1. I bought a $400 dollar vacuum and I don’t know how I lived without it. Thank you Mr. Dyson
2. I hate the winter.
3. Until the fourth grade, almost all of my female friends were non-white, which is odd as my grade school was probably 92% WASP
4. Unless it’s booze, I rarely drink any beverage other than water.
5. I can be compulsive about cleanliness when I’m stressed
6. I’m an incredibly jealous person.
7. I have no problems spending hours watching television or movies.
8. Bread and butter is probably the meal I’d choose if I could only choose one thing to eat for the rest of my life.
9. Except for Andrew Lloyd Webber, I really love show tunes.
10. I hate talking on the phone.
11. Religion creeps me out, especially born again Christians.
12. I’d like to live someplace warm.
13. All of my clothes were bought in thrift stores from the time I was 14 up until I turned 19.
14. I pierced my own ears and those of others in middle school.
15. My ear piercings never got infected.
16. I had to have knee surgery after a crowd surfing incident in 1994.
17. I stage dived for the first time at a Dead Milkmen show.
18. I stage dived for the last time at the Dead Milkmen’s reunion tour. (which was one day after their last show.)
19. I dyed my hair with Manic Panic for the last time my first year of college. Before that my hair had been blue, purple, red, black and orange.
20. I had a belly button ring for about a week when I was fourteen.
21. I took it out because I couldn’t deal with the infection.
22. I wore a nose ring for five years.
23. Every time he saw me my dad would ask, “When are you taking that thing out of your nose?”
24. I’m very good at spelling.
25. I met my future husband in a bar.
26. When I’m hungry I’m a raging bitch.
27. I had dreadlocks for two weeks in ninth grade.
28. In first grade, I read at an eighth grade level. I was in my own reading group.
29. I finished college before I was old enough to drink legally.
30. I’m a very good cook.
31. More often than not I prefer silence to music.
32. My parents are divorced, yet they spend almost every holiday together and occasionally vacation together.
33. I always thought I’d end up with a career in the arts. Clearly I was mistaken.
34. I dream about my students almost every night.
35. My eyes are hazel.
36. Bananas make me sick to my stomach.
37. I read incredibly quickly.
38. If it were up to me, emoticons would be banned from the internet.
39. I love offensive jokes
40. I have a good portion of the movie Heathers memorized.
41. I can also quote a great deal of Dazed and Confused.
42. In my youth, I was a bit of an exhibitionist.
43. That’s probably why I journal online.
44. I bruise really easily
45. Unless I pay them online, I’m chronically late with bills for no good reason other than laziness.
46. I went to see live music several times a week in high school.
47. I watch way too much tv
48. Felicity may be my favorite show
49. Except maybe for anything else on the WB
50. Or Comedy Central, for that matter..
51. I am very rarely wrong.
52. I’m good at almost everything I do, but not good enough to be especially good at anything.
53. Except for reading, but I don’t know that that counts
54. A friend’s mom told me that I needed Jesus to save my soul
55. She didn’t care that I’m Jewish
56. I can still read Hebrew
57. But only if it’s written with vowels
58. And I don’t understand a word of it
59. I took 4 years of Spanish
60. I also took 1 year of French in high school. I was terrible though and I spoke French with a Spanish accent
61. I took years of piano lessons but can only play two songs
62. Bach’s Bourre and the theme from Footloose
63. I love buying people presents
64. but sometimes I like them too much and keep them for myself
65. I can’t help but peek at someone’s medicine cabinet
66. Sometimes I sleep in cashmere sweaters.
67. I got glasses a few years ago, but I never wear them.
68. I used to kill all of my plants, but I’ve gotten much better.
69. When a digital clock turns to 11:11 I always make a wish, but if the clock changes to 11:12 while I’m wishing it didn’t count.
70. 47 is my favorite number
71. I went to 4 different high schools
72. One of them for only one day
73. I hated high school so I chose to skip lunch for a semester so I could graduate a year early
74. After graduation I attempted to drive cross country with a friend
75. She got on my nerves so badly I told her we had to turn around
76. I have very little patience
77. If I ever quit my job I’d like to become a yoga instructor
78. Not the spiritual kind.
79. I worked at The Olive Garden for one day
80. I quit because it was the day before Halloween and they were already playing Christmas music.
81. I was a vegetarian for close to 6 years.
82. I got really, really hungry so I started eating meat again.
83. When I was a vegetarian I quit a job at a supermarket because they made me work in the deli.
84. Grinding hamburger meat was not for me.
85. Neither is slicing pickle loaf
86. I have never eaten bologna
87. I don’t care for seafood. Any of it. Even if it’s deep-fried.
88. During the week I tend to eat the recommended 5 servings of fruits and vegetables
89. On the weekends I’m not so good at that.
90. In college I once ate nothing but pizza for two weeks.
91. I lived in 7 different places in my three and a half years of college
92. Even though I doubt I’ll ever try, I still think about going to veterinary school
93. Science is not one of my strengths
94. I’m very competitive but I hate to admit it
95. My boobs were bigger when I was fourteen than they are now.
96. It’s probably because I’m thinner, but it’s still kind of odd
97. I’ve never balanced my checkbook
98. I’ve never spent more money than I have
99. If they made cards I’d be a card carrying feminist
100. My middle name is Pier and I’ve always hated it.
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