100 things about me

for the record, i'm totally ripping this idea off from a blog, bleeding espresso, that i've recently discovered. i read exactly one of her posts & realized that i need to read more of them. & that i totally have to make a list of my own.

1. i'm a writer

2. first & foremost: see #1

3. i'm the oldest of 3 or the middle of 5, depending on how you count my siblings

4. i'm 30

5. i feel like i'm 21

6. i look about 21

7. my favorite band is bon jovi

8. i won't apologize for #7

9. my parents are still married

10. i've always had a pet since i was born

11. my parents currently have custody of my pets due to my living situation

12. my dog worships me

13. one of my cats loves me but doesn't show it

14. the other worships me. . .& is plotting my demise

15. i'm happier now being alone than when i was engaged

16. at least once a year i re-read the book "the face on the milk carton"

17. i refuse to re-read "where the red fern grows" because i cried too hard

18. when i get furious i need to hit someone or cry

19. i usually cry when i'm furious

20. star wars geek i am

21. i miss my grandpa paul

22. i never met my grandpa paul, he died 16 years before i was born

23. the only bone i've ever broken is the tip of my middle finger on my right hand

24. my favorite tv show as a kid was dukes of hazard

25. i used to want to be a barker's beauty when i was a kid

26. my mother regulated our tv time with coupons. 30min on a school night, an hour on the weekend

27. i had to cooperate with my siblings to watch a movie

28. if my dad was watching tv i could watch with him & not use a coupon

29. chips was my other favorite tv show

30. i still have a crush on the duke boys (the duke boys then, not now)

31. i've been boy crazy since birth

32. my dad reminds me of the father in my big fat greek wedding

33. he did actually say to me once "why you want to lea-ave me?!"

34. i randomly quote obscure movies

35. i love everything orange flavored

36. i really don't like the color orange, at all

37. when my mom was pregnant with me she ate a bag of oranges a day

38. the last time the vikings made it to the super bowl i was a fetus

39. my favorite numbers are 13 & 69 & 77

40. i was supposed to be born on june 13th

41. my birth was delayed by 2 days because 4 other babies had the audacity to want to show up

42. i am so happy that i don't have kids at this time (see #11)

43. two of my best friends had baby boys exactly three weeks apart

44. i still buy happy meals, for myself, sometimes just for the toy

45. my favorite color is pink

46. my second favorite color is black

47. i'm addicted to the mc-crack

48. i /heart going to the Y

49. i hated gym class when i was a kid

50. i loved playing outside & running around until i was 7

51. when i was a kid i wanted to play hockey

52. my mom said "no daughter of mine is growing up without teeth."

53. hockey is the only professional sport that i even semi follow

54. they'll always be the north stars to me

55. i never cried when my grandma ginger died & still haven't

56. i cried when we put my dog anastasia down & went to class drunk that night

57. once in a while i still look for my cat tommy who ran away 14 years ago

58. i still miss my white german shepherds snow & tillie

59. i really don't miss my ex-fiance, at all, in the slightest

60. i like creating acronyms

61. guys with vast vocabularies & large intellects are a turn on

62. #61 is not a euphemism

63. i'm slightly dyslexic

64. i'm a gemini

65. i'm a gemini

66. 64 & 65 repeating was deliberate

67. i believe in reincarnation

68. i've had memories of a past life

69. in case you missed #39 this is my FAVORITIST number

70. i was raised catholic

71. technically now, i'm a recovering catholic

72. my mother doesn't find #71 funny

73. i have 3 tattoos

74. the plan is to do all my back & full sleeves on both arms. . .& maybe more

75. my family hates my tattoos

76. i fly to pleasent hill, cali just to get tattooed

77. my first tattoo is in memory of my baby nephew, logan, who passed away in 2003

78. logan's death saved my life

79. going to the dixie chicks with tina was one of my pivotal life moments

80. i rarely listen to country music much any more

81. recently i was described as "an alternative chick"

82. people THINK i'm a good girl from minnesota. until they see my nose. my tongue. & my tats

83. i loathe being called a good girl from minnesota

84. i totally have a crush on eminem (it's my dirty little secret)

85. anyone who calls my phone between 8pm-8am hears dirty little secret while they're waiting for me to pick up

86. my voicemail is completely ridiculous, but completely based on a true story

87. most of the true stories in my life are completely ridiculous

88. i'm so happy my life is not pastel & boring

89. nothing in my life is pastel & boring

90. i shop at victoria secret. . . for make-up

91. tyra banks is one of my role models

92. my mom is one of my heros

93. this list is harder to write than i thought it would be

94. i'm confident enough to tell my friend "i love you"- - -to their face, on the phone, in writing

95. i did not inhale, true story

96. i actually got grad school credit for going to burning man

97. wikipedia is my new favorite website

98. now that i know how to create hyperlinks i hyperlink all over the joint

99. i like turning nouns into verbs (ie i should've thesaurused that word)

100. i have enough ego for three people, but i'm not egotistical (& that's why i will one day rule the world)