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February 12, 2005
100 things

... that you may or may not know about me (idea stolen borrowed from many other bloggers).

  1. I don't like raw tomatoes.  I've tried, but no.  I will eat them cooked, however.
  2. Because of this, I do not own ketchup.
  3. I don't like raw onions either.
  4. Jasper is named after this Canadian National Park, which I hope to visit in the near future.
  5. Orion was named (not by me) after the constellation, but I like to tell people he was named after the electrode company. 
  6. I am a natural blonde.
  7. Also, the hair is naturally curly.
  8. I love coffee.
  9. Most of my friends are older than I am. It's fairly evenly balanced right now.
  10. I like North Carolina, but I miss New England.
  11. I do not miss New Jersey.
  12. Except for the pizza.
  13. I will not wear clothing with obvious branding.  If you want me to advertise for you, pay me.  I will not pay you for the privilege.
  14. I am horse mad.
  15. I consider myself a dressage rider, even though I have ridden in exactly 2 about 7 shows.
  16. I prefer a paper planner to a PDA.
  17. I drive a Nissan Sentra Ford Escape.
  18. I bought it because it fits me I love it.
  19. I'd like something bigger, but whenever I drive an SUV, I miss my car.
  20. I cannot parallel park.
  21. I love bridges.
  22. My favorite pizza toppings are pepperoni and mushrooms.
  23. I love to cook.
  24. I am a good cook.
  25. I don't cook for just me.
  26. I cuss like a sailor, especially when mad.
  27. There is one word I do not use. Ever. 
  28. I went to Annapolis for a year.
  29. Leaving was the best decision I ever made.
  30. I love hardwood floors.
  31. I have never lived anywhere with them.
  32. My beverage of choice (non-alcoholic) is Caffeine Free Diet Coke.
  33. There really is no alcoholic beverage of choice.  I vote for them all!
  34. I have been to Spain, Germany, the UK, Mexico, and Canada.
  35. I am the oldest of four.
  36. The youngest and I are separated by 14 years.
  37. Parties make me nervous.
  38. But I force myself to go.
  39. I have a good time once I get there.
  40. I love road trips.
  41. Actually, I love most trips.
  42. Only one of my cats has front claws.
  43. But that's OK, because the other one is the one with teeth.
  44. I take hot showers. 
  45. I cannot grow ferns.
  46. However, I have no problem with African violets.
  47. You want me on your trivia team.  My mind is an amazing repository of useless knowledge.
  48. I am repulsed by and drawn to snakes.
  49. I would like to get a fish tank again, but am afraid Orion would knock it over.  Or drown in it.
  50. I hate hamburgers. I started eating them again after 20 years. No idea why.
  51. But sometimes I crave a big, juicy steak.
  52. I make my bed every morning.
  53. I have a weakness for chocolate.
  54. And a certain Van Morrison song.
  55. No, I'm not telling which one.
  56. I love Italian food.
  57. And Mexican.
  58. And Thai.
  59. I'm meh on Chinese.
  60. Ben and Jerry's Chubby Hubby is the best ice cream ever.
  61. I also like mint chocolate chip.
  62. But so does Orion.
  63. I love cities with good public transportation.
  64. I don't understand why one would drive when that is an option.
  65. I am allergic to shellfish.
  66. I wasn't always.
  67. My Epipen is in my purse.
  68. One of the reasons I love to go see my aunt in Culpeper is because I can curl up on the couch, reading and drinking coffee, all day.
  69. I could do that at my house too, but I don't.
  70. My aunt's house feels more like home to me than my parents'.
  71. I have been known to go days without eating meat.
  72. I love shoes, but also love being barefoot.
  73. This works out well, as Jasper likes me to scratch him with my toes.
  74. I am not very good at sleeping.
  75. I prefer white wine to red.
  76. I would love to study linguistics.
  77. My sister and I shared a room growing up.
  78. I can't imagine not having siblings.
  79. I am very close to my mom.
  80. Not so much to my dad.
  81. My comfort meal is grilled cheese and tomato soup. 
  82. I am the only member of my immediate family of legal driving age who doesn't drive an SUV. Now Bud and Goose don't.
  83. My mom and I are the only ones whose vehicles aren't blue. There are only 2 blue cars left.
  84. My favorite breed of dog is the Cardigan Welsh Corgi.
  85. I am a very good cashier.
  86. When I give a presentation, I have to have a plant in the back of the room telling me to slow down.
  87. Because I can talk very fast.
  88. I insist that people use coasters in my house.
  89. Even though I hate my end tables. I have new end tables. I like them.
  90. I am terrified of fire.
  91. I had more fun and did less work as a grad student than as an undergrad.
  92. My favorite city in the U.S. is Boston.
  93. I spent more on video games than gambling in Las Vegas.
  94. I want to go back and do more hiking. 
  95. Cdub and I like to get to the movies early so that we can play House of the Dead
  96. We suck at it.
  97. I know from personal experience that when you are in a wheelchair, people pretend to not see you.
  98. I was probably the same way.
  99. I love buying makeup.
  100. I don't wear it often.

Comments

Hey Watergirl - You check in at my site every now and again - I just wanted you to know that I check in at yours, too. We share a lot of the same things, in your list above; I'm thinking especially of raw tomatoes and Boston as the favorite city. I love it in Virginia, but boy do I ever miss New England. I head back up to see my dad on the Cape, so I get my fix, but it just isn't the same down here. {insert witty closing remark here}
Posted by Jenna at February 17, 2005 03:05 PM


I saw a comment on Blonde Merryweather's site about the Raleigh saucer, and had to drop by and say "hi", one Raleighite to another. So, Hi.
Posted by El at October 3, 2006 10:32 AM



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