name :    Elaine birthday :    July 13 age :    19 residence :    California, USA ethnicity :    Taiwanese orientation :    pansexual

Hey, I’m Elaine, affectionately called “Laine”, “Lainey”, “E”, or “dumbass slut” by my friends when I flirt with the cute girl at the counter. I was born in Virginia but grew up in Southern California and have now relocated to Northern California for college. I’m first-generation Taiwanese, so I identify as an American while remaining aware of my cultural roots. I’m an atheist, a liberal, and happily pansexual, which means that gender has never determined my romantic interests. I would describe myself as talkative, silly, artistic, friendly, and cheerful. I laugh a little bit too much and definitely have a Peter Pan complex.

I used to be pretty awful in social situations involving strangers, but I’ve grown a lot in the past months and have put a lot of my insecurities behind me. I used to just have a big circle of really close friends, but I feel like my life is now overflowing with friends. It’s really great. I used to be a total introvert and love spending time by myself, but after my meltdown last summer, I’ve decided to start over new for my sophomore year. It’s been…really, really successful, and I have to say that I’m really proud of myself for how far I’ve come.

Last summer, my boyfriend and I had a pretty complicated and traumatic breakup. I’ve been single for half a year now, and I have to admit that part of me is definitely enjoying it despite the spastic pangs of loneliness. We’re on an indefinite break of sorts but mostly will just see how the future pans out. I’m over the breakup and the fact that he’s in another relationship now but I continue to fall in love with him all the time. I mean, this is the guy who made me rethink my firm skepticism about things like long-term commitments, soul mates, and raising a family, so he’s kinda a big deal. Well, all I can do is to work hard to deserve him. Whatever happens happens!

Currently, I’m attending UC Berkeley as a prospective English and Media Studies double major. I aspire to work as an editor at a fiction publishing company, but who knows what’ll happen? I’ll just have to wait and see what life has in store for me — and embrace it!

likes    bookstores, cartoons, clean public restrooms, clothes, collecting rubber ducks, cosmetics, Disneyland, diversity, expensive hotels, fireworks, friends, Hayden Panettiere, hugs, James Marsden, Jason Mraz, jokes, Kate Beckinsale, Keira Knightley, laughing, Las Vegas, marching band, massages, Matchbox Twenty, Pixar movies, slash fanfiction, taking pictures, reading, shopping, smoothies, summer, sushi, technology, web/graphic designing, weekends, witty people, World of Warcraft, writing

dislikes    animals, arguing, awkward silences, being guilt-tripped, being smothered, being wrong, bigotry, brand name whores, cold weather, conflicts, clingy people, dirty restaurants, Evangelical fundamentalists, derogatory jokes, homework, homophobia, knives, narrow-minded people, math, needles, posers, public bathrooms, rain, spyware, suckups, things piercing skin, littering, war

colors :    bright turquoise blue, yellow, green
number :    13
food :    sashimi, pasta, gelato, seafood in general, cheesecake brownies
beverage :    smoothies
quote :    “If they give you lined paper, write the other way.” – William Carlos Williams

fics :    All Torn Down by Obake
As Told In Song by Victoria Hughes
Bound & From the Rose, Comes the Thorn by Calliopeia
Crash and Burn by Nephrite Eyes
Experiment by Borath
Headfirst for Halos by neo-chan
Human Interest and Two Crows Joy by The Mad Lori
Masks by L. Mouse
Momentum by Regann
Pirate Dreams by Alex Fandra
Take Me Home by BlancheMalfoy
That First Glimpse of the Sky by Shadow over Egypt
The Purpose of a Heart by Fated-Shadows
Thief by Dierdre
Wicked Game by McKay

authors :    J.R.R. Tolkien, George Orwell, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jhumpa Lahiri
books :    The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
the His Dark Materials trilogy by Phillip Pullman
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffennegger
the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series by Rick Riordan
the Young Wizards series by Diana Duane
the Artemis Fowl collection by Eoin Colfer
Holes by Louis Sachar
The Memory-Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Animal Farm by George Orwell
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
Night by Elie Wiesel
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

tv shows :   Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Digimon, Ranma 1/2, X-Men: Evolution, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The It Crowd, The Daily Show, Transformers Animated, SpongeBob SquarePants, The Colbert Report, Scrubs, Glee

movies :   Brokeback Mountain, The Lord of the Rings, Love Actually, Up, Ratatouille, Cars, Transformers, Click, Wall-E, August Rush, V for Vendetta, Bridge to Terabithia, Stranger Than Fiction, Milk, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, The Incredible Hulk, X2, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, Fight Club, Ranma 1/2: Nihao My Concubine, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 27 Dresses, Watchmen, The Notebook, The House Bunny, The Hangover, The Time Traveler’s Wife, Digimon the Movie, Aladdin, Pokemon 2000, Big Fish, The Phantom of the Opera, Rebecca.

genres :    alternative, rock, indie, billboard hits, hip-hop/rap, house/dance, jazz, Mediterranean/Latin guitar music, soundtrack

artists :   matchbox twenty, Rob Thomas, Jason Mraz, John Mayer, Jack Johnson, Death Cab for Cutie, Coldplay, The Postal Service, Maroon 5, The Strokes, Modest Mouse, Benny Benassi, Linkin Park, Ne-Yo, Kanye West, U2, Norah Jones, Owl City, Akon, Black Eyed Peas, The Killers, MGMT, Michelle Branch, Gordon Goodwin, James Blunt, Nelly, Yellowcard, The Fray, Enrique Iglesias, Clay Aiken, Britney Spears, Rihanna, Eminem, Chris Brown, Madonna, Fort Minor, DJ Sammy, 50 Cent, Lifehouse, The Goo Goo Dolls, Stan Getz.

songs :    “Bright Lights”, “Disease”, and “The Difference” by Matchbox Twenty + “No Such Thing” and “Bigger Than My Body” by John Mayer + “Sexy Bitch” by David Guetta

fandoms :    Brokeback Mountain, Cars, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Digimon, Harry Potter, Narnia, Pirates of the Caribbean, Ranma 1/2, The Daily Show, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Transformers, Yu-Gi-Oh!

pairings :    (BBM) Ennis/Jack, (Cars) Doc/Lightning, The King/Chick, Chick/Lightning, (CATCF) Charlie/Mike, (Digimon) Taichi/Yamato, Daisuke/Ken, Daisuke/Wallace, (HP) Harry/Draco, Remus/Severus, (Narnia) Peter/Edmund, (PotC) Jack/Will, (Ranma) Ranma/Akane, (Transformers) Bee/Sam, (TSL) Zack/Cody, (YGO!) Bakura/Yami, Kaiba/Jounouchi, Yuugi/Ryou.