100 trivial things about me 1. I have no delusions of grandeur.
2. I'm a most-of-the-time reader, a sometime writer, and an all-the-time music lover.
3. I love cats; I'm afraid of dogs.
4. I have a pet frog named Honey Pie, after the Beatles song.
5. I watch Buffy, The West Wing, ER (mostly out of habit), and X-Files reruns.
6. I'm addicted to Ben and Jerry's. Particularly Cherry Garcia, Vanilla Heath Bar Crunch, Mint Chocolate Cookie, and Raspberry Gone Coconuts, the last of which my grocery store doesn't feel motivated to supply.
7. I have never wanted to be blonde.
8. I couldn't live anyplace that doesn't have seasons.
9. I'm an Aquarius.
10. I'm a grammar-loving geek.
11. By profession, I'm a copy editor/page designer. It pays to be a grammar-loving geek. Not much, but it pays.
12. I swam competitively for years and years.
13. I detest pickles. They're corruptions of perfectly good cucumbers.
14. Sarcastic? Me? Would I say something like that?
15. My car is nicknamed the Batmobile.
16. My car doesn't remotely resemble the Batmobile. Being that it's white and all.
17. I used to play the clarinet and the steel drums.
18. If I were in a band, I'd want to play bass.
19. Bands I like include -- oh, just go look at my album collection instead.
20. I have never been, and will never be, a girly-girl.
21. I'm a terrible seamstress and a mediocre cook.
22. I am a lover of small things.
23. My favorite food is cheese.
24. I like my feet.
25. The only makeup-oriented thing I wear is nail polish, and only on my toes.
26. I want to learn photography. And to develop my own pictures.
27. My favorite times of day are dawn and dusk.
28. I wish I were fluent in at least one other language.
29. Salman Rushdie rocks my world.
30. I've been known to eat Brussels sprouts.
31. My favorite alcholic beverages are: rum and Coke, white russians with vanilla Stoli, midori sours, and strawberry daiquiris.
32. My favorite nonalcoholic drink is cherry Coke.
33. I'm very protective of my friends.
34. Some of my favorite albums are: U2, War, Death Cab for Cutie, We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes, Beth Orton, Central Reservation, Counting Crows, Recovering the Satellites, Modest Mouse, The Moon and Antarctica, Tori Amos, Little Earthquakes.
35. I've eaten snail.
36. I'd rather not ever live in California.
37. Or be famous.
38. I'm a plant-loving freak.
39. I want to visit Australia, England, and Ireland. Among others.
40. I'm a romantic. Not a hopeless romantic, though, I don't think.
41. My worst job was working in a toll booth 10 hours a day, where I had to listen to people driving SUVs complain about having to pay $3 to park.
42. I rather enjoy housecleaning.
43. If I had a record label, I'd call it Power-Hungry Dominatrix Records (Or, conveniently, Ph.D for short.)
44. I like boys even though they are frequently incredible assholes.
45. I prefer to be barefoot.
46. Oddly, however, shoes are my only fashion vice.
47. My favorite shoes are my Birkenstocks and my red Simple sneakers.
48. I hate spiders, but I also hate killing them.
49. I am opposed to tube tops.
50. I sing a lot. In the car, in the shower, while doing dishes, etc.
51. Unfortunately, I have no shower. My apartment only has a bathtub. Evidently the shower had not been invented when it was built.
52. I love to laugh.
53. I play a wretched game of pool. I'm a decent bowler, though.
54. Big cities scare me.
55. So do bees.
56. I think orchids are snooty. I really like mine, though.
57. I got drunk for the first time on my 21st birthday.
58. I also found myself drinking directly from a bottle of champagne one New Year's Eve.
59. I can't hit a golf ball.
60. Although I would have had a perfect hole in one with that can of limeade I hit with a driver. Before it exploded, that is.
61. High Fidelity may well be my favorite movie.
62. I avoid all horror flicks.
63. I have resigned myself to the fact that I am not rock star material.
64. I abhor gin. And tequila.
65. I will never take a dishwasher for granted again.
66. I hate needles.
67. I've never been in love.
68. I am prone to bouts of melancholy.
69. I adore words.
70. Also hot boys who work in bike shops and bookstores. Although I'm pretty willing to admire any hot boy, really.
71. I majored in journalism because I couldn't think of anything better. It seems to have worked out all right, though.
72. I like staying up late. And getting up early. But only on different days of the week.
73. I may finally be happy being single.
74. That'll prolly stop the instant I develop my next crush.
75. Coolest thing I've ever done: helped my roommates host a group of Tibetan monks for dinner.
76. I'm a perfectionist.
77. I'm a bitch, I'm a lover, I'm a child, I'm a mother, I'm a sinner, I'm a saint... oh, wait. That's Meredith Brooks. Sorry.
78. My brain is filled with random tidbits of arcane knowledge.
79. Someday, I want a house with a yard where I can compost and have a garden.
80. My biggest pet peeve is tailgaters.
81. I have to check that I turned the stove and the heat off at least three times before I leave the house.
82. Yes, actually, I do recycle. (It's hard to get to 100, ok?)
83. I like to drive.
84. And wear comfy jeans and t-shirts.
85. And be warm.
86. I'm shy around people I don't know.
87. Things that I've learned are of huge importance in life: patience, perseverance, kindness, and respect.
88. This is not to say that I'm extremely good at them. Sainthood is a process, you know.
89. But I try.
90. I fear my government. And my country's power.
91. I vote.
92. I really liked Switzerland.
93. I think it's taken me a month to come up with all these things.
94. Maybe that means I'm a boring person.
95. Of course, I'm not interested in being stalked or murdered. But then, who is?
96. I believe in eating ice cream directly from the carton.
97. Damn, I'm close to the end. I bet you're happy.
98. Flannel sheets are the only way to go.
99. A good foot massage is the fastest way to my heart.
100. 'Nough said.