10. When I write lowercase i’s, I make the dot before I draw the line.

9. I drilled a hole through a penny and wear it as a necklace. I haven’t taken it off once in almost two years.

8. One of the coolest things I’ve ever done in my life was scale Roger’s Slide, an 800-foot tall cliff on Lake George.

7. The number one thing I want to do before I die is hike the entire length of the Great Wall of China.

6. There is a small pond down the street from my lake house called Frog Pond. When I was younger, I would catch the same frog every day, and it started to like me. I named it Kyle.

5. Last summer I repainted a bulkhead with weatherproof enamel, and scratched my head with the wrong end of the paintbrush. Now, I have a green dreadlock and it’s not leaving anytime soon.

4. Now is the first time in my life I’ve had a definite favorite color, movie, song, book and TV show.

3. I make amazing chocolate chip cookies. Ask anyone; I make them a lot, and I like to share.

2. When I was little, I had a weird lisp that kept me from saying d’s correctly. “Daddy” sounded like “Nagn.”

1. For all you incoming freshmen – I am a girl, and my name is Kyle.