introduction to me <3
Hello! My name is Davina Lee. Nice to meet you!
This is my introduction.
If I were introducing myself according to corporate, this is what I would say:
I am a rising senior at NYU working on a Politics major and Theology minor. Some of my notable past experiences include interning at Kim and Song Law Firm as well as at the Racial Justice Commission at City Hall. I am passionate about learning how the legal system works on both a systemic and individual level, as well as important skills of the trade. I wish to become a better writer, better communicator, and better leader, and I am thankful for the opportunity to apply to positions that will help me do so. Regarding non-professional passions, I enjoy creative writing and reading, particularly poetry and philosophy respectively. My former freshman undergrad education at Boston College imbued me with a love for the abstract, and this love translates into my academic and creative pursuits.
If I were introducing myself according to my friends, this is what I would say:
I’m Davina, or dabs, or dapenis, or davgina, or dabina, or dapigu. I’m generally pretty airheaded and zoned out, but it’s part of my charm. I love to laugh and make others laugh, and I take pride in being as kind as I can be. I love wholeheartedly and sometimes that is my downfall, but I always get back up! My friendship motto is this: you scratch my back, I scratch yours. I love picking up little random gifts that remind me of my friends. I love saying kind words to my friends and seeing them cheer up. I love hosting parties and dinners and ragers because I love seeing my friends have fun. I love to allow friends to stay over my apartment for days, even weeks for those special loved ones. I love to love, so let me love you!
If I were introducing myself according to my astrological natal chart, this is what I would say:
I am a Aquarius and Pisces stellium. Aqua sun, mercury, and neptune; Pisces rising, moon, and venus. My Scorpio mars makes me a lil spicy, and I have double placements in Taurus for my saturn and jupiter. Wrap all that up with some heavy 12th house and 11th house placements and dayum! You got a chart!
If I were introducing myself according to my failed “talking stages,” this is what I would say:
I’m Davina. I’m anxious, I’m neurotic, I’m insecure, I’m overbearing, but you really wouldn’t know unless it’s too late. I draw you in with my laughs, my jokes, my love, my affection; it feels really good to be next to me, right? Until you peel back my layers and then it is not, and then you are no longer serviced by me and I am now serviced by you. You didn’t mean to get so deep, I didn’t mean to get so attached. It never was really that deep. But I am me and you are you, and we are both two hurt individuals projecting against each other. It is what it is. I still love you, did you ever love me?
If I were introducing myself according to my therapist, this is what I would say:
Davina Lee is a young woman in her early twenties suffering from bipolar II disorder and potentially social-related anxiety. She is working through her emotional codependency issues as well as social-related traumas she suffered from various key moments in her life. She is receiving one-on-one psychotherapy once a week as well as joining group therapy once a week. She is currently on medication–Seroquel–at a 25 mg dosage. Upon monitoring her condition, she seems to be steadily improving.
If I were introducing myself according to my mother, this is what I would say:
My name’s Hyerin, or Dabina. I’m honestly kind of a mess, kind of a bitch. I can’t clean my room to save my life, and I’m always lashing out at my mom for doing nothing. I feel bad. I’m so mean to her. But it’s okay. I’m doing my best. And doing my best means I’m still here.
If I were introducing myself according to my fallouts, this is what I would say:
My name is Davina Lee. I am a raging attention-seeking narcissist. I only really care about how I feel, how I’m serviced, and if I don’t feel good about how you make me feel, I emotionally manipulate you to make you feel bad. I am a hot mess who can’t even make sense of her own life, so I guilt-trip you into taking care of me. So you try to take care of me, but then I get mad at you. What are you supposed to do? I trap you: what happened to the Davina I say I am? You didn’t sign up for this. You’re drained by being next to me. You hurt by being next to me. So you try to leave, but I don’t even let you do that easily. I make a big show of you leaving. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t; what other choice do you have but to hate me?
If I were introducing myself according to God, this is what I would say:
I am but a child.
If I were introducing myself according to Ddeok (my night pillow), this is what I would say:
Davina cries a lot. But she also laughs a lot. She dances, and then sobs. Sometimes, she stinks. She also snores, like, a lot. It’s hard to make sense of her. But I love her anyway.
If I were introducing myself according to myself, this is what I would say:
Hello! My name is Davina Lee. Nice to meet you!
