Female

If you didn't already know, my first American name WAS actually Scarlett. Then 5 years later my mom told a very confused, pigtailed, little kindegarten sized me that she didn't like my name any more and that I was supposed to go to school and tell my teacher that my name was going to be Sehra now.

Ironic, isn't it? Now that my last name is going to be Ohana? Te he he...

Now that I've talked about Scarlett, a little Blurb about the name Sehra:

God I just LOVE talking about ME!

I really like the name Sehra because I am Korean. And in Korean:

"Sahra" means: To Live

"Sahrang" means To Love

and

Sahram means "Person"

Pretty Cool huh?


Random things about me that, unless you're Mike Wonder or Roxy, you probably wouldn't know.

1. I NEED nature. In a very real way, my physical environment affects my mood and my overall well being. I need for my environment to be pretty.

Being out in nature truly calms me and centers me. I have this weird notion that just the stimuli of seeing random patterns in nature, the patterns of leaves on a tree, the patterns of clouds in the sky, these things must trigger some very primal sensation of well being within us.

2. I have a very weird paranoia about dead fish. I don't know why but looking at a dead fish just absolutely sickens and scares me to death. BLeh!

3. My favorite number is the number 31. That number has followed me my whole life. That was the number of my junior highschool locker. It was the number that, by and large, I had written on all my textbooks, I was born on 3-11. My dorm room in college was A31. I've always thought that my 31st year would be life changing and that every year after would be better than the last. It's already coming true and I can't wait to see what's next.

4. I also have a strange paranoia about the number 4. I'm so paranoid about it, that I may even remove this item from my list of random things.

5. I LOVE LOVE LOVE good books, especially those written about women in the deep south, which is weird, because this is an area that I've never physically been to. Sue Monk Kidd is one of my new favorites. And to quote her, she says, if step you out in the cold, you can "wrap a story around your shoulders" to keep you warm. God, isn't that just insanely beautiful? Sometimes, a good book is better than sex.

6. I have a very strange addiction to Tobasco Sauce. Food is entirely incidental. It's just the vehicle for more Tobasco Sauce.

7. I associate numbers with colors and genders.
The number 1 is white and it's male. The number 2 is yellow and it's female. The number 3 is light green and it's male. The number 4 is a darker green and also male. The number 5 is navy blue and male. 6 is purple and male. 7 is cobalt blue and male. 8 is orange and female. 9 is pink and female.
I know, weird eh?

8. I see dead people. It makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. And no, it's not all in my head. These are things that other people, completely seperate of me, have also verified has having seen or experienced.


9. I hate STUFF. Physical clutter, it makes my mind cluttered. One of my favorite activities is throwing things away. The less I have, the clearer I can think. Plus, I have this notion that you don't own things, they own you. You are the one that has to work to earn the money to get it. You are the one that has to shop for it. You are the one that has to clean it or maintain it. You are the one that has to do something with it once it breaks or you don't want it any more.

10. I was born left-handed. Unfortunately, most Koreans consider this to be some kind of affliction, something that must be immediately corrected. I was made to sit on my left hand until I could learn to write with my right. This is something you should NEVER EVER do to a kid. I read in some psychological journal that it doesn't only affect which hand you write with but it also affects the very way in which you organize your thoughts. No wonder I'm so scatterbrained!

11. I Love to write. Can you tell? It's the one thing that does help me to organize my thoughts. If I wasn't already an interior designer, I would try to get a job as a journalist.

12. I have a crush on Jake Gyllenhall. Yeah, like a junior highschool crush. Something about his blue eyes. There's sincerity behind them. GUSH! Mike's taken to calling him "my boyfriend"!

13. I wouldn't call myself a Buddhist but I LOVE Buddhist principles. Living in the now, not letting things bother you, letting go of guilt, actively cultivating happiness. These are traits that I aspire to and remind myself to strive for every day.