I have been blogging for one whole year. It was something that I always wanted to do, but I was really intimidated by getting started. I was born to be a procrastinator. Jumping in feet first is scary to me.
Last November, Will Smith was on Oprah to discuss his (at the time) new movie, Seven Pounds. He made a statement about rebirth while he was on the show, and it hit me the right way. But in all of my haste to rewind the DVR over and over in a desperate attempt to write the quote down, I somehow deleted it. My bad.
This led me on a manhunt via the internet to find the quote. I simply had to have it. Embroider it on a pillow, tattoo it on my arm, stamp it on a t-shirt. I found the quote
here (make sure you read the quote!). I was hooked. This was the first blog I started to follow. I couldn't read enough. And I suddenly had the inspiration that I needed to start one of my own.
In honor of my 100th post (which is probably only a big deal to me), I have accumulated 100 things about me. In no particular order. Learn something new about me...you may find yourself surprised. And slightly entertained.
Here goes:
1. I always yell "Wheeeeeee......!!!!!" when I change lanes on the interstate. And then I laugh like a maniac.
2. I could not make it across a set of monkey bars if my life depended on it.
3. My favorite flower is the Sweet Pea.
4. There is not a fashionable bone in my body, yet I have managed to make a career out of it. Oh, the irony.
5. My dream job was to be a writer. Then it was to be a teacher, but I was so afraid of being in front of a room full of kids that I didn't pursue it.
6. I keep four different colors of post-it notes in my car. Just in case I need to label something on my way to work.
7. I still get just as excited as a little kid when I see airplanes in the sky.
8. I have never mowed grass in my entire life.
9. My ears start burning just before I cry. It's annoying.
10. Making left hand turns in traffic scares me so much that I will go miles out of my way to find a stoplight with a left green arrow.
11. I wrote an entire novel when I was 10, but I thought it was horrible and threw the entire thing away. I regret that so much, not because it ever would have been published, but because it was such a big part of me.
12. I have incredible social anxiety. As in, diagnosed by a real live shrink. I joke about hating people (I do), but I am really just afraid of them.
13. I own exactly two purses. I don't understand how some women are obsessed with them.
14. I would rather be in Michigan.
15. I cannot pass a mirror without looking in it. Not that I always like what I see in it, but I always look.
16. My entire reason for dating is so that my mom and I will have something to laugh about on the phone.
17. I think that people who resort to taking their facebook profile pics in their cars are uncreative losers. Especially if they have their sunglasses on. (For the record, I have only done this once.)
18. I fully believe in fate and karma. I watch for signs in everything.
19. My favorite number is 19. I'm not telling any of you why, but it isn't because of anything kinky like you're probably thinking.
20. Escalators freak me out.
21. I only do dishes when I run out of clean spoons. My kitchen is always a wreck.
22. I micro-analyze everything that I eat. I'm convinced that I have an eating disorder, but I can't figure out which one it is.
23. I compulsively check for mold on bread before I make a sandwich. (see #22)
24. I will eat things that fall on the floor if no one is looking.
25. I have been in love exactly three times in my entire life. I worry excessively that there will not be a number four.
26. I find it really hard to sit still. I come home and pace around my apartment until it's time to go to bed. Relaxing takes work. Pacing is easier.
27. I once lost my mind at PetSmart when a lady called me "crazy." I drove a shopping cart into her car with mine. I know I looked like a total lunatic, but it was incredibly liberating.
28. I hate Hello Kitty.
29. I am determined to make my 29th year my best one yet.
30. I am so freaked out about turning 30 that I am considering taking the week of my birthday off and hibernating.
31. I would rather scrapbook than breathe.
32. I tweeze my eyebrows in my car (in my driveway) because the lighting is better than in my bathroom.
33. I have kept a journal since I knew how to write. When I die, they
must be burned.
34. I skipped my high school prom because I couldn't get a date. Instead, I went on a road trip to some random town in Tennessee with Jen. We got really drunk in a hotel room, and we amused ourselves by taking pictures of a hairy comb that we found in one of the nightstand drawers.
35. I have lived in my apartment for over two years and have never mopped my floors. In fact, I don't even own a mop.
36. I never buy the same shampoo twice.
37. I only use Bath and Body Works lip balm. I have tubes of it in my purse, my car, and my nightstand.
38. I hate water. I hate going into the ocean. I hate lakes. I will sit on the beach all day long, but I am not getting wet.
39. I can't sleep on dark colored sheets or flannel sheets.
40. I have had insomnia since I was a little kid. When I actually sleep through the night, I wake up shocked and amazed.
41. I painted my living room chocolate brown one time because I saw it in a magazine. Even though it looked like a dungeon, I refused to change it because I spent so much money on paint. And because painting is hard work!
42. I sing really loud when I am in my store by myself. On more than one occasion, I have turned around to realize that I had an audience. So embarrassing.
