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100 things
i've finally joined the crowd. i've finally written my 100 things list....
1. i’m short. 4’8”
2. i’m the only queer person in my family (re: my immediate one, my aunt and her family, my uncle and his family).
3. i own 4 cats.
4. they all have 3 names.
5. i only call each cat by one name, unless they are in trouble, or they are extraspecially sweet.
6. i am scared of the dark.
7. i turn 30 on 23 feb 2003.
8. my mom turns 60 on 30 aug 2003
9. my dad turns 60 on 5 dec 2002
10. my brother turned 30 on 19 march 2001.
11. i have lived in 4 states: virginia, north carolina, georgia, and oregon.
12. i have lived in 7 different towns / cities: blacksburg, virginia; bryson city and brevard, north carolina; athens and atlanta, georgia; springfield and eugene, oregon.
13. i currently reside in eugene, ore.
14. the only other country i have ever been to is canada.
15. in march of 2003 i am going to greece, with a 10.5 hour stop over in england.
16. i can’t wait to go to greece.
17. i competed in the 1992 olympic trials in whitewater slalom kayaking.
18. i came in dfl (dead fucking last) in the 1992 whitewater slalom olympic trials race.
19. i almost flunked out of my jr year of high school.
20. my high school guidance counselor didn’t think i’d do well in college.
21. i got my masters degree from one of the top 3 departments (the top always switch around) in my field (instructional technology) in the country (the university of georgia).
22. my gpa for my masters degree was a 3.5.
23. i’ve been able to swim as long as i can remember.
24. my uncle tom had to jump in and save me when i slipped out of my floatie when i was in a pool, before i learned to swim.
25. when my older (by 2 years) brother and i took swimming lessons together i did better than him.
26. the last boat my grandfather ever owned was called the grenadine. i didn’t know what that meant until i was much older.
27. i was a born again christian for a summer.
28. i think born-again christianity is the root of all socio-political evil in this country. that and oil.
29. i have attempted suicide twice.
30. i have spent two separate nights in a psych ward. it was hell.
31. my stays in a psych ward were not connected to my suicide attempts.
32. i am a bibliophile.
33. my favorite food is tofu.
34. i owned a gun for 2 weeks.
35. i think it should be illegal to own guns.
36. i am a unitarian universalist.
37. i always get nervous waiting in waiting rooms.
38. sometimes i have a terrible memory.
39. the new river gorge is my most favorite place in the world. this might change
when i go to greece.
40. i have been eating at the same greek place in blacksburg for nearly 20 years.
41. i really do love spanikopita.
42. i have known how to correctly say the word “gyro” since i was 11.
43. i think that the internet, when used for communication and creating peace
and good and NOT making money, is the greatest communication tool created so far.
44. money is the root of 99% of my anxiety.
45. my favorite font right now is trebuchet ms.
46. i love dresses.
47. i also love overalls and old t-shirts under them.
48. my favorite style of shirts / dresses are sleeveless. not partial sleeve (gross). not straps. women’s tank tops.
49. i love things covered in delicate flowers. not lace, but understated flowers. not overly femme. just enough to make the female statement.
50. i am a snob about education. i think everyone should have *at least* a college degree.
51. i’m trying very hard to get over #50.
52. i am very classist.
53. i’m trying very hard to get over #52.
54. i’m fatphobic.
55. guess what? i’m working very hard to get over #54.
56. i am not racist, though i have no idea how to bridge the racial lines. i want to learn.
57. when i work out i like to “work out to the death.”
58. my dr. hates it that i like to “work out to the death.”
59. i am afraid of doctors.
60. i am not afraid of my current doctor. we joke with each other.
61. i see my current doctor every 2 weeks right now. thats why i’m not afraid of her.
62. i am a radical feminist.
63. i have identified as a feminist since i was 10.
64. i believe that i won’t live to old age.
65. i love apple butter.
66. my most favorite rapid that i’ve only run once is pillow rock on the gauley
river in west virginia.
67. my most favorite rapid that i’ve run multiple times is either lower keeney or double z, both on the new river gorge in west virginia.
68. my most favorite place to surf in a kayak is on lake creek in oregon.
69. if i ever die on a river it will be somewhere on section iv of the chattooga in georgia / south carolina.
70. my favorite tv show used to be “the patty duke show.”
71. i don’t have a favorite show now, though i do enjoy friends, will and grace, judging amy (amy brenneman is such a babe!), and law and order: svu (mariska hargitay is also a babe!).
72. i watch baywatch: chicks in bathing suits, how could i not?
73. i taught myself to program basic when i was 9. i don’t know how to program any other language (html doesn’t count).
74. my first computer was an apple II+.
75. i never eat ice cream out of a dish when i am eating it at home.
76. i can easily finish a pint of ice cream in a short sitting.
77. i love peanutbutter ice cream.
78. i love little pizzas made with biscuit dough.
79. i named my first cat katy after my best friend’s in 1st and 2nd grade cat katy.
80. i didn’t loose anyone close to me until i was one month shy of my 27th birthday. that was my grandfather.
81. the second person i lost that was close to me died 11 months later. that was my grandmother.
82. my biggest regret in life is not going to my brother’s (my only sibling) wedding.
83. my second biggest regret is not getting my brother a kick-ass wedding gift. hopefully i’ll fix that when i go to greece.
84. when i was in fourth grade i played princess reason in “the phantom tollbooth.”
85. if i ever have a daughter her name will be grianne (pronounced with a rolling r and the anne “anya”).
86. if i ever have a son he will be named harry zack.
87. i have been sleeping with the same stuffed duck since i got him from my brother and father for my 8th birthday.
88. i left my duck in rawlins, wyoming on the way out here to oregon. when i called to see if he was there the first time they said no. i was crushed. thank the goddess they found him.
89. my biggest fear is roads with edges. that is why i don’t go over to eastern oregon.
90. i don’t drink alcohol. i don’t like how it makes me feel.
91. i have never ever smoked a cigarette. i have never even taken a puff of one.
92. i have smoked a marijuana joint though. i’d continue to do so, but i get panic attacks now.
93. marijuana is the hardest non-legal drug i’ve ever done.
94. i have been physically addicted to xanax twice so far.
95. i have only had sex with one man. i had sex with him a total of 7 times. i fantasized about women each time.
96. in my extended family on my father’s side my aunt (dad’s sis) and her 2 kids, my uncle (dad’s bro) and all 3 of his kids, and me all have blonde hair and blue eyes. my grandfather also had blonde hair and blue eyes. the only members of the family w /o blonde hair and blue eyes are my dad (hazel eyes, light brown hair), grandmother, my brother (brown hair and eyes), and those married into the family.
97. when i was deciding about where to go for my undergrad i had nightmares about going to a school that was 5,000 students.
98. i have never been motion sick.
99. i would like to learn to speak a second language.
100. i tried to join a sorority when i was a sophomore year in college. i got rejected, so i joined alpha phi omega, a national service fraternity.
Posted by brooke at November 03, 2002 04.28.56 PM
Comments
OMG!! I use to LOOOOOVE the Patty Duke Show. Nick at Night rocked!
Posted by Roni at November 4, 2002 10:59 AM
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