100 things about myself

1 I am learning new things about myself every day
2 I love politics
3 I have 2 cats and a dog
4 My hair is wavy (not curly or straight)
5 I like to read
6 I dropped out of college, but I want to go back
7 I am 23 (almost 24) and have had 3 jobs
8 One of those jobs lasted for one day
9 I am an only child
10 I had a brother for a few months when I was 2
11 I hit someone with my car
12 Actually, that person hit my moving car with his bike, so I didn’t get a ticket
13 I am left handed
14 I touched Bruce Springsteen 6 times, and I played his guitar
15 I went to Barack Obama’s Inauguration
16 I dig guys with beards
17 I bought a 2006 Ford Focus
18 I paid way too much for that car (actually, I’m STILL paying too much for that car)
19 my first car was a 1994 Nissan Altima
20 I wrecked my dad’s car when I was 14
21 I think farts are funny
22 I like dressing up and wearing nice clothes
23 I’ve also been known to wear pajamas out in public
24 I deliver pizzas for a living
25 I want to travel and go on adventures
26 I am an adrenaline junkie
27 I have a tattoo on my foot
28 Sometimes I regret my tattoo, but it’s too much trouble and money to have it removed
29 I watch a lot of television
30 I want to get married some day, but I am realizing what a huge responsibility it is and I’m not ready yet
31 When I was a little girl, I wanted to be an archaeologist
32 I like the combination of orange juice and dark chocolate
33 I am quite “progressive” now, but in high school, I was a member of Teenage Republicans
34 I played the flute in middle school
35 Being in the band was cool in middle school
36 In high school I was in choir
37 I sing first soprano (the highest part)
38 I cried for three hours when my favorite opera singer, Beverly Sills, died
39 I live with my parents but I really want a place of my own
40 I think “religion” is rather pointless, but I think I believe in God
41 I usually don’t capitalize blog titles
42 Capitalizing makes me feel pretentious
43 I love Donald Miller
44 I love Annie Dillard
45 I love William Faulkner
46 I have tons of intellectual crushes
47 I have planned trips around Bon Jovi concerts
48 I stood for 8 hours sraight at a Bon Jovi concert
49 My knees didn’t work so well for a while after that
50 We’re halfway there…..
51 My great-great-grandfather rode with Jesse James–my ancestors are outlaws (I *think* that’s the right number of “greats”)
52 My favorite grandmother died when I was a senior in high school (does having a favorite make me a terrible person?)
53 My mother and I don’t have a really great relationship and that makes me a little sad
54 I sleep with a teddy bear named Waddell
55 Sometimes I smoke cigarettes, but I wouldn’t say it’s a habit
56 My cats’ names are Muffy and Precious, and the dog’s name is Jazz
57 I like simple jewelry
58 Chacos are some of the best shoes ever
59 I turned 21 in a casino–playing Black Jack
60 I love Thai food
61 I wish this wasn’t true, but I’m afraid I can be jealous
62 I think it’s because I’m a little insecure sometimes
63 I can’t stand it when people leave their turn signals on when they’re driving
64 I also can’t stand lying and liars
65 I hiked in Colorado for a week (it rained almost every day)
66 Sometimes I pick my nose, but I think that everyone does so it’s ok
67 I’ve changed my major in college 4 times
68 I’ve finally settled on psychology–I want to be a therapist
69 My bookcase is full and I have lots more books
70 I’m a little OCD–I count things
71 Especially the lines that make up the numbers on digital clocks
72 The numbers have to add up to 20
73 I also count street signs and their sides (they should add up to 10 or 20)
74 I ran over my friend’s foot in high school
75 I am the person that everyone tells their secrets to
76 I think it’s funny when people fall down (as long as they’re not hurt)
77 I am intrigued by mental illnesses and serial killers
78 I drove by myself from Memphis to northern Indiana to visit a college (and ended up hating the school)
79 I am a great listener
80 I love lots of different kinds of music (from Phish to Lady Gaga to opera)
81 I never fold or hang up clean clothes–I have a basket for dirty and a basket for clean
82 The toilet paper goes over and not under
83 I don’t know how to run the dishwasher
84 I stink at ironing and usually end up burning myself
85 I watch the world news every night and I’m appalled by people who don’t
86 I like decorating and interior design
87 I love listening to a person’s problems and helping them work through solving them
88 I wish my hair was naturally red (and more curly than it is)
89 I dyed it red once, but it faded out after just a few days
90 I think Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen are awesome
91 I’ve never been in a serious relationship
92 I can’t hear Eric Clapton’s “Wonderful Tonight” without picturing myself in my wedding dress, dancing
93 I went to LA, Long Beach, Malibu, San Simeon, San Diego, and Mexico for a week and paid $200–it was a choir tour
94 I am going skydiving this year
95 I am suddenly thinking of lots of things I want to say and I have 5 things left
96 I want to move to Oregon when I grow up (I think…I’ve never been though)–I suppose technically I am a grownup
97 I like hippie music, but I don’t prefer to dress like a hippie
98 I am not afraid of death but I’m a little afraid of dying. I just don’t want Alzheimers
99 I don’t really have a life plan, but that’s ok
100 I don’t have an ipod–I have a zune

last updated on 1/04/2011 (at 4:06pm)