43. I talk to myself all the time.
44. I prefer silver to gold.
45. I have gone on two dates (with two different guys) that involved graveyards.
46. I am so OCD about things that I find it really hard to be around myself sometimes.
47. I refuse to wear colored nail polish on my fingernails.
48. I get really nervous when sirens fly past my apartment. Like they're going to stop at my house and take me away or something.
49. I cannot parallel park. I try randomly, as though I will have magically mastered it in my sleep. (I have not.)
50. I am convinced that food tastes different (and not in a good way) if you eat it in the bathroom.
51. My favorite t-shirt came from Goodwill. I bought it a decade ago.
52. I secretly love to watch football.
53. The smell of wild onions reminds me of playing outside with my brother when we were kids.
54. I finally came to the realization that if I want a porch swing and a white picket fence, I damn well better find a way to get it for myself.
55. For the first nine years of my life, I was convinced that I was adopted. Sometimes, I still wonder.
56. I volunteer at my daughter's school because I prefer the kids to grownups. There is nothing better than a roomful of little people who think you are the coolest thing since peanut butter.
57. On a given day, I use as many as 15 different hair products. I am trying to find a magic formula.
58. I refuse to close the bathroom door when I'm at home.
59. I don't consider dishes completely clean unless they have been washed in the dishwasher.
60. My favorite thing to do with Kylie is dance to VH1 videos of Lady GaGa, Carrie Underwood, and Taylor Swift in our living room. Usually with the curtains open, so that our neighbors can get a little glimpse of how we entertain ourselves.
61. I hate the frappucino's that have coffee in them.
62. Vintage art is my favorite.
63. I hate watching cheesy chick flicks and sci-fi movies.
64. Every now and then, I will go an entire week of eating nothing but cereal and macaroni because I am tired of eating everything that I know how to cook.
65. I refuse to have more than two bumper stickers on my car at one time, and I only put them on my back windshield. Because putting them on your bumper is simply tacky.
66. I never put away my laundry. I wash it, dry it, and then throw it on my floor until I wear it again. Then I repeat the process.
67. I think fake flowers defeat the purpose.
68. I considered not attending my own high school graduation because I was so freaked out about being in front of all of those people. I only went so my mom wouldn't be disappointed.
69. I am obsessed with photographs.
70. My dancing is shameful. I thought of making a youtube video, but then I realized that I would probably have no friends.
71. Sometimes I call Kylie "dude."
72. I once ripped the driver's side mirror off of my car because I got too close to one of those big blue mailboxes when I was trying to put something in.
73. It took me three years to learn how to do a cartwheel. I was convinced that after that, I could be a gymnast. Not.
74. I only eat one thing on my plate at a time. No mixing.
75. I update my facebook status a zillion times every day.
76. I can't stand twitter.
77. I always ask for extra ice in my soda at drive thrus.
78. I have to-do lists in my purse, my planner, and my BlackBerry, yet I feel completely disorganized.
79. I attempt to morph into Mariah Carey in the shower. I can't believe my neighbors haven't complained yet.
80. Will wear the same jeans for three or four days in a row if I know I won't see the same people.
81. I cannot snap my fingers.
82. I secretly want to be Lady GaGa. She is just the coolest damn person ever.
83. I can't go to sleep if my closet door is open because I am convinced that someone is going to jump out of it (as if they couldn't just open the door!).
84. It took ten years to finally realize that dating my brother's friends is a BAD idea.
85. I became a vegetarian three years ago partly because I was convinced that I was going to give myself salmonella.
86. I use my GPS to drive home from work because I like the company.
87. Sometimes when I'm home alone, I eat dinner right out of the pan with a spatula just because I can.
88. I spend as much money on hair products as I do my power bill every month.
89. I never return things to other stores myself. I always ask my sales associates to do it for me.
90. I once tried to clear a clog in my bathroom drain with a toilet plunger.
91. I can hear my cell phone vibrate from across a crowded room.
92. I am obsessed with those "Pass it On" billboards that are all over the interstate. They inspire me to be less of a cold-hearted, vengeful bitch.
93. There is a certain brand of bottled water that I refuse to drink simply because I dated one of their ad execs in college. Like its tainted or something.
94. I always want a boyfriend until I have one. I once dumped a guy because his socks didn't match.
95. I don't consider myself to be very girly, but apparently everyone else disagrees.
96. I really should have married that guy from my college sociology class.
97. I quit therapy because I was afraid that my shrink was judging me.
98. I am becoming a pro at avoiding things that I know will hurt me. Maybe this is a sign that I have finally grown up.
99. Until recently (as in, two weeks ago), I thought that cotton came from sheep.
100. In the past year, I have cut loose of some chains, eliminated some baggage, and made peace with a lot of my demons. I never thought I would be able to say that. I have never been happier.
It has been a terrific year.
