Liv Laugh Love

When I was around 8 years developed a deep and powerful obsession with dogs. My mom got me an encyclopedia-like book of dog breeds at a library sale, which I think is what sparked this interest for me. I would pour over the pages of this book to the point where I could quickly identify dogs I saw on the street and could quickly produce the names of several exotic dog breeds almost immediately if asked. I can't remember the exact name of the book, but its pages looked a lot like this! Looking at the pictures in my book soon turned to browsing photos of the pups at the Humane Society of Indianapolis. I would look every day to check up on my virtual puppies (I never had a DS, so I guess these were like my Nintendogs) and would beg anyone who would listen to take me to visit them. I remember going over to my friend Helen's house and asking her dad if he would take us to visit a chow chow I was looking at at the time. Although I never ended up adopting a dog from the Human

"Liv Laugh Love" came into being while I was still in high school, when my close friend Sarah created a recurring caption for any photo she posted with me. She would use some variation of the play on words " liv laugh love," in place of " live laugh love," both because it was clever and a little because it was also glaringly cliche. To us, the irony made it funny, but I think on the inside we secretly thought it was pretty catchy. Sarah and I in high school. This photo was captioned "live laugh love (LOL)" on Facebook. Caption reads: "LIV laugh luv" When I created my blog my freshman year of college, I was having trouble coming up with a good blog name, so I consulted my always-funny, always digitally-savvy, always thinking ahead friend Sarah. We came to the conclusion that it had to be "Liv Laugh Love." It was the perfect tribute to who I had been in high school and who I wanted to grow into over the next four yea

1. My favorite celebrity is Kim Kardashian. I own her book of selfies called Selfish. 2. My favorite places I've ever traveled to are London, England; Barcelona, Spain; and New York, New York. 3. I love going to Noodles & Company and making a grape Fanta on the Coke Freestyler. 4. I've been to seven runnings of the Indianapolis 500, and have met most of the drivers. 5. I won my school's spelling bee when I was in the fourth grade. 6. I can't do impressions very well, but I can do a lot of funny voices! 7. When I was a senior in high school I ran a 5K in 22 minutes. Then the next week I got my third stress fracture . 8. Yellow is my favorite flavor of Starburst and I eat them by taking the tiniest bites that I can. 9. I am one of the only liberals in my family. 10. I've seen Joe Biden speak. 11. I love candy so much that I have to restrict myself to eating my favorite candies during certain parts of the year. For ex