Jessica (litai115) wrote, @ 2003-12-16 19:07:00

the infamous "it's only fair" post:
100 Things You May or May Not Know About Me

1) I was born on an army base in Heidelburg, Germany.
2) If I don't drink soda within about twenty minutes of waking up, I have headaches that last all day long.
3) I have never kept a job for more than five months.
4) Jen and I did not grow up together. We've only known each other since orientation at Monmouth, 2001.
5) I am obsessed with Law & Order.
6) I have conquered more silly childhood fears in four months of working at the Pet Store than in the previous 18 years.
7) I have never had any cavities.
8) I could actually go to The Olive Garden every night for the rest of my life and be perfectly happy.
9) I don't cook. Don't ask me to cook (unless you want pasta with not enough sauce, or rice a roni).
10) I spent far too large a portion of my life trying to figure out who I should be, instead of trying to figure out who I was.
11) I will never stop feeling guilty (for myself) about how I lost my virginity.
12) I know how to play the baritone horn and the trumpet. Sort of.
13) Most people who think they know me, don't.
14) I only have one friend left from high school who I talk to on a regular basis.
15) I hurt myself without even noticing.
16) There are only two people on this whole planet that I trust to tell me the truth, no matter what -- my mother and Chris.
17) I am a lot more feminine than I appear. I just hide it well.
18) I spent a year "living" in the guy's wing of a dorm. I can take shit most girls can't.
19) I seriously considered the military as a career option.
20) I will do almost anything for a friend. Betray me, and I'm very likely to cut you out of my life completely, with no warning and no excuses accepted. Ask Charles.
21) I have never met my sister.
22) I love puppies. Furthermore, all dogs, regardless of their age, are puppies.
23) If it makes sense to me, it makes sense. Let's just move on.
24) If a restaurant offers some form of fried cheese as an appetizer, I have to try it and compare it to all the other fried cheese in every other restaurant in which I've ever eaten.
25) I am grammatically infalliable. My grandmother (and everyone else) asks me to spell words for her and checks random, obscure grammar rules with me before editing things my mother has asked her to read and fix.
26) I've never done drugs. Even when Jim offered me K (which I think only Bill and Jen and Tommy D. will find funny).
27) I like to be cold rather than hot -- because it's easier to warm up than to cool down.
28) I don't wear shorts. Ever. Any attempt to get me to wear shorts will fail. My mother's been trying since I was eight, folks.
29) I set my alarm clock ahead so that I'm never late...but when I set the clock, I keep in mind that it's set ahead, thereby completely destroying everything I was trying to accomplish.
30) I am big on making memories. Bill and I have planned countless trips to the city and the like to that end.
31) Jen and I talk constantly about making a scrapbook we will never make.
32) I used to want to be a wedding planner.
33) I am Wiccan.
34) The first annual spring break road trip was so that I could meet a guy I'd been dating on the internet. If you want to know how well that went, ask Jen. She loves to relive it.
35) I want to see the world. Literally.
36) I spend hours in Barnes & Noble carefully selecting the next book to buy and read, in a process that astounds Jen to this day and makes no sense to anyone but me (see #23).
37) I am obsessed with astrology, and must know everyone's sign. I actually base my opinions of people on their sign.
38) I cried when my Uh-Oh Oreo skunk got hit by a car. For that matter, I cry pretty much whenever I see anything dead on the side of the road.
39) For that matter, I cry way too easily.
40) I have always had a fetish for guys with long hair.
41) I truly believe that The Princess Bride is the best movie ever made.
42) I am always right. You will never win an argument with me.
43) I am the Queen of Guilt Trips. When you think you've won an argument with me, wait for me to bring it up the next time we disagree.
44) I believe everyone should own and know how to properly care for and operate a gun.
45) I have only kissed three people.
46) I regret kissing every single one.
47) I have never had a relationship in which I allowed myself to actually be vulnerable (see #13).
48) I have two Christmases (one with my best friend Jen's family, one with mine).
49) I am currently on my third car. The first one was an '88 Corolla that got ruined in a four-car pileup on 2/16/02.
50) Ever since Jen decided to sue me, my mother has completely cut her off.
51) I took Hawaiian dance. I am learning how to belly dance.
52) The best job I ever had was as an After School Care attendant at a Catholic elementary school.
