100 Things About Me

1. I dropped out of high school when I was barely 15.
2. I was a junior – but only because I skipped sophomore year.
3. The high school called my parents to tell them I could graduate early when I was already in university, and had already taken my GED.
   
4. My parents will have been married for 25 years in May.
5. I met XFL when I was 15, he was 19.
6. We first "met" online, chatting on AIM.
7. I graduated from university when I was 20.
8. I still don’t know what I am going to do with my degree.
9. I hated the town I went to university in.
10. I only chose the university I went to because XFL was there.
11. I applied online at 3am.
12. I hate cars, more specifically I hate driving.
13. This is not because I am a bad driver, I simply don’t like it.
14. I was a ballerina as a child – for somewhere between 7 and 9 years I thought I would be a professional ballerina when I “grew up”.
15. I never went on point.
16. I was arachnophobic until I was bitten by a poisonous spider.
17. I hate the color orange.
18. Pineapple is my favorite fruit.
19. I am a caffeine addict.
20. I never went to prom, I really wanted to go.
21. I am a horrible goldfish owner. I have killed more than 50 goldfish (accidentally) in my life so far.
22. I was never single in university.
23. I am scared of heights.
24. I no longer have an appendix.
25. I have had to get stitches in my left hand 3 times.
26. I should have gotten stitches in my right knee when I was in Kindergarten.
27. I grew an inch last year.
28. I didn’t believe the doctors the first 3 times they told me that I was taller.
29. For the 5 years that I was with XFL I didn’t wear any make-up, he wouldn’t let me.
30. I like the taste of vodka.
31. I love tomatoes and all tomato products.
32. I don’t really like the taste of water.
33. I have never been camping.
34. I have been in 3 car accidents.
35. In 2 of them I was the driver.
36. In 1 of them I was at fault.
37. I have had friends die. It sucks.
38. I still wear a shirt that I bought in 7^th grade.
39. It still fits.
40. I tend to buy “classic” items of clothing and wear them for a long time.
41. I don’t shop often.
42. The only meat I eat is fish.
43. I have only been pulled over once. I got a ticket for excessive exhaust.
44. I have been an insomniac for most of my life.
45. I stayed in university for a term longer than I had to because it was paid for by scholarships and grants.
46. When I was in university I couldn’t wait to be done; now I miss it.
47. I tell my parents everything.
48. They are my best friends.
49. I have a scar from a goose.
50. I would love to go to Italy.
51. I love Rothko’s painting, but only in real life.
52. I hated Rothko’s paintings when I had only seen prints of them.
53. My family is not rich, I am not rich either.
54. We all believe that happiness is far more important than money.
55. I bought my car before I had my license.
56. It is cute but not very practical.
57. My cat looks a lot like the cat my family had when I was little.
58. For a while my dad called her by his name.
59. My mom is allergic to cats.
60. I am a published poet.
61. Drinking milk makes me sick.
62. I am not otherwise lactose intolerant.
63. I hate nori (seaweed), but don’t mind sushi.
64. I think wasabi tastes like really salty play dough.
65. Guinness is usually my beer of choice.
66. I lost my virginity when I was 15.
67. I called my parents and told them, I was scared they would be mad at me.
68. They were not mad at me at all.
69. I have been on lots of dates since breaking up with XFL.
70. I have not been on many second dates.
71. I often wonder what university would have been like if I had been single.
72. I don’t regret anything I have done.
73. I think that regret is an exercise in futility.
74. I learned how to use chopsticks the summer I was 20 out of necessity.
75. I don’t wear shoes very often if I am indoors.
76. I should wear glasses, I usually only wear them when I drive or when I need to read subtitles.
77. I have the same frames with prescription sunglass lenses and prescription clear lenses.
78. This confuses people.
79. I have driven wearing my sunglasses in the dark because I couldn’t find my normal glasses.
80. I smoked cloves for a few months when I was 18, I still crave them when I smell them.
81. Any smoke at all gives me bronchitis.
82. I generally get bronchitis at least 6 times a year.
83. This is not something that makes me happy.
84. I hate being sick.
85. I have walked to the ER more than once (to get treated).
86. I am very impatient.
87. I am very stubborn.
88. I like to wear heels with jeans.
89. I like to wear tennis shoes with dresses.
90. I can be very sarcastic.
91. My hair gets a lot of compliments.
92. I hate text messages, why don’t people just call?
93. I often don’t want to answer my phone.
94. It took me a long time to start believing people when they told me I was pretty.
95. I keep my CDs in alphabetical order.
96. I still buy actual CDs.
97. I also buy records.
98. I don’t have a record player right now.
99. I read over 300 books in first grade, they stopped counting after that.
100. I still love to read.