Hey, my pen-name is WindyCityGirl.

Gender: Female

Age: Feel free to guess

Favorite Books: The Eternal Ones, Pride and Prejudice, Twilight, Alex Rider, Blue Bloods, Kiki Strike, Maximum Ride, and the Gallagher Girl Series

Favorite Movie: I like just about everything

Favorite color: blue

Favorite Food: ???

Favorite Broadway Show: (yeah i know) RENT, Aida, Chicago, Mamma Mia

I'm from Chicago, but I live in Italy.

Lessons Learned in Twilight:

1. You can enjoy the banquet while resisting the wine.
2. The future is not set in stone.
3. Men are crabby when they're hungry.
4. Nothing beats an irritable grizzly bear.
5. True love knows no boundaries.
6. Some people are just danger magnets.
7. Even eternal enemies can work together to save something they love.
8. Forget the fangs - real vampires sparkle!
9. Soul mates exist, even if it takes 100 years to find them.
10. Porsche 911 Turbos make really great bribes.
11. Friendship is like the sun on a cloudy day.
12. Snow just means it's too cold for rain.
13. Family is about more than just blood.
14. What's worth doing is worth over-doing.
15. Losing your temper can be hair-raising.
16. "Vegetarian" has many meanings.
17. Even monsters can hold on to their humanity.
18. There are exceptions to every rule.
19. Always verify bad news before doing something stupid.
20. Hearing voices in your head doesn't necessarily mean you're crazy.
21. Love means being willing to sacrifice your happiness for another's.
22. Cold hands = Warm heart.
23. Not breathing is uncomfortable.
24. Stupid lambs and masochistic lions make quite a pair.
25. Romeo was an idiot.
26. Twilight is the saddest and safest time of day.
27. Extreme sports should not be attempted alone.
28. Life is worth very little without someone to share it with.
29. Space heaters can be very annoying.
30. Love can make even the most miserable places paradise.

(courtesy of reader13lovesbooks's profile)

Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver
When it rains on my party, I bust out the slip and slide.
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way you're a mile away from them and you have their shoes.

If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, what is baby oil made from? (AHHHH!!)
I'm so gangster, I carry a squirt gun.
If your name is Mr. Crunch, and you joined the Navy, would you eventually be Captain Crunch?
'Just because you lost hope in the world doesn't mean you can loose hope in its people.'

An apple away keeps the doctor away, if well aimed. Ever stop to think and forget to start again?

There is no "I" in team but the is an "I" in PIE and there is an "I" in MEATPIE and MEAT is an anagram of TEAM... Weird is good, strange is bad, and odd is when you don't know which to call someone. Weird is the same as different, which is the same as unique, than weird is good.

Don’t mess with me I've got a stick. Of course I'm talking to myself. Who else can I trust?"One way to figure out how things work, push all the buttons!"If I asked for your opinion, I'd take the tape off your mouth. Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now. If life gives you lemons, make grape juice, and let the world wonder how you did it.yea you have the right to your own opinion, but i have the right to think your stupid. if you talk about me i got some advice. click your heels 3 times and say 'i wish i had a life'! OMG! i think i just saw a flying bird!

Help I've fallen and i can’t...hey nice carpet! -Taste the rainbow- Eat CRAYONS. My mind works like lightning...one brilliant flash and it's gone. When in danger, when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout. It takes 42 muscles to frown, 28 to smile and only 4 to reach out and slap someone. I'm not clumsy! The floor just hates me.

Quotes I love:

1. Life is not about waiting out the storm, it's about learning how to dance in the rain.

2. The night is darkest just before the dawn.

3. Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect, but I dont need to be. Before you start pointing fingers make sure your hands are clean. -Bob Marley

4. You can quote me on that quote, unquote.

5. Never argue with an idiot. They'll bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.

6. It's pretty sad when you think about it. That's why I don't.

7. I know that there are people out there that hate their fellow man. I hate people like that!

8. How do you keep an idiot in suspese? I'll get back to you..

9. The difference between ignorance and apathy? I don't know and I couldn't care less.

10. They say I have a short attention span. Well I think their full of Hey! a kitty!

11. When life offers you a dream so far beyond your imagination it's not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end. -Twilight

12. Do you believe in love at first site or should I walk by you again?

13. Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic and so am I.

14. You can't change the past, but sometimes life gives you a chance to make it right again. - Ann Brashares

15. We can only see the stars in the blackest of nights.

16. Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time. I think I've forgotten this before.

17. There are many types of people in this world: the ones who can't count and the ones who can't count. Which of the three are you?

18. "Good causes" seem to be quite expensive espescially considering how cheap the bad ones are.

19. Beginnings are scary, endings are sad, the middle is really the best part of the story. So don't look too hard for that happily ever after, you might miss the best part of the story.

20. You're my best friend but if the zombies are chasing us I'm tripping you. - my friend

21. "Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty." - Stephen King

22. If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried."

23. "A woman in danger... is a dangerous woman."

