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February 12, 2002

101 Things you may or may not want to know about me.

1) My favorite animal to collect trinkets of is a rabbit.
2) I was born in the year of the Horse.
3) I love the sport of baseball.
4) However, I can't play sports all too well.
5) The Atlanta Braves are my favorite baseball team.
6) I also like the Oakland A's.
7) I once got a bead stuck up my nose when I was 10.
8) The next year, popcorn went up my nose.
9) A medical vacuum was used on the bead; the home vacuum on the popcorn.
10) I've met Richard Marx four times.
11) I've met his wife once.
12) I almost went to Georgia Tech for college.
13) I didn't go because I didn't want to leave Pumpkin, my cat.
14) I went to the local college in Savannah.
15) But left after having a breakdown.
16) I am a manic depressive.
17) I dropped out of high school 2 months from graduation.
18) I had all but one credit to graduate.
19) I got my diploma 4 months later after taking the one course I needed in summer school.
20) A manic attack was the cause of my dropping out of school.
21) I have never been kissed by a guy.
22) Bankruptcy has been my line of work for 2 years now.
23) I was raised Catholic.
24) However, I disagree with the Church's stance on some issues.
25) I think I'm a moderate Republican.
26) I didn't get my driver's license until I was 21.
27) When given the chance to drive, I pass it off too my sister.
28) I'm happy just knowing I may be able to go off if I wanted to.
29) I still live at home.
30) I don't want to live alone.
31) If given the chance, I wouldn't have left Fayetteville, NC.
32) I am/was an Army Brat.
33) I miss my friends I had growing up.
34) I only have the e-mail address for one of them.
35) I was in Girl Scouts until I moved to Savannah. Go figure since Savannah is the founding home of Girl Scouts.
36) I moved here just a day shy of my 15th birthday.
37) I was the first Daisy Girl Scout on Ft. Gordon, GA.
38) I won the school's Geography Bee in 6th grade.
39) I placed second in 8th grade.
40) I was in the State Geography Bee the year I won it all at school.
41) But I didn't win the state competition.
42) After wearing glasses since I was 10, I finally started wearing contacts.
43) I don't drink.
44) I am a hopeless romantic.
45) I speak only a we bit of French.
46) I hated to read aloud to the class in school.
47) I'm shy.
48) I was born 37 years to the day of Pearl Harbor.
49) I seem to have a knack at solving right triangles.
50) Yet waves and Calculus, I have a slow time grasping.
51) I like to write.
52) But I'm embarrassed by the outcomes.
53) I know it's disgusting but I can fake burp.
54) I know I'm a tomboy.
56) I have never been on a date.
57) My favorite New Kids On The Block Members were the Knight Brothers.
58) I have low self-esteem.
59) I like the name "Mark" for a son, if I ever have one.
60) But I wouldn't name my son, "Richard."
61) I wouldn't name my daughter with a guy's name.
62) Except for maybe "Jamie."
63) "Mark" and "Jamie" are characters in two of my favorite books.
64) I cried at the end of At Walk To Remember.
65) I laughed at Titanic.
66) I nearly pull a "Felicity" when I was going to attend Georgia Tech.
67) Part of me regrets not going in the first place.
68) I wish I wasn't a slow learn to life as I have been.
69) I never took a train ride until I was 18.
70) I never took a plane ride until I was 20.
71) I have yet to ride either one again.
72) I sleep with a stuffed animal, Bunny.
73) I'm not ashamed of Bunny.
74) I love to travel.
75) I'm a computer junkie.
76) My favorite color is pink.
77) But I look best in blue.
78) I can play the flute.
79) Not very well.
80) I'd love to see Michelle Branch and Evan and Jaron live.
81) I'm reading about baseball history as I do this.
82) I love reading and learning.
83) But I hate the pressure of school.
84) I love to drink Coca-Cola
85) But only drink water.
86) I think brown haired guys are better looking than blond haired guys.
87) I suck at spelling.
88) I wonder if famous people ever come across my site.
89) But I'll never know unless one ever did e-mail me.
90) I'm good at keeping secrets
91) Except for intra-family secrets.
92) I can't lie to my family or else I'll laugh at them.
93) I collect Barbie and Beanie Babies, too.
94) My site is just a hobby for me.
95) I used to love winter as a chil

Posted by Shawn at February 12, 2002 1:46 PM in Other Memes.

Comments

ooh i saw "a walk to remember" yesterday. and here's the kicker:

i didn't cry.

yes, miss girl who was BAWLING at the end of "on the line" didn't shed a tear at the end of a tearjerker! i was MOVED, yes..but i wasn't crying.

go figure.

Posted by: S at February 13, 2002 12:02 AM