100 Things About Yours Truly

1) I do not like pasta
2) or pizza (sacrilege, I know).
3) I have a tendency to fall over stationary objects.
4) I have never tried a fruit or vegetable that I haven't liked.
5) I don't like writing in blue pen.
6) I collect random quotes, quips, phrases, and what have you.
7) I am an avid film watcher and lover.
8) I have expensive taste. But, luckily, I don't have the funds to comply.
9) I suffer from the classic "daddy didn't love me syndrome" (a nuisance when trying to enter the dating circuit, but what can you do).
10) I can be a little anxious at times.
11) I feel like I have to work to be interesting.
12) I am often sarcastic with a little vulgarity to boot (and like it that way).
13) I cannot understand someone who has never been to Manhattan.
14) I couldn't survive away from Greenwich Village for more than a year.
15) I am a procrastinator (painfully so).
16) I am a vegetarian
17) and truth be told, its not because I give a damn about the cows.
18) I can enjoy a nice malt beverage from time to time (along with the four that follow).
19) I don't really think that I'll ever get married.
20) I get uncomfortable when I think I probably won't do very much with myself.
21) I like making lists.
22) I am glad I have curly hair despite my battle with frizz and bitching about my fro.
23) Music. Aah, yes, music.
24) I find road trips more relaxing that any bath or yoga class could be.
25) I wish I were more athletically inclined, or rather, got off my ass more often.
26) I love my mother more than anything
27) and I'm working on showing her that.
28) My body is very finicky with me (this means I have the metabolism of a bed-ridden elderly woman)
29) I wonder what it would be like to have a sibling.
30) I am my toughest critic (so I'm told)
31) but I'm working on a more optimistic outlook, I think.
32) It is possible that I spend too much time on the computer.
33) I obtained a true appreciation for the work of Woody Allen before my ninth birthday.
34) I have a tendency to ramble, but make a point to apologize both before and after I do.
35) However, I pride myself on being able to listen.
36) I am rarely directly rude to someone (this does not include subtly mocking them when their not paying attention)
37) I've got a pretty good sense of humor.
38) I'm a brown belt in Tae Kwon Doe.
39) Despite my whining, I do think that I am somewhat intellectual or can at least feign it pretty well.
40) I'm still waiting for that "'one special talent" that everyone’s supposed to have to kick in. But, I'm starting to think maybe my package didn't come with that feature.
41) It's impossible for me to be physically relaxed (being mentally inert isn't so much of a problem).
42) I assume the people I care about know that I love them, but I still feel the need to tell them every so often.
43) I think I was corrupted by a bad mix of Jerry Springer and the Spice channel at an early age (as most of my peers, I'm sure).
44) One particular Spice channel feature that sticks out was called "Mistress Diana's Dungeon Discipline, Part II", this seems to explain much about me (see: leather underwear and furry handcuff collection).
45) Watching television and sleeping are two of my favorite pastimes. I'm enthralling, I know.
46) I don't like the state of our country right now but lack any further political insight.
47) I'm glad technology is being put to good use but I wish things could be a little less commercialized and synthetic.
48) I am liberal but try to listen to the conservative point of view (and refrain from attacking them with foul language thereafter).
49) When things seem to be getting too complicated, I like to remember that we are just big, dumb, hairy mammals, a little step away from chimpanzees and the like.
50) I don't do enough of the things I say I should (but I'm working on it).
51) I love kissing. Yes, even more than biting and scratching.
52) I love tofu and most other products of soy. And so do you.
53) The truth is subjective but very important.
54) I like that my eyes change color in accordance to what I'm wearing, the weather, and my mood.
55) But I hate my smile.
56) I'm attracted to almost all things green (shirts, shoes, pillow covers, you name it).
57) I'm obsessed with lip lubrication. This means I have an assortment of over 100 lip-glosses ranging in colors, flavors, and scents.
58) I probably own the majority of products from the Burts Bees and Tom's Organics companies.
59) My hands are always cold.
60) I have a mild lingerie obsession as well.
61) I have a hard time respecting homophobes, xenophobes, etcetera.
62) I feel healthier when I read.
63) I can be a social recluse (but work hard on avoiding that).
64) I make obscure movie and song references
65) and immediately have a soft spot for anyone who catches on.
66) I hate reality television
67) but succumb to the HBO and Cinemax gay and lesbian melodramas.
68) I have drawn a few things that I am actually proud of (but don't expect me to say it again).
69) I'm a cuddler. And fondler, given the right circumstance.
70) I am orally fixated. This means I go through a lot of gum, mints, etc. on any given day.
71) I plan on going to Africa sometime in the near future.
72) I listen to French-African jazz when I get lonely.
73) There is no music like that of the 60's and 70's rock scene (good stuff).
74) I have to wear jewelry at all times.
75) I bite my bottom lip when I get nervous
76) and blush.
77) I have a slew of guilty pleasure songs, many of which are from the early 90's hip-hop scene.
78) I'd rather be too hot than too cold.
79) I have a little knowledge about a lot of completely useless things.
80) I consider normalcy overrated.
81) I'm not much of a holiday person, except for Halloween.
82) I want to speak French fluently
83) and Spanish and/or Hebrew
84) but I'm still working on mastering the English language, and Ebonics.
85) Little things can make me happy
86) but the "big picture" nonsense always seems to get in the way.
87) I've started taking pictures in black and white film only, that way everything I do looks pensive and emotionally gripping no matter what.
88) I hope that when I get a good thing, I don't scare it off too quickly.
89) I want to be able to play a whole variety of instruments, mainly the guitar, piano, and violin.
90) I can be a little anal about certain things. i.e. spelling, food, and who gets to be on top.
91) I want to own a snake.
92) I like the outdoors. But only if I'm looking at it from a climate-controlled environment.
93) I am somewhat aerodynamically curvaceous.
94) I never learned how to ride a bike. (don't be mean)
95) I like to help others. Or at least that’s what I put down on a practice college admissions essay.
96) The prospect of my future both excites me and scares the hell out of me.
97) The Animal Planet used to be my favorite channel (I have a thing for Jeff Corwin, what can I say).
98) There are a few people that have put up with me through all my different degrees of craze, and I love them.
99) I can be witty. I can also be an idiot.
100) My last name was the source of much mockery through my elementary school career.