1. I�ll read anything. I love to read.
2. I love baroque music.
3. I�ve been told that I look like Camryn Manheim.
4. I hate it when people tell me I look like Camryn Manheim. If you think so too, do not tell me: Doing so will not endear you to me.
5. I�ve also been told that I look like Carnie Wilson. See advice above.
6. I love to work on genealogy.
7. I�ve traced my ancestors back to Ireland, 1640.
8. I graduated in August 2000 with a BS in Civil Engineering Technology.
9. I�m a Hydrological and Hydraulic Engineer who dabbles in Structural Engineering (bridge design) when my boss insists.
10. When I grow up I want to be a full-time, Stay at Home Wife and Mom.

11. I bought a house November 5, 2002.
12. I still have boxes I need to unpack.
13. I hate mowing the grass.
14. I love gardening.
15. I really love gardening, but I�m not very good at it. Yet.
16. I want to live in a big red barn on a couple of acres with a huge garden.
17. I live in Buford, Georgia.
18. I live five miles from the Mall of Georgia.
19. I love the Mall of Georgia.
20. I can�t shop at the Mall of Georgia as often as I�d like.

21. My favorite movie is "What Dreams May Come."
22. My favorite song is "A Home in the Meadow."
23. I know you�ve never heard of my favorite song.
24. I love musicals.
25. I love Broadway musicals even though I�ve never been to New York.
26. I�ve seen "Les Mis" twice and "Phantom of the Opera" once at the Fox in Atlanta.
27. I was in a production of "Annie Get Your Gun" when I was twelve in Birmingham, Alabama.
28. My favorite musical is "Sweeney Todd; the Demon Barber of Fleet Street" by Sondheim.
29. My favorite actor is Howard Keel.
30. I have a girly crush on Keanu Reeves even though I think that he�s an average actor most of the time.

31. My first memory is going to see "Return of the Jedi" for the second time (I�ve been told); we were late and walked in right as Jabba was doing the tongue-shake thing when Leia strangled him.
32. I�m allergic to most everything. If I were to use fabric softener, I�d die.
33. I played the part of Arminy in a college production of "Carousel." The part is so small and insignificant that they cut it completely out of the movie version and no one noticed.
34. I played trumpet in high school.
35. In my first year of college, I majored in trumpet and voice.
36. After an eight-year hiatus, I�m playing the trumpet again.
37. I love opera.
38. I�m a lyric soprano.
39. I�m a big fan of Eva Cassidy.
40. I�m a big fan of Renee Fleming.

41. Luciano Pavoratti�s voice makes me cringe.
42. I like it when my toenails are red.
43. My favorite type of shoe is a sandal.
44. I prefer to be barefoot.
45. I make my own jewelry.
46. I love sterling jewelry.
47. I like to quilt.
48. I have a dozen quilts that I�ve started.
49. I have a zillion pieces of fabric I�ve bought for quilts.
50. I don�t have much time to quilt.

51. I�ve never completely finished a quilt.
52. I have some quilts that are mostly complete, but are used anyway.
53. I have tons of scrapbooking supplies.
54. I have yet to produce a single page for a scrapbook.
55. I wear a lot of black. It�s not a statement of anything (political, Goth, whatever), it�s just practical: Black matches everything.
56. I�m LDS.
57. I have a really cool story about the first person in my family to join the Church. It was in the 1800�s. I plan on blogging about it sometime.
58. I love the Harry Potter books.
59. I love Pintos and Cheese from Taco Bell.
60. I�m thinking about getting a Chihuahua.

61. I�m not a morning person.
62. I love to sleep.
63. I love staying up late.
64. I have to get up at 4:30 AM if I want to get to work on time.
65. I have a forty minute commute in the morning.
66. I hate to drive.
67. I really hate to drive in traffic.
68. My first car was a powder blue 1986 Plymouth Reliant named Esmerelda Eugenia, nicknamed Esmie.
69. I killed Esmie at the intersection of Barrett Parkway and Hwy 41 in Cobb County, Georgia in 1996 on the way to my Technical Writing final exam.
70. I still don�t forgive myself for killing Esmie.

71. My second car was a white 1988 Oldmobile Cutlass Supreme named Ermangarde Iphigenia, nicknamed Erma.
72. In the first two months I owned Erma, I replaced the power steering, the AC, and the brakes.
73. Erma stranded me December 26, 2000 on the way to work at 6:30 AM on a semi-deserted road on what would turn out to be the coldest day of the year.
74. I wore sandals on December 26, 2000.
75. I gave Erma to the Kidney Foundation soon after December 26, 2000.
76. I don�t miss Erma.
77. My third car was a dark red 1999 Ford Contour named Lolita Roja (Little Red Lola in Spanish).
78. Buying Lolita was not a pleasant experience.
79. Lolita was pretty, but she had the same dashboard problem that all 1999 Ford Contours have: The dashboards have a tendency to flip up. Lolita�s dashboard had a tendency to flip up while I was driving on the interstate, blocking my view.
80. I sold Lolita soon after the second time I had the dashboard repaired. Lolita�s transmission was slipping anyway.

