the obligatory 101 list

1. My career aptitude test said I should be a puppeteer.
2. I prefer dark chocolate to milk chocolate.
3. Cat person
4. Thunderstorms make me tingle.
5. I appreciate character over beauty.
6. I don't lie.
7. I'll cheat at cards if given the chance.
8. I don't find 6 and 7 to be contradictory.
9. I am childless by choice.
10. I'm a good candidate for What Not To Wear.
11. Despite 10, I've gotten better looking with age.
12. I'd rather address a room of 1,000 than make small talk at a party.
13. Used, recycled, or vintage over new.
14. I see the value in bad things happening to me.
15. I wet my toothbrush both before and after I put the toothpaste on it.
16. I’m a video game addict.
17. I enjoy the company of people that others consider scary or strange.
18. And I love the way those people are unselfconscious in front of my camera
19. I am not unselfconscious in front of a camera
20. Many people will say they make the best chile, but I actually do.
21. I’ve been told I’m both rude and tactless.
22. Summer is my least favorite season. Fall is my favorite.
23. I’m a coffee snob. Tea too.
24. I jump in with both feet.
25. I do it at the last minute.
26. I’m not a natural redhead and I don’t care who knows it.
27. I’m a big baby when I’m sick.
28. I’m a lucid dreamer.
29. I learned to play poker before I learned to read.
30. I only like games that involve both luck and skill.
31. I am irritatingly cocky sometimes.
32. I am inconsolably self-doubting at other times.
33. Orange is my color
34. I have warm hands.
35. Turbulent plane trips are fun.
36. I divide movies into three categories: Need to see on the big screen; Will wait for the DVD; Never want to see.
37. There are very few movies in the “Never want to see” category, but they probably star Tom Cruise, Melanie Griffith, Ashton Kutcher, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Ice Cube, or Britney Spears
38. I like snakes, spiders, frogs, rodents and lizards.
39. A common housefly landing on my face or food will nearly make me barf.
40. I won’t eat any kind of sugar substitute or anything with “high fructose corn syrup”.
41. I need lots of alone time.
42. I’m a smart-ass.
43. I love smart-ass men.
44. I admit when I’m wrong.
45. I don’t need eyeglasses, but I secretly wish I did.
46. I’ve been in the zone
47. I try to get back often.
48. I’ve been to 49 of the 50. Plus DC.
49. I do things that scare me.
50. I believe that happiness comes from within. But a little cash to go out for dinner is nice too.
51. I can be obstinate.
52. I excel at test taking
53. I usually figure out the end of a movie before the halfway point.
54. I can be obsessive.
55. I like ambiguity in art.
56. I like straight forwardness in people.
57. I have been known to cause a scene while eating great food.
58. I laugh loud and often.
59. I cry when I need to.
60. I didn’t always 58 or 59.
61. I am very stimulated by good art.
62. I can be over stimulated to the point I can’t function.
63. You’ll know what my current favorite item of clothing is, because I’ll be wearing it every time you see me.
64. I'm quick on the uptake.
65. I wish I was really great at one thing, instead of better than average at many things.
66. To me, “taking a cruise,” means down Main St in your cool car.
67. I’ve eaten most of the parts of cows, sheep, pigs, and chickens.
68. I don’t believe criticism
69. I don’t believe praise, either.
70. Red wine. Girlie mixed drinks.
71. I enjoy taking pictures with plastic cameras just as much as with my professional model.
72. I’d consider them suitable to show, too.
73. I can tell when something I’ve made is “good”.
74. I often can’t explain why or duplicate it.
75. I love a good debate.
76. I have to force myself to work out.
77. I include Simpsons-isms in my everyday speech.
78. I have a potty mouth and I’m creative about it.
79. I’m a night person.
80. I’ll try anything once.
81. You’ll know whether or not I liked it.
82. I’m eerily perceptive.
83. I’m really glad I dropped out of grad school.
84. I’m embarrassed that I can’t speak Spanish.
85. I miss my grandma.
86. I regret not spending more time with her near the end.
87. I believe in death with dignity.
88. I sometimes take myself too seriously.
89. When I realize it, I can laugh at myself.
90. I say the words like, cute, and you know far too often.
91. It’s my job in life to point out the obvious.
92. I’m a better observer than participant.
93. Up until 6 years ago, people were always mistaking me for someone else. Now they never do.
94. Boot girl.
95. I’d rather eat cold chicken for breakfast than waffles.
96. I only have a few close friends.
97. One of them is my husband.
98. I’m funniest when I’m irritated.
99. I sometimes talk too much.
100. I’m a good big sister.
101. I’d want to be friends with me if I met me on the street.

Comments

[mona]

i recently read "Positively Fifth Street" by Jim McManus and have become obsessed wit Texas hold 'em. damn that poker is a mesmerizing beast.

lovely list.

[Theresa]

I haven't read that one. I read "Last Call" by Tim Powers recently- which is like poker with tarot cards. It really freaked me out.

Do you have any idea how many blogs are dedicated to poker??

[Brendon]

First off: Chilli (two L's)

Second: We need to have a chilli cook-off so this debate can be settled before someone says something they'll regret...

Great list...

[Brendon]

Unless the 'chile' you were talking about was some bizarre nation-building thing...in which case, you win...

;)

[Theresa]

What, exactly is chilli? Something cold?

[MikeR]

You're both wrong.
In my neck of the woods, it's decidedly "chili".

[Theresa]

Unless your neck is in Mexico...