100 Things

I...

1. was born + raised in Bloomington, Indiana
2. attended a Supremes concert while in utero
3. am 5'4"
4. love to hike fast
5. hope to thru-hike the PCT + CDT in future
6. can fold a t-shirt in a single motion
7. laugh when I see puppies
8. attended 3 elementary schools
9. won the school spelling bee in 5th grade
10. misspelled ceiling in the 6th grade bee
11. have one brother (younger)
12. prefer dogs to cats, but only big dogs
13. still have my wisdom teeth appendix
14. have been married to Dave since Dec 31, 2000
15. bungied off the Pipeline in 1998
16. can speak + read French well
17. can make myself understood in German
18. need to learn Spanish, but haven't yet
19. am childfree
20. am a first-time home owner
21. have 2 nieces + 2 3 nephews
22. have a stepfather + a stepmother
23. played french horn, flute, sax, bass drum, cornet, and trumpet in concert + marching bands
24. Google old classmates now and then
25. had braces from age 10-12
26. lost three grandparents in 1999
27. would choose flying over invisibility
28. recycle
29. vote Democrat
30. support capital punishment
31. oppose affirmative action quotas
32. would consider letting a medical student saw off my pinkie toe + sew it back on for $10,000
33. took cooking classes in Thailand in 2004
34. was given a surprise party for my 21st birthday
35. had my navel pierced for my 26th birthday
36. was given a surprise trip to France for my 35th birthday
37. have to concentrate on the color blue when I'm nauseated
38. have never smoked anything
39. do not think that a person who believes in God can also consider him-/herself a scientist
40. have lived in Florida (Orlando), Colorado (Boulder + Denver), and Texas (San Antonio)
41. love autumn
42. work at home
43. wear glasses
44. dated only 8 guys before my husband
45. have tasted 99%-cocoa dark chocolate + liked it
46. cannot stomach menudo
47. owned a Menudo album when Ricky Martin was in the band
48. get sentimental when I hear disco music
49. would sell belongings for good pie
50. am a night owl
51. once came this close to getting my fingers caught in a dough sheeter
52. have several tiny scars on my right wrist from cat Kitty (1989-2003)
53. learned to ski when I was 10 years old
54. currently weigh around 140 lb
55. should weigh about 132 lb
56. am more comfortable around men than women
57. have been layed off before (2001)
58. own a chainmail bikini
59. prefer red wine to white
60. prefer amber beer to dark
61. prefer Irish cream to almost everything
62. am a grammar/spelling/punctuation nazi*
63. have a lifetime reading list in an Excel spreadsheet
64. tell my husband I love him every day
65. rarely buy paper books, with the exception of cookbooks
66. work best to latin music
67. have used the same shampoo for 14 years
68. have seen 5-10 shows on Broadway
69. toured as props mistress for the 2002 national tour of Big River
70. used to think that the Phantom of the Opera (Lon Chaney version) lived in the space between my bed and the wall, and made my cousin sleep on that side so the Phantom would get her first
71. found the diamond that fell out of my mother's wedding ring when I was about 8
72. quit my job at a Subway by walking out the back door unseen
73. have a deepseated fear of drowning
74. don't get cramps, but enjoy bad mood swings the "day before"
75. rarely wear fingernail polish, but like to paint my toenails
76. caught Clive Owen's eye in Dean & Deluca, after which he donned sunglasses
77. love roller coasters
78. am fascinated by the connection between music and mathematics
79. read ebooks on a Sony Clié iPod Touch using eReader platform
80. procrastinate
81. have held a koala bear
82. have my mother's laugh
83. have my father's hands
84. eat black pepper on my cantaloupe
85. prefer limes to lemons in iced tea
86. have never been hunting
87. drive a stickshift
88. began college as an anthropology major, but switched to history for the broader job opportunities ;)
89. find funny guys really hot
90. attended my 20th high school reunion in 2008
91. wash everything in the same order every time I shower
92. curse like a sailor with a rash
93. do not have a will
94. get ridiculously excited when another blog links to mine
95. was a student in my dad's 8th grade science class
96. aced 8th grade science
97. have worked as a newspaper deliverer, fast food worker, cashier, bank teller, telephone receptionist, kennel cleaner, sandwich maker, clerical temp, dishwasher, administrative assistant, box office manager, baker's assistant, lead baker, ebook editor, science teacher, theatre tech, proofreader, props mistress, grant writer, assessment item writer, and costumer
98. have read the Tanakh and the Bible, but not the Q'uran
99. eat pancakes just to have maple syrup
100. feel more confident when I wear heels

*The first time I posted this, I misspelled "grammar" - nice! - thanks to Dwayne for the catch!

Updated: 9 March 2010