1. I was born on September 14, 1979, in Tazewell Virginia. That makes me 23, and a Virgo.
2. I can yo-yo like a fiend.
3. I can't dance very well, but with the aid of videos and rhythm-gifted friends, I'm learning.
4. I broke my left arm roller-skating when I was in 5th grade. It was just a greenstick fracture, but I had to wear a blue partial cast for six weeks.
5. Sometimes I dream about skateboarding really, really well.
6. My favorite flavors are chocolate, almond, and vanilla. I used to hate the last two, but as I've gotten older, I can deal more with them.
7. I don't like beer. I like Skyy Blue and Smirnoff Ice, and really, really fruity girl drinks.
8. I was married for about 10 minutes when I was 18 to a Jehovah's Witness.
9. I am in love with Missy Elliot, and Ani DiFranco.
10. I want to be Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, or Jeff Buckley (r.i.p.)
11. Kissing is my favorite part of sex.
12. I'm very much in favor of casual sex.
13. My favorite book ever is "Written on the Body" by Jeanette Winterson.
14. I love the Harry Potter books and movies.
15. Scary movies make me cry.
16. At the height of my depression, I weighed 350 lbs. I've lost an amazing amount of weight in the past few years, and have since stopped counting pounds, working instead on muscle tone, and general self-improvement. Most days, I feel pretty ok with me.
17. I don't really want to be, but I am a tremendously idealistic, romantic person.
18. Bugs freak me out. A lot.
19. I don't like coconut. I used to (and sometimes still catch myself doing it) tell people that I'm allergic; because I was afraid they'd make me eat it.
20. The idea for this list came from this girl. <http://www.amanita.net/100things.php>
21. My mother is a drug addict. It's a lot easier to deal with when you stop being angry.
22. I was editor of my college newspaper.
23. I was also pretty involved in college radio. I was, at different times, the promotions director, a plain old DJ, and the Program Director for Southwest Virginia Community College's radio station.
24. I'm extremely shy in large groups of people I don't know. Especially bars, unless I'm with friends.
25. I have a brown peach-shaped birthmark on my left knee.
26. I have a tattoo of a ladybug on the back of my neck. At varying times in my life, I've had my ears pierced, and my right eyebrow, but right now, I have no piercings.
27. I shaved my head (with a Lady Bic) when I was 17. That was also the day that I came home with my eyebrow piercing.
28. I used to go to Camp Joy (a salvation army camp) every summer. When I was 17, I was a counselor there.
29. I have been out of the closet since I was about 15.
30. I love to cook, but since I do it for a living, since there are so many culinary masters in my life, and since I'm dieting, I rarely cook for myself. Cooking for my best friend lead her roommate to ask if we were a couple. Once again. We're Not.
31. I often express restlessness by dying my hair, or altering my appearance.
32. I am a total thrift store whore. Several people at Goodwill know me by name.
33. The first concert that I ever attended was Melissa Etheridge. Also the only fan club I've ever been a member of.
34. I met my first girlfriend through the Melissa Etheridge Information Network.
35. I like traveling by bus, and I'm not afraid of air travel, but my favorite method of getting there is by train.
36. This list is making me think that I'm not as interesting as I'd like to think.
37. I like porn, a lot, and almost without exception.
38. I don't draw very well, but I draw often, and especially when I feel shy. On napkins and stuff.
39. My only brother died when I was in eighth grade. His name was Justin.
40. My dad is Jewish. I learned a little Hebrew when I was in college, and took an Old Testament class, but dropped out due to lack of interest. My dad is a pretty small part of my life
41. My first celebrity crush was Bryant Gumball. Then Debbie Gibson.
42. I'm not especially attracted to thin women, but I want to be one.
43. I was the program director for my college radio station.
44. And the editor for my college newspaper.
45. I won an award for Feature writing when I was in high school.
46. I used to want to be a journalist, and even majored in it when I was in college, but I got burned out.
47. My first ambition was to be president.
48. I want to be an English Teacher now.
49. I spend a lot of time watching people.
50. I love coffee. My friend Nick makes the best cappuccino. Mmm.
51. My favorite kind of sandwich is peanut butter and jelly. The best comfort meal is cereal and hot chocolate.
52. Most of the time I spend on the internet is either looking @ porn, or reading people's journals.
53. I relate really well to women, but on the whole, am generally pretty shy around them/us. As a result, most of my friends are guys.
54. I am both a sexual and physical (domestic) abuse survivor. I don't talk about it much.
55. When I was a little girl, I spent a lot of time playing softball and climbing trees.
56. My grandma (Ninny) is my hero.
57. Most of the clothes that I wear are my best friend's.
58. My great grandma used to call me Drut (droot?). And I have no idea what that means.
59. I really, really like terms of endearment. I think one of the best parts about the place that I work is that everyone addresses each other so casually.
60. I lived without electricity for about 4 months during a Wisconsin winter.
61. I lived in an abuse shelter for about three months.
62. I have spent the night in jail.
63. I wear boxer briefs and thongs. Or nothing.
64. I can't sleep naked. I feel all exposed and sticky.
65. Sometimes I wake myself up talking in my sleep.
66. Sometimes I have meals in the middle of the night, with no recollection of them.
67. I love to fish. I don't mind to bait my own hook, but taking fish off of it kind of freaks me out a little bit.
68. I like black women with blonde hair a lot.
69. I poop a lot.
70. This list has taken me a week and a half. (not only because I'm somewhat boring, buit also because geocities has been uncooperative)
71. I love 80's cartoons. The Mysterious Cities of Gold, David the Knome, and Gummi Bears were my favorites.
72. I still remember a lot of the theme songs.
73. When I feel like I've done something especially well, I mentally serenade myself to the theme from Danger Mouse.
74. When I was being potty-trained, I used to sing "twinkle twinkle little star"
75. Sometimes when I get pee-shy in public restrooms, I hum it, and it still makes me pee. I am Pavlov's dog.
76. Sometimes I want to change my name. I've gone by several online nicks, but none that I like enough to legalize.
77. I'm an organ donor.

