Yet 100 More…

1. I am married to someone who is colorblind
2. My favorite color is mineral green
3. I collect transferware plates and toleware trays
4. My general clothing size is "petite medium"
5. I have been hospitalized twice in the past 5 years for unscheduled "emergency" surgeries
6. My husband was nearly killed by an exploding milk bottle
7. It took weeks and quite a few bottles of hydrogen peroxide to clean up all of his splattered blood from that accident. Ick.
8. I make nerdily annoying Sienfeld references in everyday conversation: Not that there's anything wrong with that.
9. Despite a jaded past life in the world of indie rock, certain Celine Dion songs make me cry
10. Come to think of it, plenty of corny commercials make me weep, as well.
11. As do hokey "happy" endings to Hollywood movies.
12. Ah, I also cry at my town's 4^th of July Parade.
13. Despite my frequent teary-eyed state, I am a really nauseatingly upbeat person.
14. Thus, frequent use of exclamation points! and Smiley Faces J in my writing.
15. Sometimes wearing earrings gives me a headache. Maybe it’s a pressure-point thing…
16. Necklaces of all lengths and materials also give me headaches
17. I still own and USE an embarassing yet utilitarian collection of ponytail scrunchies
18. If you haven't noticed by now, I am a pretty sh*tty typist.
19. My other excuse for my embarrassing typos scattered throughout blog-land is an overused, gunked up keyboard.
20. Yet more evidence that I'm a nerd: I love Trivial Pursuit.
21. The only makeup items I wear EVERY day are eyebrow pencil and lipgloss.
22. I have oily skin and use high glycolic acid content facial products to remedy this
23. My facial/skincare products are among the few "premium" items I buy for myself.
24. Most everything else is secondhand, generic, dollar-store…
25. All of the recent "hype" about red and blue America has goaded me to reacquaint myself with my religious/spiritual self
26. I consider myself a Catholic in the Fransicsan Way/method of prayer, but as far as non-Faith issues are concerned I really would consider myself more Unitarian.
27. Despite my religious persuasion, I rarely feel guilt. About anything.
28. I overuse hyphens, ellipses, parentheses and semicolons.
29. Since I am freckle-faced, I am asked, quite often, "Do you have any Irish in you?"
30. To which I always offer my favorite cliché, "Only my husband!"
31. When I am awake, my feet are always cold no matter what socks or slippers I am wearing
32. But I cannot stand wearing socks to bed.
33. Nor long nightgowns or pj pants
34. I prefer cotton shorts and a tank top, as unsexy as that is, as my nocturnal apparel
35. My husband usurped my terry cloth monogrammed bathrobe years ago
36. I think I am the only housewife in America without a bathrobe…
37. So upon arising, I usually throw on sweatpants and a sweatshirt for warmth and "coverage"
38. I never aspired to be a "mom"…
39. …but I have found that I enjoy it and I'm pretty good at it.
40. I adore most things "leopard print"
41. Since getting our dog last year, my relationship with my husband has improved markedly; we think she adds a calming influence to the family dynamic.
42. I play some sort of card game (freecell, solitaire, etc.) on my palm pilot every night in bed. It makes me sleepy.
43. If my husband doesn’t get to me before the palm pilot is in my hands, he's lost his chance for the evening.
44. I don't wear a wedding ring but my husband does.
45. My first crush, at age 2 ½, was "Jimmy" from H.R. Puffenstuff.
46. My second notable crush, at age 4, was Donny Osmond. I had 4 of his albums.
47. And then cupid struck me at age 6 while viewing re-runs of The Monkees – I fell hard for Mickey Dolenz.
48. First teenage crush was Nick "I wear way more makeup than you" Rhodes of Duran Duran fame
49. I have a hard-to-fit bra size: 37 almost-B (I have been measured by professional fitters 3 times in the past year.) I usually wear 38's on the tightest setting, but even then it's not a perfect fit.
50. Merely 5 years ago I was a 44DD!!!
51. I love having small breasts. FREEDOM!
52. Even though I have been triathloning for 2 years now, I only recently learned to run correctly, comfortably, at a sustainable pace.
53. Even though I have been triathloning for 2 years now, I still ride a 15-year-old Schwinn mountain bike with upright touring handles!
54. Lack of proper racing bike makes me a total FRED (nerd) in the tri-pack.
55. I personally don't give a rat's bum about what the elite racers think of my entry-level stylin'
56. I have had the opportunity to meet, hang out with, or at least come within 25 feet of a number of "famous" people. Not that it made much impact on my life; it's just good cocktail party fodder:
57. Jason Bateman
58. Andy Williams
59. Jimmy Kimmel
60. Bill Curtis
61. Michael York
62. Jerry Ryan
63. Alan Ruck
64. Jello Biafra
65. Alan Ginsberg
66. Kurt Cobain
67. Courtney Love
68. Dave Grohl
69. Rob Lowe
70. Gloria Steinem
71. Billy Corigan
72. Nash Kato and the UO gang
73. Chris Cornell
74. Bill Gates
75. Tony Kucoc
76. Della Reese
77. Jerry Springer
78. Lots of various 90's "grunge" band figures
79. All the guys in Einsturzende Neubauten
80. Jim Ellison
81. Liz Phair
82. There are more "obscure" sightings/encounters that I won't list here. It's a small world!
83. I used to collect vintage lingerie and corsets but my collection is now languishing in my attic
84. When I was collecting, my most sought-after items were black Contessa Di Roma shapewear (girdles, long line bras) from the 1960's.
85. I also used to collect boots (vintage) and they are also now housed in the attic.
86. I played bass in a band in college and I was absolutely AWFUL…
87. …But the drummer was even WORSE!
88. The band was called Thee Vermillionaires
89. The guys in the band wrote some insane song about "Captain Kirk"
90. It was supposed to be amusing and kitschy; it was merely embarrassing.
91. I was once a judge at the now-infamous Chicago Poetry Slam.
92. I used to have a huge problem with shopping and managing money.
93. At one time I had 32 credit cards!
94. Now, I am on a tight budget and LOVE the structure and effectiveness of it.
95. And have only ONE credit card.
96. Which is paid off every month
97. Second only to our mortgage payment is my grad school student loan payment
98. Getting "flamed" in posts or in chat actually hurts my feelings and raises my blood pressure
99. I survive my low carb lifestyle with the aid of Pure Delight Dark Chocolate bars (sugar free, natch)
100. My singular monthly high carb splurge is a Chocolate Cream Puff (chocolate "buttermilk-style" donut with frothy vanilla crème filling) from Palatine's own "Spunky Dunkers"