Wednesday, August 27, 2008

100 random facts about ME...

1. My all-time favorite song is "Let It Be."
2. I have a tarot card collection, though I rarely take the time to read anyone's fortune.
3. I still crush on circa 1967 Paul McCartney.
4. I know my library card number off the top of my head.
5. I have a baby brother half my age.
6. I sang a concert with my college choir at Notre Dame in Paris.
7. I started writing poetry when I was about 8 years old, songs when I was 13.
8. When I was 15 I was heavily into politics and even wrote a political column for the school paper...and I got hate mail!  :D
9. I never went on a date until after I graduated from college.
10. I speak Spanish well enough to dream in the language when I'm in a Spanish-speaking country.
11. I can swear in sign language.
12. I dig long hair on a hot guy.  >:)
13. I have seen my favorite band 43 times in concert.
14. I've been to concerts in at least 12 different states.
15. I have the same birthday as my dad.
16. I could give a pretty decent tour of Florence right now without any preparation (do I have any takers? LOL!).
17. I have wanted tattoos ever since I was 12, when my favorite band was Mötley Crüe.  I finally got one last February...and I have an appointment for my second in less than two weeks!
18. I have a tied tongue.
19. I used to be a day camp counselor.
20. I spent a summer singing and playing guitar at tables at a place in Wisconsin Dells when I was 20.
21. I still have Beatles posters on my walls from my college days.
22. I have three cats, but it's my mom's cat who thinks she owns me and bitches when I get out of line.
23. I drive a 1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo with almost 180,000 miles on it.  And no, I don't plan to get a new car anytime soon.
24. I really love rainbow colors.  The brighter the better.
25. I plan to hide my tattoos from my parents for as long as I possibly can.  :">  Because I'm a giant wuss.
26. Once I took the metro alone to the red light district in Paris to visit the erotica museum there.
27. I have been across the Bridge of Sighs.
28. I have been to the top of the Eiffel Tower.
29. I saw the famous ash people in Pompeii.
30. As a child, I sang on stage with my parents' country-rock band.
31. As a teenager, I never once snuck out.
32. The first time I got really drunk, I was in Vienna, and I was 19.
33. I went through a pretty huge Michelangelo phase when I was 21-22.  I used to have dreams about him.
34. After touring a special traveling exhibit in the National Gallery in D.C., I became smitten with John Singer Sargent for a while.
35. I spent about five hours at l'Accademia in Florence, just hanging around the David and writing.
36. I can wiggle my ears.
37. I dye my hair every couple of months, and generally have been since I was 14.  The color varies.
38. I cried when I finished reading The Lord of the Rings for the first time, because it was over.
39. When I was little I used to pretend I was my own twin.  My mom went along with it.
40. I was a National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist; I have a letter from the Governor floating around somewhere.
41. The first time I took the ACT, I was 13.  I got a 20.
42. I passed out once while giving blood in high school.
43. I am almost entirely incapable of arriving anyplace on time.
44. I eat peanut butter with a spoon, right out of the jar.
45. I love garlic; I don't care what it does to my breath.
46. I have never voted Republican.
47. I really want to live in another country for a while, preferably in Europe.
48. I took honors math in high school.
49. I have sung at both weddings and funerals.
50. I do not smoke, and I only get drunk a few times a year.
51. When the moon is full on a clear night, I love how my body casts a shadow in the silvery-blue light.
52. My favorite anime is Death Note.
53. Even though I am only 5'2" I have a number of cousins shorter than I am, on both sides of the family.  We're just short people.
54. Once I climbed almost to the top of the Pyramid of the Sun in Mexico.  I still hate Jill Fraundorf for that.
55. I'm obsessed with making ringtones for my phone.
56. I prefer tea to coffee.
57. I don't drink soda.
58. I had pizza in Italy and I didn't like it.
59. I sang a mass in the Pantheon with my choir in 1997, and the highlight was a bird pooping through the huge hole in the ceiling.
60. I haven't ridden a bike in 10 years.
61. I used to play volleyball pretty well when I was a kid.
62. When I was a teen, I used to sprain my ankles constantly.
63. I have never been admitted to a hospital (since birth, anyway).
64. I spent a one semester as a General Music long-term (that means every day) substitute teacher, grades K-12.
65. I was in Venice during Carnival (a.k.a. Mardi Gras in the US) in 2000.  It was crazy.
66. I think gelato is the best ice cream ever, but only if you get it in Italy.
67. When I was in 5th or 6th grade I read 12 Nancy Drew books in one weekend.  I don't remember why I did it, but I was pretty pleased with myself.
68. I love to ride the subway.
69. I love making mix CDs.
70. I love school.
71. I've been known to crush on fictional characters.
72. I didn't have curly hair until I was in 6th grade.  I don't know why...hormone changes or something.
73. My vision is something like 20/300 without correction.
74. I've always wanted to have buff arms like Angela Bassett in Strange Days.
75. I've never had a one night stand.
76. My first high school crush is now a female impersonator.
77. I used to ride horses.  Someday I'd like to do it again.
78. I think it would be fabulous to be fluent in five languages.  The idea excites me.
79. I almost always sleep on my side.
80. I always dream in color, and I can have a full, elaborate experience even if I only doze off for a minute.
81. I get whole albums stuck in my head.
82. I like to make up names.
83. I hate raw celery, and will taste it in anything whether I can see it or not.
84. I like to draw, but I don't do it very often.
85. I love to dance.
86. A really good male singing voice can turn me into puddles in an instant.
87. I really, really dig guys with foreign accents, notably Scottish, Irish, or Russian.  =P~
88. I hate my teeth.
89. I always have at least one ingrown toenail.
90. I am incapable of getting a tan, so I shun the sun instead.
91. I once read a book about the matrilineal nature of mitochondrial DNA and liked it so much I bought my own copy.
92. When I was 9 I wanted to be a paleontologist.
93. I am not affiliated with any religion.
94. If vampires were real, I'd want to meet one.
95. The only time I ever obsess over sports is when the Olympics are on.  My favorite team is Team USA!  :D
96. I never have long nails on my left hand.
97. I tend to chew my guitar-playing calluses.
98. I found my first white hair when I was 18.  I don't bother to pull them out anymore.
99. I like frogs a lot; they're ugly-cute.
100. I have a really large collection of metaphysical and occult literature.

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