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100 things about myself November 14, 2007

ashley @ 11:13 pm

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 21 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 love Bon Jovi
15 I went to Barack Obama’s Inauguration
16 I dig guys with beards
17 I am still driving my first car
18 I got it when I was 15
19 It’s a ‘94 Altima
20 I wrecked my dad’s car when I was 14
21 He was in the car with me
22 It was a stick and he was “teaching” me
23 I believe in Evolution but I don’t think that it interferes with my faith in God
24 I will be joining Christian Peacemaker Teams someday soon
25 I want to eventually go on delegations to the West Bank
26 I should be a junior in college, but I keep changing my major
27 I have a tattoo
28 It’s on my foot
29 I want more tattoos (but after I’m married because I don’t want them to show in my wedding dress)
30 I want to get married
31 I don’t have a boyfriend
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
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
52 My favorite grandmother died when I was a senior in high school (does having a favorite make me a terrible person?)
53 I didn’t take it so well
54 I sleep with a teddy bear
55 His name is Waddell
56 My cats’ names are Muffy and Precious, and the dog’s name is Jazz
57 I want to have 4 children
58 I have a whole page of baby names that I have been compiling over the years
59 I turned 21 in a casino–playing Black Jack
60 I have over 60 friends within 3 years of my age that are married or engaged already
61 I frequently feel like the 3rd wheel
62 I hate that feeling
63 I can’t stand it when people leave their turn signals on when they’re driving
64 I also can’t stand people who lie
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 don’t shave my legs often
68 I always shave them before a Bon Jovi concert “just in case”
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 laughed
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 believe in many conspiracy theories (especially 9/11–check out my Loose Change link)
80 I think God told me to name my son Elijah, so I guess that means that I’m going to have a son some day
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 want to decorate my house with things from Pottery Barn
87 I have more of an Ikea budget
88 I wish my hair was naturally red (and more curly than it is)
89 I dyed it red once, but it faded out
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
94 It was a choir tour
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
97 Technically I am a grownup
98 I am not afraid of death but I’m a little afraid of dying
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 2/15/2009 (at 12:37am)

 

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