About Karisa

1) I hate rollercoasters. The "stomach-feeling" is my least favorite sensation ever. 

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2) I love rice (short-grain, Mexican, and citrus-lime), baked potatoes, macaroni and cheese, hot dogs, brownies, cheesecake, kimchi-fried rice, soondubu jigae (BCD), Mendocino Farms' chicken prosciutto sandwich, and Chipotle. Someday, I will write a book called The Amazing Rice, with a single grain of rice from each country. 

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3) I have a black belt in taekwondo. Any other activity related to physically moving is a nightmare.​

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4) I have a deadly fear of grasshoppers. (I seriously considered not putting that fact on here out of fear that it'll be used against me.)

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5) I would love to live in the Regency Era. My first "celebrity-crush" was Mr. Knightley from the Gwyneth Paltrow version of Emma.

 

6) My dream in high school was to be the Asian Taylor Swift. I used to write and sing songs to Jesus on the guitar (and if you YouTube stalk me, you can find some archived oldies.)

 

7) I have ADHD and OCD. I didn't get a diagnosis until I was 28, but discovering this brought immense healing as God helped me to love the me that He made me to be (when I told Him that I'm disappointed with myself, He told me that He loves this Karisa - the real, messy, flailing, panicky Karisa).

 

8) I have 9 tattoos (5 in the course of 2 months). 

 

9) My favorite place in the world is my bed. I am an introvert and could spend hours hermit-ing and reading armloads of books.

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10) I am Korean-American but speak more Spanish than I do Korean. I love Korean dramas (True Beauty, My First First Love, Strong Woman Do Bong Soon, Extraordinary Attorney Woo).

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11) I love dressing comfortably and hate wearing jeans or closed toes shoes. You'll almost never find me in either.

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12) I moved 13 times across 4 states before third grade (Massachusetts, Oregon, Rhode Island, and California (of course!).

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13) I am truly atrocious at spelling, navigating directions, and math. I once overshot our freeway exit by 22+ miles. That was the last time my (gracious) friends let me navigate.

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14) The fictional characters I think best represent me are Jess Day from New Girl and Anne of Green Gables.