these little self indulgent tidbits are in no particular order.
1. Although I'm a very chatty and friendly person, I suffer from sometimes crippling social anxiety.
2. When I was younger I wanted to have a career in the arts. Writer, singer, painter, fashion designer As I get older, I think I would like to work in the health/medical field. I know my mom inspired this in me, she's a nurse.
3. I am fiercely protective and proud of my mother, brother, and grandmother. They are the most amazing and strong people in my world.
4. My younger brother has Hodgkins Lymphoma. He's had it for almost 8 years now. When he was diagnosed, it was at stage 4, and we were not hopeful for the future. Now he's beating it. Living with it. Going through his cancer battle has shaped my adult life. I no longer fear my own choices. I try very hard to take care of myself. I try not to take anyone or anything in my life for granted. I've become a better sister to my brother. He's a great guy, I am so proud of him.
5. I have baby fever. At 29, I know that someday soon I really want to be a mom. I also know that as a new business owner, I need to spend a little more time focusing on my own life before I produce another.
6. I love cats more than dogs. I have 2, Long Steve who is super old-and my number one fan, and Little Bear, who is young, mischievious, and funny. Fur babies.
7. I love board games, especially Scrabble.
8. Sometimes I draw little comics when I'm supposed to be working in my office at my shop.
9. I like most food (this is a weight loss blog, duh), but I HATE mushrooms. yuck, ew.
10. My favorite colors are orange and toothpaste green.
11. I'm not afraid of heights, per se, but I'm terrified of falling.
12. I love to read, but lately I enjoy the written word in audio form. I listen to audiobooks while baking the breakfast pastries at my shop every morning. It makes me feel like I'm not in there alone.
13. I love TV and movies and talking about TV and movies.
14. I sing and have been in a handful of punk and indie rock bands. I also play guitar, trumpet, and ukulele, but i'm not very good at those things.
15. I'd rather bike or walk somewhere, but I adore my car. Sorry, earth.
16. I like to sew my own clothes or alter vintage clothes. I wish I had more time to do these things lately.
17. I find myself dressing like a tweenage boy a lot lately. It's funny, right? Cute, right?
18. I totally crush-stalked my husband until he gave in and just started hanging out with me. We still laugh about how obvious I was about it. Swoon.
19. I daydream daily about punching certain people in the face. Usually they are obnoxious customers at my shop.
20. I love the Harry Potter books SO SO SO much. Who doesn't want to live in a world where magic is all around you?
21. I'm very proud of my running. As a kid, running was really hard for me, I hated it. I used the C25K app. for iphone last spring to help me get started. This July, I'll be running my first half marathon. Cool!
22. I'm very hard on myself and I feel like I'm dying when I make mistakes. I'm trying to learn how to move on after this happens. It's getting better.
23. I like math, and until I had a business, I really enjoyed doing my taxes.
24. My favorite food is breakfast cereal and almond milk. Really. I love cereal.
25. I love gardening, but I have a bit of a brown thumb.
26. My heritage is irish, welsh, and sicilian.
27. I have big big eyebrows. I finally like them.
28. I check out people's butts regularly. It's not sexual, it's science.
29. I think I'm pretty funny.
30. Sometimes I get really anxious and convince myself that all of my friends are sick of me. These are bad days.
31. One time when I was little, I stole a bottle of White Diamonds from my mom's friend. She noticed it was gone, and my mom found it in the pocket of my little backpack. I really like the fancy bottle, I don't even know if I knew it was perfume. When we went back to her house to return it, my mom made me apologize. It was one of those scary moments when I felt like I had to choose if I was going to end up being good or bad. I went down the good road, for the most part.
32. I had a horrible ankle injury in the 8th grade an had to have reconstructive surgery.
33. I like to read books about human anatomy and physiology for fun. I bought myself a huge book of surgical prints from the 1800s recently that is so creepy and graphic, I feel a little ishy for owning it.
34. I have major attention deficiencies. I often try to multitask, only to realize that I've majorly lost my way in several directions.
