Sunday, July 30, 2006

100 things about me

I kinda like the idea of coming up with a hundred things about myself, but I'm a little scared that there aren't that many interesting things about me. But, here goes nothing:

  1. If I could get away with it, I would use cocaine as a diet drug.
  2. I love music, especially rock and roll.
  3. I've been going deaf in my right ear since I was 14.
  4. Dark Chocolate makes me happy.
  5. I cannot imagine never learning.
  6. I've had sex in a Waffle House, a health club, on a beach, and probably many places I can't remember.
  7. Bodily fluids REALLY gross me out.
  8. I once got high on the Needle at Astroworld.
  9. I started getting high when I was 10, and stopped when I turned 21.
  10. I never finished high school, but I have my masters degree.
  11. I moved out of my parents house when I was 14 or 15, can't remember now.
  12. I was in a trailer during Hurricane Alicia in Houston in the early '80's.
  13. I've had a gun held to my head.
  14. I saved my father's life when I was 10.
  15. I've seen 3 dead bodies outside of a funeral home (2 of them where my parents)
  16. I smoked for 20 years before I quit cold turkey- but gained a lot of weight doing it.
  17. I watched my mother die. (this is very depressing so far, huh?)
  18. I could probably perform emergency surgery to save someone's life.
  19. I think I'm pretty smart (maybe not such a good trait)
  20. I used to drink Jack Daniel straight.
  21. I love beer and would drink it all the time except for the fact that it makes you drunk and fat.
  22. I've never had sex with anyone famous, but could think of a few guys I would like to get my hands on.
  23. I'm a science teacher, and I think I have the coolest job in the world.
  24. I hate guns and wish we lived in a world where they did not exist.
  25. I know a lot of useless information (hence my blog title)
  26. I'm afraid of sharks.
  27. I'm a half-breed: born in Massachusetts and raised in Texas.
  28. I would love to go back to my old stomping grounds and show everyone that I'm not a loser.
  29. Meeting my husband is the greatest thing to ever happen to me.
  30. Hubby and I were living together within two weeks of meeting each other.
  31. My parents met on a Friday night and were engaged on Sunday morning. They were married for 35 years and one day before he died.
  32. I would love to "upgrade" myself and get an implant into my brain to transmit music.
  33. I was the reason for one divorce- but I wasn't having an affair with him, his wife used our friendship as an excuse.
  34. I've been in love with three men in my life.
  35. I don't like weak women.
  36. I've thrown away a couch to make more room for books.
  37. I've read Darwin's Origin of Species, but not the Bible.
  38. Don't try to argue against evolution with me, I'll just think you're an idiot.
  39. I've read all of Stephen King's Books.
  40. I had to take remedial math in college, but ended up with a B in calculus.
  41. People used to clear the dance floor to watch me dance.
  42. I really really hate to be laughed at.
  43. I've been homeless.
  44. I would like to know more about classical music.
  45. I am not the least bit graceful.
  46. I love cheesy jokes.
  47. If I had to choose 3 albums to bring with me on a deserted island they would be Back in Black, Joshua Tree, and Yes, I Am.
  48. I could probably have a female lover, but never have.
  49. I would like to invent something the world couldn't live without.
  50. I can be very critical of other people.
  51. Sir David Attenborough is one of my heros.
  52. I don't do thongs.
  53. It is very gratifying to me to make other people laugh.
  54. I've been skinny dipping at Hippy Hollow.
  55. I like power tools for presents.
  56. I would like to know how to fly a helicopter.
  57. I think teenagers would be put on mandatory birth control at puberty.
  58. I like to be in charge wherever I go.
  59. I get nervous speaking to adults, but almost never in my classroom.
  60. I adore college and can't wait to back to get another degree.
  61. I love spending money, but hate the fact that every thing costs so much.
  62. I think my husband is smarter than I am.
  63. I don't want to live in California- that whole Earthquake thing.
  64. I talk on my cell phone while I drive.
  65. I once caught my friend's back yard on fire and put it out with a shovel and my shoes.
  66. My favorite color is green, but I'm also partial to purple.
  67. I'm good at untangling knots.
  68. I'm not nosy, I'm just extremely curious.
  69. I've been in one fight in my life.
  70. Sam Adams is my favorite beer.
  71. I would like to visit St. Petersburg in Russia, as well as Rome and parts of Germany.
  72. I'm sorry I voted for Bush.
  73. When my oldest child starts college, my youngest will start kindergarten.
  74. I love Riddick.
  75. I have hazel-ish eyes, my favorite part of myself.
  76. I like to BS people to see how much I can get them to believe.
  77. I'm the shortest child in my family at 5'5", but my mother was 5'2".
  78. I'm afraid that one day I'll have Alzheimer's.
  79. I used to think I wouldn't have plastic surgery, what a fool I was.
  80. I wish I was a more creative writer.
  81. After 1st child was born I was told I couldn't have any more kids- I have three.
  82. I think Pedophiles should be executed.
  83. I believe in a woman's right to choose, but don't think the death penalty is particularly effective.
  84. I would like to take a minivacation all by myself.
  85. My favorite car is a 1966 convertible Mustang.
  86. My favorite shows are Grey's Anatomy, Star Gate, The Soprano's, Deadwood, and Farscape.
  87. I like to do all the driving.
  88. I drove around Atlanta for about a year before I ever got on the freeway. And then, someone had to be in the car with me. I would sweat buckets on I285 and I85.
  89. I am impatient in the car with other drivers- I yell obscenities.
  90. I cuss- a a lot.
  91. I sometimes have an irrational fear that I'm going to fall out of my car when it's moving.
  92. My sister and I were key witnesses in a murder trial when I was 10.
  93. I have an older brother that I look so much like we could be twins.
  94. I like to color in coloring books- with colored pencils.
  95. I don't talk to my blood family very often. I guess I should feel bad about that.
  96. I love the Blues, but Jazz just irritates me.
  97. I would like to be a better gardener and grow more of my family's food.
  98. I wish I had more energy. I have high blood pressure and the meds make me a zombie.
  99. Several of my friends are bi-polar. What does that say about me?
  100. When I retire, I want to live on a house boat with the hubs and a couple of cats.

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