101 Things You Probably Don't Care If You Know.

1. I have blond hair.
2. I have blue eyes.
3. My favorite song is “The Boxer” by Simon & Garfunkle. I listen to it on repeat, sometimes for hours. It is repeating right now.
4. I have worked at a cricket farm.
5. I have worked at Six Flags.
6. I have worked at Subway.
7. I have worked at a summer camp as a camp counselor and art director.
8. I have worked in a library.
9. I have worked at a bookstore.
10. I have worked as a carhop at Sonic.
11. I have worked at a credit union.
12. I have worked at a hospital.
13. I have worked in a mall.
14. I have worked at a deli.
15. I have worked in a toy store.
16. I have worked as a barista (it wasn’t called that then).
17. Numbers 13-16 were all the same store.
18. I have worked as a paperboy. (Papergirl, actually.)
19. I have worked at home for a medical transcription company.
20. I have had a job since I was 14.
21. I have always worked at a job until I moved to another town or state.
22. I have been to college in three different states – and still don’t have a diploma.
23. My major in college was Geology.
24. I was born in Wisconsin.
25. I learned to swim before I could walk.
26. I had a hamster with no front legs once. (Tragic accident with the fan in the heater). He lived for several years sans limbs.
27. I raised guinea pigs as a child.
28. I still know (and recite) my phone number and address of the house I lived in when I was 8. [244-0304 & 3801 Dawes].
29. I was stage manager for Hello, Dolly in high school.
30. I ran spotlights for A Chorus Line and Big River.
31. I ran the counter weights (curtains) for A Pajama Game.
32. I was stage manager for Into The Woods.
33. I was stage manager for the Miss Kenosha pageant (twice) while in high school.
34. I draw. (Quite well from what I am told).
35. I also paint, but don’t like it as much.
36. I have lived in 4 different states.
37. I went to a Catholic high school.
38. Religion class was the only class I have every gotten a D in.
39. I own my own business.
40. I make miniature picture frames.
41. I had rats as pets as a teenager.
42. I used to love Guns-n-Roses.
43. I have designed and maintain three websites. Here, here, and here.
44. I did the entire photo editing work on all three sites.
45. I know how to belly dance.
46. I lived 30 minutes from Mexico for 4 years and never crossed the border.
47. I left the US for the first time last year – to Canada.
48. My favorite ice cream is Haagen Dazs Rocky Road.
49. I have lived on a closed military base. We (me and CK) lived in the officer’s quarters. (They were converted into townhouses).
50. I have lived in a trailer park (twice).
51. I didn’t realize that I grew up as “white trash” until I was 29. I was shocked.
52. I have one sister.
53. My sister didn’t realize she grew up as “white trash” until she was 26. She was just as shocked.
54. I have been married since 1998.
55. We got married in May, in New Mexico.
56. It was 105 degrees on the day of our wedding. The wedding was outside.
57. I made my wedding dress.
58. I made my sister’s bridesmaid dress.
59. I baked and decorated my own wedding cake.
60. I made all the flower arrangements for my own wedding.
61. I will pay my unborn children to elope when they decide to get married.
62. I made my own prom dress.
63. My dad is a nuclear physicist.
64. My mother is pretty nuts. (Really, I am not just being mean.)
65. I grew up with my mother (thus the “white trash”).
66. My first car was a Pacer. It was maroon. I don’t know what year it was.
67. I also have owned an AMC Concord. It was brown.
68. I had another car, which was a Mercury Topaz. It was reddish. I named it Chuck (bought it a Charles Motors).
69.I frequently listen to music from the 80’s and 90’s.
70. I was born with a dislocated hip and a full head of hair.
71. I have had stitches on my chin, under my left eye, and on my right pinkey.
72. I have a large scar on my right hand from when I put my hand thru a window (on accident, I was only 7).
73. I have a scar on my left palm in the shape of a V from playing with a pair of sewing sheers.
74. I have a scar on the top of my left hand from a hot glue gun that was left on (in high school while I was cleaning up after stage crew). I had to let the hot glue cool before I could pull it off my skin.
75. I have gravel in my knee from a rollerblading accident (needless to say, I also have scars on both knees from that).
76. I have a scar on my right index finger from a dog bite.
77. I know that you can get a golf cart over 12 mph if you are going downhill.
78. I also know that that is dangerous.
79. I broke my back (chip fracture) from falling off of a golf cart.
80. I have moderate psoriasis.
81. I am allergic to fleabites and bee stings.
82. I hate swimming with fish.
83. I hate swimming in lakes because I can’t see what is lurking below me (i.e. fish).
84. I have a black german shepherd mix named Booker.
85. I have a white and blond husky mix named Chewie.
86. I have a silver and white cockatiel named Cecil. It is a she.
87. I have a South African Leopard Tortoise. His name is Echo (spelled out on his shell in his markings) but we call him Mr. T.
88. I once had a dog that was allergic to pork.
89. He also had a bad heart.
90. And stones in his bladder.
91. And one brown eye, one blue eye.
92. He was a Dalmatian and we loved him very much even though he cost us about $2000 a year.
93. I used to play the violin.
94. I can’t read music; I had to memorize all the songs.
95. I was still first chair in 8th grade.
96. I have been a clown in parades. (Once again, back to the crazy mother).
97. I have eaten dog food. Fortunately, I was too young to remember.
98. I have eaten quail eggs and sea cucumber. I thought they were mushrooms and noodles, respectively. Unfortunately, I remember these.
99. I really like playing The Sims (2) and Runescape.
100. I have a giant paper mosquito hanging in my office.
101. This list only took me about an hour.