Victoria Brannen

Through the years, there have been countless times when I have had to sit down and write about myself. Although some are able to do this with little difficulty, I must confess that I have always harbored a slight bit of apprehension about describing myself. Oh, and I must go ahead and apologize if my writing in this biography sounds wordy. I am watching a film adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma and I become completely absorbed into the spectacular worlds that she created. But anyways, as I was previously saying, I find it a difficult when asked to give a biography of myself. In my eyes, you have to take a really hard look at yourself and the life that you have lived. You have to see the mistakes and weakness that you will not want to see, relive times that bring back happy memories and the sad ones as well. Basically, you get to relive your life in the span of a couple of paragraphs while causing your emotions to become all tangled in one big uproar. So, I’ll try my best to give you the most accurate telling of my short life. My full name is Victoria Hope Brannen. Since I have already admitted that I would try to be perfectly honest and sincere, I must say that I have never really liked my name. It sounds too flowery for my personality. That is why it was shortened to Tori. The name that I used to imagine belonged to me was Katie Scarlett. Obviously, I am a Windy, or for those of you aren’t aware of what a Windy is, I am an avid fan of Gone With the Wind. One of my friends on my hall just bought me a Gone With the Wind calendar for my birthday. Many times, I have imagined myself as a southern belle in the antebellum South. I like to compare myself with Scarlett, a lot in fact. I know that I am nowhere as pretty or as tiny as she. I am a little bit bigger than I should be, but thanks to all of the hills up here, I keep dropping pant sizes. There are other ways in which I resemble Scarlett though. Both of us are flirts, her more so than I. We both possess an enormous amount of gumption, ambition, and pride in our heritage. I absolutely love the South and being an American. Some may take offence, but I will proudly wave the Stars and Bars just as passionately as I would wave the Stars and Stripes. The two flags are a combination of who I have become today. I am probably too conservative and too republican for some people, but that is what is amazing about America. We all have the freedom to be so different and unique. Going along with the honesty theme, I