81. I will never buy another Ford.
82. My fourth car is a gold (officially Desert Sand Mica) 2003 Toyota Matrix named Max.
83. I bought Max on May 25, 2002.
84. I love Max. Max is a God.
85. I�m positive that Heavenly Father doesn�t mind that I worship Max. He knows just how great Max is, too.
86. I love breakfast.
87. I never have time to eat breakfast.
88. I was born in Anniston, Alabama in September 1975.
89. I refuse to be blamed for being born in Alabama.
90. I haven�t named my house �cause that would be silly.

91. I distrust people who want to be rich, but don�t really want to work for it.
92. I have a hard time taking people with body piercings seriously (besides earrings).
93. I think it should be legal for people to use drugs recreationally.
94. I believe that anyone who uses drugs recreationally is a moron.
95. I believe that people should be free to be as big of a moron as they want as long as they don�t hurt somebody else (or somebody else�s property) while they are busy being a moron.
96. I am a dot com failure.
97. My favorite color is blue.
98. My favorite Looney Toon is Foghorn Leghorn.
99. I want to travel.
100. I�m glad this is # 100 as I�ve been stretching for the last twenty or so things.

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As I mentioned in my 100 Things post above, I'm from Georgia. It occurred to me last night that most of the people who post to my comments are not from Georgia. Most aren't from anywhere near it. So, I've decided to broaden their horizons and introduce them to something a little southern. So, now I'd like to present my 100 Things list in Redneck. Enjoy.

PS. I've kept the original 100 Things post if you need a little help translating Redneck to English.

100 Thin's

1. I�ll read ennythin'. ah love t'read, cuss it all t' tarnation.
2. ah love baroque moosic.
3. I�ve been told thet ah look like Camryn Manheim, dawgone it.
4. ah hate it when varmints tell me ah look like Camryn Manheim, dawgone it. Eff'n yo' reckon so too, does not tell me: Doin' so will not indear yo' t'me.
5. I�ve also been told thet ah look like Carnie Wilson, as enny fool kin plainly see. See advice above.
6. ah love t'wawk on junealogy.
7. I�ve traced mah ancesto's back t'Irelan', 1640.
8. ah graduated in Augest 2000 wif a BS in Civil Engineerin' Technology.
9. I�m a Hydrological an' Hydraulic Engineer who dabbles in Struckural Engineerin' (bridge design) when mah bost insists.
10. When ah grow up ah's hankerin' t'be a full-time, Stay at Home Wife an' Mom, dawgone it.

11. ah bought a house November 5, 2002.
12. ah still haf boxes ah need t'unpack. Shet mah mouth!
13. ah hate mowin' th' grass.
14. ah love gardenin'.
15. ah pow'ful love gardenin', but I�m not mighty fine at it. Yet.
16. ah's hankerin' t'live in a trimenjus red barn on a couple of acres wif a huge garden, as enny fool kin plainly see.
17. ah live in Bufo'd, Geo'gia.
18. ah live five miles fum th' Mall of Geo'gia.
19. ah love th' Mall of Geo'gia.
20. ah can�t shop at th' Mall of Geo'gia as offen as I�d like.

21. Mah favo'ite movie is "Whut in tarnation Dreams May Come."
22. Mah favo'ite song is "A Home in th' Meadow."
23. ah knows yo'�ve nevah heard of mah favo'ite song, acco'din' t' th' code o' th' heells!
24. ah love moosicals.
25. ah love Broadway moosicals even though I�ve nevah been t'Noo Yawk.
26. I�ve see "Les Mis" twice an' "Phantom of th' Opera" once at th' Fox in Atlanta.
27. ah was in a produckshun of "Annie Git Yer Gun" when ah was twelve in Birmin'ham, Alabama.
28. Mah favo'ite moosical is "Sweeney Todd; th' Demon Barber of Fleet Street" by Sondheim, dawgone it.
29. Mah favo'ite acko' is Ebenezer Keel, ah reckon.
30. ah have a galy crush on Keanu Reeves even though ah reckon thet he�s an avahage acko' most of th' time.

31. Mah fust memo'y is a-gonna see "Return of th' Jedi" fo' th' second time (I�ve been told); we were late an' walked in right as Jabba was doin' th' tongue-shake thin' when Leia strangled him, dawgone it.
32. I�m allergic t'most ev'rythin'. Eff'n ah were t'use fabric soffener, I�d die.
33. ah played th' part of Arminy in a college produckshun of "Carousel, ah reckon." Th' part is so small an' insignificant thet they lop it completely outta th' movie vahshun an' no one noticed, cuss it all t' tarnation.
34. ah played trumpet in high skoo.
35. In mah fust year of college, ah majo'ed in trumpet an' voice.
36. Af'er an eight-year hiatus, I�m playin' th' trumpet agin.
37. ah love opera.
38. I�m a lyric soprano.
39. I�m a trimenjus fan of Eva Cassidy.
40. I�m a trimenjus fan of Renee Flemin'.

