Who am I?

      Hello, my name is Katee. No this isn't a written version of a speed dating conversation where I would flatly spill out everything about me in a two minute session, but in fact this is a blog, a blog currently about myself, and this blog will most likely maintain its focus on me. So lets begin. Who am I? 
        First, the basics. I am a girl, that lives in Aurora, Nebraska. I was born in Moscow, Russia. I lived in Moscow till I was about eight. Then I moved to Nebraska. I know what you are thinking...From Moscow to Nebraska?? Why? Well to make a long story short, my mom got married to my step-father who lives here in good old Nebraska. Yay! I enjoy spending my time with friends and laughing is my favorite pastime. I like to think that I am a happy person, well at least most of the time, because everyone is unhappy at some point of their lives, it’s unavoidable. I have kind of a quirky family, I have three brothers, that’s including one step-brother, and I also have one little sister. My mom and one of my little brothers are also fully Russian, the rest are sadly not. I love my family and they helped shaped me into who I am today. Anyway I am a senior at Aurora High School, and this posting is actually for one of my senior classes, College Composition. I am involved in speech, one-act, school plays, and FCG. I also have a job after school, as a waitress for The Double R Restaurant. After I graduate from Aurora High School, I am looking into going to college possibly at The University of Washington State, where I plan to get into the medical school. I hope to one day become either a surgeon or a psychiatrist, not quite sure which yet. But I’m sure I’ll know when I get there!  Anyway this is the basics of who I am.

Well now that the basics have been covered, I am inserting an excerpt from our deep map legends that we wrote. I am inserting only the part that both questions and answers the question, Who Am I?.

            Where is Picasso when you need help drawing your life on a large blank paper?  A large, white piece of paper staring at me as I stare at it, completely blank. How can your life be condensed to just a simple poster? But it has to be done. One thing is for sure there is three questions that I must answer through this poster, Who am I? Where am I? What is my purpose?

    Who am I? The first question that stands out to me. The first thing I think is Russian, I am Russian. This is the base of who I am, the root of me you could say. But I am more than Russian, it’s what I achieved and what I believe in that really answers the question. So I began to draw. I knew what I wanted to draw, I wanted to incorporate the Russian flag and I wanted to include something that I enjoy doing the most that still shows who I am, because after all that is the question. I drew a theatre mask the one that smiles at the audience, because I love theatre, I love acting, and it has been an important part of my life, I have been participating in every production since I was in third grade. I chose the smiling mask because I believe that I am usually a happy, smiling, and positive person. Next I draw ribbons of the mask that you tie the mask with and I then know exactly how to accommodate the Russian flag, I color the ribbons with the colors of the flag. I know feel that the answer shows on the deep map of who I am.



My Deep Map



          My life extends more than the poster though, in fact, I am much more than our deep map poster. I am the person who stays up all night watching the thunderstorm, the person who hates hot weather ( I mean anything over 90 degrees). The person who loves all the colors but red is by far the favorite. The person who loves to sing but is quite horrible at it, or so I've heard. The person who loves to wear skirts all the time. The person who tries hard to get what they want.  I am laughter, I am determination, I am happiness and joy, I am life, I am myself, I am Katee.