Who is Trista?

I'll do this in a numbered list format because this is the Internet and generally tl;dr is a good rule to follow.

1.) I am 25 years old and I was born on Friday, September 13th in a small town in Northwest Louisiana called Shreveport: It is now chiefly famous for having riverboat casinos that fellow Texans love to go and throw all of their money at.

2.) I am the eldest of two children and my brother is seven years younger than me.

3.) My mother worked retail until my brother was born, then she became a homemaker and took care of my brother and I and the house. My father is an architect. He designed both the Horseshoe Casino Hotel in Bossier City, LA and the Davison Professional Aviation Building at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, LA, among other things. He also had a hand in just about every IHOP in Louisiana and Texas built in the early 2000's.

4.) I did not attend high school. From the ages of 12 to 18 I was home schooled by my mother or taking courses at the local college.

5.) I graduated May 2008 from Louisiana Tech University with a BS in Computer Information Systems.

6.) Currently I work for Houston Public Library in Houston, TX as a library assistant, which means I am responsible for circulating materials to patrons and back again, and some light reference work ("Where can I find this book?" "I liked this book. What else can you recommend?")

Johnny and I met almost two years ago through Plenty of Fish. I was coming off a major breakup and a friend suggested I try it. There were some hits and misses, but I was just about to lay off of it for a while, when idly browsing I came across this:

And instantly needed to know who THAT was. I sent that first message in the break room at work and after a few weeks of messaging and phone calls he picked me up for our first date. We went to the Olive Garden and to the Silverado Theatre to see The Hangover. It's been going swimmingly ever since.