41. Luciano Pavo'atti�s voice makes me cringi.
42. ah like it when mah toenails is red, cuss it all t' tarnation.
43. Mah favo'ite type of shoe is a san'al, ah reckon.
44. ah prefer t'be barefoot.
45. ah make mah own jewelry.
46. ah love sterlin' jewelry.
47. ah like t'quilt.
48. ah have a dozen quilts thet I�ve started, cuss it all t' tarnation.
49. ah have a zillion pieces of fabric I�ve bought fo' quilts.
50. ah don�t haf much time t'quilt.

51. I�ve nevah completely finished a quilt.
52. ah have some quilts thet is mostly complete, but is used ennyway.
53. ah have tons of scrapbookin' supplies.
54. ah have yet t'prodooce a sin'le page fo' a scrapbook. Shet mah mouth!
55. ah wears a lot of black. Shet mah mouth! It�s not a statement of ennythin' (political, Goth, whutevah), it�s jest prackical: Black matches ev'rythin'.
56. I�m LDS.
57. ah have a pow'ful right fine sto'y about th' fust varmint in mah fambly t'join th' Church. It was in th' 1800�s. ah plan on bloggin' about it sometime.
58. ah love th' Harry Potter books.
59. ah love Pintos an' Cheese fum Taco Bell, ah reckon.
60. I�m reckonin' about gittin' a Chihuahua.

61. I�m not a mo'nin' varmint.
62. ah love t'sleep.
63. ah love stayin' up late.
64. ah have t'git up at 4:30 AM eff'n ah's hankerin' t'git t'wawk on time.
65. ah have a fo'ty minute commute in th' mo'nin'.
66. ah hate t'drive.
67. ah pow'ful hate t'drive in traffic.
68. Mah fust car was a powder blue 1986 Plymouth Reliant named Esmerelda Eujunia, nicknamed Esmie.
69. ah killed Esmie at th' interseckshun of Barrett Parkway an' Hwy 41 in Cobb County, Geo'gia in 1996 on th' way t'mah Technical Writin' final exam, dawgone it.
70. ah still don�t fo'give mahse'f fo' killin' Esmie.

71. Mah second car was a white 1988 Oldmobile Cutlass Supreme named Ermangarde Iphijunia, nicknamed Erma.
72. In th' fust two months ah owned Erma, ah replaced th' power steerin', th' AC, an' th' brakes.
73. Erma stran'ed me December 26, 2000 on th' way t'wawk at 6:30 AM on a semi-deserted road on whut'd turn out t'be th' coldess day of th' year.
74. ah wo'e san'als on December 26, 2000.
75. ah gave Erma t'th' Kidney Foun'ashun soon af'er December 26, 2000.
76. ah don�t miss Erma.
77. Mah third car was a dark red 1999 Fo'd Contour named Lolita Roja (Li'l Red Lola in Spanish).
78. Buyin' Lolita was not a pleasant experience.
79. Lolita was purdy, but she had th' same dashboard problem thet all 1999 Fo'd Contours have: Th' dashboards haf a tendency t'flip up. Lolita�s dashboard had a tendency t'flip up while ah was drivin' on th' interstate, blockin' mah view.
80. ah sold Lolita soon af'er th' second time ah had th' dashboard repaired, cuss it all t' tarnation. Lolita�s transmisshun was slippin' ennyway.

81. ah will nevah buy t'other Fo'd, cuss it all t' tarnation.
82. Mah fourth car is a gold (officially Desert San' Mica) 2003 Toyota Matrix named Max.
83. ah bought Max on May 25, 2002.
84. ah love Max. Max is a God, cuss it all t' tarnation.
85. I�m positive thet Hevvinly Pappy doesn�t mind thet ah wo'ship Max. He knows jest how great Max is, too.
86. ah love bustfast.
87. ah nevah haf time t'eat bustfast.
88. ah was born an' raised in Anniston, Alabama in Seppember 1975.
89. ah refuse t'be blamed fo' bein' born an' raised in Alabama.
90. ah haven�t named mah house �cuz thet'd be silly.

91. ah distrest varmints who be hankerin' t'be rich, but don�t pow'ful be hankerin' t'wawk fo' it.
92. ah have a hard time takin' varmints wif hide piercin's seriously (besides earrin's).
93. ah reckon it sh'd be legal fo' varmints t'use drugs recreashunally.
94. ah believe thet ennyone who uses drugs recreashunally is a mo'on, as enny fool kin plainly see.
95. ah believe thet varmints sh'd be free t'be as trimenjus of a mo'on as they be hankerin' as long as they don�t hurt somebody else (o' somebody else�s propuhty) while they is busy bein' a mo'on, as enny fool kin plainly see.
96. ah's a dot com failure, dangnabit.
97. Mah favo'ite colo' is blue.
98. Mah favo'ite Looney Toon is Fogho'n Legho'n, as enny fool kin plainly see.
99. ah's hankerin' t'travel, ah reckon.
100. I�m glad this hyar is # 100 as I�ve been stretchin' fo' th' last twenty o' so thin's.

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