I guess I should start by explaining the title.
Sleep I have this disorder called narcolepsy. It causes people to fall asleep spontaneously throughout the day. (I haven't necessarily been officially diagnosed with it, but I have enough humility to diagnose myself.) There are different levels, and, thank God, mine isn't that serious. [On a scale of 1 to 10, I would say it is a 2 or 3.] I just tend to fall asleep when I sit still in one place for hours at a time, such as in church or lectures (ESPECIALLY during lectures), or while riding in the car from Destination A to Destination B. Although it isn't significantly severe, it is embarrassing when I fall asleep early on a road-trip with friends, or when I'm nodding off while the keynote speaker is giving a speech. It often does raise question in people minds, and when I tell them, I've received a number of responses; some laugh, some become sympathetic, some become interested, and some just plain out don't believe me. Regardless, it's something that I have come to accept, but not submit to; I still anticipate to go great places in life, and I don't intend to let my eyelids stop me.

Sandwiches Sigh....I always find it even more embarrassing to explain this one. But I made this blog on the mindset of not holding anything back, so here it is!
About eight years ago, my parents made a huge investment: they purchased two Subway Sandwiches and Salads franchises. Sounds like the good life, right? WRONG. Although I have to admit that I wouldn't be the person I am today without the experience, it also served as a huge hinderance. SUBWAY BECAME MY LIFE. That's all I'll say for now, but I assure you that I will go in further detail in later posts.

Stories This was the only word that I could think of to sum up what I like to do. As I mentioned in the previous post, I am an aspiring author. I write all different kinda of things (except for poetry; I tried, and failed miserably. Maybe I'll post some of them every once in a while): Fiction, Non-Fiction, Autobiographies, Historical Fiction....you name it, I've probably written something about it at least once. Here's my problem: I can never finish anything. I will start, and it'll be really good....but then I'll stop. And once I stop, I never seem to be able to start again and maintain the spice and fire in the words as I did in the first sitting. But there WAS a time where I told myself, "Etinosa, you need to buckle down and actually get something published." And I did. Surprisingly, my first serious sets of writings were children's stories (which all of my friends found hilarious, because it totally contradicted my personality; one of my friends even forced me to let her read them prematurely so she could ensure that it was free of any sexual content). I'm cringing as I'm writing this, because the flash drive that these stories were saved on MAGICALLY DISAPPEARED about a year ago. I haven't mustered up the strength to start over, because deep down I still believe that somehow, I can retrieve the thumb drive from the dark hole that it absconded to. But as I'm typing this, I realize that it's a lost cause. So hey, maybe I will start again! (And give you guys a little sneak-peak before I try to get them published).

So that's me....The rest of the title is very broad, so I won't say much about it, except that you'll see what I mean in later post. (: