102 Things About Me!
1. I'm the youngest of seven children by seven years. My oldest sibling is 20 years older than me.
2. I graduated from BYU with a degree in Recreation Management and Youth Leadership. It's pretty much useless.
3. I had the funnest major on campus.
4. I have several pet peeves when it comes to driving: People who don't use their blinkers, people who leave their blinkers on, and people who stop when there's no stop sign.
5. Top five musical artists: Mae, Norah Jones, KT Tunstall, Sherwood, Death Cab for Cutie.
6. I also like Hilary Duff. It's my hidden shame.
7. My very favorite movie is Under the Tuscan Sun.
8. Someday when we're rich, my best friend and I are going to take year long trip around the world. We'll hit Australia, New Zealand, Bali, Thailand, Italy, Belgium, Prague, London, Ireland and the Caribbean. I think that's everywhere.
9. I have a dog named Sadie. I think she's a boxer-border collie mix, but I'm not sure. I got her a Wal-mart.
10. I currently live with my parents. Don't judge me. I save a lot of money.
11. I work for an animal health store. I know nothing about animal health. I do, however, know about business, and I'm learning the other stuff.
12. My dad owns the business.
13. I would love to write a book someday.
14. I would also love to work in publishing (I'd like to be an editor), but I don't want to live in the city.
15. I studied abroad for a semester in New Zealand. It was the most amazing experience of my life.
16. My biggest regret is not spending more time with my grandmother before she passed away from breast cancer. I was only eight, and it scared me to see her so sick. Still, I've regretted it since the day she died.
17. If I believed in hell (which I don't, really), I'm positive that it would be Junior High. For eternity.
18. I believe that we make our own hell.
19. I believe in ghosts.
20. I think I believe in psychics. Not necessarily the tarot-reading, crystal ball kind, but I believe that some people see and sense things the rest of us don't.
21. My mom has told me stories about my great-grandmother, who used to meet with a group of people and try to move buttons with their minds.
21. I really miss college.
22. I'm a country girl, all the way. Well, as in, I like the country and I don't like the city. Not as in, I know how to artificially inseminate a cow.
23. I'm in love with David Cook from American Idol.
24. I've been para-sailing.
25. I can touch my toes to the top of my foot. I was 12 before I found out not everyone could do it.
26. My wisdom teeth came in when I was 15.
27. I still have my wisdom teeth.
28. I have four nieces and three nephews, and I'm totally crazy about them.
29. I can read a book in a day. It's not uncommon for me to read two in a weekend.
30. Some of my favorite authors: Jennifer Crusie, Madeline L'Engle and Jayne Ann Krentz.
31. I love books, but I'm not wild about "literature." I can appreciate it, but it's not my first choice. I'm all about cheesy commercial fiction.
32. In September, I'm going to the National Book Festival in Washington D.C., and I. Am. So. Excited.
33. I love love love road trips. I think it came from my parents and I always driving whenever we went on a trip. I learned so much on those trips.
34. I have an excellent sense of direction, and once I've been to a place, I can almost always get back.
35. I love the idea that there are myths that are true. Have you seen National Treasure? I wish that was real.
36. I was 22 the first time I was stung by a bee.
37. I've been to Disneyland 4 times. My favorite ride is Space Mountain.
38. The snake on the Indiana Jones ride? Scares the bejesus out of me.
39. I'm really afraid of snakes. I've tried to be tough about it, but I just. don't. like. them.
40. There is a drive-in in my hometown, and I love it. I go as often as possible.
41. I lived in Arizona for a year, and I almost roasted alive.
42. The backyard of the house I grew up it was, and still is, my favorite place in the world.
43. Growing up, my dad used to take me camping and fishing for my birthday every year.
44. I also went to a church camp every summer, and I was always annoyed by the girls who were all, "Eww, I'm dirty!" Duh. That's what happens when you sleep outside.
45. Words like "gonads" and "sperm" still make me giggle.
46. I got picked on a lot in junior high.
47. My favorite teacher of all time was Mr. Hypio. He taught 8th grade English and Science, and I totally adored him.
48. I never moved a single time before I was 18.
49. I've moved 11 times in the last 6 years.
50. I hate moving.
51. I'm starting a new job in 2 weeks.
52. Which means I'm going to be moving again.
Whew. Halfway there. This is harder than it looks!
