call and say "Hi."

You'd better slow down.

Don't dance so fast.

Time is short.

The music won't last.

When you run so fast to get somewhere,

You miss half the fun of getting there.

When you worry and hurry through your day,

It's like an un-opened gift

Thrown away . . .

Life is not a race.

Do take it slower.

Hear the music.

Before the song is over.