Monday, October 08, 2007

100 Things About E - Revised

A few weeks ago I was digging through the archives of my blog and came across my list of 100 things about me. After reading it, I decided that I should update it to >reflect the changes that have occurred in the last 20 months. So here we are one hundred things about E.


  1. I haven't been to the doctor in 5 years.

  2. I love the rodeo.

  3. I'm big on stalking.

  4. I'm allergic to milk.

  5. My house is usually a disaster.

  6. My parents are competing to see who can have the most/worst physical ailments. My mother is currently in the lead. I do more shopping now that I live nowhere near a store than I did when malls abounded.

  7. I lived in Warsaw, Poland for a year.

  8. The first guy I kissed was an Italian named Mario. I don't know if he spoke English.

  9. I graduated from college with a double major in 3 and a half years.

  10. I hate Sprint and will never use their services.

  11. I want to move to Wyoming. I slept on an air mattress in my basement for a month before my bed arrived. I'm not moving again for a long while.

  12. Matthew LeCroy still sucks. I like how this one is still applicable

  13. I once walked into a travel agency and asked them to find me the cheapest flight to Africa. The next morning I landed at Tunis-Carthage International Airport.

  14. I have a tendency to lose my voice.

  15. I've been the "other woman" (it's not cheating if you're on separate continents).

  16. My host family is offended that I haven't visited them in years. I'm going to Poland in May. I think I'm going to Scotland this year. Maybe Greece.

  17. I lived in a bombed out building in Budapest for 5 months.

  18. I hate cats.

  19. I broke my elbow playing soccer, but continued to swim competitively for three weeks after the break.

  20. I want a dog, but am too lazy to get one. I have a dog named Gracie who is currently curled up sound asleep next to me.

  21. I travelled 11 hours on a train to Zagreb for some shoelaces.

  22. If a potato is the main ingredient, chances are I'll eat it.

  23. My Christmas tree is from Slovakia.

  24. I'm super cheap.

  25. I hate Twin Cities light rail.

  26. I think MS Excel is the Anti-Christ.

  27. I like tequila.

  28. I try to go swimming at least three times a week. I quit trying since the pool is open for lap swim from 6-7 AM.

  29. I visit Las Vegas every year to attend the Wrangler NFR.

  30. I like hot cowboys.

  31. I hate it when people are walking in a crowded area and suddenly decide to stop in the middle of the walkway.

  32. I hate traffic.

  33. I hate people in general.

  34. I own a lot of glassware.

  35. I saw Rome in 6 hours. Except the Sistine Chapel. Apparently it was to the left.

  36. I love the library. The Hennepin County Library System is one of the few things that enables me to maintain my sanity while living in the Twin Cities.

  37. I cleaned my boyfriend's bathroom in college in exchange for his writing an economics paper for me.

  38. I've eaten a raw pig's ear.

  39. I love the mountains.
    The jeans I am wearing don't fit, but I'm wearing them anyway. I'm wearing sweats. They fit fine.

  40. I buy sweet corn at the liquor store.

  41. Sometimes I dream in Polish.

  42. My favorite song is Much Too Young. Amarillo by Morning is a close second.

  43. I can do three full loads of red laundry without running out of red clothing.

  44. I love the smell of toxic markers and gasoline.

  45. I am almost always cold. I wear sweatshirts in the desert.

  46. I've worn shorts only once in the last five years.

  47. My desk is full of toys that help to kill time. Not true unless you consider cell phones with crappy games on them fun.

  48. I plan to visit Delicate Arch at some point in my life. This should be easier now that it's only a day trip away.

  49. I like baseball.

  50. It drives me nuts when I read the obituary of someone very young and it doesn't tell me why they died.

  51. I'm always hungry.

  52. I dislike anything even remotely spicy.

  53. The Resident Director in Budapest hated me and claimed that I led her best (and favorite) pupil astray.

  54. I was severely hearing impaired for the three days I was in Africa.

  55. I love listening to Rob Zombie.

  56. A woman encouraged her dog to mate with mine in the parking lot of a grocery store.

  57. My dad wants me to buy him a horse.

  58. I love reading trashy romance novels.

  59. I don't believe in the use of psychological assessments.

  60. I do not have a home phone.

  61. The lady who lives across the street from me is often quite drunk and loves polka music. I live across the street from a school. The kids tend to lose playground equipment in my front yard.

  62. My father also wants me to buy the neighboring farm.

  63. I like peach juice.

  64. My brother owes me $2500. Let's make that $4000.

  65. I think people who put clothes on their animals for anything other than safety are stupid.

  66. The calendar in my office is Wild&Scenic Idaho which is way better than 2004's Wild&Scenic Oklahoma. It's of Ireland and it's better than either Oklahoma or Idaho.

  67. It pissed me off when everyone started moving to Idaho and I had to find another state to move to.

  68. I illegally entered Belarus. An infraction that could have led to me getting shot.

  69. I got frostbite on the tips of my ears walking to my car from class one night. Now I always wear a hat in the winter.

  70. I have hitchhiked.

  71. If I am ever pregnant, I'm not telling anyone until it's pretty obvious (with the exception of the father).

  72. I think that paying someone $30 an hour to babysit your child is ridiculous but feel free to hire me.

  73. I have three full sets of china in my house.

  74. My friend asked me to be in her wedding and I refused to do it if it involved wearing pink.

  75. I hate it when people in my office whisper. It only draws attention to their conversation.

  76. I dislike people are who so reactionary to a specific topic that they refuse to hear the other side of the argument.

  77. I was the only one in the family who could catch our horse Challenger.

  78. I hate it when I get treated like a teenager just because I look like one.

  79. I have a Bush/Cheney inaugural mug in my cube just to piss off my coworkers. I'd have to change to Clinton/Gore mug to make this work now. I have no desire to find one.

  80. I hate left lane vigilantes.

  81. I'm addicted to watching shows on the Discovery Health Channel.

  82. Money makes the world go 'round and I want some of it.

  83. I'm all about the free food.

  84. I'm tempted to make stuff up just to finish this list.

  85. I offered on two different houses before I purchased the one I live in. I ousted the previous bidder on my current house. They couldn't sell theirs. Probably because they let murderers run loose in their community.

  86. I drive a red truck.

  87. I enjoyed terrorizing my ex-boyfriend's roommate.

  88. I don't like holding hands, please don't ask me to.

  89. I'm extremely shy.

  90. I enjoy camping.

  91. I believe that the truth is out there.

  92. I would like to visit New Zealand.

  93. The first time I drove a car alone, I was 10 years old.

  94. I think $10 is too much to pay to see a movie in the theater especially if I have to sit through 20 minutes of commercials.

  95. I don't think you could pay me to live in California.

  96. I once swallowed a dime.

  97. I love using the little air canisters that blow debris out from between the keys of the keyboard.

  98. I'm getting new siding on my house. I don't particularly want new siding. It looked nice. I don't want new siding on my current house either.

  99. I double and triple check my calendar to make sure I am correct about appointments. I am always paranoid that I have the wrong day or time.

  100. I just learned that the Twins are playing a weekend series against Denver next spring. I'm so there.

posted by E @7:39 PM