Hey...I'm cheating and using my 101 Things You Didn't Know About "W" as a whole list.
1.) I hate fish (eating or otherwise)
2.) I have a scar on the underside of my chin from when I was seven. I was standing in a chair looking for something (a doll) in the top of my closet...I fell and caught my chin on the metal closet door handle...I got three stitches.
3.) I suffer from body dismorphia.
4.) I'm terrible at saving and/or managing money.
5.) When I was in high school, I played tenor saxophone and piano. I sold my saxophone to help pay for a spring break trip in college. Yeah it was totally worth it.
6.) I hold an individual national championship in informative speaking (the topic: using infant foreskin to regrow human skin). I also am a two time international finalist and was part of a two time world championship team.
7.) I pretend to have good taste in fashion, but I still wear shirts, pants, suits that are several years old.
8.) I make a delicious carmel pie.
9.) Fall is my favorite season, but I hate the ending since it means winter is on the way next.
10.) I like to play tennis and watch women's tennis, Monica Seles' comeback from the stabbing inspired me on so many levels.
11.) I have about 100 neckties.
12.) I think Tori Amos is a musical genius.
13.) Large crowds intimidate me, because I don't feel in control of the situation.
14.) The only surgery I've ever had was to remove my wisdom teeth.
15.) For a year and a half, I had a serious relationship with a co-worker.
16.) I've only been in one major car accident, I was driving, my parents were with me, we were inches from getting seriously injured. I still feel guilty today.
17.) I'm not a big crier. I just don't cry, even at my grandmother's funeral. I still feel awful about that one too. I do cry everytime I watch "Independence Day"....when the First Lady dies and when the President gives his "we will not go quietly" speech near the end.
18.) I don't get drag or the Gay High Holy Day of Halloween.
19.) Despite my affinity for performing arts and musicals, I only saw "The Sound of Music" for the first time in April 06.
20.) I'm more out at work than I am to my family.
21.) I grew up on a farm, raising dairy cattle, tobacco, and corn.
22.) I find it ironic that dad's side of the family with the tobacco farm are non smokers.
23.) I was in a triad for about 6 months
24.) I'm WAY math-impaired. My senior year of high school I took AP Calculus because my best friend took it the year before and gave me all the tests and quizzes. I made a 98 for the year.
25.) I wore braces from age 13-17.
26.) I have way too many button up shirts with vertical stripes, because I read they're more slimming than horizontal.
27.) I'm an official Duke of Hazard (One Z, not two like the show)
28.) I grew up very near Abraham Lincoln's birthplace. In fact, the back of our farm bordered the back of the national park.
29.) Although not a vegetarian, I could probably go the rest of my life not eating meat and be just fine.
30.) As a child, I had tons of little boy toys (like GI Joe and Transformers), but I'd like to pretend I'd take GI Joe soldiers to the commissary to shop for more stylish clothes. I mean you can only wear so much cammo!
31.) I'm most comfortable at home barefoot (not pregnant).
32.) My favorite character from "Sordid Lives" is Juanita. Watch the movie, love her, you'll understand.
33.) My favorite books are the Tales of the City Series, followed closely by Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
34.) If I could do anything else job wise, I'd either be a band director or a congressman.
35.) I went to Rome once in college for a week, the first three days were spent in culture shock, the next four I was drunk. I totally don't remember the Sistine Chapel.
36.) I prefer cut to uncut, but my two "long" term relationships involved uncut men.
37.) I manscape, and prefer others who do. Shaving totally is a big no-no in my book.
38.) For awhile, I carried a two man bags, one brown, one black, but then it got too hard switching out purses everyday just to match with my shoes.
39.) Mostly I'm a nice person, but I do love to gossip (especially if it's true).
40.) America's Next Top Model, The Amazing Race, and Project Runway are my three favorite reality shows.
41.) I'm a people pleaser, although not as bad in my younger days, but I still like to make people happy.
42.) I'm nearsighted in one eye and farsighted in the other. No it does not balance out.43.) I've never lived in a city with more than 50,000 people.
44.) I love to travel and have been to both coasts, and to Europe twice (Rome & Paris).
45.) I keep way too many receipts and various credit cards in my wallet, so I don't put it in my back pocket, I just carry it in my coat or manbag.
46.) I don't know why I feel the need to pay 4 bucks for a cup of coffee, but I love my Starbucks!
47.) I'm very confused about the direction of my life and career at the moment.
48.) I wear a size 10 shoe
49.) I have more than a dozen pairs of shoes and sandals in my closet, I only wear about half of them.
50.) My coffee table books are "A Beautiful Life", "Face Forward, "When I Knew" and "The Tori Amos Anthology".
