100 Things You Never Wanted To Know

1. I immensely enjoy being a tall chick (5’10”-ish).
2. I have impeccable dental hygiene.
3. I’m obsessive about plucking my eyebrows.
4. I’m not too crazy about any perfumes/colognes… I prefer “clean” smell of soap, shampoo, laundry detergent, etc.
5. I hate that MTV’s programming contains so little actual music and that most of the music is crappy.
6. I’ve always been very musically inclined, but have never written anything of my own.
7. I can’t imagine my life without music.
8. I love Jelly Belly brand jellybeans, especially Dr. Pepper and pear flavors.
9. I’m very close to my dad, and his opinion means a lot to me.
10. My younger sister has called me “Jackrabbit” for years. I have no idea why.
11. I recently went from a B to a C-cup bra. I actually wish my boobs were smaller so I could feasibly go without a bra.
12. I have rhythm, but I’m a terrible dancer.
13. I’ve played basketball for as long as I can remember.
14. I’m an Elite Grammar Whore.
15. I used to be pre-med, but I decided I didn’t want to deal with all the bullshit from insurance companies and HMOs. And biochemistry sucked my will to live.
16. I have a disorder called neurocardiogenic syncope. It’s not as bad as it sounds.
17. I grew up with a miniature schnauzer and would love to have one of my own someday.
18. I consider myself a dog person, but I love cats, too!
19. Rold Gold Honey Wheat Pretzel Twists and Twizlers are the best road trip food ever.
20. I’m terrified of bees, wasps, and other stinging insects.
21. My vision isn’t that bad (yet), but I wear my glasses most of the time because I like to see as clearly as possible.
22. I cannot wear contacts because my astigmatism is not severe enough for them to work properly.
23. I have a mild needle phobia (I’m okay as long as I don’t look!).
24. I’ve had surgical staples in my scalp.
25. I would love to shave my head (not completely bald, but maybe a buzz-cut), but there’s no way in Hell I’d actually do it.
26. I wear a US women’s size 9.5 or 10 shoe.
27. I’m terrible at volleyball.
28. The farthest south I’ve been is Orlando, FL. Farthest north: Toronto.
29. I speak a little bit of French.
30. My liquor of choice is vodka, preferably Grey Goose.
31. I’m pretty sure I don’t want kids, but I wouldn’t entirely rule out the possibility of parenthood.
32. I play my guitar almost every day.
33. I brake for boobies.
34. I accidentally hit a squirrel with my car once, and I felt REALLY bad.
35. I rode my first upside-down roller coaster when I was 18.
36. I’m an impulse-shopper.
37. I doodle extensively in my notebooks to stay awake in class. You can tell whether or not I like the course by the level of violence in the doodles.
38. My body does NOT like pseudoephedrine or caffeine. They make me jumpy. I usually ingest them anyway.
39. Most reality TV makes me homicidal.
40. I find “Most Extreme Elimination Challenge” on Spike TV to be unbelievably hilarious.
41. My best friend and I have been inseparable since we were five.
42. I have scary stretch marks on my thighs due to rapid weight/girth-gain over the last year.
43. I was always a really skinny kid and used to be accused of being anorexic (I wasn’t).
44. I get really bad shin splints when I run too much.
45. I am a HUGE Muppet fan (this includes all of Jim Henson’s ingenious creations).
46. I secretly rock out to a lot of the music at which I openly scoff.
47. I am anti-SUV, unless the driver actually NEEDS the space and/or performance.
48. I almost always cut myself when I shave.
49. Ditto with trimming my toenails.
50. I think it’s hilarious when people trip and fall, especially when the try to play it off. I feel justified in laughing at them, because I do that shit ALL the time.
51. I have a kitty named Louie, who is adorable and so loving, but who takes toxic shits and I think is slightly retarded (seriously).
52. My friends and I played “Army” a lot when I was a kid – we’d dress up in my best friend’s dad’s old Air Force uniforms and have “battles”.
