100 Things that Are/Were True

I'm doing some work today organizing files on my desktop. Poor Makal... he got this computer last year after tax returns, custom built all for himself, and then what happens? I fill it up with all my files, backing up my own comp so that I can do a clean wipe of it. Time passed, my computer died, and I continued to keep my own desktop profile on Makal's box. It's now a year later and I think my files are taking up more than my fair share of a computer that was never intended for my use...

So today I've been diving into some of those backup folders, dumping everything into new folders and assessing what's there. As per the usual with long-time computer users, I've not opened some of these folders since, oh, maybe two computers ago? Yeah.

Just now, I found a gem. Backups from my first blog. Pre-Blogger. Entirely hand coded, every post, every archive link, every inserted image. So cute, so fun. I miss doing business that way, but it's just not quite so practical anymore. ANYway, on to my point. One of the files I found was "100about.htm". This wasn't even a blog post... it was it's own seperate page of my site, it was so important. So I thought it'd be fun to take a break from the file organization and post this list, making comments along the way (I've not read it all yet so who knows how accurate it will be). Aaaand, here we go!

100 Things About Me (circa 2002ish)

1... i was born on leap day in the year 1984...

2... that makes me a pisces.

3... i can read your birthchart.

4... i love my special boy. (Ed. Eh, not so much anymore. At all. Ended that over three years ago. Very happy with my current special man though! ;)

5... i played the flute...

6... and i was in marching band.

7... i really like porn. (Ed. Still so very, very true...)

8... i interned at hot topic...

9... yet i worked at the gap.

10... then quit gap and worked seasonal at hot topic

11... i walk into walls (quite often). (Ed. Not so often anymore; I wonder why?)

12... i'm addicted to my computer.

13... i have lived in eugene, oregon, my entire life. (Ed. Except for the past 2.5 years I've lived in Portland, which is a way cooler city)

14... i love cats.

15... i believe.

16... i love shiny things.

17... i have a fetish for shiny red lipstick...

18... and vinyl. (Ed. When, a year or two later, my mom found this blog, she teased me mercilessly for this one.)

19... i am a bead enthusiast. (Ed. Meh.)

20... i watch reality tv.

21... i make jewelry out of beads. (Ed. And, like, a crapload of other stuff that is also way cooler.)

22... and i sew purses out of fabric remnants from walmart. (Ed. WOW I haven't made a purse in ages!)

23... i know the words to all the songs in "the nightmare before christmas".

24... i want to decorate my bedroom solely with a large tent (to sleep in).

25... i am a geek. or a nerd. or a spaz.

26... i rarely wear underwear. (Ed. Mom also took to asking me if I was wearing underwear... awkward.)

27... that rhymed. or rimed.

28... i am unsure of my long-term career goals.

29... i am a graphic design major at lane community. (Ed. Well, I was, until I dropped out due partly to lack of learning anything yet still being required to pay for attending.)

30... i am an excellent baker.

31... i have weak nails.

32... i am lactose intolerant.

33... i have many freckles.

34... i bruise easily.

35... i have a tattoo. (Ed. Two!)

36... i'm not good at math.

37... i like to use puff paint.

38... i was in fbla and deca during highschool.

39... i got 1100 on my s.a.t.'s

40... i used to occasionally pass out for no good reason. (Ed. Oh, apparently I still do this too. Grand.)

41... i'm a matrix afficianado.

42... i like to read the news online. (Ed. I stopped reading the news a few years ago.)

43... i don't like white walls.

44... i am happy with painted ceilings.

45... i was in daycare until i started 6th grade.

46... most people eventually annoy me.

47... i listen to insane clown posse. (Ed. HAHAHA yeah no.)

48... i've never been on a large roller coaster. (Ed. Been there, done that, have the ridiculously large soda jug.)

49... i've been bitten by several hobo spiders.

50... unless you've done this you have no idea how time-consuming it is.

51... if you've read this far, i appreciate your commitment.

52... i want to be a housewife when i grow up. (Ed. something I have more or less achieved in my current life)

53... i put dishes in the dishwasher without pre-washing them.

54... sometimes i forget to brush my hair.

55... the first rated-r movie i saw in theaters was "the blair witch project".

56... i like playing video games.

57... i generally don't finish them.

58... i wish my boobs were bigger. (Ed. Do I still think this? Eh. My boobs are pretty rad, I'd say. I wouldn't *mind* if they were bigger, but they are rather practical and aesthetic the way they are now.)

59... i want to build my own computer. (Ed. And I will FINALLY do this when Makal buys me all the components for my upcoming birthday! ^_^)

60... i can beat special boy at air hockey. (Ed. And I can probably beat you, too.)

61... the first time i played poker i won 5 times in a row.

62... i went to england, france, germany, austria, switzerland, leichenstein, and italy the summer of 2001...

63... in 16 days.

64... i've never had chicken pox.

65... i randomly shout "beans!", "banana!", or "chicken!" (Ed. I'd say this isn't true, but I did confuse the hell out of Makal when I briskly walked into the kitchen last night and said "I want a banana!")

66... i can't wait for the next "harry potter" book/movie to be released. (Ed. Honestly? I haven't read Book 7.)

67... i microwave peanut butter & jelly sandwhiches for 10 seconds. (Ed. Now a more mature person, I have learned that they are far better when toasted.)

68... i think bill gates shouldn't feel obligated to donate to charity.

69... i would adopt a child.

70... i like having the biggest amount of (computer) memory possible. (Ed. And then I like filling it with crap that I won't look at for the next three years...)

71... black looks good with anything.

72... i am a perfectionist.

73... i can be grouchy...

74... especially after i get my depo provera shot. (Ed. Yeah, that's fair. But I've not been on Depo since, oh, 2004?)

75... i wear pink and blue plastic-framed glasses. (Ed. My current frames are black metal)

76... i wish i were a size 6 again. (Ed. Aren't I?)

77... i've had poetry published.

78... i can't drive a car.

79... i took highschool spanish for two years.

80... my first pets were parakeets (pepper and whitey).

81... i knew a woman who was born in 1901...

82... who had a grip as strong as an ox until she died in february 2003.

83... i'm an old-skool trekker.

84... i get annoyed when i email someone and they don't write back. (Ed. I cannot stress how true this remains...)

85... i've only been in 4 relationships (counting current one). (Ed. Let's not talk numbers right now, baby.)

86... i wish i could play bass.

87... i want a laptop that's better than yours.

88... i never beat "myst".

89... i love the chicken dance.

90... i have ancestors from transylvania.

91... i can't manage time well.

92... i have bad joints.

93... i've never been fond of pigs...

94... except to eat. (Ed. BACON!!!)

95... i think it would be cool to try being a vegetarian/veagan. (Ed. NO! BACON!!!)

96... i pee with the bathroom door open if no one is home.

97... i don't care about nerve gas invading my lungs.

98... i want to go hiking.

99... "be happy for life, for it gives you the chance to work and love and to look up at the stars" (paul van dyke) is my fave quote.

100... i don't like typing up to 100. (Ed. I imagine this is still true, but I haven't tried.)