100 things about me

1. I was born in Chicago and moved to Rochester,NY when I was eight.
2. I collect frogs.
3. I've only had 3 serious boyfriends
4. I love to sing.
5. I'm on my third car in 11 years.
6. I have a niece that I adore.
7. I'm not a very good housekeeper.
8. I finished writing a novel five years ago that I haven't been able to send to publishers for fear of rejection.
9. It took me 5 years to finish a 2 year college because of lack of money.
10. Until I was 14 I had to sleep with a light on in my room with the closet door open.
11. As much as I love my dog, Abby, I'm still a cat person at heart.
12. My boyfriend is allergic to cats.
13. I haven't had cable in 2 years.
14. I still love watching Disney movies.
15. I like to fixate on one thing and worry it into the ground.
16. I'm not in as much debt as I was a year ago but it's still pretty bad.
17. I want to visit Italy but I'm afraid of flying.
18. I've never been further west than Wisconsin.
19. Eminem looks like my old boyfriend.
20. I've lived with every boyfriend I've had.
21. I'm scared out of my mind that I'll never have kids.
22. I love to take pictures.
23. I wish I was better at it.
24. I don't like my birthday anymore 'cause my mom died two weeks after I turned 25.
25. I've been on and off anxiety meds since I was 21.
26. I like snow until the first day of the new year - then it can go away.
27. I subscribe to Maxim 'cause its more interesting than Cosmo.
28. I've read all the Harry Potter books.
29. I can usually finish a book in 2 days.
30. I finished Stephen King's "The Stand" in a week.
31. I don't have a lot of close friends.
32. But the ones I do have I cherish.
33. The Star Wars Trilogy is my all-time favorite.
34. But I also like all the chick flicks.
35. I'm addicted to CSI.
36. and Desperate Housewives
37. and Survivor.
38. I want to marry my boyfriend.
39. But he's not ready and I don't think he ever will be.
40. I'm a Virgo.
41. I smoke.
42. I used to drink a lot of caffeinated soda. Now the only things I drink are Sprite, A&W rootbeer and Sierra Mist.
43. I hate beer.
44. I get drunk very easily.
45. My best friend and I have been friends since '91.
46. I've known my boyfriend since '92 but we didn't start dating until '01.
47. Sometimes I feel like I'm waiting for my mom to walk through the door.
48. She's been gone for 4 years.
49. I have 2 godsons who are always happy to see me.
50. Until I tell them they can't do something.
51. My boyfriend thinks I don't worry enough about what going on in the world.
52. But I do and it scares the hell out of me.
53. I wish I took better pictures.
54. If I had the money I would go to RIT for photography.
55. Sadly, most of the time, I don't hate my job.
56. I only hate it when the male managers are there.
57. They all suck.
58. I still own more VHS tapes than DVD's.
59. I am a lapsed Catholic along with my brother. Our parents are Mormon. My brother's ex-wife and daughter are (I think) Protestant. My boyfriend is lapsed Christian Scientist.
60. I love seafood and Mexican food.
61. I have two tattoos.
62. The first is a heart with wings.
63. The 2nd is an African symbol meaning, "to get through your pain, you have to get through your past".
64. I didn't pay for them.
65. I hate needles.
66. I hate scary movies.
67. I hate insects.
68. I love watching sunrises
69. Especially at the beach.
70. My brother and I still act like 12 year olds when we are together.
71. Although I love my boyfriend, I still get grammar school crushes.
72. But I never act on it.
73. When I was younger, I used to wish I wasn't mixed.
74. But now I love my heritage.
75. In 4th grade, I was called the "n" word by a classmate.
76. It was a Catholic school.
77. My parents got him expelled.
78. When I get really mad I start throwing things. It doesn't matter what I'm throwing or who I'm throwing it at.
79. I used to play softball.
80. I pitched for a whole season.
81. I was horrible.
82. But I've gotten way better.
83. My favorite year of high school was my senior year.
84. I never took my SAT's or ACT's.
85. Tests 'cause me to blank out.
86. My favorite season is spring.
87. I love shopping.
88. I hate the mall.
89. I have an obsession with buying bags...all kinds.
90. My boyfriend has a shoe obsession.
91. I only have one closet in my whole apartment.
92. I love playing Canasta
93. My bathroom is painted bright orange.
94. I almost never wear makeup.
95. I've spent a week in the hospital for depression.
96. The sealy mattress commercial with the boy jumping on the bed gets me rolling with laughter every time.
97. I didn't understand the movie "Lost in Translation".
98. I hate people who are two-faced.
99. I find the best way for me to relax after a stressful day is a glass of wine in one hand and a cigarette in the other.
100. That was really, really hard to do.