53. I had one Barbie, which I hated and gave to my sister.
54. I still have my big-ass tub of Legos from my childhood. I loved those things!
55. I keep one of those big desk-blotter calendars with all my obligations and assignments on the wall above my desk. I still forget a lot of stuff.
56. I spend most of my precious “spending cash” on CDs and DVDs.
57. I don’t have the motivation or commitment to follow any professional sports, but I will watch a basketball game if I come across it while channel surfing.
58. I have preferences for and against certain foods, but will eat pretty much anything regardless.
59. My sister and my mother can irritate me more than anyone else on this planet.
60. I have an inexplicable affinity for Celine Dion’s “It’s All Coming Back to Me”, and I sing along with it no matter where I am when I hear it.
61. One of my biggest pet peeves is people who drive slowly.
62. Scented tampons skeeve me out.
63. So do flavored condoms.
64. Microwaving Marshmallow Peeps NEVER gets old.
65. I’m a less than stellar photographer, which makes me sad. I’m so jealous of people who take good pictures!
66. I’m seriously afraid that whatever caused my mother to flip out and leave us when I was 17 is genetic and that I will inherit it and go nuts when I hit my forties.
67. I didn’t drink alcohol at all until I was 19. I got drunk for the first time at 20.
68. I think Eddie Izzard is one of the funniest people on the planet.
69. My family religiously (no pun intended) attended an evangelical Christian church when I was growing up. We have now all moved beyond the scary Dr. Dobson, Focus on the Family crap, thank God.
70. I’ve never lived in a big city, and I really want to try it!
71. I rarely wear any jewelry besides a watch.
72. I want to get more holes in my ears, but I’m broke and wimpy.
73. I still wear my retainers at least once a week.
74. I kick ass at dork board games, like Scrabble and Trivial Pursuit.
75. I was in the Young Republicans in high school (shudder).
76. I was still in diapers at three years of age, though I did potty train before I hit four.
77. I used to love “The Elephant Show” on Nickelodeon, and I still know all the words and motions to the “Skinnamarink” song.
78. I have been to band camp, and there was nothing sexy about it.
79. I know all the words to the Ludacris song “You’s a Ho”.
80. I was valedictorian of my high school graduating class. I’m nowhere NEAR that in college, and I don’t care.
81. I will never understand people who fly or otherwise display/glorify the Confederate flag.
82. I also don’t “get” NASCAR.
83. When I’m upset, I drive around and listen to really mood-appropriate music (angry, sad, etc.).
84. I really love fireworks. I’m kind of a pyromaniac.
85. Speaking of which, one of my favorite things to do as a kid was melt and/or burn stuff with a magnifying glass.
86. My “ethnic” background is that of a western European mutt – German, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and an eensy bit of Dutch.
87. I’m a recovering nail-biter.
88. I think wiener dogs are hilarious and adorable.
89. I am allergic to dust mites, cockroaches, pollen (aren’t we all?), and various molds.
90. I’ve been told I give good back rubs.
91. I am afraid of heights and am a little bit claustrophobic, so when I went up in the Statue of Liberty I really freaked out.
92. I am distantly related to Richard Nixon (by marriage).
93. I thought caffeine addiction was a myth until I got hooked on chocolate covered espresso beans my junior year in high school. Withdrawal was a BITCH!
94. I talk to myself. A lot.
95. I also talk to animals like they’re people.
96. I have over a hundred stuffed animals stored at my dad’s place because I just can’t bear to part with them.
97. I am clumsy. I have injured myself in every sport in which I’ve participated. I’ve also hurt myself in the process of getting dressed, while walking around, getting into and out of cars, dancing, SITTING (no joke… I’ve fallen out of chairs on several occasions), and a lot of other things….
98. When I bake cookies, I always end up eating about half the dough.
99. One ear is higher than the other, so I have to bend my glasses so they don’t sit crooked on my face.
100. I read voraciously, unless it’s assigned, and then I avoid it like the plague.