24. Live for nothing... or die for something."

25. The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sails.

26. You know your in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams. -Dr. Seuss

27. "We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.” -Chuck Palahniuk

28. "A blank piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it to be God." Sidney Sheldon

29. Courage is not the absence of fear, it is the knowledge that something is more important than fear.

30. Dream as if you'll live forever, and live as if you'll die today.

Words to live by
-He who laughs last thinks slowest
-If two wrongs don't make a right, try three
-1 out of every 4 people are insane. Look at your three best friends, if it's not them, it's you.
-One day we're going to look back on this, laugh nervously and then change the subject
-We're best friends. You laugh, I laugh. You cry, I cry. You hurt, I hurt. You just off a bridge, dang, I'm gonna miss you pal.
-Apparently 1 in 5 people in the world are Chinese. And there are five people in my family so it must be one of them. Either it's my mom or my dad. Or my older brother Collin. Or my other brother Ho-Chan-Chu. I think it's Collin.
-Evening News is where they begin with "Good Evening" then proceed to tell you why it isn't
-I can only please on person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow's not looking good, either.

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My Friends:

Good friends will pick you up when your fall, BEST FRIENDS will push you back down and laugh

Good friends ask why you're crying, BEST FRIENDS already have the shovel ready to bury the loser that made you cry

A good friend will comfort you when he breaks up with you. A BEST friend will call him, whispering "Seven days..."

A friend helps you up when you fall a best friend continues walking while saying, "Walk much stupid?"

A good friend will pull you out of the way when you ae about to run into someone. A BEST FRIEND will push you into him.

A friend will bail you out of jail. A best friend would be in the room next to you saying, THAT WAS AWESOME, LETS DO IT AGAIN!!

You know you live in the 21st century when...

1. You go to a party, sit down and take MySpace pics.

2. You haven’t played solitaire with real cards in years.

3. The reason for not staying in touch with your friends is that they don't have AIM/LiveJournal/MySpace.

4. You'd rather look all over the house for the remote instead of just pushing the button on the TV.

6. Your evening activity is sitting at the computer.

7. You read this list, and keep nodding and smiling.

8. You think about how stupid you are for reading this.

9. You were too busy to notice number five.

10. You actually scrolled back up to check if there was a number five.

11. And now you're laughing at your stupidity.

now for semoehtnig itnresitng...

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Amzanig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas thought slpeling
was ipmorantt! tahts so cool!

Support our Troops:

I was at the airport when I heard several people behind me beginning to clap and cheer.. I immediately turned around and witnessed One of the greatest acts of patriotism I have ever seen.

Moving thru the terminal was a group of soldiers in their camos. As they began heading to their gate, everyone 20 (well almost everyone) was abruptly to their feet with their hands waving and cheering.

When I saw the soldiers, probably 30-40 of them, being applauded and Cheered for, it hit me. I'm not alone. I'm not the only red-blooded American who still loves this country and supports our troops and their families.

Of course I immediately stopped and began clapping for these young unsung heroes who are putting their lives on the line everyday for us so we can go to school, work and home without fear or reprisal.

Just when I thought I could not be more proud of my country 20 or of our Service men and women, a young girl, not more than 6 or 7 years old ran up to one of the male soldiers. He kneeled down and said 'hi.'

The little girl then asked him if he would give something to her daddy for her.

The young soldier, who didn't look any older than maybe 22 himself, said he would try and what did she want to give to her daddy. Then suddenly the little girl grabbed the neck of this soldier, gave him the biggest hug she could muster and then kissed him on the cheek.

The mother of the little girl, who said her daughter's name was Courtney, told the young soldier that her husband was a Marine and had been in Iraq for 11 months now. As the mom was explaining how much her daughter Courtney missed her father, the young soldier began to tear up

When this temporarily single mom was done explaining her situation, all of the soldiers huddled together for a brief second. Then one of the other servicemen pulled out a military-looking walkie-talkie. They started playing with the device and talking back and forth on it.

After about 10-15 seconds of this, the young soldier walked back over to Courtney, bent down and said this to her, 'I spoke to your daddy and he told me to give this to you.' He then hugged this little girl that he had just met and gave her a kiss on the cheek. He finished by saying 'your daddy told me to tell you that he loves you more than anything and he is coming home very soon.' The mom at this point was crying almost uncontrollably and as the young soldier stood to his feet, he saluted Courtney and her mom.. I was standing no more than 6 feet away from this entire event.

As the soldiers began to leave, heading towards their gate, people resumed their applause. As I stood there applauding and looked around, there were very few dry eyes, including my own. That young soldier in one last act of selflessness, turned around and blew a kiss to Courtney with a tear rolling down his cheek.

We need to remember everyday all of our soldiers and their families and thank God for them and their sacrifices. At the end of the day, it's good to be an American.