About Me

Hey! So my names Regan, named after the Shakespearean character from King Leer.  I have two younger sisters, and a mother.  I love excercising and working out, because I am a very athletic person.  Rowing is my life, where we cross train on Bell Isle and run miles upon miles, erg (or use those big rowing machines) and erg for miles, and I also use this thing called an oar to paddle my way through the Detroit River because I have that much skill.  I've been rowing since last Spring and I love it, it has truly become a place where I can go to compete, meet new friends, and push myself to my phisical limits.  Formerly, I was a synchronized swimmer for the Blue Dolphins South team, and won a state champion title in a group number.  It was exciting at the state competition, learning that we were a good match against the other high schools!  Sports have become my life and drive, where I push myself to my limits and always come back the next day with bruises and cuts: battle scars, as I like to say.

Over the Summer, I worked at the City Park Pool as a lifeguard and a synchronized swimming coach.  It is amazing all the funny things you can learn while working with kids, being their coach, and actually experiencing the feeling behind the sport, where the coaching comes in and direction.  The theme we expressed in our performances was all about girl power and inner strength, and I learned through all the girls I coached that they were each strong at whatever they did, even if they had been beginners into the sport, that under direction, they shined just as much as my solo number had.  I take pride in completing things, and pulling something together that is worthwhile the stress.  My sisters are both synchronized swimmers with me, and even though the sport is not well looked upon as a tough sport, anyone who tries it out will admit that it really is not as easy as they thought before.  The video above is from the 2000 Olympics, where a team from Japan is competing.

One of my loves is music.  I love almost all music, from country to rock and screamo.  My iPod is practically full to the brim with music, and all day I will be on YouTube looking up new music to listen to.  My favorite artist is Josiah Leming, an indie artist who was once on American Idol, but had not made it through.  I also love the band called Rise Against, because their music is very influential on lives, where in one song called Make It Stop (Septembers Children) deals with teenage suicide.  I play the violin, and lack great talent, but I still wouldn't consider myself terrible.  My favorite band, however, by far is The Beatles.  I love Paul McCartney with a passion!  I posted a picture of Josiah Leming below, somewhere...

In the eighth grade after my father had passed away the previous summer, we were assigned to write a memoir on something that changed your perspectives of life, or just was an influential moment that you will remember forever.  I wrote about the first couple of weeks after he passed, and how my best friend moved away to Libya almost right after.  I recieved an A+, and they wanted to post it in the schools literature magazine later on that year.  My teacher actually had sent it in to the Scholastic Writing Awards, and I won an honorable mention, which I have been quite proud of ever since.  I used to love writing poetry and stories, but I lost time with all my homework and extracurricular activities.  So all in all, I love to write.

As a person, I'm a great friend to anyone who wants me to be my friend.  I am goofy, silly, and hilarious.  People sometimes think I'm a natural born comedian, and I can make the saddest person smile (not that I'm bragging or anything).  I love meeting new people, and find it easy to talk with people most of the time.  My favorite color is blue, and I have noticed that I am always wearing blue at any time possible, so my nickname among my friends is "Blueberry".  I am constantly talking about sports, which annoys some of my friends after a while.  It's not my fault! I spend every day training with my team!  So I guess rowing took away my social life, but what can you do?  At least I have weekends off!

So well, this has been a little introduction into who I am as a person, and as a homework assignment, I guess I've reached the requirements, and now I have my AP US History book to read... :)