Eulogy

So, we're all gathered here to mourn the loss of one Andrea Wilberding. But not really, since I'm writing this in present tense so it won't sound like much of a eulogy. Anyway. She goes by Andy and is a high school senior. Anyone who met her freshman year knows that she was exceedingly annoying during that time so we're going to pretend that that whole year didn't exist. Anyhow, what can I say about her? She has a number of passions, the strongest of these most likely being music. Music has always been very important to her, and she's been playing viola for almost 8 years now and is acceptable on a few other instruments, like violin and guitar. Listening to music is something that she does whenever she's not playing music. Another one of her passions is concerning the outdoors. She's been backpacking since she was eight and has hiked and backpacked in a number of different states. She's spent most of her childhood and young adulthood reading. She may not have had many friends when she was young, but it was pretty much just because she liked books a lot better than real people. Nowadays she still reads frequently (although she likes people a little more now-seriously, I'm friendly, I promise). If she had to choose a favorite book it would probably come down to Wicked by Gregory Maguire or American Gods by Neil Gaiman. She lives on the south side of Chicago and has two parents, two younger brothers, and a dog (She loves the dog the most). She's a bit of a nerd (well, more than a bit) when it comes to certain topics, like literature, science, and music. She's heavily involved in GSA and various other queer rights-related activities. Other things she enjoys but probably wouldn't be considered passions include certain video games, laughing at sketch comedy shows and bad 70s sitcoms, watching shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and, funnily enough, blogging. I guess this post ended up sounded more like some sort of weird internet dating site description than a eulogy...which is less than desirable but it's pretty hard to write a eulogy about yourself in the third person present tense. So there we have it.