101 FACTS ABOUT ME

1. I've seen over 1600 movies.
2. I have a very good memory.
3. I like Spalding Gray and will miss new material from him.
4. I don't like animals.
5. My hair has been, at some point in time, every different colour of the rainbow (and then some).
6. I�m an obsessive list maker.
7. I love being on boats (other than commercial cruises).
8. I like black & white photos.
9. My favourite colour is dark green.
10. I also like silver, black, red, dark blue, and dark purple.
11. I've been to 49 states (I'd love a trip to Alaska at some point)
12. And 20+ countries
13. Pinball and skee-ball are my favourite arcade games.
14. I�ve won money in Vegas twice.
15. I don't like Las Vegas.
16. I like Atlantic City even less.
17. I love Republic of Tea's Jade Mint Iced Tea (too bad it's not sold in stores and too expensive through the company).
18. I�m a really bad liar.
19. I've never been star-struck (not even when I was a teen-ager).
20. The only thing consistent about me is inconsistency.
21. I have a VERY high alcohol tolerance.
22. I can't drink alcohol anymore (medical reasons).
23. Favourite flavours: violet, chili sauce, corn, maple, cinnamon
24. Least favourite flavours: bell peppers, onion, licorice, banana, butter
25. I can harmonize with any song in the universe.
26. I remember almost every song I've ever heard and can recall melodies of songs I only heard once no matter how long ago that was.
27. Just don't ask me the name of any of them.
28. I like reading plays, history books, travel writing, almanacs, novels, weblogs, and really almost anything at least once.
29. I can play a few instruments- just not any of them very well.
30. I love trivia games.
31. In 2006, I finally got to audition for Jeopardy and passed the test (they never called me to do the show though).
32. I never cry during movies� well maybe once.
33. My favourite hobby is thinking.
34. I don�t have any tattoos or piercings (not even my ears).
35. I wish I had a brother or sister.
36. I hate shopping (especially for clothes).
37. I like the muppets.
38. Rowlph is my favourite muppet.
39. I used to throw knives as a hobby (haven't had anywhere to practice recently).
40. My drug of choice is marijuana (although I can't do that anymore either- medical reasons).
41. I have over 400 CDs, tapes, and records and countless MP3s.
42. I go through periods of watching a lot of sports and other times hating the whole concept of competitive sports (it always depends on who I'm around).
43. I had major insomnia my entire life until 2006 (no idea what changed then)- now I only have minor sleep problems.
44. When a Borders Bookstore opened near me, I used to spend all my free time there. One day I got there at 9:00 AM when it opened and left when they closed at 9:00 PM. I should do that more often.
45. I don't like clingy, dependent people.
46. Actually, I don't like most people.
47. A big generalisation, but I tend to like more people from colder climates than from warmer climates.
48. I'm more interested in visiting cold climates (Antarctica, Norway) than warm climates (Caribbean islands, Singapore).
49. I used to hate cold weather. Now I prefer it- 35-65�F is ideal.
50. I'm fascinated by science (especially physics) and wish I could understand more.
51. Everyone always thinks I'm younger than I am.
52. I'm a libertarian on social issues (and would be on other issues if I thought the average person [and business] could handle it responsibly).
53. Not sure what I am exactly on other issues.
54. Still reading? I like people who sign my guestbook.
55. I hate ending a sentence with a prepositional phrase, but sometimes it just sounds better to.
56. I'm almost completely blind in my left eye which presents a problem when it comes to depth perception.
57. I can barely see at night.
58. I talk to myself a lot.
59. I talk to myself usually with a British accent but sometimes other accents.
60. I'm most creative in the fall.
61. I'm really good at predicting the winners of NCAA men's basketball tournement games no matter how much attention I pay to the regular season.