53. I am terrible at standing up for myself. I'm great in my head, but in real life, not so much.
54. Sometimes watching chick flicks makes me sad.
55. I love Grey's Anatomy. My BFF and I talk about the characters like they're real people.
56. I also really like Private Practice, Eli Stone, Bones, NCIS, Ugly Betty, According to Jim . . .
57. I like TV. Can you tell?
58. It annoys me when people talk about people who like TV like they're lazy. I don't like TV because I'm lazy. I like it because I like stories.
59. I'm kinda lazy.
60. As the youngest child, I'm kinda spoiled. I'll admit it, but if anyone in my family says so, it makes me cry.
61. I've always wanted red hair.
62. I'm a sucker for boys with dark hair and blue eyes.
63. I'm not all that good with kids. I never had any little sibs, and I didn't do much baby-sitting. I want to be one of those people that just loves kids, but I don't really get them. They're just so small. And loud. And little.
64. I'm a big fan of musical theatre.
65. I was in a production of Evita my senior year of high school. I was a "Woman of Argentina."
66. I saw The Phantom of the Opera in London. Because I'll all cool and sophisticated like that.
67. The women in my family are the most amazing people I know. You might think I'm biased, but really. They're incredible.
68. I like trashy romance novels (well, tastefully trashy).
69. I'm kind of anal about proper word usage. I have to work really hard not constantly correct people's pronunciation or tell them they're using a word wrong.
70. I love Scrabble.
71. Scrabble is one of the only games I can beat my mother at.
72. My mom kicks my trash at checkers. Every time.
73. I like office supply stores better than clothing stores. But not better than shoe stores.
74. When I'm upset, I can go to a bookstore and just the smell calms me down.
75. I'm a totally different person now that I thought I would be five years ago.
76. I had a roommate in college who stabbed me in the back in the worst way, and I've never quite gotten over it.
77. I loved my time at BYU, but sometimes I wish I had gone somewhere else, just so that I didn't have to say I went to BYU. People who didn't go to BYU sometimes judge people who did.
78. I'm addicted to Daveto's, a restaurant in my town. I wonder if there's some kind of support group for that?
79. I love giving presents. I get a huge kick out of finding just the right gift.
80. I cannot draw to save my life. Even my stick figures are bad.
81. I quit piano lessons after about a year. I so wish that I had stuck with it.
82. Because students at BYU are required to live in approved apartments, all of which are furnished, I'm 24 and I don't own a single stick of furniture.
83. I'm pretty sure I've lived in a haunted house.
84. My favorite color is yellow, although I kind of just stick with that so I have something to say. I really like all colors.
85. I can't watch scary movies, because I'm a big wuss. I watched most of The Sixth Sense with my eyes closed, and it's not even very scary.
86. I watched part of IT when I was five or six. I didn't make it through. You know what got me? Fortune cookies turning into killer crabs.87. I really want to learn how to quilt.
88. I crocheted a blanket for my brother one Christmas, and it got a little out of hand. I started it mid-October, and finally finished it at 3:00am Christmas morning.
89. I was in Sunshine Generation.
90. I snore. Loudly.
91. I love the water.
92. The first boy I made a fool of myself for was named Andrew. I was 14.
93. The last boy I made a fool of myself for was named Rob. I was 21. See item #77.
94. I really, really, really hope I'm over my "making a fool out of myself for a boy" phase.
95. Fish give me the creeps.
96. When I was a little girl, I would start snowball fights with my mom, and then she would pelt me with snowballs until I fell over laughing.
97. Someday I want to get a breast reduction.
98. The only spaghetti sauce I like is the one my mom makes. Otherwise I eat spaghetti plain.
99. I don't like milk on most cereals.
100. I'm addicted to Otter Pops.
101. With the exception of mascara (because mascara is the same everywhere) I wear exclusively MAC makeup on my eyes.
102. I have almost perfectly straight teeth, and I never had braces.
Whew! I did it! It was a lot harder to write than I expected. Hopefully it wasn't as hard for you to read. If you read all 102, congratulations! You now no more random things about me than you ever needed to. Don't you feel lucky?
1 comments:
Whoa! Those were great! I had to break mine up into increments and I still haven't finished.
You asked me about Weight Watchers. It's going pretty well. I've lost about 8 pounds so far, but I've fallen off the wagon a couple of times. It's the easiest program for me because you can still eat whatever you want, you just eat less of it. It's still hard, sometimes. Sometimes I'll just pig out and then think, oh well, I'll just start over tomorrow.
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