Kara

Hey everyone,

Thanks for checkin' out our blog...my name is Kara Rose Henderson (I'm the one on the left in the picture...that's my best friend Kayla on the right). I'm from the exciting town of Naperville, Illinois. Okay it's not that exciting, but it's a little more than half an hour outside of Chicago, which has made for some good times.  Anyway, I'm 18 years old and I know I want to be a journalist, but thats about as far as I can see into my future at the moment. Right now, I've narrowed it down to photojournalism, convergence, and maybe even magazine.  It doesn't matter that much at this point because I'll probably change my mind a few more times down the road.  Hey, I'm only a freshman so I have plenty of time.

Seeing as I can't give you a definitive answer as to  exactly what I want to do with my life, I figured I would tell you a few fun facts about myself...5 to be exact! (If you haven't caught on to the whole "5" concept, you will soon.)  I'll try to tell you some things about me that you WON'T have heard in those countless getting-to-know-you exercises we did at the beginning of this year.

1. I love music. I know everyone says that, but if you ask anyone who knows me remotely well, they will tell you that it's one of the biggest parts of my life.  I love going to almost any kind of concert or show, and I really don't function too well unless I have music playing at all times.  So, if you ever want to hear some good music that you've never heard before, I'm your girl!  The whole music theme kind of leads me into talking about the fact that my ideal job would be to work for a music magazine.  I think it would be an amazing job, so maybe that will work out for me later on!

2.  Diet Dr. Pepper is my addiction. Pointless fact, I know, but I can't go through the day without it so I figured it deserved a spot on my top 5. Luckily my parents are stocking up on it when they come to visit because I go through it like water!

3. I've basically been a writer since the day I was born.  I can't do math or science to save my life, but I can basically write endlessly. The margins of my class notes are covered with words, I have about 20 notebooks in my closet completely filled with writing, and I could sit in my room for hours just writing and never get bored.  PLUS I'm a huge poetry nerd, so I spend a lot of my time reading poetry books as well. Don't make  fun of me. :)

4. I love to cook! It's probably one of the things I miss most about being at home.  I'm a huge loser and I watch the Food Network religiously. I love cooking or baking practically everything, but Italian food is definitely my favorite (maybe it's because I'm Italian?).  It's a random hobby, but my friends and family definitely don't complain.

5. I'm generally not a very athletically coordinated person, but I guess swimming is an exception!  My dad was  a swim coach back in the day, so he taught me to swim and put me on a team as fast as he could.  I did it all the way through my senior year--club, high school, and summer teams-- so it was a year-round sport for me. For some unfortunate reason I was good at the 500 free (which is 20 laps for all of you non-swimmers out there), so that made for a very tiring swimming career to say the least.  Anyway, I decided not to do it here at Mizzou though, I couldn't handle any more of the crazy practice schedules every single day.  I didn't want to go through my freshman year being a complete zombie. But I DO love going to the Rec. pool, so if anyone needs a swimming partner, I'm definitely up for it!

Well, there's my top five things that you should know about me....hopefully you all will get to know me better, but for right now that's all you're going to get! Much love,

Kara