51.) I can wiggle my ears and entire scalp.
52.) I prefer boxerbriefs to just boxers or briefs.
53.) I've never been water skiing or snow skiing.
54.) I have been ice skating several times, but fall down a lot.
55.) I go through food phases...I find something I like and can easily make...then eat it for a few weeks and get burned out on it.
56.) I have absolutely no real direction in my life, thinking about my future career path scares me.
57.) I get my haircut once a month (and my eyebrows shaped up...ok waxed).
58.) I've been ticketed for speeding twice, and got out of a speeding ticket twice too.
59.) I was raised Southern Baptist, but for since Oct 06 have been attending a church for GLBT folk...their message is "Everyone is welcome at God's table".
60.) I'm a registered Democrat.
61.) I voted for Howard Dean in the 04 Primary (before the infamous yell).
62.) I live in a Red State with two major Blue Cities, and it still doesn't help combat closed minded conservatism.
63.) I buy those teeth whitening strips (they do work!), but can't seem to use them twice a day for a week or two weeks as recommended by the directions.
64.) I live in a two bedroom apartment with light pink walls (the painters made a big mistake, so I don't turn on main lights much to try and soften the pink).
65.) My decorating style is contemporary classic.
66.) At 28, I already have gray hairs popping up...mostly along the front and sides.
67.) I've resorted to touching up the gray and am in need of another touch up.
68.) I was not a fan of the frosty locks or blonde highlights that were so popular in the last 6-7 years.
69.) I don't consider myself a top or a bottom.
70.) I joke about the above and claim to be 'saving myself for civil union'.
71.) I've never been skinny dipping.
72.) I used to be really superstitious, and would have to do rituals before something important. Now I realize it's all out of my control.
73.) However, I always say the Lord's Prayer when I fly. Once we're on the runway, as we're taking off.
74.) I've never been to New York City or Los Angeles.
75.) I love vacationing near a beach.
76.) I get carried away shopping for Christmas, and usually go way over budget.
77.) I think once a month I get PMS (the male version)...for a few days I'm cranky, bitchy, and bloated (moreso than the rest of the month).
78.) I'm still struggling on when and how to break the news to the family that I'm a big ole 'mo
79.) I did come out to my sister, who was amazingly supportive.
80.) I talk to myself at the grocery store, but no where else.
81.) I have five sets of matching scarves and caps, but don't really have enough winter weather to really need them.
82.) I used to hate Sundays, because that meant Monday was right around the corner. Now I love Sundays because of a wonderful church.
83.) My three favorite Yankee Candle scents are Key Lime Pie, Buttercream, and Pineapple Paradise.
84.) I try not to think about the future or long term situations (like where do I want to be in 5 years, in 10 years, when do I want to retire?)
85.) I'm a huge Will and Grace fan. Karen is my favorite. I'm thinking of starting a Karen quote of the day.
86.) I don't think my life is interesting enough to come up with 100 facts or tidbits87.) I had a rattail when I was in second grade. As a joke to my dad, my aunt dyed the tail part blonde, to contrast with my brown hair.
88.) I have a Razr phone, but don't feel so special now that most everyone else has one too.
89.) Blogging has become very liberating for me. I don't find my life that interesting, but I do have a few readers and it's therapeutic to get feedback/input/etc.
90.) I once had a urinary tract infection, didn't read the warning label on the medicine, and freaked out when I saw my urine turn a bright radioactive orange color.
91.) When I pray and am alone, I pray out loud.
92.) My motto at work is usually "Good enough" or "I get paid to be above average, not outstanding".
93.) I typically spend too much time worrying about how to make other people happy, I'm big on consideration for others, but when I do lapse in that area, I usually screw up bigtime and end up hurting someone deeply.
94.) I broke up with a guy because he had a communicable, but not life threatening STD.
95.) Sometimes I daydream about having the perfect man...tall, dark hair with gray peppered in, sipping coffee on the back porch of our two story home on a Sunday morning. Then I wake up and really smell the coffee.
96.) I find it hard to understand why so many great men and women I know (in the blog world and in real life) are single.
97.) I've had my heart broken a few times, and each time it hurts just as bad.
98.) I don't necessarily believe in karma, but I do think everything happens for a reason.
99.) I have dark circles under my eyes that aren't hidden even with makeup or concealer.
100.) I've never kissed a girl or done anything else along those lines. (well until jan 01, 2007...just after midnight, I played spin the bottle with church friends...and well...Sarah's one lucky lady! oh it was just a kiss people...nothing else.)
101.) I need to start loving and respecting myself more.
