My friends know me, my family knows me, but do my readers really know me? I have a mix of Facebook friends and Twitter followers who read my articles every week but I feel like they only know me through my writing. To know my inner thoughts from my writing every week is one thing, but to truly know my personality and my soul is another so here are 10 fun facts about me!
1. Llamas Are My Favorite Animal
It all started when a boy in my 9th grade history class was passing back our homework and said "who's Llama?" and I said, "It's Ilana!" and thus, my nickname was born. I started to research Llamas and I realized how cute and how intelligent they actually are and was immediately drawn to them. I was so fascinated and they're the most gentle of animals that I've come across. Because of this obsession, I own many different Llama items and my collection will only grow.
2. I Love To Make People Laugh
I'm always the type of person to be cracking jokes and even if I don't make people laugh, I'm probably laughing at myself. Laughing is the best medicine and I live for those moments when you laugh so hard that you can't breathe and there's an inaudible noise coming out of your mouth.
3. I Love To Talk In Accents
I like to try out different accents and practice them on my friends. One of my best accents is my New York one. I do this best because I'm from there and my parents have the accent so sometimes I answer them back in their accent. My Abuela has a pretty thick accent so whenever my family and I are talking about something she said, we just have a whole conversation in her cute hispanic accent. Amongst those, I also do Russian and British accents.
4. I Make Random Snapchat Videos
For some reason, I get my random inspiration at night time when I'm half asleep. I could just be sitting in my bedroom and I suddenly get an idea and quickly grab my phone to start recording. At first I thought nobody was actually watching them, but then I would get Snapchat messages and text messages from my friends telling me they just spit out their drink while watching my video. (This is where the making people laugh part comes in).
5. My hair Didn't Use To Be Naturally Curly
Up until the age of 14, I always had straight hair, maybe with a slight wave. I cut it short one day and ever since then, my hair has been curly and there's no going back.
6. I Love The Fall Season
Halloween is my absolute favorite holiday (besides my birthday) and when the Fall season starts, I get into Halloween mode. I plan my costume months in advance, think about my Fall outfits, and I start watching my favorite scary movies. I love anything spooky.
7. Vanilla Scented Anything Is My Favorite
Candles, perfumes, you name it. If I see any fragrance that has vanilla in it, I immediately buy it. I just really like sweet things.
8. I Like Country Music
I was never a huge fan of country music until I moved to FGCU. Now I can't stop listening to it and I have to say, country concerts are a lot of fun!
9. I Love Dancing
Not professionally, but just in general. I have frequent dance parties by myself in my room. If you went to Blu with me every Thursday during college, you know how much I love busting a move, especially when my jam would come on.
10. I Save My Movie Tickets
I have a book of all my ticket stubs from almost every movie that I've seen since 2006. It's nice to look back on and reminisce but also cry when you see how much cheaper the tickets were.
