Up and Coming Starfish: Christine Nguyen

name: Christine N.

age: 21

likes: cats, children novels (come on, they have more imagination wrapped up in 300 pages of 18 point font than a 1000 pages of adult literature, sometimes), getting chocolate-wasted, fashion, fresh laundry, film-making,  writing, & angsty teenage outbursts. 

dislikes: running out of hair conditioner, earphones that only work on one ear, 10 page papers, clutter, orange nail polish, & waiting at doctor offices.

I was born and raised in Orange County, CA in probably the most suburban city... EVER. If this gives you a better picture; imagine the time to be 8 at night in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, or Seattle. What's going on in those cities exactly? Things like adventures, diving into the unknown of what the night holds for the inhabitants, new experiences, the lure of the darkness that envelops every individual out on the town with heart beats of mystery. 8 o'clock is only the beginning of every single possibility that could happen, good or bad.

My city? That's right. The only possibility is the possibility of maybe, just maybe, the quiet drone of the sprinklers will stop 5 minutes earlier than usual. Sometimes the only places to go are the parks with sturdy jungle gyms and clean cut grass. And the only crimes that ever seem to happen (thank sweet baby kitten) is teenagers attempting to steal a case of beer from the local Ralph's.

But there is something great about that. I guess where I live, it's up to you to make your own adventures. It's an environment where adventure isn't on the horizon, but rather buried deep under the local Walmart and under the soles of high heels worn by rich housewives. I'm not always proud to call this place my home, but it did shape me to become the "still trying to grow up" adult that I currently am. And the fact that I can walk out of my house at 3 in the morning without the fear of the big, bad world trying to hurt me is... nice. But that is just me rambling on.


In addition to that, I'm also currently a university student majoring in Pre-Pharmacy. The best part of this major is all the studying I get to do and late nights staring at diseases that I hope I never ever, ever, like ever get, all while trying to keep my eyeballs open for the dear life of me. Just joking. But playing around with test tubes and making toxic liquids into even more toxic solids keeps me going.






I'm also a huge food lover. Anything disgustingly unhealthy and greasy is for me. The more meat, the better. I'm the kid ordering at McDonald's with friends that's like "yes, can I have a cheeseburger, a chicken sandwich, a large french fry, large coke, a hot fudge sundae, and oh yeah, those chocolate chip cookies too. What did you guys want?" I can't help it. I can't resist the call of the siren song. Nom nom nom nom.

Last but not least, I really do enjoy creatively expressing myself. I may not be the most talented or unique individual, but its nice to have an outlet to go to when I do feel like I'm those things. From filming, writing, to creating outfits; it just makes me feel happy. It's hard to explain in simple terms. When I'm creating something it's as if I pricked myself with a needle and instead of blood coming out, light bursts out of that wound. And soon enough that small light seems to light up the entire room. Romantically said? I know.

Those are only a few things that is a part of me at the moment. I'm made up of french fries & ice cream with a dash of young perspective and optimism. Just the way I was meant to be.