Sunday, September 23, 2007

(Insert movie quote here)

Greetings... I am Caro. C-A-R-O. To most people here, that name seems to be nearly impossible to pronounce. But not where I'm from. Everyone is named Caro in Miami. In my highschool, someone would yell the name Caro in the halls, and at least six girls would turn around and respond! And let me tell you, it is very embarrassing to turn around and have the person point out "oh no, the OTHER Caro." I tried changing my name, but "Princess Consuela" just never stuck (and for those "Friends" fanatics, that is what Phoebe tries changing her name to). Moving along (hey- title to one of my favorite bands' songs, the All American Rejects), let me tell you a little about my life before you judge...
I am "that child" in the house. The problem starter, the complainer, and also, the oldest. I have two younger sisters who are sixteen and thirteen and a younger brother who is seven. Although I am fairly close to my sisters, I have to say that my younger brother, Frankie, is my best friend. He is funny, and a bit weird- just like me. My parents are Cuban and Venezuelan so naturally, I speak spanish fluently and surround myself with exceptionally loud people. As for the rest of my family, I am very close to my extended family and consider even my third and fourth cousins to be older silblings. You wouldn't believe how loud it is being in a room with all these people at the same time! But I have survived our Sunday "Family Days".
One of my biggest passions in life is dancing. I am a dancer and have been since the age of three. I danced ballet up until I was fourteen, and upon entering high school I joined my school's dance team and branched out to other styles of dance such as jazz, modern, and lyrical. I am currently continuing to dance here at GWU as a Performing Arts Scholar, and am stuyding to be a dance minor (sounds kind of lame, but its actually pretty cool).
When I am not dancing (which is probably 2 out of 40 times you will find me), I will most likely be eating or watching Friends DVDs, or doing both at the same time. Pasta is always number one on my list. I love Italian Food. However, Mexican food, I could do without. One wise man once said "Mexican food... that's an oxymoron." And indeed the "large man in plane" from the movie "Just Married" is correct. Oh, and if you have not noticed another great hobby of mine (which I share with my cousins) is quoting mediocre movies (but not in my opinion- Home Alone is a superior film). Even though nobody ever really understands or laughs when I quote a random line from some obscure film, it still makes me happy.
SO, now that you have read a little about me, I hope that you can at least say my name correctly the next time you address me- if not, just call me Princess Consuela.