35. Even though I'm trying to lose weight, I love my body for what it can do.
36. I swear like a sailor.
37. I love ginger ale and root beer.
38. My favorite fruit is kiwi, and I eat the skin.
39. I love my tattoos, but I hate when strangers ask me about them.
40. I'm often a victim of my own stress.
41. I love yoga and pilates, but have a hard time focusing on them.
42. I'm always cold. And I live in Minnesota. This is annoying a lot of the year.
43. I like to sing little songs about people and things, usually to the tune of 80's power ballads.
44. I could probably quote most of Wayne's World to you, if that's what you're into.
45. I have a great memory.
46. I have the "falling" dream about once a week. I always wake up and feel like my heart is exploding. Maybe this is because
47. EVERY DAY I DRINK A FUCKLOAD OF COFFEE.
48. I dream of learning a fighting style like karate, kung fu, or kickboxing.
49. I have a hard time trusting men. I think it's because my dad was abusive to my mom when I was young and it scared me, even though it was never directed at me. Sometimes I fear that I've blocked a lot of these memories out and someday they'll come back and crash through my brain like a ton of horrible bricks.
50. I think golf is stupid. I love watching olympic gymnastics and figure skating.
51. Baseball>Basketball>other sports>golf
52. I'd like to live in a treehouse someday.
53. I want to travel very badly.
54. When things go wrong, my first instinct is to get the hell out and hide.
55. I love french pop music, french clothes, and french films.
56. I own at least 10 stripey boat neck shirts.
58. I've always had a big butt, through fatness and thinness. Through youth and now. I've learned that having a righteous booty can be pretty awesome. I really hate it when I get unwanted attention for it though.
59. If it's on Bravo and about gays, food, or fashion, i'm probably watching it.
60. I'm very weepy when I'm happy or sad, or moved by pretty much anything sad or cute. I cry during commercials and movies. I weep when I'm talking about my feelings with others, even if I'm expressing joy. It makes me feel really self conscious because I fear people will think I'm being phony.
61. I'm flaky. like delicious pie.
62. I love makeup, but I often go makeup free because I leave the house so early in the morning.
63. I really enjoy getting glammed up but I rarely go out these days. My schedule sucks.
64. I like being home in the middle of the day.
65. I take baths more often than showers.
66. I sleep with my arm tucked underneath my head.
67. I love camping, and I can't wait to explore the desert this summer.
68. I don't believe in god, but I do believe in spirits, ghosts, and karma.
69. I'm a perv. I like to tell dirty jokes, especially to my staff.
70. My favorite animals are snakes and birds of prey.
71. I'm allergic to penecillin.
72. I wish I could rap. In my mind, I'm awesome at it. In reality, I'm quite horrible.
73. I love James Bond.
74. I used to write "to do" lists on my forearm with sharpie, so i got "have fun" tattooed on my wrists. having fun should always be at the top of the list.
75. Ice cream is my biggest weakness. Luckily I've managed to find some pretty WW friendly treats.
76. Even though I can be self-defeating, I love to cheer people up and give pep talks. I'd make a good life coach.
77. I OVERUSE EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!!!!!
78. I'm from Vermont and my husband is from NYC. I'm pretty sure we'll end up back out there eventually. I can't imagine being this far from my family and old friends forever.
79. I fear becoming my mom, but I admire her strength and will to keep on kicking ass.
80. I was vegetarian from age 6-23. and vegan from 15-21. I still don't eat very much dairy, but I love meat. Only if I know it's origins though. Factory farming is disgusting. Seriously.
81. I don't hold grudges, but I also never fully recover from personal conflicts with people.
82. I really want to take more photographs, but I've been saying that for years...so...
83. I love top 40 style r&b and pop music. I love running to it, and singing along to it in the car.
84. I rarely leave the house without a snack in my bag.
85. I have a peanut butter addiction. Especially pb&j. I try to eat pb at least once a day.
86. I'm not into scented products, but I love the smell of mint, lavender, jasmine, and lemon if they're real and fresh.
87. One time I peed my pants laughing.
88. I'm a good secret keeper, but admittedly
89. I'm also a gossip when it doesn't really matter
90. I have hoarder tendencies, so watching the new reality hoarder shows scares the bejesus out of me.
91. I'm really good at cutting hair at home.
92. If ungroomed, my facial and body hair would take over and I would be Chewbacca, basically.
93. I love my bike, her name is The Get Wild 5.
94. I knit, and once upon a time, my mom tried to teach me. But that ended badly, so I ended up learning from a book. Now we knit together.
95. I love horror movies, but if I watch them when I'm home alone, I get really really spooked.
96. I enjoy school, but I've never been very good at finishing homework, which is how I've maintained an awesome B average.
97. I think my chili recipe is the best.
98. I can be rude and cold when I'm feeling threatened.
99. I work very very hard for $0. Someday I'll treat myself to an awesome vacation.
100. I wish I could pee outside standing up without scrutiny. Pee power 2011.
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