62. I've moved over 20 times (big moves and small moves).
63. I love to learn- about anything.
64. I don't get jealous.
65. I don't get bored.
66. I love to travel- there are very few places I don't want to visit.
67. I've been in 4 car accidents (3 were considered my fault, but they really weren't- I just have really bad luck).
68. I especially have bad luck with counting on people and companies to take care of things. I can call a company 3 times and not have anyone be able to help me. Another person can call with my question and be helped right away.
69. I also have bad luck with cops. I've been pulled over while driving for the most ridiculous reasons (like going 70mph in a 65mph zone in Ohio- they made me sit in the back of the police car for 45 minutes, answering one cop's ridiculous questions while the other cop searched my car).
70. I got stopped by an undercover cop at the train station in Baltimore (they were searching for drugs coming in from New York- I was the only one who was stopped- I was in business attire- of course I didn't have any drugs).
71. I had trouble getting into and out of Canada four times (once in 1994 and once in 2002 at the Toronto airport, once in 2005 at the Halifax airport, and once in 2008 at the border crossing between Maine and Quebec). After the hour-long interrogation in Halifax, I said I didn't want to go back to Canada even though there were places I wanted to vist. Then I decided maybe driving would be easier, so I drove to Quebec. It was not easier (Canadian immigration was okay, but US immigration was horrible).
72. I also have trouble getting into London and coming back to the US (all airports)- supposedly it's basically a crime for women to travel by themselves- I get asked often why I'm travelling alone.
73. I got in trouble for sleeping in my car in a hotel parking lot in New Mexico (the cops showed up and interrogated me and my friend for a while but when we told them there was nowhere to stay and we didn't want to fall asleep while driving, they finally decided to leave us alone).
74. Someone called the cops when I was outside on a residential street in a quiet neighbourhood talking on my cell phone for about 10 minutes (my phone didn't really work in the house where I was staying)- this was early morning on New Years Day- it took at least 15 minutes for me to explain my innocence to the cop.
75. I had to take a breathalizer test once (on a Saturday afternoon on the Baltimore Beltway when I was not speeding or driving wrecklessly- I had not been drinking).
76. I did my fair share of partying when I was younger. I got tired of that quickly.
77. I love parentheses (and I seem to use them more and more each day).
78. Music I've been listening to recently: Lowen & Navarro, Weimarband, Dagmar, Dead Can Dance, Yello, Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull, Lacuna Coil, Vienna Teng, Solas, Laurie Anderson, Philip Glass, Brave, Once Hush, Ruth Wallis, Over the Rhine, Renaissance, Mozart, Debussy, Vivaldi, Tick Tick Boom
79. I wish more people would think about why they like or dislike something rather than just blindly accept or reject anything that's put in front of them.
80. I can't stand having the TV on unless I'm specifically watching something.
81. I also can't stand anyone telling me they're proud of me. It always sounds so demeaning.
82. I try to eat locally grown food as much as possible.
83. I'm in love.
84. I've been to 31 UNESCO World Heritage sites.
85. Favourite places: New York (NY), Boston (MA), Chicago (IL), Madison (WI), Eugene (OR), Blacksburg (VA), Savannah (GA), Austin (TX), Canyonlands (UT), San Francisco (CA), Joshua Tree National Park (CA), London (UK), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Seville (Spain), Marrakesh (Morocco), Ha Long Bay (Vietnam), Zurich (Switzerland), Weimar (Germany) Budapest (Hungary), Disko Bay (Greenland)
86. A few places on my wishlist: Portland (OR), Charleston (SC), Montreal (QC), Antarctica, New Zealand, Samoa, Jamaica, Peru, Chile, Senegal, Gambia, Ghana, Cape Verde, Laos, Japan, Ireland, Estonia
87. And I'd like to visit a few places again: Phoenix (AZ), Seattle (WA), England, Wales, France, Germany, Thailand, as well as my favourite places
88. I often talk about things in terms of percentages: ie. There's a 70% chance I'll get around to adding the rest of the 101 facts about me by the end of the decade.

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