53) Usually, when I come to you with a problem, I'm just looking for consolation and comfort. I can be rational and logical on my own -- your attempts to fix me will only irritate me. I promise.
54) When I was little, I used to go to at least two movies a weekend.
55) I just may be the future Press Secretary to the President of the United States.
56) I wear a disproportionate amount of black. Apparently, this makes me look like I "live in a black and white movie."
57) My chest weighs 20 pounds.
58) I am (or was) the personal secretary and masseuse to Bill.
59) I have very recently gotten into the new punk scene (Senses Fail, Brand New, All-American Rejects, Smile Empty Soul, Yellowcard, etc). If you have a problem with that, leave it alone.
60) I grew up listening to country music. I still sometimes listen to it. If you complain, I will trap you in my car on a road trip to Albany (Vicki and Rox) and blast it. Non-stop. Don't test me, I really am that sadistic.
61) Love Connection will always be the best cheesy dating show of all-time.
62) I have killed every plant I've ever tried to keep.
63) I don't base my opinions of professors on my grades in their classes, unlike most people I know.
64) I find a real problem with the selling out of K-Rock and Hot Topic.
65) I own my own purple sparkly bowling ball with my name engraved.
66) I skipped a grade in school. Don't you wish you knew which one.
67) I have been to see four or five different therapists in my life.
68) I am a very habitual person. I don't deal well with change.
69) I enjoy contradicting people just for the fun of it.
70) When I decide to try something, I must have every single thing necessary to do anything it might entail. I never follow through on it, though (i.e., the jewelry box).
71) I am still struggling with money management.
72) I'm a big cuddler, though that information (prior to this list) was released on a need-to-know basis.
73) I really like to drive. Sometimes, I drive to nowhere, just to be in my car with my CDs.
74) I firmly believe we never landed on the moon. Please, I dare you to fight with me about it.
75) I am a very sarcastic person. If you take the things I say personally, you're likely to walk around pouting a lot.
76) I kickbox and strength train pretty much every day (except during the Christmas season at work!).
77) I love the smell of coffee, but I hate the taste of coffee. This has led me to the decision that I must marry a coffee drinker, so I can smell it every morning, but never have to drink it.
78) Before my cousin Cole was born, I was strongly considering going to the fire academy to continue a family tradition. Now it's his burden.
79) My last relationship led me to realize that I really can't forgive everyone everything, and I do have to have some standards written in stone.
80) I get very offended when my reliability, honesty, and trust-worthiness are called into question.
81) I am not-so-secretly infatuated with Angelina Jolie.
82) I love when people leave messages to AIM when I'm away.
83) I love to read Live Journals and other online diaries.
84) I have spent my whole life giving most of myself to others and receiving very little in return.
85) My children will be taught about values and ethics, and they will be taught how to act in public. The day my child is screaming in a store and I do not correct that behavior is the day you can run me over with your car -- because I have ceased to be a productive human being.
86) Starry Night is my favorite painting, although M.C. Escher is my favorite artist.
87) I buy thirty-seven cent pasta at Walmart. In bulk. Every time we go to Walmart.
88) I go to Walmart once a week, on Adventure Tuesdays.
89) Most of the poetry I have ever written has been about one person.
90) I bruise easily -- this can be interpreted in a few ways, and it's true in each way.
91) Kevin Smith graduated from my high school, and I give the best "Kevin Smith" tour of Monmouth County ever. For that matter, I give the best "famour people" tour -- Montel, Bon Jovi, Springsteen, Geraldo, Billy Joel, Whitney Houston...I know where all their houses are.
92) I call my mother every day. She is my best friend.
93) I sang soprano 1 in the a capella choir for five years.
94) I hold grudges for a long time, even though I know that it's not healthy.
95) I love mashed potatoes with ketchup. Don't knock it until you've tried it.
96) There is a wide array of different foods I've never tried. I won't get into it, though, because it will frustrate JD.
97) If I sleep past 11, I feel like I have accomplished nothing -- regardless of how much has actually gotten done.
98) I changed my major at least six times, ranging from English/Secondary Ed to Theater to Poli Sci.
99) If I had to go on a real date tomorrow, I would literally have nothing to wear. I didn't even own makeup until the father of one of my high school friend's died, and I had to go to the funeral.
100) I am shy. I hide this fact by being outgoing. It's difficult to discern the truth about me in a lot of areas.