Hey, I'm Amanda. Are you excited for college?

Hey, It's Amanda. It's great to meet you, so

do you like to keep your room clean? What am I saying?

Amanda, oh my god, I love your hair!

Oh, thanks, I- This is so cool we could do this before school starts.

My brother Ryan says that video chat didn't even exist when he was in college,

but he could be lying.

My mom and dad said they met their roommates the day they moved in, but whatever,

they're crazy. Oh my god, I love that shirt! Oh, this? Thanks, I-

I'm the last to do everything in my family. I have two older brothers and one

older sister.

I'm the baby. What about you? Oh, I'm-

Oh my god, I love your facebook pictures! Sorry, I've totally been stalking you.

Not really, I mean, we're already Facebook friends, but what about you?

Tell me about your family. I mean, whatever, my family's nuts, but

I don't know. I feel like family sorta tells you a lot about someone,

you know? What about yours? Well, I have a really big family.

Um, they're a lot of fun, so there's that.

I don't really know where to start.

My family is kind of like a circus. Together they make sense, but outside the

tent,

they probably all seem crazy. I have three older brothers

and three younger sisters, but I guess I should start with my parents.

We'll be right back.

My parents have been together for 30 years.

They're total goofballs. Look at the camera! I used to want to play trumpet

like my brother Jacob, but he's just so good at it. I let him do his thing and I do mine.

Instead of playing the trumpet, I can play the MP3.

I'm pretty good at it.

My brother Ralph is getting his PhD in Nano Engineering,

so he's the smart one. Don't get me wrong

I know pi is 3.1415 something something

Our whole family is smart.

My oldest brother John is a stay at home dad, which I think is so cool.

His wife is a fifth-grade teacher and his son,

my nephew, wants to be a garbage man or a space guy when he grows up.

My sisters Wendy and Katie are

twins. They're not identical and they're not at all alike.

Wendy is a dancer and Katie is a bookworm.

Or is Katie the dancer and Wendy the bookworm?

and then there's my sister, Fiona. Technically, she's adopted,

but she's my best friend in the entire world because we're both

weirdos.

Oh yeah,

and then there's my grandma, my dad's mom.

She lives with us too. She's really into video games.

I've been studying photography for a while now and I'd love to continue that

in college.

I'm the middle child which I think is cool because it's like I'm surrounded by

love

I don't believe in myself sometimes. Not everyone has such a big, loving family

I guess that's why it's so hard to believe.

The truth is that

I never really knew my father. He was never really around.

I don't have any siblings and

my mother has been in and out of jail her entire life

I bounce around homes with friends and distant relatives

and I doubt anyone ever wants to hear about that.

I mean, whatever, my family's nuts, but I don't know,

I feel like family sort of tells you a lot about someone, you know? What about yours?