- I'm having trouble coming up with number one because it is probably what you are going to useto define me for the next 99 items.
- I'm a follower of Jesus Christ.
- I got sucked into this blog thing by my friend, Shelley, who writes Finding Normal.
- My husband is a therapist. So is my sister. Guess God knew I needed some emotional help.
- I own three Persian cats, one chihuahua and currently a foster Persian cat. And some fish.
- I am a quitter in life (clubs, organizations, church activities,
volunteering, etc.), except for a handful of things that are Important
to me. I will stick with the Important things until my dying
breath.
- I am baby crazy right now. My uterus is itchy for a baby.
- I am a design coordinator at a card company. "Coordinator" is code for "peon."
- I took a Spiritual Gifts test at a church once, and it said my
gifts were Mercy, Artistic and Discernment. So basically, I can
tell you in a nice way that you are going to hell for building that
large, tacky idol.
- I love picking lint from between baby's toes.
- I have not quite found my mission in life.
- I have taken four different kinds of anti-depressants. I keep switching because of various side-effects.
- I love watching those "Maternity Ward" shows, especially the ones
where the 15 year old mothers are screaming for drugs at the top of
their lungs.
- I know how to arc weld.
- I know how to bellydance.
- In college, I sneaked into a Black Crowes concert with my friend,
Blake. I was the only non-high person at the entire concert,
including the band...and Blake.
- I tried surfing once in San Diego, but it just resulted in a
mouthful of seawater and the board smacking me on the side of the head.
- I love to do photography, but I don't have a darkroom, so I haven't done anything for a long time.
- I also love etching and printmaking, but I don't have a press, so same problem.
- Same thing with pottery.
- My current favorite music includes movie soundtracks, U2, Big
Smith, Joni Mitchell (when I'm sad), Michelle Tumes, Alison Krauss,
Nickel Creek, Sting...plus any pop music that happens to be on the
radio.
- I am an avid Simpsons fan.
- I take it upon myself to rescue animals. I got sick of seeing nobody else doing anything about it.
- I have jealousy issues.
- I spent my Junior year of college studying art in Florence, Italy. It was overrated.
- I went to EuroDisney by myself because everyone else was too high-falutin' to go.
- I like the smell of coffee alot more than the taste.
- I was a virgin when I got married. I was pretty naive about
it also. I assumed that most people were, but now I am slowly
realizing that I am in the minority.
- My alter ego is a warrior she-elf.
- I drink so much Coke, it flows through my veins.
- I got kicked by a horse, five years ago, and have lost all feeling in a horseshoe-shaped spot on my leg.
- I believe that marriage is hard work. Very hard work.
- I almost died, four years ago, of pneumonia. The doctor
said that I was the worst case he'd ever seen, and that included a man
who had died of it the year before. I had to quit working for
several months.
- My favorite movie is "The Man From Snowy River." Mmmmmmm...Jim Craig.
- Although the "Lord of the Rings" movies are starting to run a close second.
- My favorite book is To Kill A Mockingbird.
- Other book runners-up are: Jane Eyre, The Hitchhiker's Guide To
The Galaxy, Pride and Prejudice, The Ragamuffin Gospel, The History of
the World in 10 1/2 Chapters and The Gospel According to Peanuts.
- I'm very good at Solitaire.
- I suck at video games.
- I was only spanked once my entire childhood. I was a very compliant child. Probably too compliant.
- I would like to go work at a Romanian orphanage for awhile.
- My mother says that I have a super-human bladder.
- I am a Harry Potter fan. I like the movies, but I think the books are much better.
- I think that the "Mighty Ducks" movies are quality entertainment.
- My favorite song is "That Old Black Magic" by Lois Prima.
- Other song runners-up are: "Wonderwall" by Oasis, "Big Yellow
Taxi" by Joni Mitchell, "Mystery" by the Indigo Girls, "The Divorce
Song" by Liz Phair, "September" by Earth, Wind and Fire, "Long Time
Ago" by Concrete Blonde, "Valerie Loves Me" by Material Issue...and
sorry to say, "It's Gonna Be Me" by N'Sync.
- My least favorite song is "Sugar Shack."
- I think that Eminem is really talented. And his songs are catchy.
- I dislike praise and worship music. I'd rather sing hymns.
- I don't like lotion.
- I don't like it when people try to massage my shoulders.
- I don't like buffets because people get too close to me.
- I told my husband to ask me out for our first date. I could tell he was too shy to do it himself.
- I discovered, while teaching preschool, that I would be a better mother than teacher.
- I was a camp counselor for several summers. I discovered that some kids are awesome, and some kids are assholes.
- I believe in spanking. Children.
- My ovaries get a popping feeling when I ovulate.
- In heaven, I hope I have a voice like Aretha Franklin.
- I had my first kiss when I was 17. It was his first kiss also.
Ironically, he works in the same building as me now. It's a
little awkward. I wish we had never dated, because he's a cool
guy and I wish I could still be friends with him. But nay, it's
just not gonna happen.
- I am thankful that I married a very stable, practical man.
- I've learned that life doesn't always turn out the way you expected it to.
- I know what true love is.
- I rarely ever cry. Only during sad movies and when animals die.
- I am a meloncholy, yet happy, person at the same time.
- I like to travel, but I also like my own bed.
- I am an excellent map reader.
- My favorite city is Prague.
- Runners-up are Paris, Canterbury,Venice and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
- My least favorite town is Watts, Oklahoma.
- Runners-up are Gary, Indiana, Lubbock, Texas, and Yuma, Arizona.
- I don't like my eyebrows.
- I like my feet and my hands.
- I don't care about sports of any kind, but I love to watch the Winter Olympics. Every minute of it.
- I would like to visit Japan, Ireland, Scotland, Australia and New Zealand.
- I give pretty good advice, but I've noticed that people rarely take it.
- I know alot of useless trivia/gossip about Hollywood.
- I believe that J.Lo is the most mediocre entertainer on the planet.
- I drink hot chocolate for breakfast nearly every morning.
- I am a solid "B" person. I was a solid "B" student in
school and I am a solid "B" worker in my career. I don't work
very hard, but I give off the impression that I am competent. I
will probably be a solid "B" mother, too.
- One summer when I was in college, I was so depressed that I got
really thin. I wasn't anorexic; my depression just extinquished
my appetite. My mother started making me drink protein shakes.
- I love my parents, but they drive me crazy.
- About ten years ago, I had a very vivid dream that North Korea
dropped an atomic bomb. This dream still sometimes scares me when
I start thinking about it.
- I had my Tarot cards read when I was in college. They were
eerily correct and I still regret messing around with that stuff.
- I like the word "monkey."
- I have been informed that I look 14 years old.
- I love picking ticks off of dogs. I like the way they pop off.
- I am always cold. I have a space heater that travels around the house with me for five months out of the year.
- I have had my heart broken.
- I have broken a heart.
- I can't stand passive-aggressiveness in people.
- I have a fairly high tolerance for shallowness and ignorance in people.
- I wish I weren't so critical, although it has served me well on numerous occasions.
- My favorite food is boiled artichokes with lemon butter sauce for dipping.
- I crack my fingers and my neck. More so, when I am stressed. I also chew on my lips when I am nervous.
- I was once told that I have porn star lips.
- I am a good swimmer, but I cannot dive.
- I like to make lists.
- I have very hard-to-find veins. One lab technician called
them "deep veins" and I thought that sounded cool. The Blood
Drive people have told me not to come back. My blood isn't worth
the trouble of finding it.
- Someday, I will run like an antelope out of control. To quote Phish.
- This list took me alot longer than I thought it would.