78. I prefer cats over dogs, but hope to have both once I own a home.

79. I'd rather have a small group of close friends then a large group of semi-casual people.

80. I like to blow bubbles, climb trees and jump in mud puddles.

81. I'm cheap. Clearance rack cheap. And I shop for other people way more then me.

82. I can recite lines from "The Princess Bride." Right up until Harry Potter was released it was my favorite movie.

83. I've never been to a comedy club.

84. Or Chucky Cheese.

85. But I love to play skeeball. Probably one of my favorite pastimes.

86. The Cosby Show and Queer as Folk are my favorite TV shows.

87. Snowflakes are my favorite Christmas "symbol" because they're so unique.

88. I couldn't say Nancy (my grandmother's name) when I was a baby, so my first word was Ninny. Now everyone calls her that.

89. I dream of having a cool, close-knit group of chick friends, kind of like The Facts of Life, or The Golden Girls.

90. I am obviously a by-product of too many sitcoms.

91. While I like the movie, I never got the big deal about E.T.

92. I have been in three car accidents. The only major permanent damage done was torn and damaged cartilage in my left kneecap.

93. I didn’t meet my dad until I was about 14. I used to dream of running away to live with this grown-up successful guy. I thought he’d be a lawyer or something fabulous. He’s not, really. But he’s a nice guy.

94. My favorite musicals are: Rent, Grease, and the Rocky Horror Picture Show. I haven’t seen it in years, but there’s a special place in my heart for Annie, as well.

95. I kind of wish I were addiced to heroin, or had some rare disease that would make me thin without having to work for it.

96. I love genderfuck stuff. I think that people get too caught up in male female gay straight lesbian labels.

97. I failed ninth grade, but was able to make up the classes I needed to graduate with my class. I was a homebound student for a large part of 11^th grade.

98. When I was a little girl, I wanted to marry Elton John.

99. I was a pre-adolescent Batman addict.

100. I’m a lot more interesting then I think.