100 things about me that you really didn’t need to know
…but everyone writes this page. (I think it might be a a staple of blogs.)
So here we go, 100 things about me that may or may not interest you, but hey, now they’re out there.
100. I live on the (as my mom calls it) wrong side of the country… the East Coast.
99. I love the West Wing. No, I LOVE the West Wing. I believe Aaron Sorkin is a brilliant, brilliant man.
98. I drive too fast.
97. In a Jeep, and only a Jeep
96. I went to college early
95. I’m not particularly fond of my job… or my boss. My job’s not so bad, but my boss is a pain.
94. But I adore my co-worker The Porkchop is my coworker.. ’nuff said.
93. The Porkchop and I have a dog now, Regina.
92. I have two best friends.. the you-make-me-laugh-until-my-face-hurts and i-would-lay-down-my-life-for-you-kind
91. I’m working on another
90. I have two cats that I adore.
89. One is all black, the other black and white so..
88. I am not at all superstitious
87. I am fanatical about grammar and spelling
86. I see the world in words
85. I love people-watching
84. But I’m often way too observant
83. I’m a Scorpio
82. I was raised a Christian
81. But I’ve grown up an agnostic
80. I want to join the Peace Corps
79. I didn’t choose my own major.. I let my best friend do it.
78. I love coffee… L-O-V-E coffee
77. Particularly espresso, Starbucks, Tully’s and, well, coffee. I believe it is the true nectar of life.
76. I probably have a caffeine addiction. Not anymore.. I can’t drink much coffee because of my liver issues. 🙁
75. My all-black cat has a blue sesame tortilla chip addiction
74. My black and white cat never poops in the cat box..
73. But always poops in front of the door.
72. And yes, I have tried EVERYTHING
71. I want to move to Provence,
70. But I believe that Dublin is the most incredible place on earth.
69. I spent four months driving around the US when I was 19…
68. I turned 20 three months in
67. I drove through 48 states
66. I’ve been to all 50
65. I love vodka, on the rocks, twist of lime… Grey Goose or Belvedere please
64. I love Guinness, but only in Ireland
63. I think if the entire world drank a Starbucks (of any variety) every morning, we could achieve world peace
62. I’m an Army brat…
61. So I am ridiculously attracted to men in uniform..
60. I have only been in love once I am crazy in love with the Porkchop.
59. And he broke my heart And he’s the best thing I have in my life.
58. I’m a night owl..
57. Except when I’m traveling
56. Or when I worked as a barista—for 5 years
55. I think reality TV is disturbing
54. But I can get really addicted if the people are interesting
53. I love reading blogs
52. I love reading everything
51. My biggest fear is going blind
50. Or becoming paralyzed
49. I have an overactive imagination
48. Yet I’m remarkably practical
47. I talk to my mom almost every day
46. I graduated college magna cum laude
45. I’m still mad I missed summa by .07
44. I have a ridiculous love of TV
43. But not as much as I love music
42. My iTunes library has 4,000 6,300 songs
41. iTunes considers me a VIP
40. I want to travel the world
39. On foot.
38. But I don’t want to go alone anymore
37. I think James Spader is phenomenal
36. But Ryan Gosling turns me on
35. And Paul Bettany
34. I wear only one necklace, and it’s special only to me
33. I love oreos
32. I think salsa is a staple
31. And pickles
30. No, I’m NOT pregnant
29. I have a massive quantity of random information in my brain
28. I love to share it with everyone and anyone
27. The Shawshank Redemption is my favorite movie
26. Followed in quick succession by: Life is Beautiful, Sideways, the Secretary, Lilo and Stitch, the Notebook, Amelie and Moulin Rouge
25. I just used a flashlight to see the DVDs under my TV because I didn’t want to leave my comfy chair (and because I couldn’t remember what DVDs I own)
24. I think Ben Folds is uber-talented
23. As is: Yo-Yo Ma, Damien Rice, Eastmountainsouth, Beth Hart, Abra Moore, Bap Kennedy, Rufus Wainwright, James Taylor, The Album Leaf, Alison Krauss, Andrea Bocelli, Sarah Brightman, Ben Harper, Ben Taylor, Tete, Dead Can Dance and Enya…… the list goes on, with special care to
22. James Horner and Howard Shore—two of the most gifted composers alive
21. I believe Diet Coke is also a staple
20. Right now, my refrigerator contains: mustard, salad dressing, diet coke, navel oranges bell peppers, egg whites, bread, tomatoes, pickles, bottled water, soy milk, cottage cheese, yogurt, 12 cans of V8 beer and (I think) an onion salmon, plus 1% milk, cheese, lettuce, mushrooms, carrots and cucumbers
19. My freezer has waffles, veggie burgers, those break-apart cookies that you cook one at a time (love those) and vodka
18. I own over 1,000 books…
17. I wish I had more
16. I love history
15. I love learning
14. I LOVE intelligent people
13. All other people bug me
12. I think RSS feeds are the most fabulous invention
11. And the worse, particularly when I am at work and the 100 or so blogs that I read have just been updated… must. work. now. read. blogs. later.
10. I cannot believe I’ve made it to number ten
9. I love to sing
8. I’m insanely clean
7. I love Apple and Macs and my Powerbook G4 Macbook Pro, baby!
6. The last time I laughed out loud was about six hours ago when I read dooce five minutes ago when the dog started “rooing” in her sleep.
5. I think gay guys make the world go ’round
4. And pretty
3. I lost a best friend
2. But I just got him back And I will never, nor do I really want, to get him back.
1. And that taught me a very valuable lesson.