Hey y’all! I’m Sydney Jo Smith and this is your introduction to me and my life 🙂

I was born in the middle of Utah to goodly parents (sorry, mandatory Mormon joke). My family stayed in Utah until I was 4, then we moved to Virginia. My only memories of Utah were my mom working in her office, fighting with my big brother in the red Pontiac Grand Am, a scary dog next door, and spraying Warheads Sour Spray on ants and watching them die. Yikes, I know.

I grew up in Virginia and LOVED it there. Still do love it! It’s green and temperate and humid and southern enough that I can say “y’all” and eat grits, but northern enough that I’ve never shot a deer. I graduated high school in 2020 (so I never walked at graduation, I’m *totally* fine about it). Right now I’m in uni, but I listen to enough true crime stories to know not to tell y’all where.

That was all superficial stuff, though. A mad enough stalker could find all that out– here is the real deal:

  • I am a country bumpkin! With a southern momma and a western daddy, I was destined to be a little countrified. I’m sure growing up on a farm and going to the “redneck high school” in my county didn’t help, though. I love a fried green tomato, and my non-southern roommates complain that I say everything weird. “Why do you say holler when you mean yell?” Because I meant holler, duh!
  • I am soooooooo obsessed with the color pink. Have you ever read the book Pinkalicious? Reading that in my formative years must have crossed some wires in my brain because I can’t get enough of it. I’m writing this sitting on my pink bedspread in my pink bedroom on my pink laptop with a pink keyboard cover… you get the picture.
  • I have recently become enamored with the old James Bond movies. My favorite Bond is Sean Connery. So much so that I have a big ole poster of him in my dorm room which was confused for a poster of Lyndon B. Johnson once.
  • My favorite food is a cold honeycrisp apple. I eat one a day religiously even though they’re stupid expensive and I’m in college. Many a ramen dinner has been had because of this problem. But Chili Ramen is the best flavor and it’s the cheapest, so I’m happy.
  • I’m currently in the 16th season 17th season of Grey’s Anatomy even though I claim that I’m not a fan. It’s absolutely my guilty pleasure show even though I think that it’s embarrassing to watch it sometimes. My favorite character overall is Mark Sloan, period. (Mom if you’re reading this please watch it with me because you love me!)
  • The only social media I don’t hate is Twitter. I like unraveling the news from little riddles every morning. Plus, my algorithm is perfect since I’ve been on twitter since I was 13.
  • I tried playing piano for YEARS and cried every time I had to play, but I played guitar once and was hooked! I love guitar so much, although I’m definitely a beginner